Thursday, September 19, 2013

31 Days of Halloween {Food Edition}

Cooking is a passion of mine. Add holiday {JOY}on top of that and WOW!!
The hubs says I get carried away around ANY holiday--I don't think so.
 
For the past 3 years I've done a NoRtH PoLe breakfast for Christmas. During that breakfast, our ELF makes her appearance. She brings along a couple goodies for the kids and everyone has a great time.
 
I figured for Halloween, I would do something similar. Only with Halloween, I want to do it ALL.MONTH.LONG! Crazy, I know!
 
 
My plan is to go as below:
  1. Orange & Black Pasta with Bones & Blood
  2. Candy Corn Cupcakes
  3. Jack-o-Lantern Burgers
  4. Orange pancakes with spiderwebs
  5. Dirt 'N Worms
  6. Pumpkin Brownies
  7.  
  8. Apple Teeth
  9.  
  10. Jack-O-Lantern Quesadillas with Bloody Mary Soup
  11. Mummy Sausage, Tombstone Hashbrowns with Spiderweb Pancakes
  12. Witch Wands
  13.  
  14.  
  15. Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Muffins (pumpkin muffins baked in pumpkin molds)
  16.  
  17.  
  18.  
  19. Snack-o-Lantern Fruit Cups

    I'm coming up short for 7 days! SO, if you have any suggestions feel free to comment & let me know! I'd love to know what YOU do for Halloween themed food!

Friday, September 13, 2013

Monday, September 9, 2013

September 7th, 2007

That, ladies and gentlemen, was the day this little stinker came into our lives....
 
 
Taylor Nicole was born on Friday, September 7th, 2007 at 12:47 pm. This little chunk was a whopping 6 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long! September 7th was the day that our little family became complete!
 
 
Our princess @ 1 year old


Our 2 year firecracker
 


Our 3 year old prissy pants


Our 4 year old DIVA!


Our 5 year old tomboy


Our little girl is a 6 year old,  silly, rotten, spoiled by some--loved by all, tomboy, DIVA! We wouldn't have her any other way!!

Labor Day Weekend

What better way to spend Labor Day weekend than:
  1. With Family
  2. At the Lake
     
  3. Fishing!
 
We did all three!
 
My parents hosted a family gathering at the lake. My sister's family was there, my parents were there, and my family was there.
 
We went down on Saturday night and camped, fished, watched the kids play in the lake and, got a good laugh at my brother-in-law acting as a human diving board with the kids in the lake and got a lesson in redneck breakfast A.K.A sautéed Vienna sausages & pork 'n beans! Bleh!
 
 
 
Everyone had a great time!

Monday, September 2, 2013

Hawaiian Chicken Dinner

With school starting back for the kiddos, and football & cheer practices being in full swing we've been relying on the crock pot more. It's just easy to pop the food in the crockpot before I leave for work and dropping the kids off at school, and we come home to a finished meal!

Today's meal was
Hawaiian Chicken w/ Pineapples, Green Beans and Rice Pilaf!
 

I used the recipes for tonight's meal from these sites, just tweaked a bit!
Hawaiian Chicken w/ Pineapples (we couldn't find the BBQ sauce listed, so I used carribean jerk marinade)
Rice Pilaf (I didn't have any stock on hand, so I used chicken boullion cubes & water. Also, I used whole wheat spaghetti)

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Little Dude @ Football Practice 8/14/13

Jeremy started his '13 football season this Monday. He's having a blast at it. Last night, the team had tackling practice and it was hilarious to watch. Here's a snippet of Jeremy tackling the "dummy". The coach played a joke on him as he went to tackle. It made for a good laugh! LOL!



Thursday, August 1, 2013

My {Target} Shopping Trip 7/31


(2) Market Pantry Whole Wheat Pasta $.93/ea - $1/2 Target Q = $.86/2
 
(2) Market Pantry Pasta Sauce $1/ea - $1/2 Target Mobile Q= $1/2
 
(3) Sweet, Fresh Corn $.44/ea - $1/$1 fresh vegetable Target Mobile Q = $.32/3
 
(1) Market Pantry Loaf Bread $1.22 - $1/1 any brand bread Target Mobile Q = $.22
 
(1) Driscoll's Strawberries 1lb $1.99 - $.50/1 IP - $1/$1 fresh fruit Target Mobile Q - 5% Target Cartwheel Q = $.45
 
(2) Small Granny Smith Apples $1.08 - $1/$1 fresh fruit Target Mobile Q = $.08
 
(4) Market Pantry Bagels $1.25/ea - $1/2 Target Mobile Q - $1/2 Target Printable Q = $3/4
 
(1) 4pk Chobani Champs Yogurt $2.99 - $1/1 IP - $1/1 Target Printable Q =$.99
 
(1) Snickers Ice Cream $2.99 - $1.50/1 IP - $1/1 Target Frozen food item Mobile Q = $.49
 
 (1) Reach Floss $.92 - $1/1 IP = FREE
 
(5) Up & Up Crayons $.25/ea - $1/4 Up & Up school supply Target Mobile Q - Buy 2 up & up school supplies get 1-24ct up & up crayons free Target Printable Q = FREE
 
Total Before Coupons: $25.10
After Coupons: $7.10