Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fun at the beach!

So it worked out that we got to spend the weekend with my brother in law and his kids at his uncle's beach house. Jody and his brother had a few things to do to help with the sell/rent of the beach house that his uncle owned. We had tons of fun. Wish I had more pics, but here's what I took...
 
 
Olivia posing...

 
DeeAnn looking very cute with her pacifier!

 
Noah and Dalton

 
Poot Cheesin!


 
Bub, Destiny, and Poot on the top bunk!

 
Beach FUN!!!









 
Me and Poot








Poor uncle Jody sleeping on the floor cause of his back......NOT cause of my snoring...lol
 
 
One last look at the beach house before they sell it... :(

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

"Look at me, I could be...Centerfield!"

Our first family TEXAS RANGERS game! I made us matching family shirts!
 



Dustin and Noah caught a practice ball before the game.........Oh yeah!
 
 
"I love my daddy for catching my ball!!"

 
"Oh yeah...I caught it...what do u have to say about it now?!?"



Poor Poot was soo hot!
 

Poot being all relaxed! :)
 


 

Monday, July 30, 2012

Kids being kids

Sometimes, you just gotta let the kids be kids. I was about to get onto Noah this morning for blowing bubbles in his milk, but I was like, you know what buddy? Go right on ahead. Poot got in on the action too. I need to let them be kids more often. :)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Smore Brownie Balls


Ingredients:
Your favorite brownie mix ( I used Betty Crocker Triple Chunk)
1/4-1/2 cup hershey's syrup
1 pkg Candy Melts in the color of your choice or almond bark (I used red because I forgot to buy chocolate almond bark)
4 graham crackers (smashed up into crumbs)
1 cup mini marshmallows (two for each ball)
1/2 cup milk chocolate chips (I used some leftover easter candy...fyi)

Cook brownies according to the package.

Once cool, crumble up into a bowl and add 1/4-1/2 cup hershey's syrup and stir until mixture can be rolled into balls easily.


Start with a small amount in your hand and roll into a ball.



Press mixture into a "nest" and add two marshmallows.


Fold the "nest" in on itself and pinch to close. Add more mixture if needed.


Roll into a ball and make sure marshmallows aren't sticking out.


Stick balls into the freezer for about 15 minutes. While your balls are hardening, melt your chocolate or candy melts in a double broiler. Keep on low-medium heat to keep it from over heating.


Put your graham crackers into a bag and crush into crumbs.



Take your brownie balls out of the freezer. Doing one ball at a time, drop into the melted candy coating. With a spoon, roll the ball around until covered.



Once covered, use a fork and carefully tap the excess coating off the ball. Once it's no longer dripping, place the ball on a parchment lined plate.


While still hot, sprinkle the brownie balls with graham cracker crumbs.


Repeat the process until all balls are done. In a small cup, Melt the milk chocolate. Once melted, place into a bag and drizzle the balls with chocolate. BE CAREFUL! The bag will be very hot. Do not use a thin sandwich bag for this, but instead use a thicker quart bag. If you don't have a bag, just dip a fork into the chocolate and drizzle on.


Place in the fridge until the coating hardens. Then serve!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Savory Crock Pot Chops

This recipe is from a friend of a friend, so by the time it got to me, it got changed a bit, but here's my take on savory crock pot pork chops.


Ingredients:
2 pkgs Dry Onion Soup Mix
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 32 oz box low sodium chicken broth
2 pkgs low sodium brown gravy mix
2 pkgs thick cut pork chops

Throw all ingredients into the crock pot and cook on high five hours or low six to eight hours. Pork chops will be tender and moist. Enjoy.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

A family in need

So Dustin's Aunt Jackie (Gonka) told us about a family who had just lost their house due to a fire and had a little two year old boy. She wanted to gather up some stuff for them, so I put together a few things of Noah's. I gave him a bag of clothes and toys, diapers, wipes, and a little care bag with stuff like tylenol, qtips, and bandaids just in case they hadn't thought about that kind of stuff yet. It was hard to give away Noah's blocks because he loves them so much, but he did have three sets of them, so it was only right to give them to a little boy who had lost all of his toys. Noah came home from daycare and saw us loading up all his stuff and he asked Dustin, "Are you trying to sell my toys?" and had a sly grin on his face. We just told him that a little boy had lost all of his toys and needed some since Noah had plenty. Suprisingly, he didn't get mad and said ok because the boy was his best friend. :) Awww...melt my heart, how sweet. :)