Friday, February 3, 2012

Picture Challenge, Brad Paisley & more photos!

So, my sister's challenge was 10 pictures per day, every day for the entire month of February.  Here are today's pictures (I'm not done with all 10 so I'll have to come back & add more later).

Sam checked out this book from the school library.  It's an Usborne Books Fifty fun things to make & do.  She has been dying to make these cookies.  She was hoping Uncle Zack was coming over today so she could make them with him (he loves octopuses).  Unfortunately, no such luck.  So, since we're about out of time tonight, we'll have to make them tomorrow.

I stopped at Kitchen Kneads tonight & let Sam choose a birthday cake pan.  This is what she has decided to go with this year (since mom's lame & can't make a cake with all the faces of the boys from BTR on it)!  She also wants a stand up barbie cake too since this one is small.

You know, I'm thinking this was extra helpful when I was very, very pregnant.  Now days, not really so much....at least he had fun, right?

I blame her sister for teaching her how to pull herself up to things!

These were in January:
Baby sister is not going to be the favorite for much longer.  Not only does she scoot around way too well, she likes to be front, center & smack dab in the middle of things now days too!


This little stinker is pulling herself up to things lately.  I'm afraid she's going to stand up & run off one day not too long from now!

Sister thought it was hilarious that she had a pull up on her head & we were all laughing.

This is the first time Sam helped her stand up.  Great!  Thanks big sister!  Now she's never going to stop!

One of sister's new favorite places to play.  I baby gate across the hallway & she just sits here by the railing waiting for someone to pop up, surprise her & play with her to her little heart's content!

My boys in their matching monster hats!



 And now, (finally) pictures from the concert!  Brad Paisley was the head liner & he brought Scotty McCreery & The Band Perry with him.  We are now both Scotty fans & The Band Perry did better than I had anticipated.  I think I might need their cd now too since I know they sing more than the 2 songs they repeatedly play on the radio!


I took this picture like 6 times because Travis kept closing his eyes!

 These are The Band Perry









 These are Mr. Brad Paisley himself.  The special effects were simply amazing!  The light show was way better than I've paid to see at the Planetarium (I'd hope so for $60 seats).  We both got new shirts & Trav bought an autographed copy of his book "Diary of a Player".  We also got Sam a shirt & are saving it for her birthday.  I think she'll be thrilled about that.
















Crock Pot Recipe Day 16

Southwestern chicken
From Fix It & Forget It Big Cookbook
Page 387

Makes 6 servings
Prep time 5 minutes
Cooking time 3-8 hours
Ideal slow cooker size 6 qt

2 15 1/4 oz cans corn, drained
15 oz can black beans, rinsed & drained
16 oz jar chunky salsa, divided
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1 c. lowfat shredded cheddar cheese

1. Combine corn, black beans, and 1/2 c. salsa in slow cooker.
2. Top with chicken.  Pour remianing salsa over chicken.
3. Cover.  Coo on high 3-4 hours or on low 708 hours.
4. Sprinkle with cheese.  Cover 5 minutes for cheese to melt.

I only had 1/2 c. salsa so, thinking I knew better (ha!) I used 2 15 oz cans diced tomatoes.  I also only used about 4 ckn breasts because I didn't want to stack them in my slow cooker.  Other than that, I left everything the same.  I think if I had only used 1 can of the diced tomatoes it would have gone better.  It was ok, I thought the chicken was really good.  Everything else was just too tomatoey.  Stick to the recipe on this one & you'll be better off!