Sunday, January 31, 2010

End of 2009 ... Beginning of 2010

So January 2010 has just flown by! I don't mind because I already have a little bit of Spring fever :) Life is busy as always ... and one thing I have found to make things a little easier lately is to use my crock pot! I have fell in love with it over the last month and have been trying all kinds of things. I have always used it to cook my roasts, but now I am learning some fun (yes cooking is fun to me!) and easy things to throw together so that dinner is ready when I get home from work! Today I threw some chili verde in the crock pot ... never made it, so I am hoping it turns out good! I think I'll sweet talk Kyle into making some home-made tortillas and we'll have one of my favorite dishes ever tonight .. chili verde! YUMM!


OK now to talk about my most recent purchase that I just had to have! Kyle and I have actually done really good on our whole Dave Ramsey kick, so this was definetely splurging! I know ya'll have seen the infomerical on this Xpress Redi Set Go cooker, right? LOL! I have watched it a few times and Kyle finally said "Just buy it!!" ... ha ha ... so here it is! I actually just got it last night and although ordering it was a complete nightmare (won't go there), I really do like it! We made dinner & dessert in it last night, and I made Grace some little egg bites and me an omlet this morning. Turned out fantastic! Kyle missed out, he is off hunting/shooting with his friend Nick this morning. But it is so easy to use and so far so good =)
I think I have another picture of Kohen on the blog in this bouncer ... but I tell you what, this is like his favorite thing to do! Jump and jump and jump! He is now 8 months old and crawling everywhere! He is doing the mama, dada, baba ... and loves to read books, play with his sister Grace, be outside (when its not too cold), splash in the tub, eat and eat some more, and giggle with his Mom & Dad! He will be walking before we know it!


And here is Grace! She is turing 4 next month!!! She has been loving pre-school, spending a lot of time with her Daddy this winter, and her daily routines with going to Grandmas, Jackies, school, reading books and playing princess everything! Recently she has been going to church with Grandpa and she is loving that too.


Here is Kyle's sister Kim and his Mom Sherrie. Sherrie decided to finally marry Dennis after something like a 12 year relationship! They just went to the court house on January 14th and hope to have a little honeymoon in Florida some time soon. We decided to take her out to dinner at The Bayou and have a little fun for a girls night before she said I DO!! Below is me, Jeanette & Lisa (Sherrie's sisters). We had a fun night out!
I got together with a bunch of my friends for dinner when Kaycie came in town from Texas! We have all been friends since middle school or before! It was sooooooooo much fun to get together and talk about our wild days!! We told stories and laughed until we cried! I had such a great time and will for sure be planning another reunion next year! Love these girls! And if any of them knew I posted the 2nd picture below, they might kill me!! ha ha ha!! We were only missing AmyJo at dinner ... and we had a newbie with us too .. Amanda =)
Amanda, Lashanda, Meredith, Heather, Danielle, Sheena, Kaycie & Rana
Rana, Kaycie, Meredith, AmyJo, Lashanda, Danielle, Heather (missing Sheena!)