Thanks Grandma!

Thanks mom for such a fun package from Disney land! Tyler knew it was going to come today, and his preschool was cancelled due to a plumbing problem, so he kept checking the door about every 15 min. He kept saying, "I can't wait to see the toy grandma sent me, but if theres no toy, that's okay, maybe it's just candy or somethin!" He was thrilled to dump out all of that styrofoam to find a Transformer!! I wish you could have seen how excited he was, and to top it off there were mickey mouse ears for both of them with their names on them, the mickey mouse lollipops, and sweet bennion orthodontic backpacks with chapstick and floss!! Halle was down for a nap supposedly when we got the package, but woke up when she heard the commotion and started yelling "my suc!" (translation- my succer) from her crib:) She freaked out when she saw her disney princess phone:) She walked around with that the rest of the night talking to the princesses! I think you can see how thrilled they were in the picture with their loot! Thanks so much you guys are the best, I think they feel like they've actually been to disney land!!!

Life is good

Our Thanksgiving break has been awesome! Chase has had the entire week off from school! He had his finals the week before the break, and then will go back for two more weeks after the break to do work on kids in elementary schools (just doing sealants on them, nothing too intense), so he has been stress and study free, hooray! Chase has been so great to me and the kids, he has done so many extra things this week to make it fun. As you can see from the picture, dad has given the kids popcorn and hot chocolate about every other night this week, they have so loved this, being a dad can be so much fun, because afterwards the mean mom has to make sure they clean up the million pieces of popcorn all over the place:) Chase watched the kids while I did christmas cards with a friend one afternoon, and did the famous after thanksgiving day sales another. Both times I came home to a sparkling clean house, I so so so love that so so much:) He took the kids to the park and to the mall to get chicken nuggets, again why wouldn't dad be the fav? We went to the childrens museum, which we go to every Mon., but the kids loved showing dad all of the fun things to do there. We have had time to just hang out together and be a family, hooray for the best husband ever!

the dress

This ones for you mom:) Here is the dress I sewed for Halle for next summer. I had a good time making it for her with a little frustration mixed in. I really have enjoyed having little projects here and there to work on while Chase studies.

Cook like me???

Awhile back I believe I was tagged and have yet to post a recipe for the "Cook like me" tagging round started by cute Chelsea. I have not forgotten about this, in fact I have thought of it several times and have just the recipe for all of you. The recipe is called "Head 'em off at the pass white chilli" I know, random name, and white chilli? Are you thinking ...gross, that is what I thought everytime I was at a ward chilli cook off and I would see the random pot of the white stuff, but this is so yum. I got it from my mom who got it from her sister, my Aunt Peggy!

1/2 c. chopped onion
1Tbsp. olive oil
1 1/2 c. chopped cooked chicken
1/2 c. chicken broth
1 (12oz.) bottle green taco sauce (LaVictoria brand)
2 (15oz) cans great northern beans (undrained)
1 1/2 c. shredded mozerella cheese, divided
1 tsp. dried cilantro
1/4 tsp. ground celery seed
1/4 tsp. celery salt

Saute onion and oil. Add chicken mixing thoroughly. Add broth, stir in beans, seasonings, and green taco sauce. Simmer over medium heat for 10 min. Just before serving add 1 c. moz. cheese. Add 1/2 c. remaining cheese on top of individual bowls. I usually double the recipe:)

I now get to tag two of my favorite people, Andrea and Kenna, give us some good ones!