Prestons New Haircut & Another Recipe

February 20th, 2009

One thing I love about Andy is that he cuts his own hair and he's really good at it too!  Now, as you may have noticed our little man has been looking a little beach bum-ish lately.  I happen to like the long hair look but his was just getting way out of hand.  SO... my amazingly talented husband gave him a much needed haircut.

During:

(He couldn't move his hands so I had to keep hand feeding him cereal to keep him from moving.  He thought it was funny and smiled at each bite)

After:

I can't believe how much different he looks now!  Much older, for sure.  I really like it!

Also today, I made Chicken Enchiladas.  Very Yummy!  It's an old family recipe.  I've written down this recipe so many times and repeatedly lost it so I figured this would be a good opportunity to not only share it but to put it somewhere I can find the next time I want to make it.

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

2 chicken breasts; boiled & shredded or 1 can chicken

1 small can diced mild green chilies

Tortillas

Cheddar cheese

Combine the soup, sour cream, chilies, and shredded chicken.  Spread butter on the corn tortillas and warm on a frying pan until they are soft.  Coat the bottom and sides of a casserole dish with a light layer of the sauce.  Spread about 2 heaping spoonful of the sauce across the center of each tortilla.  Roll them up and lay them side-by-side in the dish.  When the dish is full spread the remaining sauce over the top.  Cover with the cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Sleeping in

March 1, 2009~

With the pressure of the movie off his shoulders Andy actually slept in.  This guys only taken an average of one day off every other weekend or so and working whole 12 hour days every day.  The kids crawled into our bed this morning after I jumped into the shower.  When I got out they were all 3 fast asleep. 

The Hunger Games Review

I finished reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  It was totally awesome!  The Smart Remarks Book Club has been raving over it so I thought I'd try it out and I'm really glad I did.  I am a super slow reader but it only took me two days to finish it.  I couldn't put it down!  My poor kids, I totally neglected them all day today.  I'll have to make it up to the tomorrow.  The book was great!  In short, it's about a televised event where a boy and a girl from each of the twelve districts compete in a fight to the death called the Hunger Games.  There's a sweet little romance intermixed that seems doomed from the beginning.  Also I'm not even ashamed to admit that there were times during this action packed story where I had to hold back a few tears.  It was good, really good!  I can't wait for book 2!

MY MOM

Mom, Evelyn & Dad at Horse Thief Park in Stallion Springs

May 28, 2008

Today is my mom's birthday so I wanted to share three of my most memorable moments of her with everyone.  It was really hard to narrow it down to 3.  There's so many great ones.

#1.  I used to love going to the orthodontist!  I know, weird, huh?  But the reason being that those were always our one on one times and I always looked forward to that.  Being #2 of 4 kids it wasn't always easy to get any one of one so my orthodontist trips always doubled for one on one time.  The hour long trip to Bakersfield always turned into a pleasant talk with mom and she would always buy me a Wendy's frosty afterwards to make my teeth feel better.  To this day I can't eat a frosty without thinking of her and being reminded of our many talks.

#2.  I remember so many times when my mom would stay up with me and help with my homework.  One particular memory I have occurred my senior year in High School.  I felt so overwhelmed with school, seminary, sports, my part time job and all the other social anxieties a typical teenager goes through.  Needless to say I wasn't getting a whole lot of sleep.  This particular night I had an assignment to read several chapters in my English book and I just could not keep my eyes open long enough to even read a sentence.  My mom noticed I was struggling so she stayed up and read the book out loud to me.  I may have been mostly asleep, I honestly don't even remember whether we got through the reading or not but I'll never forget how she helped me.  

#3.  The last one was right after my dad was in a major car accident.  He's fine now and crazier than ever but one thing I'll never forget about that time is how strong my mom was.  I'm sure I will never know the extent of what she had to go through but even during that trying time she was always a terrific mother and she always made us feel like everything was going to be alright.  Her courage, strength, and faith is something I have always admired about her.    

Happy Birthday MOM!  Thanks for always being such an amazing mother.  Thanks for always being there for me.  Thanks for always listening to me and being one of my closest friends.  Thanks for setting such a great example.  And thanks for teaching me and making me a pretty dang good mom too.  Thank you for everything! I LOVE YOU!

Not to be forgotten.  My dad's birthday is also in the month of February.  I think he may have missed it so for his clicking pleasure I thought I'd include a link just in case.  I didn't get the chance to spend as much time on his but I promise I'll expand later and tell you all the wonderful things about my awesome dad too (like his favorite color is green and he likes fish...)

My Birthday

February 26, 2009~

Today, the 26Th is my Birthday!  I am a quarter of a century old.  Lately I've had a hankering to bake something (this almost never happens) so I decided today would be the day.  I originally thought birthday cake but after rethinking it I decided what I really wanted was Lemon Meringue Pie.  So I did it, I baked my first pie!  

Homemade Crust

The finished product (not the best picture).  Tasted really great!

In The News!

Got to go on the news and talk about the movie. It was really early... hopefully that explains why I look totally stoned. Enjoy! See you all TOMORROW!!!!

*NOTE*: For whatever reason the video gets cut off on the right by the blog... so you can just double click in the top left of the video and it will open up a larger video.