Darling!

Goodness me I love this jacket! Why oh why does it cost $425.00? Oh well, I will just have to dream about how cute I would look wearing it, unless Santa hits the jackpot!

Legos

We have very few Legos for Jack. He really never showed too much interest in them until now. The past few days he has been building with his few Legos like crazy.......Wall-E, robots, walls, towers, and this great achievement, a letter!
He said "look Mom, the letter T" and so it is! Maybe Jack needs a few more Legos around this house of ours. Christmas time is comin'..........

Playing with trains

It's Jack's favorite thing to do, playing with trains. He especially loves it when his Daddy helps him build a new track.
We can sit in there with him for hours and play, he never gets tired of it. Autumn wants to be where ever we are so she tried to join us.
Not much room for her since the track was on the ground this evening, and thankfully she stepped carefully and didn't knock that track over.

We woke up to this........

SNOW! Jack said "Mom I have to show you somethin'." Then he pushed the blinds out of the way and said "ta-daa! It's snowing!" It was magical. I scooped him up and told him all about the wonderful things we will get to do now that it seems Winter is here............hot cocoa, homemade marshmallows, sledding, snowball throwing, snow angels, lots of baking to keep us warm inside and lots of snuggling to keep us cozy. Though I am already missing my shorts from the Summer that seemed to go by way too fast, I suppose I will welcome Winter with open arms. My little boy certainly is!

Warm hugs to all!

Thankful

I am Thankful for him & him......

I hope you've all had a lovely little Thanksgiving. Our little boy is off in the land of nod after getting sick four times this evening. We are hoping he feels better in the morning. Sleep well sweet boy. Much love to all!

Chicken Pot Pie

With this cold weather being here to stay for a while I thought I would post this recipe that I made tonight. Jeff and I really liked this one, and I plan on making it again. I did leave a few things out so I'll note what I did in the recipe. Hope you love it as much as we do!

1 Lb. chicken, cubed
2 potatoes, cubed (I used Yukon Gold because we love their flavor)
1 c. sliced carrots
1 c. frozen green peas
1-2 bouillon cubes
1/3 c. butter (I used 3 T.)
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 c. chopped onion ( I left this out completely)
1/2 c. sliced celery
1/3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. celery seed
1 3/4 c. chicken broth (I only used about 1 1/3 cups of broth)
2/3 c. milk
1 c. corn (canned), drained (I left this out too)
2 (9 inch) Pillsbury unbaked pie crusts (you can find them near the dairy section by the biscuits in the ‘pop-open’ tubes, it will be a box with 2 crusts included) Or feel free to make your own.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a saucepan, combine chicken, potatoes, carrots, peas, and celery. Cover with water, add bouillon cube(s) and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.

In a large saucepan over medium heat garlic and onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick (if you like a thinner sauce, add more chicken broth and milk a little at a time until you reach your desired consistency) and add corn. Add the veggies (potatoes, carrots, etc..) and chicken to the sauce and stir to coat all the veggies in sauce. Remove from heat and set aside.

Place one of the pie crusts in a 9” pie pan (use a deep-dish pie pan if you have one). Bake in the oven for about 5 minutes, remove, and pour in the sauce/veggie mix. Cover with the other crust and seal the edges. Cut some slits in the top, and bake for about 35-40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.


Our bellies were nice and warm after this meal!

Happy family!

So we had some more family pictures taken! We are really excited about how they turned out this time and it will really be hard to decide which ones to get. These I love.......

Me and my two favorite guys!

We are in love with this kid of ours

And this next one is one of my all time favorites of Jeff and I. Here are 10 reasons why I adore this photo so...........

01. I'm with him, he makes me so incredibly happy that at times it seems to good to be true
02. My heart skipped a beat the first time I saw this photo
03. Fall is above and behind us
04. He's pulling me in tight
05. We were laughing just before this at how silly our kiddo was being
06. The wind was blowing like crazy that day, yet in this photo it looks like the most calm and peaceful afternoon
07. Calm and peaceful are how I feel when he holds me
08. It was sweater weather & we're both wearing sweaters
09. The sun was shining
10. We look so happy, because we are so happy!A great afternoon spent at the park and some great pictures to choose from.
Kisses!