Squash Casserole

I've never been one to eat lots of vegetables,

especially vegetables that are not green.

Squash has never been one of my favorites,

but this Squash Casserole recipe I could eat all day!!

Ingredients:

2 1/2 lbs of Squash

3 T butter

2 eggs

4 T flour

Salt and Pepper to taste

1 Cup of Milk

8 oz of Chedder Cheese

Cracker Crumbs

First take your squash and cut them up in squares,

and boil them until they are nice and tender.

Then drain the squash so there is no water left,

and smash the squash up like smashed potatoes!!

Now your going to add your butter, it mixes better if you melt it.

Then add everything else, mix your flour, cheese, milk, and eggs in.

Pour some salt and pepper in at your own risk.

Then pour your everything into a 2 quart casserole dish,

and pour some cracker crumbs on the top.

Put that oven at 350 and let is cook for 30-45 minutes!

Make sure its brown and bubbles before you take it out!

Yum Yum:)

Hope everyone had a great Christmas, and is having a Happy New Year!!!

My December Danish

I needed a study break so I decided to make some dessert to snack on while I study all night!

I decided to make some danishes because they are so quick and simple!

And of course I'd share it with all of you:)

December Danishes

1 cup of sugar

8 oz. of cream cheese

1 stick of butter

1 container of croissant rolls

First you take your softened cream cheese and mix it with the sugar.

Then you will unroll the croissant rolls, and spread some of the sugar and cream cheese mix onto the croissant.

After the mix is in the croissant you will roll the croissant up normally, then pour some melted butter on the top of the croissants. I even added a little bit more sugar to the top of the croissants to make them extra tastey!

Set your over to 350 and bake for about 10-15 minutes!

Now me and my roomie have something yummy to eat while we study!



My party spots:

Decorating the Mantle.. Well Decorating the Window Sill!

Most people this Christmas are decorating their mantles, but I am decorating our window sill!

Our new house doesn't have a mantle in our living room, so I had to improvise a little!

I started making these three little trees:

These trees are so simple to put together!

All you need is a few paper plates, tissue paper, double sided tape, and anything else you have laying around the house that would look good on your tree!

Take one of your paper plates and make a cone. To make the bigger cone, use two of the paper plates and make a cone and stack them together.

You can do a lot of different things with the tissue paper, for my smallest tree I just twisted little pieces of the lime green tissue paper and wrapped it around the tree. 

After I finished these trees I placed them on little candle sticks I got at Dollar Tree!

Turned out very cute!!

Then I started on my mini wreath's.

These were very simple to make!

I bought the wreaths and the ornaments at Hobby Lobby this morning for 1/2 off!

I just wrapped these tiny ornaments on the wreath!

I now had half the window sill down!

For the right side of the window sill, I took 3 of our glasses and just placed 3 ornaments in them!

To make them at different heights I just picked out 2 different sized canned goods in our pantry and wrapped each of them with lime green tissue paper!

Now that both sides are done, I made a big wreath for the middle!

This was also really simple to make!

I bought a wire wreath and wrapped it in hot pink tissue paper.

Then I took some white sparkly tulle and wrapped it around the tissue paper.

I stuck some little green ornaments and shoved them in the tulle.

Then I hot glued the silver ornaments to the tulle.

And lastly I wrapped the whole wreath with hot pink tulle and I was done!

Finished project:

Yayy!! My wanna be mantle is complete:)  

I party with:

 

growing so fast

On August 6, 2010 I had my very first ultrasound to see my sweet Kinsley!

This is how small her sweet little body was

I can remember freaking out because that little thing was inside of me.

It's amazing the technology we have to be able to see these things.

Only a few months later on October 4, 2010 I found out a was having a little girl!

This was one of the best days of my life. When I saw how big and beautiful all of her little body parts were on the monitor screen, the best feeling came over me that I have ever felt in my whole life.

This picture was my favorite

Her perfect little hand:)

On December 8, 2010 I got to see her again!

Look how big she has grown!!! Kinsley Mae is growing HUGE!

I wasn't exactly supposed to have another ultrasound, BUT my moms friend that works at the hospital needed some practice on looking at the heart, so even though I knew her heart was perfect already I allowed her to practice:) Kinsley still has a beautiful perfect heart!! She was being camera shy which is weird because usually when they put the camera on my belly she starts kicking it nonstop! I think she was a little sleepy during this ultrasound. The girl let me watch her face for a few minutes and it was the most wonderful thing in the world. She kept puckering her lips at us, and would cover her eyes with her elbow. It's like she knew that we were trying to watch her.

I have another appointment (sadly not an ultrasound appt) on the 22nd!!

I think we are going to pick my C-section date then!

Time is sure flying by!!

Captain Rodney's Cheese Bake

Christmas is getting so close and there are so many ideas on what to bake for the family!

My favorite side dish is Captain Rodney's Cheese Bake! It is so quick and easy and is one of the yummiest things I have ever put into my mouth.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of Mayonnaise

8 ounces (1 block) of Cream Cheese, softened

1 cup of Sharp Shredded Cheddar Cheese

2 stalks of Green Onions, chopped

6 pieces of Flipside Pretzel Crackers, crumbled

8 strips of bacon, cooked and crumbled

1/2 cup of Captain Rodney's Boucan Glaze

Serve with: Ritz Crackers or Tostitos

(This glaze isn't the easiest to find, you can order it from http://www.theeverydaygourmet.com/ or the http://www.bellbuckle.com/ and if you don't have time to order it, run up to your nearest *Kroger* and pick up some green peppered jelly)

Start off preheating your over to 350.

In a medium sized bowel mix up your mayonnaise, creamcheese, cheddar cheese and green onions until thoroughly blended. (If your family is as picky as mine, we don't add in the green onions and it tastes just as good)

Spread this mixture into an oven proof serving dish that can hold all this mixture plus a little extra! Sprinkle those cracker crumbs on the top and put it in the oven!

Let this cook for about 15 minutes, when you take it out spread the bacon crumbs over the top,

and pour the glaze over the whole dish.

And your done!!

December 7, 2010

Today is a VERY important day!!

It's my mom's 44th birthday! (She would kill me if she knew I posted her real age on the internet for anyone to read)

My mom is the most beautiful woman I've ever met, inside and out.

She is always doing stuff for my sister and I, and now she is busying her time preparing for my sweet Kinsley

Here is my mom and her favorite person in the whole world! The Pioneer Woman!

Not so sure what she is doing here, but she's a goofball!

Here's our little family:)

Happy Birthday Mom!!

maternity pictures

Goodness it has gotten cold outside!!

On Saturday I worked on Kinsley's Nursery the first half of the day, and then I decided to take some pictures while it was still bearable outside!

I wanted to take my pictures at the Old Mill, but of course it was super crowded,

so I just went to some random places and snapped some shots!

This one was outside some random persons house!

It took me forever to figure out how to make a perfect heart around my belly button!

This was also outside some random persons house,

but I LOVED that swing. This is one of my favorites!

This is my wonderful dog Charlie.

He is like my best friend, been there with me through thick and thin throughout all the hard times in the past year! So I had to include him in some pictures!!

I always laugh thinking about Kinsley when she goes for her first day of Kindergarten,

The teacher will ask what her parents do,

and she will probably respond with my mom is a nurse and my dads a dog.

Hahaha oh goodness. 83 more days to go:)