Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day 2011

Cass and Dylan are so lucky to have such a great daddy!

Dylan had a basketball game today and he said they would win for all of the dads. He was right because they won by 18 points. I love that his tongue was sticking out while he shot the ball.


Tonight Michael grilled wings and I made homemade cole slaw for the first time.

Did you think I would go without making dessert??? I made golden oreo cheesecake bars. YUM-OLA!
Happy Father's Day!!!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Food Club

Finally, we had food club tonight after four months of not having it!! I love eating all of the delicious food and spending time with the Mahin family. Dylan did not go to the February gathering so this was his first time meeting Emily.

Emily loved Dylan


We had beautiful weather so we were able to sit on the deck. I made taco pizza dip for the appetizer.


Michael smoked brisket and I made sour cream and chives cheesy potatoes and garlic pull apart bread.

Mike and Mike

Jenni made a chocolate cake from scratch and Julia Child's buttercream frosting. It was so scrumptious!!
We are NOT going four months again without food club!

The only recipe link that works is the garlic bread one so here are two other recipes.


Taco Pizza Dip


2 pkgs. cream cheese, softened

8-12 oz. french onion dip

1 lb. ground beef

half of an envelope of dry taco seasoning mix

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Combine cream cheese and onion dip and spread in slow cooker. Brown ground beef, drain and stir in taco seasoning into meat.

Place meat on top of cream cheese mixture.

Sprinkle cheese on top of meat.

Cover and cook on low for 1 1/2 -2 hours.

Serve with tortilla chips.



Sour Cream and Chives Cheesy Potatoes


2 lbs. frozen hash brown potatoes

1 can cream of chicken soup

2 cups sour cream and chives

1/4 tsp pepper

1 tsp salt

2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese

1/2 cup melted butter


Mix together except for melted butter. Pour melted butter on top and bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.


Friday, June 17, 2011

TGIF

Today I had to take Cass to the doctor to get a TB test so she can volunteer this summer and she also had to have her right ear cleaned out. Neither one was fun so I took her to Yogurtini for a treat afterwards.



Then my family took me to Willie's to celebrate my new position at work. We all got an appetizer for dinner and it only cost us $17. Yay cheap!!!

Well, not so cheap because when we came out we had this on our windshield!

A $38.50 parking violation! Whoops!!!


Michael and I have been enjoying some deck time while sipping on a fresh mint margarita. Cass made non-alcholic Kentucky Derby drinks for her and Dylan.

What a nice way to start the weekend!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

A Great Day Off!!

It was so nice to have the day off today! I even got up and went to my 5:45am water aerobics class and then went to Starbucks.

Dylan had basketball camp this morning and then I took Cass and Dylan to go see the movie "Judy Moody and the not so Bummer Summer".

I loved that we had a nice rainy day with some thunder!

I also made chocolate truffle cookies today so I can take them to work with me in the morning!


I also took graham cracker chocolate chip snaking cake (smores cake) this week and it was really good!

My lemonade cake looked absolutely ugly but delicious! My office mates miss me when I am gone :)

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Basketball Tournament in Hesston, KS


Well, the Kansas City Premiere team got 4th place out of 28 teams. Not bad but we lost in overtime in the last game so it was a heart breaker. Michael and I wanted to have a cookout with the whole team so on Saturday between our 11:15am game and our 9pm game the whole team and their families came to the campground. The boys had a great time and some actually thought we lived in the trailer. We had grilled hamburgers, chips, corn dip and yummy chocolate chip cookies that my mom made.

BBQ time


Dylan and Coach Hudson

The boys wanted to go in the trailer so I made them pose for a picture. Dylan even had some special people come watch his games. Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Robert enjoyed watching Dylan and his team play.


I had to post my favorite recipe of the week! Homemade Peppermint Patties! Delicious!!!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Another Fun-Filled Day

Every year after vacation I immediately work on our photo album. It usually takes all day to finish it so that is why I always take the Monday after vacation off. Well, this year I decided to take two days after vacation off and thank goodness because today was filled with other things besides finishing my album.

I worked all morning on the photo album. Scrapbook materials, photos and of course a Starbucks are the supplies needed for the album.

Then I took the kids out for lunch at Lettuce Eat. It was delicious as always.


After that a dr. appointment and then I took Cass and Dylan to go see Kung Fu Panda 2. We had to stop and get some candy before the movie. The new coconut Twix was yummy!
Dylan also had basketball practice tonight. Maybe I can finish my photo album before I go to bed and then tomorrow I can rest!!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Family Vacation 2011

Click here to the link to our family vacation!!! Hope you enjoy them!