Easy Skillet Cordon Bleu and Creamy Cheese Grits and Spinach

The Easy Skillet Cordon Bleu gets 4 1/2 Stars!

The Creamy Cheese Grits and Spinach gets 3 1/2 stars.

I think I'd have rather had the grits and spinach separate, but it was a great way to sneak the spinach in so my girls would eat it.  All in all it was a big hit =)

Very easy and very tasty!!

Fun Food and a New Nook

I have been trying to get a bit more creative with our meals and snacks lately.  The other night, I got sucked into vortex that is the Southern Living website for a few hours a while, and I found some of these...

Here are a few things I am going to try out this week.

"Mom's Best Granola" from http://www.allrecipes.com/

Easy Skillet Cordon Bleu  and Slow Cooker Chuck Roast from http://www.southernliving.com/

Homemade Hummus from http://www.marthastewart.com/

I'll let you know how they turn out and try to post pictures of my own!

I have also been working off and on at organizing my house.  Since our house has been for sale for 1 1/2 years... I am determined to make this small space as functional as possible while still being pretty!  It's actually been a fun and challenging project.  One of the most helpful things we've done is to move our huge desk downstairs next to the kitchen.  For a while it was just becoming a paper cluttered jungle, but yesterday I had had enough and I decided to clean it up and make it pretty.  It turned out pretty well considering I just used what I had around the house.  I moved some pictures, cleaned it off and fresh flowers always add a nice touch!

Thanksgiving cookies and Fall beauty

I haven't posted in a while and don't know where to start, so I'll just start with some cute pictures!

Here's one I snapped of Sophie and Selah holding hands in the car while Selah is waving out the window.

(Don't worry, I pulled over in my mom's neighborhood to take it)

We tried to get some sweet pictures of Selah wearing her little coat and hat.  She actually didn't mind it which was surprising because Sophie had a fit every time we tried to put this on her as a baby!

Turkey dresses from Nana=)

We made cookies at YaYa's for Thanksgiving and Selah helped by doing a little taste testing!

She also did a little coloring=)

Sophie and Luke were a little more helpful in the cookie making.

We got the idea from my sweet friend Leisha's blog. 

Not sure if ours were as cute as hers but they sure did taste great!

Sophie enjoyed some clementines as well , if you can't tell, that's what is stuffed in her mouth.

Then she opted to turn back to cookies and icing.

After cookies, we went to take some pictures for Aunt RiRi's new website. 

Sophie wanted to join us and actually begged to get in the pictures which was a first for sure!

Mommy even got to get in a few pics.  Too bad Daddy and Selah weren't there, 

These could've been Christmas card worthy. 

Love it when you can catch a real laugh or smile from kids. 

This little girl lights up my world with her grin!

Goodbye Fall, Hello Christmas!

4 kids, no problem..

I had a fun but busy night tonight. I tried a recipe (modified) I found on one of my favorite blogs http://www.flythroughmywindow.blogspot.com/ and I kept my precious niece and nephew for my sis! We had lots of fun and I played with my camera while the kids played together. I still haven't even read the manual, one day I guess I will, but for now, it's taking pretty good pictures without me even knowing what I am doing=)

Here are my modified ingredients. Oven preheating at 350.

I think next time I'll slice the zucchini thinner.

Trey requested that I add a smidge more cheese.

Because you can never have too much cheese!

For the full recipe see

http://flythroughmywindow.blogspot.com/2009/06/garden-recipe-chicken-delight.html

While I was cooking, Selah got hungry.

Luke and Sophie played/ran They played "Mommy and Daddy" in the playroom.

Luke said the blessing.

and they "ate dinner."

They wanted to eat their real dinner upstairs, but Trey thought that was a bad idea.

Good call honey=)

They closed the blinds because it was "too bright."

and then they asked me to stop taking pictures,
which I did not. So they took a nap, a fake nap.
Very convincing.

Then dinner was ready! Yummy.

The kids ate pizza though. Well, they played and ate. They must've had some inside joke because they were laughing hysterically throughout dinner. I have no idea what about.
Even Selah got a little pizza to chew on. She loved it.

After dinner, Reese woke up and the babies went into the den to play=)

Selah, pulled the "I'm bigger than you and I'm mobile" card and took Reese's, well... everything.

I kept taking pictures and let them "work it out" between themselves.

I could hear Reese saying in her Bon qui qui (youtube.com) voice,

"Oh no she didn't just do that to me. Rude!"

Come on Selah, lets share. I can tell Reese is going to be a peacemaker.

She has such a sweet soft spirit.

Selah is like a little wild mustang. She is my "wild child."

I love it, we're jut going to have to be careful how we direct it=)

Then Selah pulled the toys to her side. Little sinful nature coming out already.=)

Reese can hold her own too though.

"Don't make me use this Selah!"

"Don't make me laugh. I am 9 weeks older than you kid."
Meanwhile, Trey was busy "studying."

College World Series just happened to be on...
Luke and Sophie took a break from playing upstairs for a photo op with their little sisters.

Then, Selah tried to swipe Reese's apple juice.Trey gave Reese a little help from the "bully" =)

Selah did a little one armed push up to show her dominance even in defeat!

We're gonna have to watch that girl=)

I had so much fun keeping them all that I've decided that I want twins next, twin boys to be precise. Truly the whole "Reese, Selah" incident was very under control (Elaine) They were precious together. I think twins would be great fun!

I have a hysterical video of all the kids that i'll post tomorrow!