Hey There Blogsters...

I hope today is treating you all very nicely too! So far my morning has been blessed with an extra hour of sleep (thank you sweet Anna for sleeping in) and the sound of constant jabbering from my sweet child trying to explain to me what exactly in this world she wants to do/eat/drink/wear/play!! I swear she speaks chinese.. AND.. for those of you like ME that don't speak her language... beware.. she may get a little (just a tad) bit frustrated with you!!

A few things:

Weekend

Our weekend was GREAT!

Anna and I decided to go spend the weekend with Zannie and DaddyBen and it was quite relaxing and fun and just what the doctor ordered.
We took Anna to the "Pop-Fountain".. at first she did NOT want to do it:



She was perfectly content just watching the other kids:



But then.. once she did it.. she LOVED it! She would stand over the fountain and just wait for it to pop up and splash her face.. hilarious!



It was a huge success (but next time we'll put her in her swimsuit)




Saturday Nate, Houston, Lacey, and Sadie came over for supper. Anna LOVED watching sweet* little Sadie retrieve!



*Houston informed me that Sadie is NOT a "sweetheart-dog" as I wrote last post.. but infact a "ferocious duck hunting dog"... yeah..right! *

Ferocious or not.. Houston's been working hard with her and she IS going to be a great little retriever!



Anna's new (not really "new" but new favorite) thing is talking on the phone!!.. Here she is talking to Nate's girlfriend.. and I do mean TALKING.. (or chinese jabbering..but she's pacing the room telling her life story I think!)



Poor Courtney.. Anna wasn't making a bit of sense (naturally) and she refused to stop talking and give Nate the phone back! C- you were sweet to "talk" for so long =)

The whole weekend was fun!

Christmas in July

Yesterday evening (because the days are too hot) we played outside a good bit. Anna had Christmas in July (or late-June really)... we can finally put her Christmas present to good use!!



She loved swinging.. but don't ask her to smile or say "cheese" or this is what you'll get:


(CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!!)

She is so funny!




She also loves her slide that Mimi and Paw gave her for Christmas!






She was a sweaty mess five minutes after being outside.. but she was loving it so.. who cares! I'm sure we'll have another "sweaty-evening" again tonight!

And.. I'm sure Anna will continue to say "Cheeeeeese" everytime she see's a camera!!
So... I'll leave you with this one until next time!




Oh and one last thing:

Recipe

Do y'all get tired of cooking the same things every week? I do! I'm always searching people's "cooking" blogs for new ideas. Well, not long ago I made King Ranch Chicken (just a recipe I found online) after having it at Paula's and it's been added to the rotation.. y'all should try it. It's EASY and GOOD!

King Ranch Chicken
Chicken
Cream of Mushroom Soup (2 cans)
Original Rotel Tomatoes (1 can)
2 Cups Cheddar (shredded)
1 Bag of Dorito Chips

Cook Chicken until done (how ever you want to cook it would probably be fine)
mix soups & rotel in large bowl
spray baking dish

break up doritos & cover bottom of baking dish
layer 1/2 chicken, 1/2 cheese, 1/2 soup mixture (repeat)
top with more chips and left over cheese

350 degrees 30 minutes or so.

(Houston..I think you'll love this)

Alright.. y'all let me know if you make it (and like it) =)

We'll be back soon!