Mini Home Makeover

I thought it would be a great idea to redo a few rooms in my home with a fresh coat of paint - maybe frame a few printables from Pinterest. I was envisioning House Beautiful!

INSTEAD each room I walked INTO looked in need of a new reality show, "Camp Organization!"

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Hmmm, maybe next year!:)

Nicki, ~Always

Sauteed Chicken Breasts, Onions, and Celery Over Rice

Join me over at Kelly's Korner  today for 
Favorite Main Meal Recipes

 My favorite is Sauteed Chicken, Celery, Onions over Rice

Recipe:
4-6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
1 Large Onion
4 Celery Stalks
Salt
Garlic Powder
Pepper
1-2 Sticks of Butter

1. Sautee 1/2 Stick of butter over medium heat in a frying pan adding chicken breasts
2. Cut celery into quarters then add to top of chicken
3. Cut onion into big circles and lay over celery
4. Add another 1/2 stick butter, flipping chicken and celery and onions as needed
5. Cook rice in seperate pan
6. Cook chicken all the way through and continue to sautee until the celery is soft and has picked up the butter, onion and chicken flavor

Serves Chicken, Onion and Celery over hot Rice
Serves 4 to 6
Enjoy!!

My Little Gymnasts

"Mom, Can I do a Handstand on the shed roof?"
"No son, that is where I draw the line!!"

Mr. Nick Praying with the group of boys before training.

This one is a natural!!

 This one is not afraid to try anything!! UT OH!!

                                                   Great determination!!

Beautiful Form!!

Spills

There are more spills in my house then there are towels to clean up the messes!! No sooner do my kiddos open their eyes and we have already reached spill number 25. By night time I want to sit on the floor kicking and screaming, saying "Do you really need anymore liquid today".

Packing for 8 plus a dog

Heading to New York to visit family and friends for the New Year sounds like so much fun, right?
Did you see me mention New Year as in 20° F where you will need all the winter essentials to survive?!!

Just a sneak peek at my packing list for the kids-
6 pairs of boots
6 pairs of gloves
6 set of hats
6 winter coats
6 pairs of snow pants
6 pairs of sneakers, shoes
6 pairs of socks  x  enough for 10 days and the occasional, “I got snow in my boot!”
6 pairs of you know whats  x  enough to last the trip
36- 40 outfits which does not include tights and hair bows (packed those with the accessories)
Kid Tylenol ~ just in case
6 toothbrushes, kid toothpaste
band-aids
Much much more
These are pictures of the return trip home, which yielded many more goodies from family and friends.










We may need to think about renting a u-haul in the future or we could visit during the summer!!

Princess Birthday

Guess who had a birthday?? The big #1



The boys loved singing Happy Birthday!!

She loves her new computer!!
Her favorite part of the party was her princess friends who helped her open her gifts.



Can I frame this face?



Our sweet precious little girl turned 1 years old in December!!
What better way to celebrate than in a princess dress made by grandma!!

2 Left Shoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clearance sale on shoes at the mall 50% off of already reduced prices!!

~Bought 2 pairs of shoes for my 2 yr.old 1 pair for church and the other for play.

Fast forward to playtime and imagine my surprise when I discover I purchased two left foot shoes:)

Fast forward yet again to Sunday morning Church

Me: “Honey, can you put on our little guys new shoes?

Hubby: “ ah, we have a problem, they are both for the left foot!!”

Ugh!! Who buys their child 2 pairs of shoes and all four shoes are for the left foot?!!!

Needless to say my little guy wore Blues Clues shoes to church on Sunday:)

 

“Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?”
Bernice Fitz-Gibbon