so much fun...

The four of us had so much fun making homemade pudding pops today! I got the recipe out of the Kraft magazine! We took a large box of pudding and three cups of milk and mixed it with the hand mixer for two minutes then folded in 1 cup of cool whip thawed. The we let the kids make individual pudding pops and mix in whatever they wanted. I set up all these little bowls with things to mix in..m&m's, oreos crushed, chopped up marshmallows etc they mixed it up and it was put in paper cups and we stuck plastic spoons in the middle and now they are freezing! I'll keep you posted but they looked soooooo yummy!

For Mindy...

Mindy I hope the layered dinner turned out well for you, I love it because there is no dishes and I don't have to think of a side dish, it's all there! I forgot to post that you can also take fresh green beans (ends snapped off of course!) and wrap them in a foil packet and use them in place of corn!

The pork tacos are super easy!

I used a 1 lb boneless pork loin, add about 1-2 tsp taco seasoning or seasoned salt, sprinkle it all over the meat, then add about 1/2 cup lowrys tequila lime marinade and crockpot for 6-7 hrs until shreddable. Shred with a fork and serve with taco fixin's. yummy!

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all! I love my children very much! Today and Everyday!

The kids first Rays game...

We also went to the Rays game the other day! It was Ryan and Paiges first game and we all had so much fun! Paige would stick her tongue out at the umpire when we didn't agree with his calls, and screamed "that's not very nice!" when the Orioles pitcher hit one of our guys! It was great and the kids loved screaming and yelling and waving their foam fingers! The Rays won so it made for a great night out with the family! I just don't understand parents who don't love doing things like that with their kids! We enjoy our family outings immensely!

Fun at Busch Gardens...

We had so much fun at Busch Gardens with the kids the other day, and as you can see Ryan and Paige made a new friend! The kids thought it was hilarious that I was so scared on the skyride, I was clutching the pole in the center for dear life! We rode the flume ride twice so each of the kids could have a chance to sit up front they thought the"flu ride" was the best thing ever!

Another recipe...

Another crockpot recipe...

Layered Steak Dinner

4 round steaks
4 sm-med baking potatoes
4 ears corn on the cob
1/4 cup water
1 tbsp liquid smoke
choice of seasoning



Season steaks with your choice of seasoning, lay in the bottom of the crockpot and pour water mixed with liquid smoke over the meat. Then wrap each baking potato and each ear of corn individually in foil. Layer first the potatoes then the corn over the meat. Close the lid tightly then cook for 8-9 hrs on low!