Creamy Potato Soup

30 oz frozen hashbrowns
2 14 oz cans chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 block cream cheese
garlic powder, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste


Put potatoes, soup, broth, and seasonings in crockpot on low for 5 hours.  Add cream cheese and onion and cook another 30 min.  Top with shredded cheese and bacon, if desired.

Grieving Cowboy Casserole

I found this dish on pinterest and man am I glad I did!  I love it and it has been put into our rotation!

1 lb hamburger
1/4 onion, chopped
2 cups cheddar cheese
2 cups crushed tortilla chips
1 can rotel
1 can cream of mushroom soup
cumin, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 350.  Brown hamburger with onion and spices.  Add soup and rotel and heat until throughly mixed.  Pour chips into an 8x8 pan.  Top with meat mix, then cheese.  Bake 10 minutes.

Parmesan and Mushroom Pasta

bow tie pasta
6 slices bacon
1/3 onion, sliced
8oz sliced baby bella mushrooms
3/4 cup shaved parmesan cheese
1/2 jar alfredo pasta

Cook bacon in a pan until crispy and fat is rendered.  Remove bacon.  You can add this to the pasta later, or eat it like I do. :) Add onion and mushrooms to the pan and cook until tender.  Add alfredo sauce and heat through.  Boil pasta until tender.  Drain and add to the sauce.  Add parmesan cheese and toss until pasta is coated.  Eat!

Oh Tuesday

Ok first off, a big congrats to my bro and sis-in-law, who are expecting their first child in July!

Congrats David and Kate!

Secondly, it's January.  Yuck.  All that means is cold weather, overtime at work, and looking forward to February.  This weekend I treated myself to some Sarah time and got a pedicure on Saturday, followed by grocery shopping, and an evening in with the hubs.  Sunday, we went on a day date.  We ate at Red Lobster and then did a tiny bit of shopping.   Very low key.  Truly there isn't much going on right now.  Well, the hubs just got home from a 12 hour shift at work, so I'm going to spend some time with him while I've got it!  

Sausage and Cream Cheese Breakfast Casserole

Thanks to my  mother-in-law who found this redcipe on Pinterest!  So yum!

• 12  Eggs
• ½ cups Milk
• 1 pound Breakfast Sausage
• 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese
• 2 cans (8 Oz. Size) Crescent Rolls
• 2 cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

Beat eggs and add milk. Scramble and then set aside.

Brown sausage. When cooked, add cream cheese and stir to combine. Add scrambled eggs and combine.

In an ungreased 13×9 dish, unroll 1 can of crescent rolls. Press down. Spread sausage mixture on top. Top with shredded cheese. Then top with the remaining can of crescent rolls.

Bake 25 minutes.

recipe found at tastykitchen.com

Dear 2012,

We started off rough 2012.  Jon and I both had bronchitis.  We had a little plumbing problem.  There was a lot of overtime at work.  Both our cars had some issues.  We had some really sever weather (tornadoes in January?!?!?!).  We had more awesome hanging out nights at Dustin and Amber's than I can count.  Well I could probably count if I wanted to.  But I don't.  February 29th only comes once every four years and this was one of them.  March came in like a lion with tornadoes that destroyed towns.  Work got super busy due to a system change, and we met a new friend who we nicknamed Swamp Thang.  April snuck in on us and before we knew it we were  spening Easter with my family.  We celebrated the wedding of an old friend and Jon and Dustin cleaned up nice as groomsmen.  My nephew Grayson turned one.  April brought migraines and that was no bueno.  Schatzi had her puppies!  Sadly, only one lived, but my oh my is she a cutie!  Brooklyn turned one and we wondered how we became surrounded by babies that are quickly becoming toddlers.  I got a BIG birthday present in the form of a treadmill!  Woop!  Aunt Sharon and Uncle Juan came to visit and see the house (along with a gaggle of other family folk).  I celebrated the big 3-0 with a party with our lil' gang.  We took Josh to Skyline for a picnic and to climb the "Tower of Fear."  We went to my home town county fair and had a great visit with my family in July.  Can you say FAIR COOKIES!!!  So yum! Unfortunately, I also got a pinched nerve in my back in July.  Not. Fun.  Fall came (finally!) and brought busy but fun times!  We got to see the last blue moon for 3 years.  It was huge!!  I thought our neighbors had lights on outside, but nope!  That was the moon lighting up our bedroom!  I photographed Jon's Aunt Rachel's wedding.  Terrifying!  We had many celebrations leading up to David and Kate's October wedding.  I donated 10 inches of my hair to Locks of Love.  I got to see the ocean for the first time.  We lost Grandpa B in November.  Before we knew it, it was Christmas.  We got to see so many member of our families and it was wonderful!  All in all you were one heck of a year 2012.  I'm glad we had this time together.  Here's lookin' at you kid.

Lately

Lately we've been drinking lots of coffee and taking in the snowy landscape.  I love winter!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!  We had a wonderful Christmas that started on Thursday night and ended today!  Thursday we picked up Josh and he got to open all his presents.  Saturday, we headed up to my parents to have Christmas with my family.  Sunday, we headed back to Seymour and had Christmas with Jon's Mom for Josh.  Yesterday, I worked until noon, then we headed to Jon's grandmas for Christmas with his dad's side.  This morning we went over to his mom's for Christmas with them.  Whew!  I love seeing all of our families and getting to spend time with them!  Merry Christmas indeed!

Merry Christmas!

Sick Day

Oh what a day.  We were supposed to head to Indy for my nephews 5th birthday party, but Jon was sick all morning.  I decided to stay home just in case I had the germs.  I didn't want to spread them around.  Ugh.  Jon was sick ALL morning and then took a 4 hour nap.  That left me with my whole day open, so I decided to girl it up.  I marathoned (is that a word?) Laguna Beach and The Hills all day!  Lol, oh it takes me back.  I did get a little laundry done so I didn't waste the whole day.  Now I'm making Honey Spiced Pork Chops for dinner (well, dinner for me.  I don't know if Jon is up to it yet.) and watching Star Trek.    Anywho, just a laid back day here!  Oh and here is a picture from Josh's 5th grade Christmas program from Friday night.