Materinty Shoot & Fun with Colors

I've known Janet since college.  She's the band director, now at Ballinger.  She let me do a photo shoot for her (& 2 year old Ashtyn).  Janet is ready to meet little Hunter.  In fact, she's over 39 weeks... and on Tuesday (we did the shoot on the Saturday after said Tuesday) she was already at 4cm and 50% effaced!  What a trooper!  Here, I am showing off my newly acquired talents aka - Fun with Photoshop! (& my awesome camera).  Enjoy!

Bluebonnets are blue-ti-ful!!!

I loved taking my boys (and my dad's) pictures yesterday.  Here are just a small smattering of my favorites. Owen is in that "I refuse to look at the camera or smile -- so there" stage.  FUN.  But, lucky for me, he's a cutie even when NOT looking at the camera. Sinker.  Caleb, on the other hand did fantastic!  Such a beautiful - I should say handsome - blond. I am truly blessed!  This one of my dad is his first good shot since my sisters wedding - 4 years ago!  It was time for a new face book profile picture.  NICE!  Anywho, we took most of these at the Llano 4-H club.  It was jam-packed with bluebonnets.  God sure painted a beautiful canvas for us to enjoy!  AWEsome!!!

Mexican Lasagne

Today, Owen had to stay home.  He had a fever of 105 yesterday... turns out he had a minor ear infection in his left ear & a "raging" one in his right ear.  He still has not ever tugged, or rubbed his ears.  Just high fever & crankiness for him. He's tuckered today, putting himself down for several naps on the couch.  Poor baby...

Any who, Since I stayed home with him, I decided to be creative with my cooking for tonight.  I made an oldie-for our family-but a goodie.  And, I took pictures as I went.  Mexican lasagna is one of my F A V O R I T E dinners of all time.  It's super simple and easy to change for your own likes. (OH! I double this recipe for tonight - FYI).

Here's the recipe:
1.5-2 lbs ground beef                         1 can Ro-Tel Tomatoes
1 medium onion, chopped                   6 flour tortillas, quartered
1 can cream of chicken soup                12 oz. Cheddar Jack cheese, grated or shredded
1 can Ranch Style beans
Brown beef & onion.  Drain. Add soup, beans, & Ro-Tel.  Grease casserole dish with Pam.  Line with quartered tortillas.  Add beef mixture, then cheese.  Continue to layer, ending with cheese.  Bake for 20 minutes at 350.  Serve hot. Top with sour cream if desired.

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Easter craft

I totally stole this idea from a party I went to a while back.  I had an opportunity to keep/play/entertain my hubby's best friend's kiddo - Corey - this morning and decided to be crafty.  I'm going to stick this in the diaper bag for his mommy & daddy as a surprise.  Cute, huh?

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