sweet boy...

hot n' sweaty

stuffed potato skins

a new favorite at our house.

well, for The P & I (and all of our recent house guests) at least.

the boys are still warming up to them.

Stuffed Potato Skins

1 lb hamburger or diced/shredded chicken breast

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained

1 cup frozen corn

1 can diced tomatoes, drained

1 clove garlic, minced    

2 tsp cumin

salt & pepper to taste

1/2 - 1 cup sour cream

Pierce potato with a fork a few times all around. Place in microwave and cook on high about 5 minutes per potato. When finished, allow to cool enough to handle. Cut potatoes in half horizontally. Scoop out potatoes leaving about 1/4 inch thick wall.

In a large skillet brown the hamburger/chicken and season with salt & pepper. When the meat is browned, add garlic, black beans, diced tomatoes, corn, and cumin. Mix well and simmer on low, covered for 15-20 minutes.

Heat oven to 450°. Lightly spray potato skins on both sides with oil and place a foil lined baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper and bake skins for 10 minutes.

Remove skins from the oven, add sour cream to meat mixture and then fill each potato skin.  Top with shredded cheese and bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.  Top with additional sour cream.

Sooooo Good!

Baby G

too cool for words

my supah kewl dudes...

so hip it hurts ♥

ready to ride!

ya know the very best way to ensure an entire month of crappy weather?? 

buy a boat. 

then you'll be guaranteed to have at least of month of nothin' but rain.

rain. rain. and more rain.

so since we bought the boat...

there haven't been too many days worthy of a pleasure cruise. 

these were taken on the first decent day we'd had in nearly 3 weeks. 

the boys had such a great time and Henry told us several times while

were out cruisin' around : "This is the life!!"

and we totally have to agree with him ♥

We Three...

okay. so it is seriously difficult to get a photo of all three of these boys together. i'm pretty sure this is the FIRST sorta decent picture i've ever gotten that has of all them in it. how about that for epic Fail.   i only wish the lighting was better... but i suppose i better take what i can get :]

toastin' mallows!

YummmmO!!

back from the dead

okay, so it looks like i might finally be over the crud i've been fighting for the past 2 months. still not feeling 100%... but shoot, i'm not completely sure that's even possible at this point ;)  i swear that at least one or more persons in this house have been sick at some point for the past four months.  it makes it incredibly difficult to get anything chore or unpacking related done.   the weather here has been the absolute pits for the past week as well... cold enough that i had to flip the heat back on and the kidlets are back to wearing jackets and long pants. i sure hope things clear up and warm up for the weekend... we're just dyin' to take the boat out and have some fun on the lake. even more so now that my sis is here! i'm so stoked... i loves her and only wish she was staying for more than a week!

sicko.

so i think the hardest thing about being a mom is when you're unlucky enough to actually get sick. we're talking really, really sick. if that happens, it's totally tough ninnies. when mom is sick, there's just no time to take care of her. it doesn't matter how crappy she feels or how little sleep she got. too bad if she's coughing so hard that she had to throw up in the sink or if she can't get three steps out of the bathroom before having to turn around and go back in. moms don't get sick days.


so now on top of having the flu - see vomiting and diarrhea. now i've got a double ear infection and walking pneumonia. nawesome.

bunny extention

okay... so i'm sooooooo seriously sick that we've actually had to postpone our Easter celebration :( Talk about miserable... bleh.

still sick...

i thought we were over all of this... but i guess not. poor little Gareth is still sick, though his fever finally broke (for the second time). and i was actually feeling much better... until some friends (who were sick) came over... and now i'm sick all over again. ugh. i cannot stop coughing... feel like shit.
so not happy.