Nope

I was going to blog.

But instead I'm going to go watch The Bourne Ultimatum with Li.

(And try to convince him to give me a foot massage.)

And speaking of movies...

Have you seen Inception yet?

Firecrackers

I made these for Pack Meeting last night.

I thought they turned out pretty cute. 

Until we smashed one pan on top of the other trying to get them in the freezer.

And they tasted pretty good too.

I think I'll make the filling again but omit the cool whip and dip fruit in it.

As for pack meeting...

Li was super excited to dress up like Uncle Sam.

And Carter spent the whole night trying to body slam another small child.

The best distractions we found were 

candy and letting him see pictures of himself.

He's so vain.

I took a couple of pictures on vacation.

Carter and his dad driving to San Diego. 

Isn't everyone cuter when they are asleep?

#6

Go to IKEA. Check.

I might have been overheard saying,

"I need to either get out of this store or get a job."

Seriously, some lady with her arms full of purchases heard me saying that to Li and started laughing her head off.

I'm interested in moving into the showroom.

Sleepy

We are finally home from vacation.

And then I drove my sister and husband back to the airport.

 And now I'm I feeling like...

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I need a vacation!!

Pictures are worth lots of words

Today is Friday at the Beach House.

And that means this....

Three cheers for family pictures....

keeping the babies happy,

getting everyone to look at the camera at the same time,

trying to look presentable after a week of not caring one bit,

you know the drill.

At least we get a free shirt. :)

Sausage Casserole

If you want to join in the whole "eat your food slower" thing, here is a good recipe to try.

It's good for two reasons...

1 because it's good, as in, I think you'll like it.

2 because it's spicy, so you'll naturally want to eat it a little slower.

Oh and 3 it's easy!

Sausage Casserole

(from my grandma)

1 lb. spicy sausage (Or not spicy if you prefer, but then you'll have to work harder to eat slowly.)

1/4 onion (chopped)

green pepper (chopped)

celery (chopped)

(I never thought I'd be sharing a recipe that didn't have exact measurements, but really just put in however much you want, if I can do it, ANYONE can!)

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 soup can water

1 cup uncooked rice

Brown the sausage.  Add everything else.  Mix. Put it in a casserole dish.

Bake @ 350 for 45 minutes covered

and then 15 more minutes uncovered.

 Want to see a picture?

Sorry, I doubled it and it was still gone before I thought to get a picture.

But I used lots of colors of peppers and it was actually quite pretty.

Sorry you missed it.