My New Years slumber

Who will be staying up to ring in the new year? Usually the only way my lids would stay open is if I propped them up on a pair of toothpicks. However, this year I will have to try. Especially after Hubby's "Your sometimes boring" comment.

Ha! I'll show him!!

All grown up

Kate and Halle were nice enough to dress up for Kenzie one last time. Too big for playing dress-up and too big for the dress! Thanks Kenzie for sharing.

Ian and his fort

Freezer meals

A lot of you have wondered how I keep my grocery bill so low. So I decided to share some of my favorite freezer meals with you. Here are two that freeze well and are cheep and easy to make. I have doubled this recipe for you to make 12-14 servings. Both of these meals can be seperated into freezer bags or containers.


This makes a great pasta sauce- SO YUMMY!

Place all these ingredients in a large crock pot for 6-8 hours on low.

3 lbs of ground turkey- cooked and drained (Walmart has this the cheepest about $1.20ish/lb)

4 onions chopped (fresh and easy has a bag of four for $.99)

2 garlic cloves- minced

1 stick of butter

3-4 cups of fresh mushrooms

2 can cream-styled corn

4 cans condensed tomato soup (Walmart's brand is the cheepest)

TO RE-HEAT:

Place mostly thawed or thawed sauce into a sauce pan and heat through. Serve over pasta of your choice.


Italian Bean Soup

Place all ingredients into a large crock pot and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

2 lbs precooked mild sausage- sliced

2 onions

2 cans red beans

2 cans black beans

2 cans white beans

28 oz beef broth

2 tsp dried Basil

4 TBS Parmesan cheese

2 cans diced tomatoes with juice

TO RE-HEAT: Place thawed soup into pot and heat through.

Miss you...

Well, moving again. Life sure has thrown us a few curve balls over the past year and a half. I hope we are not seperated long! I'm just waiting for life to return to "normal" and to see my sweetie again. Love you!

CrEepY.........

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