This last Sunday we were having a hard time deciding what to do with the four frozen chicken breasts sitting on our counter. You see, we don't go to church till noon...when we get home from church at a quarter after three we have some pretty hungry kiddos! Not to mention all of the hungry adults! We try to put something in the oven when we leave relying on our start timer on the oven! But, we've done everything you can think of with chicken and we wanted something new, something fresh and something tasty!Leave it to my Mother-In-Law to think of something a little strange. I questioned her sanity when she told me what she was thinking and you will question mine too....BUT when you taste it.....
4 chicken breasts, whole or cut into smaller chunks (ours were frozen)
1 bottle catalina dressing
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
1 can cranberry sauce
Place chicken in 9 x 13 pan. Mix cranberry sauce, onion soup mix and catalina in a bowl. pour over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees till chicken is done. Enjoy!
The sauce is a beautiful cranberry red color....it's sweet and tangy. We served ours with mashed potatoes and green beans. It was YUMMY!!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
We spent this last Saturday outside! It was a beautiful fall day...Cole's sister Erin and her family came by to spend the day with us! Cole and Bruce were busy replacing the roof on the barn. I know in the picture above it looks as if they are talking rather than working....it looked that way to us most of the day too....but they were able to take most of the roof off and replace half of it in one day! The rest is waiting for another beautiful day.....
While they were working the rest of us were playing! Cameron Looks like a little man in this picture...I love watching him...he seems to have a plan no matter what he's doing.
When I asked him to say cheese he refused!
Here he's saying cheese but refusing to look at the camera.
This is what's left of our huge garden....a lone cherry tomato plant!
We had so much fun picking out our pumpkins from our own garden! Harmony was happy to smile for the camera...
This is the one he wanted..."because it's little mommy, like me!"
He could even carry it all by himself!
Hunter loved picking pumpkins....
Hyrum was so funny! He didn't want to hold his and every time Joseph would set it in Hyrums hand, Hyrum would drop it. This picture was staged...Joseph set it in his hands and backed away as fast as possible so I could click the camera and within a matter of seconds Hyrum had dropped the pumpkin again..it was pretty cute!
Even the leaves on our grape vines are changing colors! I love the beautiful purple color!
Later that afternoon Cameron and I met my sisters and Mike at the Pumpkin patch at Hanley Farm. We picked out another pumpkin...so we could carve another one with daddy!
Then we rode a horse drawn wagon!
I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday! Having fun, outside with our family!
Happy October!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Things I love this Autumn...
I love that my little guy is no longer calling me Amber, I'm finally Mommy again!
I love the Crisp, Cool, Autumn mornings....and the evenings!
I love that we could have soup every night....
I love snuggling under a blanket and reading...for hours!
I love being able to wear my sweatshirt ALL day long!
I love pulling out my winter clothes...and being able to enjoy them.
I love planning for Cameron's Birthday and Halloween.
I love cuddling closer to Cole in bed to keep warm!
I love all of the orange and browns...sooo pretty!
I love the yummy apples from our orchard....
I love all of the yummy desserts we can make with the yummy apples from the orchard!
Just a few of the things I am loving right now!
I love the Crisp, Cool, Autumn mornings....and the evenings!
I love that we could have soup every night....
I love snuggling under a blanket and reading...for hours!
I love being able to wear my sweatshirt ALL day long!
I love pulling out my winter clothes...and being able to enjoy them.
I love planning for Cameron's Birthday and Halloween.
I love cuddling closer to Cole in bed to keep warm!
I love all of the orange and browns...sooo pretty!
I love the yummy apples from our orchard....
I love all of the yummy desserts we can make with the yummy apples from the orchard!
Just a few of the things I am loving right now!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
My Quilt
Finally! I have been working on or dreaming of this quilt for sometime now.... in fact this quilt has been in the process for 10 months! It took me a while to find the right fabric. Once I found the perfect fabric I cut and assembled the top in a matter of hours....THEN it sat in my closet, then in a tub, and then in the middle of my project pile. I finally pulled it out and threw it on my couch...hoping that it would motivate me and it finally did! I am so happy with how it turned out. This is my first quilt top....I have made several others since I finished this top in march....
Here it is spread out on my living room floor waiting to be tied. Once it was tied I sewed on the binding and then finished the binding by hand!
Here are two different pictures of my finished quilt! I love, love, love it and am excited to be able to snuggle under it while reading a good book! My Mother-in-law asked if I was going to give it to somebody....my husband tried to claim it as his...Sorry guys! I am going to be greedy for once...this is mine and only mine!
Here it is spread out on my living room floor waiting to be tied. Once it was tied I sewed on the binding and then finished the binding by hand!
Here are two different pictures of my finished quilt! I love, love, love it and am excited to be able to snuggle under it while reading a good book! My Mother-in-law asked if I was going to give it to somebody....my husband tried to claim it as his...Sorry guys! I am going to be greedy for once...this is mine and only mine!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Fairbanks Alaska in Pictures
Here are the pictures from our trip last month.
Jillian! She is so cute, so big and so sweet! She cut two teeth while Cameron and I were there and was a bit fussy but didn't complain other than that! I loved spending time with her and holding her...too bad the trip didn't cure me of the "baby bug".
Shannon was such a great tour guide. She made sure Cameron and I saw all of the important things....Here's the Alaska Pipeline.
Cameron had fun with Uncle Adam. He liked to talk his ear off...I sure hope he didn't bug Adam too much!
We went on a Riverboat tour of the Chena River. One of the cool things we were able to see was a makeshift native village. Cameron had fun walking through the little cottages....they were just his size!
One evening we packed a picnic and went to a park...this is pioneer park. Cameron loved the train and told us all where to sit! It was good for him to get out and burn some energy....we happened to have a couple of nice days it seemed like half the time we were there it was raining!
Cameron is getting sooooo big! This picture was taken as we were leaving the pipeline. Cameron didn't want to leave...he told me he was going to stay on the bench...I reminded him that it would be cold that night and he would have to sleep there! He said that's okay, he had a blanket....I reminded him that his blanket was at Aunt Shannon's house and that he wouldn't have it that night if he stayed....He finally decided to come home with us!
My Handsome Little Guy! Can you believe He'll be three in just a couple of weeks?
And last but not least...my Favorite picture from our trip....This was taken at the Santa Claus house in North Pole, Alaska! Cameron wasn't too interested in Santa...but we got to sit in his sleigh and see his reindeer.
We had so much fun visiting with Shannon and Adam! I enjoyed getting to know them better and having the opportunity to experience a little bit of Alaska. Someday we will go back...maybe as a family to live for a while. Thanks, Shannon, for thinking of Cameron and I.
Jillian! She is so cute, so big and so sweet! She cut two teeth while Cameron and I were there and was a bit fussy but didn't complain other than that! I loved spending time with her and holding her...too bad the trip didn't cure me of the "baby bug".
Shannon was such a great tour guide. She made sure Cameron and I saw all of the important things....Here's the Alaska Pipeline.
Cameron had fun with Uncle Adam. He liked to talk his ear off...I sure hope he didn't bug Adam too much!
We went on a Riverboat tour of the Chena River. One of the cool things we were able to see was a makeshift native village. Cameron had fun walking through the little cottages....they were just his size!
One evening we packed a picnic and went to a park...this is pioneer park. Cameron loved the train and told us all where to sit! It was good for him to get out and burn some energy....we happened to have a couple of nice days it seemed like half the time we were there it was raining!
Cameron is getting sooooo big! This picture was taken as we were leaving the pipeline. Cameron didn't want to leave...he told me he was going to stay on the bench...I reminded him that it would be cold that night and he would have to sleep there! He said that's okay, he had a blanket....I reminded him that his blanket was at Aunt Shannon's house and that he wouldn't have it that night if he stayed....He finally decided to come home with us!
My Handsome Little Guy! Can you believe He'll be three in just a couple of weeks?
And last but not least...my Favorite picture from our trip....This was taken at the Santa Claus house in North Pole, Alaska! Cameron wasn't too interested in Santa...but we got to sit in his sleigh and see his reindeer.
We had so much fun visiting with Shannon and Adam! I enjoyed getting to know them better and having the opportunity to experience a little bit of Alaska. Someday we will go back...maybe as a family to live for a while. Thanks, Shannon, for thinking of Cameron and I.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Summers over, already?
So much has happened, I don't even know where to start! Can you believe we are already 11 days into September? Fall is nearly upon us and I am loving every minute of it....although I do miss the late summer nights and the warm mornings....
Cameron and I were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit Cole's oldest sister Shannon and her wonderful family in Fairbanks Alaska last month. We went for 2 whole weeks and enjoyed almost every minute of it. The minutes I didn't enjoy were the ones closest to bedtime near the end of the fabulous two weeks. We were able to take care of Shannon's adorable little girl while she trained a new gal at work. In the evenings and on the weekends we were true tourists. Shannon took us to Santa's House in North Pole! We got to see the Alyseka Pipeline and a moose. Cameron's favorite was the Riverboat Tour of the Chena River. Grandma and Grandpa Evarts made a long drive from Homer to Fairbanks to see us! Cameron and I even ventured out on our own with Jillian in tow to the local farmers market (Cameron loved this part too, he bought his own carrots!!!). I have tons of pictures that I will post soon, I promise!
Before leaving for Alaska, Cole's mom and I came across some local peaches for 20 cents a pound...YES, TWENTY CENTS A POUND!!!! You will think I am crazy when I tell you we canned 300LBS!!! Amounting to 176 quart jars of peaches! .....While I was in Alaska they bought another 150lbs for 10 cents a pound!!! Amounting to 64 quart jars of peaches.....I will sound even crazier when I tell you that when I returned home we were able to pick another 50lbs of peaches...for FREE!!! I'm not crazy...and yes it's all true! We've also been making bread and butter pickles with the pickling cukes from our garden, canning home grown tomatoes and freezing peaches, plums and strawberries to make jam with at a later date. This week we have pears ripening and grapes that need to be picked and juiced or dried! It's harvest time folks and I am loving every minute of it!
I had taken a break from quilting this summer with too much to do outside....now that things are slowing down and the nephews are off at school I have started pulling it out again and am looking forward to letting my creative juices flow.
Cameron will be 3 in a month and a half! I can hardly believe it! He is talking like a normal 3 year-old....I was worried there for a few months when he was still grunting at 2 and a half. He is potty trained....has been for a few months. We took his pacifier away in May or June. He really is a little boy now! I can't believe it!
Cole has worked like a crazy man for most of the summer. He is loving his job. He has worked over-time most weeks and is just now starting to slow down. We are serving together at church as cub scout leaders. I love watching him with the boys, he is so good with the youth!
I'm sure I am missing things, but it's late....Cameron didn't nap today so it's off to bed for us!
Cameron and I were lucky enough to have the opportunity to visit Cole's oldest sister Shannon and her wonderful family in Fairbanks Alaska last month. We went for 2 whole weeks and enjoyed almost every minute of it. The minutes I didn't enjoy were the ones closest to bedtime near the end of the fabulous two weeks. We were able to take care of Shannon's adorable little girl while she trained a new gal at work. In the evenings and on the weekends we were true tourists. Shannon took us to Santa's House in North Pole! We got to see the Alyseka Pipeline and a moose. Cameron's favorite was the Riverboat Tour of the Chena River. Grandma and Grandpa Evarts made a long drive from Homer to Fairbanks to see us! Cameron and I even ventured out on our own with Jillian in tow to the local farmers market (Cameron loved this part too, he bought his own carrots!!!). I have tons of pictures that I will post soon, I promise!
Before leaving for Alaska, Cole's mom and I came across some local peaches for 20 cents a pound...YES, TWENTY CENTS A POUND!!!! You will think I am crazy when I tell you we canned 300LBS!!! Amounting to 176 quart jars of peaches! .....While I was in Alaska they bought another 150lbs for 10 cents a pound!!! Amounting to 64 quart jars of peaches.....I will sound even crazier when I tell you that when I returned home we were able to pick another 50lbs of peaches...for FREE!!! I'm not crazy...and yes it's all true! We've also been making bread and butter pickles with the pickling cukes from our garden, canning home grown tomatoes and freezing peaches, plums and strawberries to make jam with at a later date. This week we have pears ripening and grapes that need to be picked and juiced or dried! It's harvest time folks and I am loving every minute of it!
I had taken a break from quilting this summer with too much to do outside....now that things are slowing down and the nephews are off at school I have started pulling it out again and am looking forward to letting my creative juices flow.
Cameron will be 3 in a month and a half! I can hardly believe it! He is talking like a normal 3 year-old....I was worried there for a few months when he was still grunting at 2 and a half. He is potty trained....has been for a few months. We took his pacifier away in May or June. He really is a little boy now! I can't believe it!
Cole has worked like a crazy man for most of the summer. He is loving his job. He has worked over-time most weeks and is just now starting to slow down. We are serving together at church as cub scout leaders. I love watching him with the boys, he is so good with the youth!
I'm sure I am missing things, but it's late....Cameron didn't nap today so it's off to bed for us!
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