~Birthday Girl~

It seems like just yesterday I was meeting Abby for the first time.

She was a small little girl of nine months old.

She had a head full of curls.

Today she is 7 years old!

Here she is with Bunny!

Bunny got new outfits because I guess its

Bunny's birthday too!

She loves doing projects!

She loves helping her little brother walk.

Happy Birthday Abbygail Rose Wynn!

Love you more than you could ever know.

I am so proud to be your momma!

~A little Trip~

Last weekend the kids and I took a little trip.

We went to my sister's house.

We stayed over one night.

Its always a chore getting both Maddison and Mason to sleep at night.

I'm always afraid they will wake someone up.

They did well. To bed at 10pm and awake at 4:30am!

Then back to sleep for a nap later on after some cartoons.

Mason decided to take off and start walking

while at my sister's house.

He has taken steps before but this night he

was really on the go!

He even tried running and dancing as well.

Everyone got alittle wound up.

He even went to grandma!

I know this made her day.

He is usually such a momma's boy.

(that's Abby in the cupcake pj's)!

Mason and Faith playing.

Maddison sitting in Faith's chair.

My sister and her daughter, Faith.

(I think this is a great picture).

Playing in Faith's chair.

Uncle Josh even played Candy Land with the girls!

He had never played this before.

It was so much fun to see Mason on his feet.

It was much easier for him to walk with my sister's carpet.

We have hardwood floors and its harder for the little ones to stay

up on their feet when they are learning.

Since being home though he has really taken off.

He is pretty much doing all walking and no more crawling.

~Random Christmas Photos~

Trying to entertain. Pushing the kids in a box.

Jade helped with dishes!

Mason!

The baby in the family, Jana (my cousin's 1st baby girl).

Jade was so happy she got to hold her.

Abby got new clothes for her Bunny!

She loves stuffed animals so much its crazy.

Playing games with Papa.

I had to share this photo.

I got these blocks off of Etsy.

I think they turned out so cute.

They will sit on Mason's dresser.

The best thing is if I ever talk my husband into another baby

we can just move the Little Brother block

(the talk is so not going in my favor)!

~Dirt Cake~

My parents gave Danny and I this bench for Christmas.

Its perfect!

The seat lifts up and we are able to put all out mittens and hats inside.

Uncle Matt, Mason and my neice Faith were having a great time

trying it out on Christmas Eve night.

I think Uncle Matt was avoiding the camera.

DIRT CAKE

Yeah it looks good doesn't it?!?!

Get the recipe here.

I made this with fat free/ sugar free pudding,

low fat cool whip, and weight watchers cream cheese!

It was still very yummy.

I took this to our Christmas day family get together.

~A Princess Maddi~

Even pricesses need their bueaty sleep!

She has been living in this princess dress (used to be Abby's).

She has for sure gotten more use out of it than Abby did.

I think she wore it 4 days in a row, all day long!

~Taco Soup~

Ingredients:


2 lbs ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 14.5 oz can whole kernel corn
2 16 oz cans of ranch style beans (I only used one can because I'm not a bean lover & it was fine)
3 cans of diced tomatos (maybe substitute 1 can rotel if you like spicy)
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 pkg Hidden Valley dressing mix
Brown and drain meat. Saute onions for a few minutes. Combine all ingredients in a large pot. Add chili powder, salt and pepper to taste. Simmer 1-2 hours. I topped it with shredded cheese!
 (I topped it with some light sour cream as well)

I had never heard of Ranch Style beans before this recipe. I did find them though at my local Cub Foods. They were located on the top shelf near the other beans. When I made this I did not use any chili powder as I did not want it to get too spicy for the kids. I will for sure make this again. I loved it! If you like Chili you would probably like Taco Soup! I served my Taco Soup with Garlic Cheese Biscuits.

I think that this made alot of soup. I fed myself a very good bowl and also 6 daycare kids (each 1 cup). So if you only wanted enough soup for a couple people you may want to cut the recipe in half. The kids all ate it (well except for my picky Maddison). We had lots of leftovers and it was still good leftover.

Garlic Cheese Biscuits
2 1/4 cups bisquick (I used healthy smart bisquick)
2/3 cup milk
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I used low fat cheese)
1 tsp garlic salt
Combine ingredients and make drop biscuits by just dropping spoonfuls on a sprayed pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Such a great side!

~Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from the Wynn's!

I can not belive 2011 is already here. Seems like just yesterday we rang in the year 2000.

Time is going by too quickly, maybe its my old age!

I don't think I got all our Christmas pictures posted. So I will try to post a few this week.

I also have 2 recipes I want to share with my readers.

We had a great holiday season and I hope all of you did as well.

May the next year bring lots of happy memories for all of you.

God Bless!