Loving Life Lately!

EDITED TO ADD: I just added links to my 3 favorite crock pot recipes - beef stroganoff (I use 1 can of cream of mushroom & 1 can of golden mushroom soup - I couldn't find the soups they asked me to use, so I improvised), italian lasagna (I use half sausage & half hamburger so it's not too spicy...also don't overcook this one, the noodles will be mushy if you do!), & mexican pork (I serve it in flour tortilla shells with sour cream & shredded cheese on top, and I also add corn to the recipe!). I also linked to the beef tamale pie recipe, which I still haven't tried to make this week, but it sounds yummy!

Well, it's been awhile since my last post, so I thought I'd share a little bit about what our life has been like lately! We have been super busy with swimming lessons for Kenzie, a weekly women's Bible study, our MOPS group (Mother's of Preschoolers - I am on the leadership team this year!), and just doing everything else that goes along with having two little ones at home and trying to keep the house clean & the family fed!

My new favorite thing is my crock pot!! I have had a crock pot for years and have never really explored cooking with it, until now! I have found the most wonderful recipes online and so far I've made the following dishes in my crock pot: beef stroganoff, italian lasagna, mexican pork burritos, sweet & sour chicken, salsa swiss steak...and this week I'm going to try a beef tamale pie! Everything I've made is super easy and delicious and it really makes my life so much less stressful around dinnertime because dinner is already done!!

In Savannah news, she is walking & running everywhere! She absolutely loves to follow me all over the house, especially when I'm trying to vacuum! Wherever I am, she'll find me! It's really quite adorable, except for when I keep having to move her out of the way so I don't vacuum over her! She babbles all the time and loves to have conversations with you, especially when she first wakes up in the morning! She still just has the 4 little teeth on the top, which aren't even all the way in yet, and she has 2 little ones on the bottom (same story) with another one breaking through on the bottom. I keep waiting for her teeth to come all the way in...not sure how long that it's going to take! She really wants to eat everything that we do, but since she barely has any teeth, it is really hard for her to, she ends up spitting out half of what she tries because she can't chew it up completely! Hopefully her teeth will cooperate and keep growing!!

We have definitely been busy, but we are loving life right now! Since it's still so hot, we've been spending a lot of time in the pool or doing family stuff inside! I thought I'd post a few new pictures too, mostly of daddy with his girls! Is anyone still reading our blog out there???