Baby Stat blocks

Ok sorry i haven't posted in a while and i have tried lots of new things from pinterest. Mostly food and well lets be honest i forget to take pictures of what i have made food wise. But a lot of things we are making again because they are good so i promise i will be better about taking pictures and blogging. :) Today i finished making these cute baby stat blocks i found on pinterest. I cant wait to put them in Liam's room and use them as a decoration for his first birthday party. I also think they would be a cute mothers day present.

I love how they turned out. Happy pinning everyone!!!

Butterfinger Blondies

Butterfiend Blondies. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Do i really need to say more? Ok i made these last night and had to have one before i went to bed.



Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp coarse sea salt
2 cups coarsely chopped Butterfinger Bars (approx 16 “Fun Size” bars)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°
Cream butter and sugars in mixing bowl.
Add the vanilla and eggs and mix until incorporated.
On low add your dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking soda) until just combined.
Stir in your chopped Butterfinger.
Spread in a 9×13 baking dish and bake for 25 minutes until center is JUST set.
Remove from oven and cool completely.

Butterfinger Buttercream:

Ingredients
1/2 cup room temp butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
2 1/2 – 3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup chopped Butterfinger Bars (approx 4 “Fun Size” bars)

Instructions
Cream the butter and shortening together until smooth.
Add in you powdered sugar on low speed. Turn speed up to medium and mix until smooth
Stir in your chopped Butterfinger. (I sprinkled mine on top rather than stirring them in!)
Spread on your cooled blondies



And just incase you were wondering Yes they were worth staying up late for!

Happy Pinning Everyone!

Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Oh my goodness another good find on pinterest. Chicken Pot Pie Soup. We made this for dinner last night and it was very good. I'll be honest i was a little skeptical about it tasting much like a real Chicken Pot Pie becuase its a soup and i really like that nice flvory sauce in the pot pie but it did. :)





Chicken Pot Pie Soup

1/4 cup Flour
2 Cups Water
4 Cups Milk
1 Large Celery Stalk Chopped
1/2 medium onion chopped
2 Chicken Bullions
fresh ground pepper
pinch of thyme
10oz Frozen Veggies
2 Potatoes peeled and cubbed small
cooked chicken breast, diced small

Create a slurry by combining 1/2 cup of the cold water with flour in a medium bowl and whisk until well blended. Set aside.

Pour remaining water and milk into a large pot and slowly bring to a boil. Add celery, onion, mushrooms, chicken bullion, thyme, fresh pepper, frozen vegetables and return to a boil. Partially cover and simmer on low until vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove lid, add potatoes and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add chicken, and slowly whisk in slurry, stirring well as you add. Cook another 2-3 minutes, until soup thickens, adjust salt and pepper to taste and serve

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baby tooth chart

So our little one got his firth tooth and i wanted to find a cute tooth chart to keep track of when his teeth come in. I wasnt able to find anything on pinterest so i went to the internet and found this cute little chart and pinned it to my board on pinterest, I also found this other one that is much more generic that i will use for now to keep track and use the other cute one when i have his baby book all ready. I hope it becomes helpfull for others.

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Tomato & Mozarella Pasta

Oh my i made this for dinner last week. It was good, needs more sauce in my opinion so i will either use less pasta or add a can or two more of tomatoes. I did take a picture of it with my phone....... i'm not sure what happened though its not in instagram anymore. So sorry two posts without pictures!

Tomato and Mozzarella Pasta al Forno
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2-14 oz. cans diced Italian plum tomatoes
1 tsp. dried oregano
S&P
1 lb. pasta (tubes)
8 oz. mozzarella cheese, cubed
2/3 c. parmesan



Directions:
Heat oil in skillet. Add garlic and cook over medium high heat, 1 min. Add tomatoes and oregano and simmer rapidly, stirring occasionally until thickened, 15 min. Add S&P. Meanwhile, cook pasta. Toss pasta with sauce. Place half of pasta in an oiled 9×13” dish. Cover with half parmesan and half mozzarella. Top with remaining pasta, then parmesan and mozzarella. Bake at 400° for 15 minutes.


This is a dish we will be making again. It was quick and easy and is something you can customize to your liking.

Happy Pinning Everyone!

S'more

OMG!!!!! These were so good, i made them over the weekend and they are already gone. Here is a link to the post on pinterest. I am so sorry i didnt take a picture of the ones i made. I was too busy shoveling them in to my mouth..... I wish i was kidding on that but i am not. These are so good. Just the right amount of chocolate, marshmellow and the grahma cracker crust was perfect!!!! If you are considering making these at all do it!

Calendar Blocks

Yeah!!!! I have finally made & finished my calendar blocks!!! I have wanted some ever since a few years ago when my mom had bought a set at real deals. I had seen the unfinished countdown block sets at the wood connection for a while but wasn't ever sure how to go about changing out the months because I didn't want to spend a lot of money making a different wood base for each month, not to mention the additional space I would need to store them to only pull out once a month. Then I found this pin on interest & the DUH!!!! Why didn't I already think of this moment happened. I did do mine a little different from the pinterest pin in that I laminated my months, mod podge & I don't exactly get along all that great & I'll be honest I was scared that somewhere down the road the tape would rip my paper because the mod podge had been worn off. So I used my Xyron to laminate them. :) I did use the same font because I thought it was super cute & have been looking for a font with curly "Y"'s for sometime.

This first set I made for my friend who is moving to California. She will still be working for our work, just remotely. She has done so much for me & I am going to miss her not being in the office so much! I thought this would be fun for her to have on her work desk @ home. :)





This second set I made for myself. I LOVE this paper!!! It's Mr. Campy by Cosmo Cricket. They no longer carry it & I am so sad. I have very few pieces of this paper left & was able to make the calendar blocks with scraps! I haven't decided if I am going to take mine to work or keep it on our computer desk at home. Either way it is sure to bring a smile to my face everytime I see it.





Happy Pinning everyone!

Valentines Present

I had a lot of fun making my present for my husband for valentines this year. I had seen this on pinterest. i liked the idea a lot but didn't care for how blank it was in cream and black so i decided to find some cute valentines scrapbooking paper and color coordinate from there and this is how mine turned out.



Happy Pinning!!!

printable conversion chart for the kitchen & homemade Strawberry Oreo's

I repinned this conversion chart from a neighbor on pinterest and finally printed it out and put it up in my spice cabinet door. Sometimes its just nice to not have to think about my recipe calls for 4 cups how many ounces do i need to make sure i buy so i can make this or that. :)

Mine aren't printed in color, but you can print this out in the red as it shows on the post from pinterest.





I also made these Strawberry Oreo's for my coworkers. We have treat's on Friday each week its one persons turn to bring in a treat and today is my day. I thought these were good and cute because its close to valentines. Now i will admit i didn't make mine in to hearts i just did round cookies, but i think they still look cute and let's be honest when it comes to food does it really matter what it looks like? Personally I'm all about the taste. :)







Happy Pinning!!!

Slow Cooker Potatoe Soup

Yum so last night we made this recipe for Slow Cooker Potatoe Soup for dinner.



It was yummy!! The only thing we didnt follow on the directsion was adding a whole onion that just seemed like way too much onion so we only used half an onion. We are also considering adding celery and some salt to the recipe while its cooking the next time we make it. I'll let you know how that turns out. :)

Clothespin Picture Holder

WOW ok this was such a fun and easy project and i am so glad that i did it. It took a little while for me to finish them up because i didn't have the right embellishments for them but i was able to fix that tonight when i made it to the scrapbooking store. Here is the link to the post on Pinterest and here is how mine turned out. :)



I'm very excited to put these on my desk at work because in addition to being super cute they don't take up a lot of room and you don't have to worry about taking a back off a picture frame.

Haapy Pinning Everyone!!!

25.00 gift certificate to the woodconnection

The wood connection is a local wood shop in salt lake city Utah. it is where i buy a good majority of my wood crafts. Now they aren't something i have found on pinterest although i have seen some of their pictures floating around on pinterest. You can get a lot of wood supplies from them to make projects you have seen on pinterest from and the wood connection is currently giving away 4 $25.00 gift certificates. So head on over to their blog and see how you can get entered up to 4 times and maybe create your own crafts and see them floating around on pinterest. :)

happy pinning!!!

In Progress Board

Ok i know i haven't posted a lot on here but i am working on a few projects its hard with baby to find a lot of time to really sit down and complete things so i have created a new board on Pinterest called In Progress. If you would like to follow my board you can get a sneak peak at what ahs inspired me.

Happy Pinning!!!

CrockPot Chicken Quesdiallas and Cilantro Lime Rice

Oh my goodness. I think last night was one of the best dinners we have had in a long time. I'll admit we haven't done much cooking sense baby arrived the end of September its mostly been quick things like frozen pizza, grilled sandwiches, baked potatoes and other really easy thoughtless dinners. Last night that changed with these 2 recipes i found on pinterest, not only are they super yummy but as an added bonus they are both super easy!!! Crock Pot Chicken Quesadilla's and Cilantro Lime Rice.

On the Chicken Quesadilla recipe i did 2 cans of Ro*Tel instead of the individual cans of tomatoes and green chilies. We put Cheese, the crock pot quesadilla chicken and the cilantro lime rice in a tortilla and then crisped the tortilla up in a pan on the stove, you've also got to melt the cheese so it wasn't just about making the tortilla warm and crunchy. :) We ate it with Sour Cream on the side, some Guacamole would have been good too but we didn't have any. My husband said we should add olives and a few other things that are escaping my mind right now the next time we make them, Yep thats right we will be making these two again for sure. This is also the first time in a VERY VERY long time that i am looking forwards to eating leftovers for lunch. :)

If you try these i would love to hear your take on them and if you added any thing extra to your quesadilla's.

Happy Pinning everyone!!!

another way to use pinterest

Ok so most of the stuff i have posted on here are about things i have found on Pinterest and done. You can use pinterest to pin anything you find ont the web. I have done this with a few different things. One of the things i have done is find quotes about babies and pinned them to my quotes and phrases board. I have used them in my photo books i've made of Liam. head on over to my quotes and phrases board to see some of them, you can also see more under my things i've tried/ used from pinterest board as well.

Happy Pinning!!!

Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup

Tonight I tried a recipe from Pinterest for dinner. Tomato Basil Parmesan Soup. It was really yummy, it was a little more chunky than i prefer my tomato soup but that's a simple fix for next time i make this.

I plan on adding some cheese raviolis to the left overs to make another meal. Others had commented that they used it as a pasta sauce as well.

Sorry i didn't take a picture of the soup. I should have. I'll have to remember that for next time.

Happy Pinning!!!

Scarf Organization

Yeah my first blog post about something i have done off Pinterest. :) I'll be honest this was SO EASY!!!! and one of those things where i wanted to smack my forehead and say "DUH!!!! WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT???!!!!" All you need is a hanger from your closet some plastic shower rings (bought a pack of 12 from Target for just over a $1.00)

Here is a link to the original post that i pinned on Pinterest

And here is how mine turned out. please disregard our super messy coat closet :)



All you do is snap the plastic rings closed on your hanger and run your scarfs through them and there you have it!!! instant super easy organization!!!! in under a minuet non the less.

Happy Pinning!!!