Stuffed Bread

I am linking up to Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner. This week it's your favorite appetizer recipes! This is going to be one of my favorites, as I love appetizers! They are my favorite to make and entertain with.

One of my most favorites, and everyone loves is ........

Stuffed Bread

1 pkg of deli sliced ham

1 pkg of deli sliced turkey

2 cups of sour cream

2 cups of mayonnaise

3 bunches of green onions, chopped (1 cup)

2 TBSP of parsley flakes

2 Hawaiian Bread

Chop up turkey and ham into small pieces. Mix together the sour cream and mayonnaise. Add in the green onions, ham and turkey, and parsley flakes. Place in the refrigerator over night for best taste. Pick out the middle of the bread and put the dip in. Save the middle of the bread for dipping. Serve with the left over bread and crackers.

Hope you enjoy!

Hugs and Blessings,

2 great Desserts ~ Show us your Life

I thought I'd have a little fun and link up over at Kelly's Korner for this weeks Show us your Life ~ Desserts. Click here to go there.

So I picked 2 yummy recipes.

Sugar Free Cheesecake

1 8oz block of cream cheese, softened

2 c. milk

2 pkg instant sugar free pudding (flavor of choice)

1 8 oz tub of cool whip free (or lite)

1 ready pie graham cracker crust, sugar free if you can find it

Mix cream cheese, milk, and pudding. Mix well and until smooth. Fold in cool whip. Spoon into crust. Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Optional to garnish with fresh sliced strawberries.

This is not only yummy, but something super special that we made for dad when he was diabetic. To this day it's one of his most favorites. We all love it!

German Chocolate Brownie Pie

1 c. sugar

1/2 c. flour (all purpose)

3 eggs

1 stick of butter

1/2 pkg of baker's german chocolate

1 c. chopped pecans

1 c. flaked coconut

In a medium mixing bowl combine sugar, flour, eggs, pecans, and coconut. Set aside. In a sauce pan, melt butter and chocolate, stirring constantly. Pour chocolate mixture into sugar mixture. Mix well. Pour into a lightly grease 9 inch pie pan. Bake uncovered at 350 for 35 - 45 minutes.

This is so yummy!!! Everyone will ask you for this recipe. And this is the first recipe I had published in a Gooseberry Patch cook book.

Hope you enjoy these! And don't forget to check out the other great desserts at Kelly's Korner.

Hugs and Blessings,

Grilling Out

Click on the banner and it will take you over to Kelly's Korner for show us your life! This week it's Favorite Grilling Recipes!

I love anything grilled, and I'm truly blessed with a great grillin' hubby! He loves it and is very good at it. Thank God!

I am sharing my favorite recipe, Cajun Grilled Shrimp! YUMMY!

You wash and devein the shrimp. (or use the frozen deveiened) (when we lived on the coast we would use fresh!) Put on skewers and lay on a cookie sheet. Melt butter and stir in minced garlic or pressed garlic (if you are using your pampered chef garlic press). Yes you can use garlic powder if you wish... Pour this over your shrimp. Then you sprinkle (I use alot) Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning. Let it sit for 30 minutes and then place shrimp skewers on the grill and grill until done!

Tony Chachere's is great on so much! It is wonderful on pork chops. Just sprinkle this and some black pepper on them and grill them!!

Enjoy!

Hugs and Blessings,

Things that I LOVE

This is a little late, but none the less, I wanted to do it! I love Show us your Life at Kelly's Korner. She is such an awesome person and her blog is a wonderful blog to follow! I enjoy the Show us your Life so much! So I am doing my post a little late, but here it is! Click here, to find other great Things that you love/ make you happy posts!


The things that make me happy, and that I love so much! I love lots of things!



I love my Lord and Savior, Jesus! And I love crosses! I can't imagine my life without him!

America! God Bless her! And the American Flag!! Americana... Red, white, & blue! I love it all!!!

My husband! I can not imagine my life without him! Not one minute! He is my soul mate, my bestest friend, and my better half! He is so much to me!!! He completes me, and yet makes me be better!!!

My girls! I love this so much!!!! They are everything to me! And I strive to be the best Mom I can be! I want them to know how much joy they bring me!!!

My family!! I love them all, this includes my friends, because they are the ones I am blessed to pick! I love yall!

Modifieds! All types! I love them all, but I will say, winged mods still are my fav!

The trees changing colors! I Love it so much! I love fall!!! It is so beautiful!!!!

Texas! Farms! Old barns and buildings! Fields and whatever! Just open space!

Christmas!!! Christmas everything, and especially my ornaments and Gingerbread Men!!!

This picture also shows my love of custom clothes, bows, and the GREAT MOUSE!

I love snow! Snow and more snow! I love winter, the cold! Fireplaces! Layers of clothes! It's my favorite time of year! Our little house! I love it!

Racing! I love it! It's part of our life, who we are, what we enjoy! It's awesome!!! good times with friends!!!

blue bonnets! Oh how I love them!!!

Our backyard Oasis! I love just chilling out in the backyard! We love to swim.

The lake!!!!!!!!!!! God's beauty! Peacefulness! I can't say enough about the lake! The water, the boat rides, picnics! Everything!

Mexican Food! (my enchiladas)

The sisterly bond between the girls!

snowcones!!!

watermelon!!!

These are just a few of the thigns I love and make me so happy!!!!!


Hugs and Blessings,

Great Teacher Gifts

This week is such a fun show us your life, over at Kelly's Korner! Be sure to check out all the other great ideas for fun teacher gifts!


Not only as a parent, but as a former Pre-School and Pre-K teacher, I am going to share what are some of my favorite gifts to give, and what I loved receiving!


Who doesn't like the aroma of a GREAT candle! But many don't like the open flame for safety or health reasons, as well as at most schoold you are not allowed to have an open flame candle in use! But rest assured, I have the greatest alternative to your traditional candles! Scentsy Wickless Candles make awesome gifts! Since there is no flame, as they are heated with a light bulb, they are safe! And the wax does not get to hot, that it will burn you. And since there is no flame, there is no soot, and this allows for a greater scent strength too!!!!! You can get various sizes of warmers and 80 plus scents to pick from!!! Below is a favorite scent and an awesome new warmer that would be beyond perfect for a teacher!!!! You can check out my Scentsy site for more information on these and other great products!

I also love to give personalized gifts, and I did love to get them too. Who am I kidding I still do! For all my embordery and applique gifts, I use Cowgirl Creations or you can find her on facebook! There is so many great options here!!!! She does personalized hand towels, aprons, tote bags, purses, and so much more! I love this idea for not only teacher gifts, but for all gifts for everyone and every occassion! And she will have something for just about everyone you know!

The above hand towel I had ordered a set of for a breast cancer SURVIVOR! But she has done many different things on them! You can just get them monogramed or something more on!

The apron above would be great if you put an apple on it or a school house or anything "teacher or school" and the Teacher's name! And it would save their clothes during art time!!! And they would appreciate that greatly! I know I loved aprons in the class! (Especially for preschool and early grades.)

Above is one of the many tote bag options! I used this one, becuase not only could it be done up for a school teacher with an apple, school bus, school house, or other school stuff, but look at this one! What a great gift for your childs Church nursery or Sunday School Teacher, or even a Christian Private School Teacher gift! So many possibilities! And you know they can always use cute totes! Or you could go with a simple monogram too!!!

Below is a custom made purse! You could do just about anything! If you knew what their hobbies were, a favorite team, or just a general print!!!!

Another great and fun option that is always awesome, is personal spa products! I love everything Mary Kay and fully believe in their products! But I'm not the only one! They are America's #1 selling cosmetic brand! This just gives that teacher something to relax with and treat her body nicely!! If you don't have a Mary Kay Consultant, I have a wonderful one for you!!!! Click HERE! I love the newer perfum line that you can also get the lotion and shower gel with too! My personal favorite is the Passion Fruit!

I think this is a super fun gift, especially for the teacher/ cheer coach out there! You can custom order flip flops with your school colors! How awesome is that! She makes great flip flops and such! Just think about that cheer coach or any coach with a fresh pedi and a school spirited pair of flip flops! They will be rockin'! You can get them at Heavenlee Hairbows!

My other suggestions that are always loved or personalized or cute stationary and note pads! And personalized or initial pens! Make up a cute gift set with them! If you are into scrapbooking and card making, that is an awesome way to decorate up a paint can and fill it with all sorts of little goodies for the teacher! Or even a basket with a cute liner or decorated up! Maybe a monogramed insulated cup and some cute stationary with a precious pen!!! Anything cute little supplies they would use regularly! They will use them!

And always, homemade gifts of any kind are great! Homemade breads or candies, and all that yummy stuff! Or scarfs or throws, or anything really!!!! One of my favorite gift I ever gave was a homemade quilt! We did the iron on transfers with letters from the kids to the teacher, and the inside had a class picture! It was so sweet and really cute! Something she will get to remember for years to come!

And at Christmas, yes yes ornament are awesome! Love with the child putting or parents putting their kids name and year on the bottom or back! I still hang my ornaments from years ago on the tree and it reminds me of those special precious darlings!!!! What a great treat, year after year!!!! Some of my favorites are the Disney ones, as you know when it is from by remembering what movie was the big kid movie of that year!

I hope some of these ideas have helped you or sparked something for you! I am not a big gift card giver, even though many love them! I like something a little more personalized!

Hugs and Blessigns,

Get your Kicks on Route 66 ~ Our Show

Kelly and Kelly's Korner is the gracious host of show us your life! It's always lots of fun to check out! This week is Show us your daily life! So that is just what I will do. Click on the button and it will take you there to see all about others busy days!


Our life is busy and full of chaos lots of days, but it's our life, and to me it really is the GREATEST! I'll give you a brief update (for any new visitors), I'm a stay at home mom, who is blessed by adoption! We are currently going through our second adoption!


Our life is full of many wild moments and adventures throught out each and every day! There aren't many dull moments around here! And we have said for a long time I'm the ring leader to this 5 ring circus! (Thank you, Dad for this title).


Lil K is my alarm clock, and she gets me up around 7 am every morning! She and I get up and I feed her breakfast. Then we play around and read a little bit. Then it's bath time for her. Mommy tries to do a couple of things. Then about 9:30 or 10 am Lil E rolls out of bed. She gets up and eats her daily breakfast, a banana and sometimes toast or a half of a peanut butter sandwich. As she watched Clifford or World World. Then we all start getting ready for the day! Daddy arrives home around 12 or 1. I make us lunch and we sit down as a family for lunch. We spend a bit of family time together! And daddy rushes off to bed around 2 or 2:30.


At this time, it's pure chaos and differs for each day. I make my Scentsy deliveries, sort Scentsy, run errands, doctor appoints, go to the grocery store or anything else that has us hopping and busy!!! This is the time of day we go get our daily happy hour soda, and if we are all done with everything and the weather is nice, we play at the park! And if we are lucky enough to be at home, there is no telling what we are playing. We really love playing outside! Somewhere in here, I have started a load of laundry and I am need to change it out now.

(this the order I was working on, labeling and seperating on Wednesday)

(then Thursday it was delivlery day, and so we took a break for a little bit of play time too)


By 5 we are settling down. The girls eat at 6 or 6:30. I get Lil K ready and she is off to bed about 7 or 7:30.

Then Lil E practices drawing and writing and all the big girl things she likes to do alone. And has her bath time. Mommy has computer time, and starts getting stuff in line for Daddy for the night. And then about 8:30 I start dinner or daddy and I. I wake him up around 9pm and he gets on the computer while I finish off dinner. We sit down and eat, and talk about what is going on. We watch a show if have dvr'd. Then Daddy gets ready for work and leave here around 11pm at night! Lil E is my mini me and a little night owl! She kisses daddy bye and settled down with our night time stories and gets ready for bed.

I spend this time cleaning the kitchen, playing on the computer and doing anything else I still need to do. and if I can watch something that is DVR'd. And with 2 busy little girls, I'm always on the go, that's for sure. And you never know what they will be into or doing!!!

It's time for me to do any devotional and get myself ready for bed! What time you may be asking yourself? It's about 12 or 1 am. That's a day in my life! And I treasure my one on one time with each one of the girls! One is a morning flower and the other my little night owl!

Hugs and Blessings,

Show us your life ~ Fashion Tips

I am going to partcipate in Kelly @ Kellys Korner's Show us your life. This could be lots of fun!!! Click on the button above and it will take you right there!



I really don't have many fashion tips for myself! Being a full figured stay at home mom, in the middle of no where, I tend to fall into the stay at home mom comfy disaster! Yes I am admitting it! But I have always been more jeans and racing t shirts, or boots and jeans type of a person! Now days, I really do love cute tops and capris! But still really pretty casual! I was determined as a mom of a princess, that she would be a bit more girly girl that her momma ever was! So I started right away with many dresses and lots of pink! I was accused of only allowing her to wear something if it had some kind of pink in it, some place... I don't think that is completely true, but we did have tons of pinks!



Now it's five years later, and she loves to wear dresses! She is as tom boy as they come, but she has a girly side and totally loves dresses! But for me, I have found the best fashion for us is layering! I'm all about leggings, shirts, and dresses! And we do a lot of dresses and boots! Something my mom always hated and I never did growing up! But something I totally love and think it's just too cute!



I also love monogramming, personalized clothing! I think this is not only precious, but gives each child a sense of pride! I really love boutique clothing, but I love to shop where I get the most for my money! So I would recommend to everyone, Cowgirl Creations!

And as you can see in all the pictures, I'm a hair bow girl! Hair is important to completing a look for me! (more to follow on this)...

So most improtant to me, in completeing any outfit / look is to top it off for all little girls with a matching hair bow! I'm crazy about making sure the girls hair is fixed and they have a bow in their hair all the time! Even if they are in jeans and a t shirt or shorts, they get a bow to match! Our bow collection is huge, with over 200 bows, I can always find a bow to go with what they have one! for some great bows you can check out, Heavenlee Hairbows!

And I have to say I am a believer in even if I am wearing something comfy, in the fact no matter what you wear, if you fix your hair, it makes you look together! A big reason I keep my hair cut off lots of times to the shoulder and shorter, so that I don't keep it in the famous pony tail! I think it makes such a difference in the way we feel about ourself and the way our fashion looks! We can have the cutest outfit on, but have unkept hair or that famous pony tail, and it ruins it all! In my opinion, that is!

Check our the Show us Fashion this week for lots of great ideas and looks!

Hugs and Blessings,

Christmas Cookie

This Friday is Show us your life ~ Christmas Cookies and Treats. I am so excited about this! Click on the Show us your Life button and it will take you over there!

As we all know Christmas is by far my favorite time of year! And how much better does it get than sharing a cookie or treat recipe, since I love to bake too! It's just so awesome! Now decided on which one to share has been the hard part!

I am going to share a very special recipe with yall. It is a family recipe and is traditionally a ice box slice and bake style cookie. But at Christmas, I love to make these and even will roll them out and do them as cut out cookies! They make the cutest gingerbread men cut out! (Being as I love gingerbread men, but not gingerbread cookies or bread. This was my Memaw's recipe (Mom's mom). Every bite of these wonderful delights, brings me to a very comfy and happy place!

Memaw's Ice Box / Cut Out Cookies

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/3 c. brown sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c. sugar

1/2 c. chopped pecans

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 c. butter

1 1/2 c. flour

1 egg

Mix all together. Roll into logs, wrap in saran wrap and then foil. Freeze for up to 3 months.

or roll dough out on a very slightly floured surface, and cut out with desired cookie cutters. Preheat over to 350. Bake until a light golden brown.

Hugs and Blessings,

Dessert Favorites ~ Show us your life

I am so excited! It's another week at Show us your life, hosted by Kelly. And this week she doing your favorite dessert! OH MY! Which one do I share? I'm having a hard time picking which one! But I am way excited, because last week, I found some awesome recipes and found a new family favorite! So go over and check out all the good recipes! And I will add, the recipe Kellly shared, is a favorite of ours! It's those yummy lil cake balls that I love to add to my holiday gift baskets! I do them with all sorts of combinations! You know the ones! :)

Well I couldn't share just one....... I tried and tried to pick one, but it didn't work. So here I am with a few of my favorites!

Peanut Brittle

1 c. peanuts
1 c. sugar
½ c. white corn syrup
1 tsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda

Stir peanuts, sugar, & syrup together. Microwave 8 minutes, after 4 minutes, stir and put back in. At the end, take out & stir in butter & vanilla. Microwave again for 1 minute. Remove and stir in baking soda. Pour out on to a buttered cookie sheet. Let cool, break up, and store in an air tight container.

I love this peanut brittle recipe! It is so awesome! And reminds me of my Grandmother, who would make it the old fashion way! But this is much simpler and you still get the same taste.


And to my next choice.....

This is such a wonderful dessert. It makes the perfect bring along to any Church dinner, a picnic, or any other get together! It is so easy too!

Brownie Delight

1 box of family size brownie mix (9 x 13 pan size package)
1 jar of caramel ice cream topping or 1/2 tub of marzetti caramel dip
1/2 - 1 cup chopped pecans
1 large box of chocolate instant pudding
1 tub of cool whip

Mix and bake brownies according to directions on the package. Let cool slightly. Spread caramel on top of the brownies. Sprinkle with nuts. Mix pudding with only half the milk it calls for. Spread this on top of the nuts. Spread cool whip on top of the pudding. Top off with grated chocolate candy bar curls.

Here's the link to one of my favorite recipes that I shared with yall before. It's Patty's Pecan Pie Bars. They are beyond awesome!

Hope yall enjoy!

Hugs and Blessings,

Show us your Life ~ Dinner Recipes

This week I am going to be taking part in Show us your life. You can click on the banner and it will take you to the host. Kelly over at Kelly's Korner host a weekly Show us your Life! This weeks is dinner recipes!

I couldn't be more excited! I love to share recipes, and cooking is by far one of my favorite things to do! I am sharing a recipe, that I have shared before here, a long while back, but it is trully a favorite of ours! It has been an instant favorite to everyone who has tried them. Enjoy!

The best Chicken Enchiladas

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (Flattened and grilled with fajita seasonings and black pepper), cubed

1 8oz block cream cheese, softened

2 teaspoon dried onion

1 tsp garlic powder

1 - 2 tsp fajita seasoning

1/2 tsp black pepper

1 cup of mozzarella cheese

8 - 12 flour tortillas, room temperature

2 cans of cream of chicken soup

2 cups of sour cream (16 oz container)

1 cup milk

1 can of Ro-tel tomatoes with green chilies

2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

In a large mixing bowl, mix together well, cream cheese, dried onions, garlic powder, fajita seasoning, and pepper. Stir in the cubed chicken and mozzarella cheese.In another large mixing bowl, combine soup, sour cream, milk, and ro-tel. Mix until smooth and blended.Spray large baking dish (i use the large pyrex) with non stick cooking spray. Then spread a little of the soup mixture over the bottom. About 1/2 cup or so. Just enough to lightly cover the bottom. Roll enchiladas with chicken mixture and lay in baking dish seam down. When all are in the pan, top with soup mixture. Bake in 350 preheated oven. (uncovered) Bake for about 40 minutes. Remove and top with cheddar cheese, place back in the oven and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. Until the Cheese is nice and bubbly!

This is the only way hubby will eat chicken enchiladas now! They are really wonderful!

Hope yall enjoy! Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and Blessings,

Show us your Life ~ Baby Shower

If you haven't ever, check out Kelly's Korner. It's a wonderful and uplifting blog, not to mention all the great ideas you can get each week from all the sharing!

This week is Show us your Life ~ Baby Shower

Just a few weeks back, we threw a virtual baby shower for a dear friend. They have relocated and are miles and miles from their friends and family. So myself and another friend, planned it out. It was set up, so that everything arrived within a day or so of each other. Including all the decorations, gifts and all. It was the best surprise ever! She loved it and was so overwhelmed by the love of everyone and that we pulled it off without her knowing. So I have attached a few pictures of the special decorations we made.

My friend, made the beautiful diaper cake! Isn't it just awesome! It was her first one ever, but she did great!

Then I did this wreath below!

And my friend made this bouquet of cute sock flowers! Aren't they just precious! I can't wait to make some for the next shower!

And then a few months back, I helped another friend host a baby shower. It was to be something small.

These cupcake rattles were made by our friend, who does cakes on the side! Aren't they precious?

Here's a picture of the table set up. We did a wreath here too. And then we had blue m&m's that side boy on them, and blue hershey kisses that on the streamer said "it's a boy." Just a few little small touches to make it special.

I thought I'd share a fun game we did too. We had cute bingo cards. Then everyone was given one. They were to write down what they thought she might get as a gift. They could not write down any one item more than twice. Then we played bingo as she opened up the gifts! Everyone loved the twist on it, and it was so fun to hear what everyone had put down.

Hugs and Blessings,