Finally - Pics of Myrtle Beach

Alright, I'm slowing going to catch up with all the blogging I've been missing. Starting with these pictures from our vacation to Myrtle Beach back in September.

This year we took Nate & Shawna's car down for a change - normally we take our car. It was tight but luckily we were able to put a bunch of our stuff in others cars so we got it all to fit.


Here's Jon outside of Cici's pizza. This restaurant has become a tradition to stop at on the way down. They have all-you-can-eat pizza and salad bar. It's very cheap and the pizza is pretty good. Don't ask me who started the tradition of stuffing ourselves at an all-you-can-eat place right in the middle of a 12 hour car trip! 


Here we are! We finally made it through the approximately 11.5 hour drive.


There are tennis courts right outside of our room so almost every morning some of us play tennis. This is Jon, Nate & Alysa. I think I played one morning - I'm not a big tennis player :).


The guys always play football on the beach a few days:


Kassia, Shawna, Amanda & I out on the beach:


With Amanda getting engaged the week before we left for Myrtle Beach, it was common for Shawna, her and I to be seen sitting on the couch like this, looking up wedding invitations, or dresses or doing some other kind of wedding planning. We had a lot of fun :).


This is another Myrtle Beach tradition. We always go to Miyabi - a really go0d Japanese Hibachi grill - for at least one meal. This trip our group took up four tables the size of this one:


Another tradition we have is spending an entire day at nearby Pawleys Island crabbing and fishing. To crab we tie a piece of raw chicken on the end of a rope and throw it in the water. Then you wait for a while to let the crabs climb onto it and then slowly pull the rope in and catch the crab with a net. We always catch about a 5 gallon size bucket full of crabs. Jon and Brendan are then usually the ones to boil them all and get the meat out. Here's Jon and I on Pawleys Island:


Me fishing at Pawleys Island:


This is at a fishing pier not far up the beach from where we stay. We take the extra chicken from crabbing and feed it to the sharks there. This is one reason you'll never see me in the water with everyone - after seeing how many sharks there are I'm too scared to get in the water. I think I was in once this year. The entire time I was in I wouldn't let Jon leave me alone and I was out within maybe 5 minutes or so.


Jon caught a pretty good size shark while fishing out on the beach one night around 1:00am. Some of the guys cut it all up and Jon made breaded and fried shark meat. Only after all that did we find out there's a very large fine for catching a shark on the beach. Oops! The locals don't want people pulling sharks in and scaring away all the vacationers. At least Jon caught it in the middle of the night so no one else saw but the guys that were fishing with him.


Here they're boiling down the shark head to get the teeth out - it smelled horrible and looked disgusting!


This is at another one of the restaurants we always go to while down in Myrtle Beach. It's called Ryan's and it's a big buffet with lots of good food.


There's also always one night where we all get together for an outdoor pot luck dinner. Here's the food line:


Here's Jon and a few of the other guys holding the buckets above their heads till they fill up...


And then letting them go so they get colder that usual water dumped on them. Then they run over and jump in the hot tub.


Well that's all. We had a great time once again down in Myrtle Beach!

I'VE DECIDED TO VOTE DEMOCRAT

Dear Family,Friends, and loved ones,

I know you all will be very surprised by my next statement, so I have listed below the reasons why I have decided to vote democrat this year.
Please take the time to read through them carefully, for I really would prefer if you understood my reasons before we next speak.

My Reasons:

I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe I make too much money. I believe that since the government cannot take half of my talent, abilities, blood, sweat, tears, stress, and frustration to give to some other person who does not offer the talents and abilities I do, nor share my same work ethics...well then half of the money I EARN should go to that person instead.

I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended.

I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius.

I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists don't have to hide from us over there, they'll come over here, and I don't want to have any guns in the house to shoot them with.

I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my car.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.

I'm voting Democrat because I believe that with the help of Acorn, my vote will count, and count, and count, and count, and count!

I'm voting Democrat because I think President Carter's fair housing law and President Clinton's extension of such, had nothing to do with the current economic disaster we face today. Besides, Barney Frank would never lie and Fanny and Freddy must be honorable institutions or else Barak would not have taken so much money from them, and would never have had one of their chief officer's as part of his campaign team! Please, Barak went to Harvard - so he cannot be that dumb.

I'm voting Democrat because I am a woman, and only Democratic women are stood up for by Women's Rights groups!

I'm voting Democrat because in the New Socialist United States, in order to make any real money, I will have to move to Hollywood to get a job as an actress. I hear they don't like republicans and lack of talent does not matter, so now I should have a real shot!

The final reason I am voting Democrat this year... with all this global warming, hell must have frozen over!


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Now that you understand my logic, it kinda makes you wonder why I would have EVER voted Republican, now doesn't it?

p.s. I stole this letter from an email that a co-worker of Jon's sent out. :)

A Must-See Video! Tons of Info. - FACTS

MAKING Money Shopping + Free Stuff

Ok, so I said in my last post that you'd learn soon why it's so helpful that I have all that extra storage space in my newly re-done basement. Well, here's why... I need it for stockpiling all the free or close to free stuff I've been getting lately.

A blog I discovered a few months ago: Money Saving Mom is what got me started playing "the drugstore game". I have always clipped coupons and used them for things we would normally get, but I never realized until recently, the possibilities and potential in couponing and smart shopping. I won't go into all the nitty gritty details of how to get started and all the lingo that fellow couponers use, etc. because so many blogs including moneysavingmom.com already have done such a great job at explaining all that. I just wanted to share with you my Walgreens & CVS shopping trips from this week. It was a really good week for stockpiling! So here goes... hopefully I don't make your head spin too much!

WALGREENS

Here's how I got all this stuff FREE, plus made $6.27:

Buy 2 Windex Spray Bottles -- 2/$5.00
Use two $1/1 manufacturer coupons
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $2.00 ($1 each)
$0.50 each after coupons and rebate

Buy 5 Glade Carpet & Room Odor Eliminators -- $1.99 each
Use five $1/1 manufacturer coupons
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $5.00 ($1 each)
FREE plus $0.05 overage after coupons & rebate

Buy 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Fresh Brush Max Starter Kit -- $3.99
Use $3/1 manufacturer coupon
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $1.50
FREE plus $0.51 overage after coupon and rebate

Buy 4 Scrubbing Bubbles Flushable Bathroom Wipes -- $2/$5.00 x 2
Use two $0.75/1 manufacturer coupons
Use two Buy-one-get-one-free coupons to get two free
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $4.00 ($1 each)
FREE plus $0.50 overage after coupons and rebate

Buy 1 Nivea Mens Body Wash -- $4.99
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $4.99
FREE after rebate

Buy 2 Glade Wisp Candles -- $5.99 each
Use buy-one-get-one-free coupon to get one free
Get $3 in Register Rewards (good on my next purchase)
Submit for manufacturer Try-Me-Free mail-in-rebate of $5.99
FREE plus $3.00 in overage after coupon, Register Reward and rebate

Buy 2 Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubbers -- $3.99 each
Use two $2.75/1 manufacturer coupons
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $3.00 ($1.50 for each)
Submit for manufacturer Try-Me-Free mail-in-rebate of $3.99
FREE plus $4.51 overage after coupons and rebate

Buy 3 Glade Scented Oil Candle Holders -- $3.99 each
Use three $2/1 manufacturer coupons
Submit for Easysaver Rebate of $6.00 ($2 each)
FREE plus $0.03 overage after coupons and rebate

Buy 5 Glade 4 oz. Candles -- $1.99 each
Use five $1/1 coupons
Submit for Easysaver rebate of $5.00 ($1 each)
FREE plus $0.05 overage after coupons and rebate

Buy 2 Crest 6.4 oz Toothpastes -- $1.99 each
Use two $1/1 Walgreens coupons
Use two $1/1 manufacturer coupons
FREE plus $0.02 overage after coupons

Total before coupons & rebates: $79.79
Tax Paid: +$4.55
Coupons, rebates & Register Rewards: $-87.46
10% bonus for getting Easysaver rebates on a gift card: $-3.15
Total Made on Transaction: $6.27

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CVS

Here's how I got all of this FREE:

Buy 1 Arm & Hammer Essentials Cleaner -- $2.50
Use $1/1 manufacturer coupon
Submit for manufacturer Try-Me-Free mail-in-rebate of $2.50
FREE plus $1 overage after coupon and rebate

Buy 1 32oz Vitamin Water -- $2.29
Receive $2.29 back as Extra Care Bucks (to be used like cash on next transaction)
FREE after ECB's

Buy 2 Always Infinity 18ct Pads -- $4.98 each
Receive $9.96 back as Extra Care Bucks ($4.98 each)
FREE after ECB's

Buy 1 Colgate MaxFresh Toothpaste -- $2.99
Use $1/1 manufacturer coupon
Receive $2.00 back as Extra Care Bucks
FREE after ECB's

Buy 1 Bic Soleil Razor -- $5.99
Use $2/1 manufacturer coupon
Receive $4.00 back as Extra Care Bucks
FREE after ECB's

Buy 4 Bic Soleil 4 ct Razor Refills -- $5.99 each
Use four $2/1 manufacturer coupons
Receive $16 back as Extra Care Bucks ($4 each)
FREE after ECB's

Buy 1 Mentos -- $0.79

I used Extra Care Bucks (ECB's) that I had from previous transactions to pay for this transaction. When you use an ECB in a transaction your total must be the same or more than the total of your ECB or you will loose the extra ECB's. This is why I bought the Mentos - to get my transaction up to the right amount so I didn't loose part of my ECB's. After the above transaction I now have $34.25 in Extra Care Bucks to use like cash on future purchases at CVS.

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Alright, now I've probably thoroughly confused some of you but hopefully also I've made some of you curious and interested in the whole idea of couponing and drugstore shopping. In just two months or so of doing this I've accumulated a very good supply of household things such as: toothpaste, mouthwash, toothbrushes, makeup, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, razors, shaving cream, medicines, feminine supplies, cleaning supplies, air fresheners, laundry supplies, dish washing supplies, and many other things including some food items - all for either FREE or VERY little. I'll admit, it does take a good amount of time to get started and learn the ins and outs, but at the end it's totally worth it, at least for me! If you've got questions I can try to answer them, or there are all kinds of blogs and websites out there that are dedicated to this type of stuff.

Have FUN!! Happy Shopping :)

What I've Been Up To

I'm Back! And I've got quite the list of things to update you all. First let me say, I'm sorry for those of you who regularly check my blog looking for updates and for a few months now, have found nothing. Hopefully after this post you will have some idea of what's been keeping me from blogging.

Since there's so much to say and I'm not sure where to start, I guess the easiest thing would be a list. Here goes:

~ On August 25th Nate & Shawna had settlement on their "new-to-them" house which they just moved into last week. The house was a fixer-up place that needed quite a bit of work to be livable for them. So, up until last Tuesday when we helped them move in, we were over there at least a few nights a week helping clean, tear down walls, paint, install closets, clear their yard, etc, etc. At first it seemed overwhelming but it's been really cool to see the house transform into a very cute, livable place. If I had some pictures I'd post them but I don't. Maybe I'll get some from Shawna later on.

~ One week in mid-August I decided I was going to completely re-do my basement to make it a usable and inviting storage space - a project I had been putting off ever since getting married. Our basement was old, smelly, dirty and creepy according to me. I very much avoided even opening the basement door, and I would only go down there in broad daylight while Jon was home - even that only happened a couple times since living here. I know, you all think I'm crazy, but you didn't see my basement before!

While I was motivated I wasted no time. Jon's mom graciously offered to help as well. We hauled everything out that was down there. Then we vacuumed and washed down everything. The ceiling was unfinished and not very pretty looking so we stapled up heavy duty plastic to keep dirt and insulation from falling down; it also gave the room a much nicer feel. Next we painted the walls, floor and stairs. And finally I went out and bought some heavy duty storage shelves for all around and filled them up with all kinds of things I had been storing elsewhere in our little house.

Unfortunately I didn't take pictures before we started, but I did take some mid-process and finish pics (below). It really looks like a different basement! I actually go down there quite often now, without any fear. It's so nice to have the extra storage space too (you'll learn more about why in another post). I still have a few more little things to do in the basement to finish it up, like fix some of the plastic on the ceiling and hang a fabric curtain all around so I can't see in the crawl space, but for the most part it's done. Here are some pics:

MID-WAY (we had already cleaned and painted the walls)

AFTER

~ Another thing that's been keeping me busy is watching my cousin Rhonda's son Aaron every Thursday from 8:30 am - 4:40 pm. Aaron is now about 3 months old but I started watching him when he was just over 2 months. He's a big boy and sometimes quite a handful but I've been learning a lot and gaining more experience having a baby around all day one day a week. I'd post some pictures but Jon's been taking our camera to work every day so I never have it around when Aaron's here.

~ We went for a week vacation to Myrtle Beach 2 weeks ago but I'm going to write another post with pictures of that so I won't say anything more right now. Stay tuned!



~ The rest of my garden really took off after I posted the last post. I had tomatoes and peppers galore for a while! With the tomatoes I canned 28 quarts of fresh tomato sauce. I'm hoping that will last us until next year for making homemade spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce and any other recipe I find. As for the peppers, we had a lot of habaneros as well as bell peppers which I left on the plants till they turned red. I washed, cut and froze a few quart sized bags of red bell peppers to use in all kinds of recipes throughout the winter. The habaneros were for Jon and he used them to make two different types of EXTREMELY HOT hot sauce. He also dried some and ground them down to a powder to sprinkle on food. The powder is so strong that when he uses it to sprinkle on food some of it becomes airborne and if you're right near him you feel it on your lips and in your nose! I stay clear of it and don't even like touching the jar. :) The picture above is our stash of tomato sauce and hot sauces. Which are all stored down in our newly re-done basement of course.

~ The week before we left for Myrtle Beach two of our friends, Amanda Reinford & Steve Heebner got engaged and they asked Jon and I both to be in their wedding party. I was asked if I would be Amanda's Matron of Honor and I gladly excepted! Amanda was my maid of honor for my wedding so it's really neat. All the little details that come along with being Matron of Honor have been occupying some of my time these last few weeks as well. I love it though! Weddings are so much fun - especially when you're in them and you know the people getting married. Manda & Steve's wedding is in early January so there's not long to wait!

~ Lastly something that's really been taking up a lot of my time these days is learning to MAKE money shopping at CVS, Walgreens & Rite Aid. You may have noticed a little while back the new link button that appeared on my side bar to the left. It has the picture of the little piggy bank and it says "Money Saving Mom" on it. That is the blog that started it all for me, and got me hooked on saving money, stock piling, and shopping at drugstores. There are so many more details to share and great bargains to tell you about that I'll dedicate another post specifically for this latest hobby of mine. :)

I think that's just about everything. At least all the main things I've been doing. Since this post is getting so long I'm going to end abruptly here and I'll start on the next post right away!

My Garden

I know I haven't been blogging much recently. I've got plenty of things keeping me busy. Just one of those things is my garden! This is the first year I did a garden and I guess you could say I started out with a pretty good sized one. Lets see, I planted about 6 cucumber plants (a few seedless plants and a few regular), 8 tomato plants (four plum and four beefsteaks), four bell pepper plants, 3 Jalapeno pepper plants, 2 habanero pepper plants, meadow mint tea, 6 basil plants, parsley and oregano. Here are a few pictures I took back in July when my garden was just starting to grow. The bush on the right is mom Friedrich's blueberry bush.



This is the view from the other side of the garden:


My little herb corner:


I transplanted just a few (maybe about 10) tea plants from my parents house and look how fast they grew:


This is a picture from today, I can't believe how everything is growing so big!


Quite a difference huh?! I had to stake up all my pepper plants except the habaneros, because each one fell over at some point from the weight of all the peppers growing on them.

My cucumbers are currently growing like crazy! For the last three days straight I've gotten 5 a day and before that it was more like 2 or 3 a day. Needless to say we've been eating so many cucumbers I think we might turn green!

Jon's Jalapeno peppers also took off a week or so ago. They are slowing down a little now but he's already gotten a few quart sized bags full of them - some of which I froze, some Jon made into a super-spicy-hot pepper spread, and some he just fries or grills to eat with whatever we're having for dinner.

The rabbits keep eating most of my tomatoes that turn red - which luckily hasn't been many so far - so tomorrow I'm going out to buy chicken wire to put around the garden so they can't get in. I'm hoping to make tomato sauce so I can't have all my tomatoes being eaten!

Earlier this week I cut down almost all my basil to make pesto sauce for freezing. There's already more basil growing! A few weeks ago I also cut some to dry for filling my spice jar. I guess 6 basil plants was a little too much :).

Ok, this post about my garden is getting pretty long but if you'll bare with me I have one more thing to tell about. In the early days of my gardening this year there were about 4 or 5 trees growing right outside the one corner of my garden. Some of the trees were as tall as our house so unfortunately they were providing way too much shade for my plants - which all needed full sunlight. So my wonderful husband cut them down for me one Saturday. Here are some pictures:

He secured each tree with straps before sawing so that when they fell they wouldn't fall on top of my garden:




Some of the smaller trees he drug away but there were also a few that were really heavy so he used his mom's car to drag them off:


What a difference that made in my garden! I'm so thankful for Jon's help and his willingness to do all that work for me! I would never have been able to do it without him.

Amazing Transformation

Jon just sent me an email with before and after images of a picture he touched up at work. The "after" result was so amazingly different than the original picture that I just had to post them so you could all see. This is just one type of thing Jon does at his job:

Original picture of the house:


After Jon finished touching it up:


Isn't he good??!!! hehe Alright, that's all. Just wanted to brag a bit :).

Independence Day!

We had a party yesterday to celebrate the 4th of July. Here are just a few pictures:

The guys played bocce ball for a long time. They went all the way around the yard.


Kassia, Shawna and I sat in the hot tub while the guys played bocce ball, then we sat outside the pool and watched the guys swimming - the big pool was too cold for us :)



Jon broke the diving board... it was on it's last let anyway. Everytime one of the guys would jump off it we could hear a crack - I'm suprised it didn't break sooner than it did.


We had lots of yummy food. Jon grilled up chicken, hot dogs and shrimp.

At the end of the night we did fireworks. Here's two good pics of them. Shawna is holding a roman candle that shoots out balls of colorful fireworks. Jon's just about to throw the one he has in his hand.



It was a muggy overcast day but we managed to have a lot of fun anyway :). Happy belated Independance day everyone!

Update

Since I haven't been posting very regularly I thought I'd give just a general update of what's been going on in our lives these last few months.

That's one of Jon's newest motorized toys. He bought it back in April I believe. He has always wanted a motorcycle and this one was a really good deal so we decided he could get it. I was ok with the idea, but every time he rides it I say a prayer for safety and then anxiously wait for him to return. I don't think he plans to keep it too long - he just wanted to have the experience of owning and riding a motorcycle :). I'd like to get a ride or two on it before he sells it too. He's got to get his license first though. The motorcycle has actually come in handy lately since the transmission in Jon's car went bad a few weeks ago. Sometimes Jon will ride his motorcycle to work (on days I really need my car) the rest of the days he just takes my car to work. Needless to say I've been spending A LOT of time at home since Jon's car turned unusable.

Jon's still working at Sheffield Furniture - it's been 5 months now since he started there. It's work, but he enjoys it and is much more comfortable now with what he's doing. He finished re-doing the first of a number of websites he's responsible for. Click the link below the picture to go to the website he created and see what he's been up to. I think it's really great! He's in the middle of re-doing another website right now at work.

Sheffield Furniture

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As for me, I've been enjoying my time at home a lot. I've been trying out all kinds of new recipes and finding ones we really like. I've been doing little projects all around the house that I've wanted to do for a while. This spring I planted a garden too so that's been occupying a good chunk of my time. I'll have pictures of it soon.

Well, that's all I can think of right now. Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Two Years Later!

Yesterday was our second anniversary! Sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday that we got married - other times I think of all we've done and been through together in these last two years and it seems like forever! Either way I never regret saying yes when Jon asked me to marry him! :) I grow more in love with him every day. I cherish his love and care for me and it never gets old.

Two weeks ago, yesterday, we found out we were expecting our first baby. We were so excited (especially me, but Jon was excited too)! Then, just one week later, I had an early miscarriage. Though that was very possibly the hardest thing I've ever gone through, we are trusting God that He has a plan in all of this and that He will bless us with another baby very soon. Jon has been a wonderful source of encouragement and strength for me through the tough times and I'm so thankful for him!

Anyway, yesterday for our anniversary we kept things pretty simple. We both had chiropractor appointments soon after Jon got home from work so we went there. After that we spent the rest of the night together, just enjoying each others company. We drove in and around the parking lot of the church where we got married and reminised the memories that flooded our minds. Then we went down to Plymouth Meeting mall and walked around shopping for a while until our reservation at PF Chang's right next door. PF Chang's is one of our favorite restarunts, they have delicious Asian-Fusion food and we like to eat their occationally. After dinner we came home for the night. It was nice just relaxing together and talking a lot. Our nights are usually rush, rush, rush and always filled with something or other, so it was really nice to celebrate by taking it easy.

Happy Birthday Dear Jon, Happy Birthday to You!

For any that don't already know, Jon's 22nd birthday was last Friday, May 30th! Jon took off work for his birthday so we could have a long weekend down in Ocean City with his family. We headed down Thursday night when Jon got home from work and the first thing we did, as soon as we got there, was hop in the car with Jon's parents to go to the Budakan restaurant in Atlantic City. That's where Jon picked to go for his birthday dinner.

Friday - Jon's actual birthday - his cousins Stephen & Matt and their friend Wayne, flew in from Oklahoma and we picked them up from the airport. After dinner that night we celebrated with ice cream cake and desserts.



We stayed in Ocean City till Sunday this past weekend. The weekend before that we started off by going to Wildwood Friday night to stay with my parents and Kelsey & Alayna - who had been vacationing there for a week. Then Saturday we all drove to Ocean City to stay with Jon's family who was just getting there that day. My parents stayed till Sunday night with us, and Jon and I stayed till Monday night. Needless to say, we've been doing a lot of driving back and forth down to the shore and back the last few weekends. But we're home for a while now.

Last night we celebrated Jon's birthday with my family at my parents house. I made Jon a second birthday cake and my mom made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. Yummy!


Sadly for Jon, I think now all his birthday celebrations are over :(. Oh well, next year will be here before we know it.

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OH MY WORD! I'm soo embarassed to finially get back on here. April & May have come and gone and I haven't posted a single thing! It has been busy but not so busy that I don't have time to blog if I'd just sit down and do it! I've just been putting it off because I know I need to write and post pictures from our cruise and that will take a while. So, I'm just skipping that and maybe I'll get back to it, or maybe I won't - who knows. But I can't just keep going on and not posting anything :).

So anyway, I'll be back again!

Drums

A few Saturday's ago Jon and I babysat our little friends Hailey, Justin and Sydney Herr. We were also having company over that night so I was busy in the kitchen for a lot of the time preparing dinner and dessert. This left Jon to be the one watching the kids most the time so he got them started playing rock band. They all loved it. All three of them took turns playing the drums but Justin was by far most excited and interested in it. He was hallarious to watch too. Here's pictures of Hailey and Sydney and then a video of Justin. The faces he makes still make be laugh and I've watched it a lot. :)

Chicken Enchiladas

I know, I know, everyone is waiting for pictures from the cruise...sorry! You'll have to wait just a little longer. I've got about 3,000 pictures to sort through and pick from and I've been keeping busy, so I haven't gotten a chance yet. I will though, I promise.

For now, here's a yummy recipe for you to experiment with. Jon said to say he REALLY likes this meal :)

Chicken Enchiladas

INGREDIENTS
~ 2 cups shredded, cooked chicken
~ 1 can cream of chicken soup
~ 1/2 cup sour cream
~ 2 Tbsp. butter
~ 1/2 cup chopped onions
~ 1 tsp. Chili powder
~ 1 can (4oz) chopped green chilis
~ 8 flour tortillas
~ 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. In small bowl stir soup and sour cream until well blended.

3. In 2 quart sauce pan over medium-heat, melt butter and cook onions with chili powder until onions are tender, stirring often. Stir in chicken, chilis and 2 tablespoons of the soup mixture. Remove from heat.

4. Spread about 1/4 cup of chicken mixture along center of each tortilla. Fold sides over filling and place seam-side-down in greased 9x13 baking dish. Spread remaining soup mixture over enchiladas. Cover with foil and bake 15 minutes.

5. Sprinkle cheese on top and bake uncovered an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

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I serve my enchiladas with a side of Spanish rice which I make from a quick and easy Lipton or Rice-A-Roni packet. In the picture the red decor on the food is Jon's hot sauce - which he adds to everything he eats.