18 Months

Connor you turned 18 months old yesterday!  You are officially 1 1/2 years old now 🙂
You are the light of our lives, we love you so very much!  You continue to fill our hearts with so much love and joy that we never knew existed.  You love to share and you play friendly with others…you are just an all around great kid!  You make the silliest faces and make us laugh all the time.  Still a very picky eater, but we know it’s just a phase (hopefully!)  You love to give kisses and you think Daddy and I are the best ever….I know this will change some day so I’m enjoying it while it lasts. 
We are so thankful to God that he gave us your life.  We are so blessed to be your parents & we love you more and more each day!
xoxo Mommy

Saturday Sharpie Scene

I am sure if you are on Twitter or Facebook you may have heard of Klout.

Klout is a new website that measures influence based on your ability to drive action. Every time you create content or engage in social networking you influence others. When your Klout score raises you get free “perks”.  It’s totally for real, it’s cool, and it’s FREE!!!  I have already received several perks, but this one I got today was by far my favorite!

Behold the magic of Sharpies :
 Can we say “Sharpie Jackpot”???
And it came in this super cute box!

I love love LOVE Sharpies!  My Mom is visiting this weekend and she’s a teacher and her jaw dropped when she saw all the Sharpies I got for free!  All I had to do is sign up with Klout 🙂

 I better get to writing huh?  This totally made my day and go sign up like….NOW!
I was not asked to write about this Klout perk or endorse them in any way,
I just think it’s a cool site and wanted to tell ya’ll!

Chicken Gyros & $50 Kodak Giveaway!

Chicken Gyros
“Yee-ro”

Tzatziki sauce:

1 cup plain Greek yogurt
1 regular cucumber, peeled and seeded
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
Salt and pepper
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Extra virgin olive oil

Shred the cucumber or chop in food processor. Wrap in a towel a squeeze to remove as much water as possible. Mix together the yogurt, shredded cucumber, garlic, white wine vinegar, salt and pepper to taste, and lemon juice. Drizzle lightly with olive oil. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving to allow the flavors to meld.
For the chicken:

2 teaspoons minced garlic
Juice of 1 lemon (2-3 Tablespoons)
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 heaping Tablespoons plain Greek yogurt
1 Tablespoon dried oregano
Salt and pepper
1 1/4 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts

To prepare the chicken, combine the garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil, yogurt, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste in a medium bowl. Whisk together until mixed well. Add the chicken pieces to the bowl and mix well to coat. Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

To assemble:
Pita bread (Heat pitas)
Cut chicken into strips. Top pita with chicken, tzatziki sauce, diced tomatoes and sliced onions.

Here are some cute cupcakes I made the other day for work.  They were delish, but I screwed up the icing a bit so I tried to cover it in sprinkles and pinwheels.

We hope ya’ll have a happy Labor Day!  Enjoy your last few days of summer and I’m personally looking forward to a day that’s NOT 100+ degrees outside!

 And this little guy will be getting smothered in kisses from his Nana & Poppy this weekend 🙂

And because I love you all……….
Today I’m giving away…….
$50 GIFT CARD TO KODAK GALLERY
Just leave me a comment telling me what your going to do this Labor Day weekend 🙂
xoxo Becky
(Ends Friday Sept 16th)

My Accent Vlog

Without further ado here is my “Accent Vlog”
This was BS (Before Starbucks) at around 6:30 this morning 😛

I’m linking up with a bunch of other gals on Twitter & from Jenna’s blog.  I don’t know that I have an accent, but this was embarrassing for me! Ha ha! 

Obviously I am reading the questions directly off of Jenna’s blog as I’m taping.  Also, in my defense I have some major allergies going on as well!  Sorry about the camera view, I don’t have a webcam on my desktop computer so I had to rig it to tape from my digital camera.  It was hard to read the questions & look at the camera at the same time 🙂

Can’t wait to see all of your accents too!!!

Crust LESS Quiche

I’ve been trying to cook more around the house.  It’s healthier than eating all that pre-packaged food & it’s waaay cheaper!  I don’t like things that require a lot of ingredients though.  I don’t eat beef, but I do eat other meats, so that limits us on a lot of the things I cook.  I will cook beef for Terence if he wants it though, usually I’ll cook him pot roast in the winter time 😉
A couple nights ago I made this crust less quiche.  I decided to make it without the crust because it saves on a ton of calories if you do it that way!  I sort of made this up, but it turned out delicious!

 *10 eggs
* 1 C. sharp cheddar
* 1 cup frozen spinach (thawed & drained)
* 1/2 onion (I use the frozen pre-chopped kind)
* 1/2 a link of Hillshire farm smoked turkey sausage cut into cubes

I dumped all this in a bowl and mixed together then poured into a pie pan & baked for around 45 mins at 375 degrees

A great and easy side dish is baby taters.  Just drizzle with olive oil and mix with freeze dried dill & seasoning salt.  Bake at 375 for about 40 mins.

Tonight I am going to try and make homemade GYROS
We shall see how that turns out 🙂
I’m soooo looking forward to this 3 day weekend coming up! 
Nana & Poppy are coming to visit and we are so excited! 
Connor is getting into everything these days….
“QUIT PLAYING WITH MY WINDOW BLINDS CHILD!”
xoxo
Becky

Enjoying Every Second!

Lately I’ve been trying to enjoy every second of life.  I just feel like time has been moving waaaay too quickly!  We have a good routine down now….. 

OUR DAY:

* Wake Up
* Shower & get ready
* Wake Connor up and feed him
* Pack lunches and haul into the car
* Work until 4, while Connor plays at either his Aunt’s or Granna’s house for the day
* Pick Connor up, head home, cook dinner
* We have been pretty diligent about doing our walks every night around the lake
* Come home watch a few TV shows & then put Connor to bed
* I’ll get online for a bit, Terence will watch TV, or I’ll read in bed

START THE DAY AGAIN!!!

Connor’s such a good kid.  He’s so loving and caring.  He gives kisses all the time, he is such a good sleeper, and loves to read books.  The only thing we have issues with is his eating.  He is still an extremely picky eater.  Some days I wonder if he gets enough to eat?  But I dont’ want to force it and create a fear of food either, so for right now we stick to a few food we know he likes and if he’s hungry he’ll eat!

I mentioned before I had wanted to make these S’more Bars :

I made them to take to T’s parents house last Sunday for family dinner

They turned out pretty good!  And they tasted DELICIOUS!
I took these photos before cutting them into squares 🙂

We also watched Jeff Mauro’s new show Sandwich King on Food Network this past weekend.  He was the winner of Food Network Star.  And let me just say his sandwiches are incredible!
Also on Food Network is Pioneer Woman!  She has a new cooking show and it was so fun to watch and actually see her in action on the ranch!

Whelp that is about it for today….I better get back to sucking down my Starbucks 🙂
xoxo Becky

Oh!!! 
I forgot to announce the winner of the Black 15 in 1 Giveaway!

It’s :

Lil Woman !!!!
Winner chosen via Random.org

Our Weekend

We had a busy fun and busy weekend!
Terence and I got to attend a western fashion show and benefit called Branded.  His Aunt Beverly & Aunt Lyn both help put on this show every year in part with their Careity Foundation.  It was really nice!  The dinner was catered by Reata and was delish!  They did a great job!  It was fun to have a night out and see the cousins and have some fun 🙂
Thank you Aunt Loyce & Uncle Garry for watching our munchkin!
 Western Fashion Show
Including some shirtless cowboys! Oh my!

 In other weekend news:

I love some peanut butter pie.  It’s one of my favorite desserts because it is SO easy to make and tastes SO good!

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter, plus 2 tablespoons, divided

1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 (12 oz.) container (4 1/2 cups) frozen whipped topping
1 prepared chocolate pie crust
DIRECTIONS:
1.BEAT together 1 cup peanut butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with an electric mixer on medium, until well combined. Gently mix in 2 cups whipped topping until thoroughly combined. Spoon mixture into pie shell. Using a spatula, smooth mixture to edges of pie.

2.  Spread whipped cream topping over pie. Refrigerate until set. (I mixed the dark chocolate peanut butter with my whipped cream for a chocolate topping)

 I also had a little helper in the kitchen….
Dude decided to draw with Crayons all over my kitchen tile!  Good thing it was easy to get off : /
Hope ya’ll had a great weekend!