My Daughter - A Model?

As far back as I can remember, my daughter has enjoyed being the center of attention and the focus of the camera - not shy one bit! Taking pictures of her is such a pleasure for me because I never know what shot I'm going to get due to her constantly posing - one pose right to the next - never a still moment.

This past week, we went to one of the local parks and I got some pictures.











<---This one I caught just in time as she was about to switch poses. I just love her attitude in it...lol















This one she decided that she wanted to get some pictures taken while she was on the ground. This one poses a sense of childhood wonder to me. --->

Cooking for the Freezer - June

Last summer I started doing some cooking for the freezer. I'd make extra of different foods or just cook up some meals and freeze them. I liked how it helped save me time with not having to prepare everything. Now when we want a meal that has already been prepared, we just have to pull it out of the freezer and let it thaw. After thawing, we just heat it up. Simple. And so much easier than having to cook a whole meal every day.

It's been a while since I've done any freezer cooking, and I'm in the mood to get some done this week. We started it on Monday with some marinated chicken that we put in the freezer for meals later on in the month or even next month. Those included 2 meals of honey lime chicken, 2 meals of teriyaki chicken, and 1 meal of Italian chicken - and they are all in the freezer as of this past Monday.

Today, we are working on some Brown Bag Burritos. We ended up doubling the recipe and adding an extra pound of hamburger, so in all we are making 5 pounds of hamburger worth for the burritos. Most of them will be stuck into the freezer after cooking and wrapping, but we'll also be having a couple for supper tonight as well.

Throughout the rest of the week, we hope to make some Breakfast Burritos, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (we were going to do these either Monday or yesterday, but it was just too hot), Sloppy Joes, Chocolate Butterhorns, and Ham Macaroni & Cheese. All of this will be stuck into the freezer!

If you would like to try any of the recipes that we're using, you can click through on the following links provided:

Brown Bag Burritos

Breakfast Burritos

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Sloppy Joes

Ham Macaroni & Cheese

Chocolate Butterhorns

Been A While

Oh my! It have been forever since my last entry. So much has happened since then. Life has had so many dips and turns and lots of growing opportunities. I hope to post more often than I have in the past.