TAG your IT!

I was picture tagged!

Not really sure what it means but I was told to go to "my pictures" and open the 4th folder and select the 4th picture.

Well, the above pic was "the one"!

It is pretty self explanatory!

It was this Halloween!

I was looking at it and you know it's funny that this year the costumes they selected are a TRUE reflection of who they are.....

Jace is a TOTAL outdoors man

Chloe......SO not a girly-girl, she loves blood and guts!

****Funny side note: you know how you call girls "Tomboys"? Well there was this boy in her class last year and I think he was emotional at times for whatever reasons and she told me...."Mom, that boy is SUCH at Tomgirl!" And she was SO serious! I love that girl!****

And Lex, well, he IS a little clown! REALLY!

A Cold Indian Day

My Chloe never ceases to amaze me!

She brought home a letter from school the other day that said her art work was selected to be displayed at a local high school for rodeo art.

Each school was only allowed to select 40 kids...from the whole school!

She was one of the 40 selected from her school!

Apparently they had judges come to make the selection of those that would be taken to the rodeo. I think they choose like 6...out of a million!

I'm glad I wasn't a judge!

Though her work was not one that was selected to go to the rodeo, she did get a blue ribbon and we are SO proud of her!

Go CHLOE!

I think this is the ONLY trait she did not get from me!

I can mess up a stick figure!

Her father is an amazing artist and he gets that from his mother, who is amazingly artistic and very creative! THANKS CHERYL!

Yummy Chicken Dish!

Last night we had the most yummy chicken dish!
Brent loves it and the flavor is so amazing!
I kind of forgot about it until I was staring at the cans of leftover jelled cranberry sauce I had in my pantry (one from this Thanksgiving and one from LAST Thanksgiving) wondering what the heck I can use that on besides dressing????
What is the shelf life of that stuff?? FOREVER??
Then I remembered Russian Chicken!
YUMMO!
Do I sound like Rachel Ray?
Somebody slap me if I do!
Anyway I thought I would share the recipe and it's SOOOOO easy!
I bet you could even put it in the crock pot, too!

Russian Chicken
Chicken (whatever pieces you prefer, and enough to feed your family)
-I use boneless, skinless breast or chicken tenders-
1 bottle of Russian dressing
1 can of jelled cranberry sauce
1 packet of Lipton Onion soup mix.

Preheat oven to 375. Arrange chicken pieces in baking dish. Mix Russian dressing, cranberry sauce and soup mix together. Pour over chicken and bake uncovered about 25-30 min for chicken breast (15 min. for tenders)
I serve with rice. The rice soaks up all the yummy sauce!

The Office

For those of you who do not know......I went back to work AND I work from home.
I went back to the same company but now I have a whole new office!
YES a new home office.
Over the holidays Brent and I did some work and it is starting to look pretty nice.
Work can be FUN again!
And Brent and I are still married!
What? Still married?
Well ANYTIME we tackle a project when the project is complete WE are about 2 steps from marriage counseling.
OK, maybe its not that bad, but geesh how can communication be so difficult.
Open your mouth and say it......UH, that's what happens.
Anyway, whole different post ANOTHER day!
Back to my office,
We went to Ikea on Friday night and Brent has never been with me when I have bought something at Ikea so he is clueless about their whole "SelfService" way of business.
So, we choose our desks and make our way downstairs and Brent become confused and nervous (he is wondering what else could I possibly be buying NOW) when I grab a cart and then ask him to grab a cart.
Then we head to the area where you get your items from the "isles and bins".
OK, we have 2 desks and 2 filing cabinets........that equates to about 50 boxes. No joke.
And Ikea's baskets have a mind of their own and I think the heavier it gets the harder it trys to run away from you.
And if you want to turn that basket? Well, just start yelling several feet before your turn so everyone will get the heck out of the way because YOU will NOT be able to control that basket....
Anyway, we finally get to the check out line and head to the truck......but you see you can not bring the baskets in the parking lot.
So Brent brings the truck to the front, which is probably good because he couldn't possibly be mad at me in front of everyone at Ikea.
You know he has it in his mind how he wants something done, BUT never tells me....I am supposed to be a mind reader, too!
So I am clueless to his plan and not sure of WHAT I am supposed to be doing and well, he gets irritated with me (but the feeling is mutual...HA HA)
Then he says "I would fire you if you worked for me" that is when I say "HA, if I worked for you I would have QUIT along time ago!"
But now we are in front of Ikea along with everyone else who is trying to load up their cars....God is so good!
Brent gets everything into the truck and we head home.
He is NOT liking Ikea and says next time he comes he will remember to wear work clothes and bring his work gloves!
Saturday Brent gets the desks and filing cabinets together pretty quick, thank goodness Ikea gives easy to follow instructions!
And they look FANTASTIC!
Many thanks to him and the kids!