New Year's Eve

My day and night have been wonderful. I've played outside with Saylor and our neighbor friends Mrs. Joyce, Leona, and Sage. I've cooked chicken casserole for dinner, watched football (okay I wasn't watching it was on my tv), talked with Mom and Dad, and watched Backyardigans (this I really watched with Saylor). I know my New Year's Eve is the envy of all but I wouldn't change it for the world.

 

 

One of my favorite things that Saylor is doing right now is singing the B*I*B*L*E song. It is precious, its very hard for me to catch on video because she does it at random times. But, the other night when we were looking at Christmas lights she was singing it in the car. While you can't see her you can hear her sweet voice. I want to always remember this because this is one of the first songs she has sang.

I hope that all of my friends and family have a wonderful New Year's Eve night and New Year's day! May you enjoy your time with the one's you love and thank God for his blessings.

2012 Coming to an End

Well I can't believe that 2012 is almost over this has definitely been a roller coaster of a year. I've so enjoyed my year with Saylor but my Mom's battle with cancer has definitely been a challenge for our family. I pray that 2013 brings good health to Mom and to my entire family and to your family.

This weekend has been pretty low key we have hung out around the house and played with all the new Christmas toys. Last night Saylor and I went and hung out with Betsy, Henry, and Stone while Eric went to a movie with his dad. This is Saylor and Stone playing on one of her new toys from Mimi. They had a blast.

 

I tried a new soup recipe from one of my favorite blogs www.sixsistersstuff.com. For those of you who don't know I love to cook and try new recipes but only things things that are easy with ingredients I've heard of. This is the recipe I made.

 

Slow Cooker Nacho Grande SoupIngredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 medium onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 (1 oz) package taco seasoning (I used low sodium)
1 (10.75 oz) can condensed cheddar cheese soup
1 (10 oz) can diced tomatoes and green chilis, undrained (I used mild Rotel)
1 1/2 cups milk (I used 1%)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
In a skillet, cook ground beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high heat until thoroughly cooked; drain.
Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place cooked meat mixture in slow cooker. Add taco seasoning, cheddar cheese soup, tomatoes, milk, and shredded cheese. Stir together and cook on low for 3-4 hours. This soup can also be kept on a warm setting for an additional 4 hours (I have a digital clock on my slow cooker and as soon as it is done cooking for the set amount of time, it automatically switches to the warm setting).
Stir before serving. Top individual servings with crushed tortilla chips, shredded cheese, and any other toppings you want.

**You can also make this just on your stove top. Brown the beef, onion, and garlic over medium-high heat until thoroughly cooked. Then in a large pot, add all ingredients and heat over medium-high heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir well before serving.

Serves 4-5 people.

 

Well, my time is up for tonight but I really hope to post a video tomorrow of Saylor singing the B*I*B*L*E. She just started doing this and its the first song she has sang (well the first where we really know what she is singing).

Hello Everyone! I started this blog when Saylor was born and quickly became overwhelmed with becoming a new mommy so it failed. However, I'm still learning how to be a new mommy but my new year resolution is to start my blog again. My blog now has a subtitle "Simply Saylor" in 10 minutes. I want to keep track of how much Saylor is growing and changing but I'm not willing to give up my precious time with her. So, these may be very short excerpts and pictures of our life because 10 minutes is all I have before I will fall asleep especially when I go back to work next week.

I had to add this picture because Saylor is simply going to love it so much when she is older. I think Saylor is going to love accessories and shoes. Saylor went to her closet insisting to put on her red shoes (which are her favorite) and this bow. She played like this all morning.

We had a wonderful Christmas that went on for several days. We started Christmas Eve at Eric's parents. On Christmas day we went around to Betsy's house, then our house, and lastly spent the afternoon at Mom's. Stone received a set of drums at our house and Saylor was so enthralled with these drums that she didn't even care to open her presents so we saved them and spent several days after Christmas opening her presents.  Well my 10 minutes are up so I'm leaving for now but I really hope to be able to do this more often (I hope daily but I kinda of fear that may be to ambitious). I plan to post more Christmas pictures tomorrow.