2 week update

So I’ve been sick for awhile now so I’ve been really bad about updating my blog so this is a recap of everything going on since we got back from Colorado. We got back Sunday night on the 23^rd. Monday and Tuesday we just worked and then Wednesday I got a really bad cold. I laid in bed pretty well through the weekend. We did end up going out for a little bit to a Halloween party Saturday night. Jace and I dressed up like a biker couple.

 Then Sunday we went over to my parents to celebrate my little brother Ridge, my grandma and grandpa’s birthdays. They were all within the last few weeks so we did a big dinner for them. Monday was Halloween so we had some people over for soup and breadsticks. I’ve been starting to feel a little better luckily and getting caught up on everything now. One thing that helped me feel better is that my table came in (2 weeks early!) I was so excited to have it put up and bring all the new chairs we bought around it. Since we got our new table I’ve been cooking a bunch of different things.

The new table and chairs! I need a new/bigger centerpiece now.

I recently signed up for Taste of Home magazine and found this really easy recipe

Refried Bean Taco Pizza

Taste of Home-Mary Detweiler

Ingredients:

1 ¼ lb ground beef

Small onion chopped (I just used minced onion)

Envelope taco seasoning

1 prebaked 12-in pizza crust (I used 2 separate small ones so Jace and I could put different things on our own)

1 can refried beans

2 taco shells crushed (I just used tortilla chips)

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Shredded lettuce

Tomatoes, diced

Sliced ripe olives

Directions:

Cook meat with onion and taco seasoning until no longer pink. Place crust on ungreased baking sheet. Spread refried beans, beef, taco shells and cheeses. Cook at 450 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Pull out and top with miscellaneous ingredients.

The best thing about this meal is its only $2/serving! Since its just Jace and I we didn’t use up much of the meat so I saved the rest to do tacos later this week.

Mine is on the left and Jace's on the right (he didn't want any topping but salsa).

Earlier in the week I also made Potato Pie. A really easy recipe I got from my mom.

Potato Pie

Karen Lewis

Ingredients:

1.5 lb hamburger

1 can Campbell Tomato Soup

1 bag/can of corn

Potatoes

Directions:

Brown hamburger meat, season with garlic salt, onion salt, onion powder to taste. Drain meat, add tomato soup to meat. Add corn to meat mixture-don’t overcook corn just thaw out. Line casserole dish with meat mixture on bottom topped with mashed potatoes. Cook at 350 degrees covered for 30 minutes. Check the middle-should be bubbling. Add cheese last 5-10 minutes on top.

Jace took a scoop out before the picture.

While we were in Colorado my cousin Matt and his wife Natalie gave us a big hutch they weren’t using anymore. It ended up working perfectly in our upstairs guest bedroom. It was so heavy though and took 4 guys to get it upstairs but I love it J

The big hutch. 

The hutch in the bedroom. 

I also finally hung up the picture that matches the bedroom my sister Paige gave us last Christmas

Other than that there isn’t a whole lot else going on. I am excited for the holidays coming up though. Were doing Thanksgiving this year at our house so that will be interesting. I’ve decided that since we might be going out of town next weekend to the dunes (depending on weather) I need to get Christmas stuff up before it gets too close to Thanksgiving so that will be this weekends project! I will be sure to post more later!