Merry Christmas!

This year for Christmas Eve we went to Danes parents house and had the traditional Christmas Eve Clam Chowder and Shrimp Cocktail!! It was absolutely delicious! After dinner we got our presents & pajamas and watched all the little nieces and nephews act out the Christmas story while Grandpa Weibell read it! It was so much fun and we love seeing the little kids act out the story! That night when Dane, Adilyn and I got home we opened our Christmas Eve pajamas and then we went to bed. Christmas morning/afternoon we spent together as a family and opened all of our wonderful presents/stockings. We got so many wonderful gifts from each other and our families!! Thank you everyone for all the gifts! For Christmas dinner/evening we went over to my Dads house and ate a delicious Turkey, a family recipe potato dish and green beans. Then we opened our presents from each other and once again we got so awesome gifts!! Thank you to both Weibell family and Bennett Family for all the amazing gifts. We love all of them!! We love you all so much. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and soon to be a Happy New Year! Here are some pictures we took!

 

When we were done opening presents and cleaning up we noticed our house was more quiet than normal so we went back to Adilyn's bedroom and she wasn't in there and then we walked into our room and she crawled up onto our bed under our covers and passed out! lol It was so adorable. She was exhausted from all the present opening! :)

Adilyn is TWO!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Adilyn!!! You have grown into such a big and beautiful little girl! You are so stubborn and independent! You are just like mommy in that department! You still look a lot like daddy but are looking more and more like mommy! You LOVE Dora the explorer and hair! Your favorite things to eat are cheese and pb & j sandwiches! You love your grandparents more than anything!! You love to draw on everything, Literally!! You still have very little hair and are still a little skinny girl! She weighs a little over 24 pounds and is 33 inches tall! We love you so much baby girl! Happy Birthday Sweetie!!!

Family Pictures December 2011

Baking!

I have been loving all the cooking i have been doing lately! I love cooking and especially love baking! I love making treats for people and for my hubby Dane. Yesterday for fun I made some Chocolate Chip Cookies but made them more Christmasy :) What i did was make regular chocolate chip cookies and then once they were cooled Adilyn and I put some frosting on one cookie and then put another cookie on top to make a sandwich. Then we put let drops of frosting on top to :) it was so much fun and Dane LOVED them! He thought they were Delish! :) Once he had dinner, Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with Dumplings and then the cookies for dessert he laughed and said "Your family cracks jokes about how you use to not be able to cook but that is definitely not the case now!!"  lol I took a picture of them and wanted to share them with you! :)

I Cant believe I am 23!

For those of you who don't know both our 3 yr anniversary and my 23rd birthday were this weekend! We celebrated both on the same day this year because of Danes school and work schedule! But I had such a wonderful Birthday with my hubby and daughter! Dane spoiled me all day and treated me like a queen! For our Anniversary(the 26th)/Birthday(the 28th) Celebration day, We went to our favorite restaurant, Tucanos and had the most delicious dinner! We also saw the new twilight movie; Breaking Dawn Part 1! OMG it was awesome! We cant wait for the next one to come out! We had such a blast! Thank you Candy & Leo for watching Adilyn for us so we could have such a wonderful date! We celebrated my birthday on Sunday, the 27th, because dane had school and work all day Monday. But we had such a wonderful day! Dane made me breakfast burritos for breakfast and a delicious taco salad for dinner! And we also put up our Christmas Lights on our house! This was the best weekend ever! I love both Dane and Adilyn so much! Thank you for all you have done this weekend to make it amazing!
I Love you Dane! :)

Happy 3 Year Anniversary!!

WOW! I cannot believe that I married the man of my dreams 3 years ago today! I remember the first night I met Dane. He was so cute and couldn’t keep his eyes off me! Lol every time I looked up he was staring at me and smiling! J I remember thinking wow he is CUTE! Lol and then he came up and talked to me and I felt like I have known him forever and I knew he was worth taking a risk on! J From that day on we were always together or texting! I was so happy and for a long time I didn’t think I was going to have a happily ever after and find the perfect guy who loved me for me, until Dane! I have never been so happy and in love before. I am so thankful to have such an amazing husband who is literally my whole world! Dane has helped me and strengthened me in so many ways. He has given me so much and is there continually for me. He is so strong and independent and stubborn and I love it! He is the greatest husband I could’ve asked for, the best father I have seen and the best friend I have ever had!

I love you so much Dane and I am so happy! These past 3 years have been difficult at times but worth every minute. You have given me so much including the most beautiful little girl I could’ve asked for. J You are such a caring, loving and loyal man and I cannot wait to spend forever with you!

Happy 3 Year Anniversary Dane! J

Wow was this good!

So lately I have been trying to find some more recipes so we had more of a variety for dinner and well i have found some AWESOME recipes! We had Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup tonight and it was amazing SO.... i thought i would share it with all of you! :)

Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup

• 2 Chicken Breasts, Chopped into bite size pieces
• 1 cup Salsa
• 2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
• 2 cups Frozen Corn
• 1 can Black Beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 can Chicken Broth
• 4 Corn Tortillas (6"), cut into strips (I fried/baked them first to make them crispy)
• 1 cup Cheddar Cheese
• 1/3 cup Cilantro
• 1 tsp Ground Cumin

Directions

1. Combine chopped chicken, salsa, soup, corn, beans, broth & cumin into Crock Pot (Slow Cooker)
2. Cover and cook on LOW for 4-5 hours or on HIGH for 2-2 1/2 hours; until chicken is cooked completely.
3. Once done stir in the tortilla strips, cheese and cilantro into cooker. Cover and cook for another 15 minutes. 
4. If you want to add a little more flavor add your desired toppings like cheese, sour cream or green onion :)

Happy Halloween!!!

This year for Halloween Adilyn was dressed up as a Ladybug! She looked so adorable!! Unfortunately she had the stomach flu so we didn't go trick-or-treating but i still wanted to get her all dressed up for the kids that came to our house! She loved watching Dane and I hand out the candy to the kids and she loved waving to them saying bye! She had a blast! Dane and I didn't get pictures of ourselves but we did get pictures of our little Bug! :) We hope you had a Happy Halloween! Here are some pictures! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAM!!!

Happy 30th Birthday Tam!!  You are such a great big sister! I am so thankful to have you in my life! You are such a wonderful Mother, Sister and Friend! We love you so much and hope you had a wonderful day! I Love you Big Sissy!! :)

Carving Pumpkins!!

Tonight after Dinner we decided to carve our pumpkins and I must say they turned out great! Adilyns pumpkin is a kitty, Danes is a man singing and its hilarious!! And my pumpkin was just a classic pumpkin carving with buck teeth! We had such a fun night! Here are some pictures we took tonight:

 Adilyn and Daddy

 Adilyn not wanting to touch the "gross" pumpkin lol

 She needs a Spoon to touch it! lol

 Adilyn and Mommy

The Pumpkins finished! :) We had SO much fun!!

Family Pictures!!

September 2011 we were able to get family pictures taken and the pictures turned out awesome!! Thanks Tam for taking the pictures!