Long time no write!

Jeez, I didnt realize I hadn't blogged since February!! Man where do I even start?

Aidyn is in his second year of preschool. He has grown so much it amazes me everyday! He makes me so happy!

He is spelling his name and recognizing letters and can spell a couple of words. He is interested in anything and everything.

We just finished our first soccer season! Jon coached and he loved it! He did a great job!

Aidyn was reluctant at the first of the season but by the end he didnt want to stop playing he wanted to be in the whole game!! Its so much fun watching him!

We had a very busy summer, as always! We did take a weekend trip to California and went to the Redwoods and hit everything we could on the way! We had the best time! Aidyn loved the trip he loved staying at the hotels he thought that was so fun! Jon or I hadnt been to the Redwoods so that was amazing and you wouldnt think a 4 yr old would be interested but he loved it too. We went to the prehistoric Gardens with all the neat dino's Aidyn loved that he had the map and was out little tour guide!!

We did a little camping! We took Aidyn to the races which he loves and wanted to go every weekend! We were gone way too much didnt get much done at the house which I regret!!

Next spring we start on that!!

Its almost Halloween, AJ is going to be a Tranformer "Optimus Prime".

We are have a Halloween party this weekend cant wait its going to be so fun!!

Well I guess thats a little catch up. I will add photos on another day!!

First Dental Appointment

Aidyn had is first real dental appointment today. He did so well, he got his teeth cleaned and checked out. He just sat there like such a big boy. We are so proud of him!!

He does have two tiny cavities that he will have taken care of in a couple of weeks! I hope that goes as well!!

Recipes

Here are a couple of the recipes I'm trying this week:

Low Fat Tater Tot Casserole in the Crock pot

1 lb 95% ground beef

32 oz tater tots

1/2 tea salt

1/4 tea pepper

1 can healthy request cream of mushroom soup

1 tb dried onion( I will use real onion and probably 1/2 cup)

1/4 C milk

1/2 C Shredded Chedder Cheese for the top

Brown hamb and onions, drain, line crockpot with Tots, combine all other ingredients and pour micture over the Tots.

I make this in the oven normally and I also add a can of green beans Optional.

Cover cook on high for 3 hours last half hour add cheese to melt!! Enjoy

Crockpot Chicken Cordon Bleu

6 boneless chicken breast (I used about 13 chicken tenders and it worked perfect)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 c milk

6 slices of ham

6 slices of swiss cheese

1 pkg of stuffing mix(stove-top)

1/4 c melted butter

1-In a small bowl, mix together the soup and milk. coat the bottom of the crock pot with mixture

2-Lay chicken pieces on the bottom of crock. cover with ham and then swiss cheese. pour remaining soup/milk mixture over the chicken.

3-sprinkle the stuffing mix on top, and drizzle with melted butter.

Cook on low for 4-6 hrs or hih for 2-3

I have already tried this one, My husband loved it and so did my guest!! Its a keeper recipe and so simple. Enjoy!!

I got the recipe from SaraColorado blog!!

Menu Planning

Im trying to be more organized in our lifes lately!! Ive been working on menu planning for the couple of weeks and It is amazing how nice it is to come home and know what you are going to make or have the dinner in the crockpot. So her are my main dinners for the week. We arent really home for breakfast so we just grab something or have cereal.

Mon- Ribs in the crockpot, Salad and baked potatoes

Tue- Tuna Noodle casserole also in the crockpot, salad

Wed-leftovers night ( football game so we never get home early)

Thurs- Chicken Cordonblue (crockpot) Yummy, Green beans, Garlic bread

Friday- Tater Tot Casserole(crockpot)

Sat & Sun- We usually go with whatever is left. Im going to try and do homemade Chili and cornbread for the weekend!!

I will try and post some recipes also.

Our new puppy "Piston"

This is our newest edition!! He is a Corgi, he is now 3 months old. I have always wanted one and found a breeder through my work. A wonderful family who we are so glad we met. We originally had the brother of this one picked out, but he suddenly got sick about 3 weeks before we were bringing him home and ended up having a heart defect and they had to put him to sleep. We were devasted!! We had already went and spent alot of time with him so we had bonded. Well, anyway there was one puppy left out of 6. We kind felt it was a sign so, we went and visited him and he was so sweet and we decided it was the right thing to take him. So Aidyn named him "Piston Cup" after the "Cars" movie!!
He is so much fun and Magnum our Lab and him just love each other. Aidyn loves him too and says that its his brother. It is the cutest thing. Piston is a wonderful edition to our family!!

Aidyns first day of preschool!!

Well, course these are backwards. I have the worst time with this blogging. This is a pic of him in his new class in the little bathroom. I couldnt help myself he looked so cute!

This one is of him when we were getting ready to leave I love him cute little face. He is so handsome.

He thought he needed to ride his bike before attending school!!

He is standing infront of the door at school. Not looking very excited now!! He was a little scared!!

Summer

Sorry this is so out of order I guesss I havent figured out how to do it right when I add pics it messes every thing up.
Anyway this last weekend Jon was given tickets to a West Coast Nascar race so we took Aidyn on Saturday he loved it he loves cars so he had a great time in the pits with all the cool cars and looking at them.


About a month ago we made a very hard decision we decided we had to put our dog Lacy down, she was almost 18years old. She couldnt see or barely hear and it was sad we couldnt handle watching her like that anymore so we let her go!! It was so hard she has been with us our whole married live together. She was our first kid!! We miss her so much!!

We got Aidyn a swimming pool for the back yard!! He absolutely loves to be in the water he is only 3 and thinks he can swim all by himself its great but scary also!

The summer is flying by we have only went camping once, which for us is weird we usually go every other weekend. We went over the 4th of July to Waterloo we had a great time. The weather was nice and it was a relaxing weekend. i thought I had some pics from camping but can seem to find them.