Belated party post

So I thought I might post some of John David's Birthday Pictures from his 1st Birthday. I love planning events and parties, each time I pick a theme and "run" with it. For his 1st Birthday I wanted to keep it simple so I chose to do a color theme. I decided on blue and yellow. From the table cloths to the balloons everything was color coordinated. For food we went with an easy menu of pulled pork barbeque sandwhiches, baked beans and chips and of course peanut butter and jelly for the kiddos. For John David's cake I made a giant cupcake cake and funfetti cupcakes with blue icing, topped with a wallet size picture of the birtday boy. Everyone had a blast and this was a simple quick party to organize and enjoy.

Choo Choo John David is 2!

Today we celebrated John David's 2nd Birthday! I cannot believe he is two years old already, where does time go? We had a wonderful time with friends and family and we feel blessed to have them in our lives. John David and the rest of the kids had a blast playing on our cardboard choo choo train

I had a blast decorating for his train themed party :) Here are some more pictures from his birthday party.

“Cooking Light” #4 Snacks/Appetizers

For a snack/appetizer today we made amazing Sausage Stuffed Jalapeños. Not too spicy but very filling.  If you want the recipe let me know, trust me you want the recipe.

“Cooking Light” #3

Last night we had a flank steak, with leftover green beans from the night before, brussel sprouts (which are now a staple in our kitchen) and roasted red peppper.  YUMMY :)

“Cooking Light” Day2

So we are on our 4th day of “cooking light” (low carb) and I’ve lost a total of 7lbs! YAY! Tonight's dinner was super yummy, we had chicken sautéed in butter, garlicky green beans, brussel sprouts, and salad.  I never thought I’d be a fan of brussel sprouts, but we have figured out a great way to cook them and me and John absolutely love them! YUM. If you want any of the recipes just leave me a comment and let me know :)

“Cooking Light”

 

One of my New Years Resolution like most people is to eat healthier so for the last few days me and the hubby have been eating low carb meals which are delicious, don’t know why we didn’t start eating this way (again) sooner! For the next few weeks or for however long we stick to this diet I will be doing a “cooking light” series.  The picture above was our dinner  tonight:  Spicy Beef Stir-fry. So if your interested here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
-1 1/2 lbs beef, thinly sliced
-2 cups snow peas
-8 green onions,sliced into 2 inch pieces
-2 tablespoons olive oil
-1 tablespoon chili powder
-3 cloves garlic, chopped
-dash of cayanne pepper
-1/2 tablespoon soy sauce (we used Kikoman)

Mix together olive oil, chili powder, garlic, soy sauce, and cayanne pepper. In a bowl, mix together snow peas and green onions, add half of the prepared sauce.  In a seperate bowl toss beef and other half of prepared sauce.  In a large skillet or wok over medium heat, cook snow peas and green onions until slightly cooked. Take veggies off heat and put back into bowl. Next cook beef until no longer pink, add vegies back into pan and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes. Finally ENJOY!

December Rewind

I’m still in the “Christmas Spirit” so I thought I would post a few more pictures from John David’s 1st Christmas, so here they are : ) 

This picture is of my little guy playing on a pillow his Great Great Great Grandmother made. Maybe next Christmas I should make a pillow to pass down……. yeah maybe I could do that if I would ever pull out my sewing machine I’ve never opened and use it…… well maybe I could do that if I actually knew how to sew, something else to add to my list of things to do. But maybe….Does anyone know how to sew and want to teach me???? It would be kind of fun to learn, maybe there are classes I could take or something.