Turkey Burgers

I thought I would share Josh’s famous turkey burger recipe! I made them last night and they were super!

There’s not really much of a recipe, just take two pounds of ground turkey and mix in a packet of ranch, then pat them out like regular burgers and grill! Wa-la! That’s it!

Now, if you are Negative Nancy and say you don’t like turkey, let me just tell you this….I don’t like turkey either! I don’t like it at Thanksgiving, I don’t like it at Christmas, I don’t like it with a fox, in a box…hahaha.

But I LOVE turkey burgers and they are SO much better for you than a regular hamburger!

They are also great with turkey bacon on them!

And we pretty much don’t even turn the grill on without grilling pineapple. Try it on your next burger!!!! YUMMO!

Healthy Pins!

What have you pinned on Pinterest this week? I found this on there a day or so ago…

Do you like to eat ranch dip with raw veggies? Me too! Do you like yogurt? Me either! yuck! haha! BUT, if you take a packet of dry ranch and mix it in a 16 oz of non-fat, plain greek yogurt…it tastes the EXACT same and is WAY better for you!!! YAY!!! That’s what I had for dinner last night!

And don’t think that just because I’m on a big health kick that I’m not bad sometimes! I also made a red velvet bread pudding last night that was to DIE for!!!

I’ll share that recipe soon!

Happy Monday!

We had a fun weekend! We started off by celebrating Josh’s birthday Friday night at Mugshots. We pigged out. Then we went home and had ice cream cake! (Reece had her face painted at school) It was yummy!

Saturday the kiddies and I did a little shopping while Josh slept. At some point we decorated our gingerbread house but I don’t remember when it was! ha!

Yesterday we made Christmas Cookies! Please excuse my half naked son, he refuses to wear clothes when he’s in the house. They abandoned me with the mess!

Our Weekend

I’m going to try my best to get back on the bloggy train! I’ve just had blogger’s block I guess! We went to the beach for several days last week and didn’t really even take enough pictures to do a blog post with! Lazy, maybe?

My step-sister, Katie, is getting married in a few weeks. Allison and I are hosting a lingerie shower for her at my house! Sounds fun! And it will be except I still don’t feel settled enough! So I spent a lot of my weekend trying to settle in a little more!

The kids wanted to cook, so we did! They made Whoopie Pies…which were Yummo! And they also made those little english muffin pizzas that we made a while back! Well, I should say Reece made the whoopie pies because the only thing the boys wanted to do was put the sprinkles on!

Yesterday was Open House at the boys’ new school! I was SO nervous because they don’t post the class rolls outside of the school anywhere beforehand. You have to just walk to where the classrooms your grade is and the list is posted outside the door! Insane? I think so! It really ended up not being too bad, once we figured out where the classrooms might be. The teachers were SUPER nice and very welcoming for us newbies! Peyton’s teacher actually taught Allison! I remember her from elementary school and she was so nice and a great teacher so I’m excited about that! She was also excited when she found out that Peyton came from the same school she used to teach at! :)

Here’s to my favorite 2nd and 3rd grader having a fantabulous new school year!!!!

Spring Break!

It’s Spring Break around here! I won’t be off work the entire week but there is NO traffic in the mornings! LOVE IT! And I love that the boys get to sleep in every day!

We are heading to the beach for a few days later in the week and that can NOT come soon enough! Momma needs a break! Daddy needs a break! Mostly from stressing about our next house. FYI it’s WAY more stressful to buy/build your second home. We plan to get somewhere and STAY for a long time. That being said, if we stay for a while we need 5 bedrooms. That’s alot. Enough said.

Being stressed out makes me want to bake. And so I did! I made YUMMO Oreo cupcakes yesterday!!!

I put a half of an oreo in the bottom…Oh yes I did!

And then I put crushed up oreos in the batter! Oh yes I did!

And they turned out SUPER YUMMY!

Oh yes they did!

Catch up!

Today I want to play catch up on my blog! This post has a week+ of things that I meant to post about last week and never got the chance!

So, put your seatbelt on!

We made these yummy treats! And I’m not going to lie. The kids drove me NUTS when we were working on them. To the point where I had to finish them myself because they were arguing and arguing and whining and whining…ugh. It was not pretty. I love my babies more than anything but I would be lying if I said that they didn’t drive me bonkers every now and then :)

I think it’s pretty self explanatory how we/I made them!

Last weekend was gorgeous around here! It was in the upper 60’s and we stayed outside most of the weekend. We ventured down to my granddad’s farm where the boys got to feed a baby calf! This doesn’t happen very often because usually the mommy cows are good with their babies but this one wasn’t!

You can’t tell as well as I thought but there are about 20 little calves out there right now! That makes me SUPER excited because that means spring really is coming!!! I hate cold weather!

Speaking of babies…I was watching one of those shows on Animal Planet the other day..can’t remember the name..something about a zoo??? Anyway, one of the elephants was about to give birth. I thought they wouldn’t show it all but oh my word they did! I sat there with my jaw on the floor for about 5 minutes!!! It was amazing and scary(and I’ve done it three times…well, not elephants)!

Back on task…

I promised y’all that i would explain how I made that rainbow cake back in September…well truth be told, I just made another one yesterday that’s why I haven’t posted about it!

You mix a cake according to the directions on the box. Then divide the batter equally into six bowls or how ever many different colors you want. I used styrofoam bowls for easy clean up..I guess I should think about going green! I have three kids people give me a break!

Then you just add food coloring to make whatever colors you want…

Then one by one you pour the batter from each bowl into your cake pan/pans. I used a bundt pan this time because it has heart shapes on the top…never again! It turned out ugly!

But the inside was still pretty!

I think I’m going to try cupcakes next time! Fun!

So I think I’m caught up! The boys went to lunch with the Alabama baseball players on Saturday with Josh’s parents and had a blast! I’ll get them to send me pictures so I can post them on here!

xoxo and no more Gigi’s cupcakes for a while,

Cupcakes!

Today is the day I skip the dieting! Today is the day that T-town’s newest cupcake shop opened..Gigi’s!

And they have realllly yummy cupcakes!

Here’s what we got today!

I got Carrot Cake, Allison got Tiramisu and Brad got Chocolate Covered Strawberry. Mine and Allison’s are GREAT! We didn’t try Brad’s because he is still at work and that’s just mean! ha! That picture really doesn’t do the cupcakes justice! Al snapped that with her iphone just before we dug in…no time to dig out the good camera! ha! The icing is at least two inches.

And I didn’t want to leave the hubs out, but he would have knocked me in the head if I would have brought him one! He’s way more serious about his diet that I am.

I hope your Thursday was as fabulous as mine!

xoxo and I’m on a sugar high,

Monster Munch

If you are on a diet, you may not like me after this post! I found this recipe over at Plain Chicken. She has lots of yummy recipes, but beware she is an Auburn fan! haha! I’m just kidding! Sorta.

This is definitely a fun and easy recipe for any Halloween bash..or you can hog it for yourself. Whichever strikes your fancy!

You’ll need:

1 package Almond Bark(white)

2 bags of microwave popcorn, popped

1 cup of Candy Corn(and I don’t even like Candy Corn!)

1 1/2 cups of dry roasted, salted peanuts

1 cup Reese’s Pieces

Place your popcorn in a large bowl….like super big. I ended up having to split mine up because my bowl was not big enough! Pour the peanuts, candy corn and Reese’s Pieces on top.  Get some help from Reece Piece! Yes, that’s ketchup on the end of her nose. Yes, she was dipping her popcorn in ketchup. Yuck!

Melt the Almond Bark according to the directions on the package and pour over the popcorn mixture. Mix it all up really well and spread it out on wax paper. Give it a little time to harden and then break it up and EAT!!! xoxo,

Hodge Podge

I’m sure you’re wondering where we’ve been! And the answer is here, there and everywhere! ha!

We’ve been cheering on our team…

Last week when we played Arkansas I was sitting in a chair by a window. Well, the first two plays of the game were BAD, reeeeeaaally bad and I was having a fit! Josh looked at me and said, “Babe, you need to move that chair, you’re about to go through the window!” haha! Florida comes to town this weekend! I’m excited AND nervous AGAIN! We probably won’t go anywhere Friday night or Saturday…traffic is going to be nuts!

Making yummy, cute cakes…

Getting ready for our schedules to be turned upside down when hubby starts his NEW JOB MONDAY!

Getting ready for Griffin’s birthday party! Y’all know birthdays are a big deal at our house and well, I feel like I skimped all three kids for their last birthdays. Birthday party season has started at our house(October-Griff, December-Reece, January-Peyton) and I started working on the October party in August! Yep, I did. The party is next weekend and I’ve pulled out all the stops! It’s a costume party and it’s going to be SO fun! I already have in my head kind of what I’m going to do for Reece’s party and as soon as I’m done with Griff’s party, I’ll be in full planning mode for Peyton!

I’m on it!

AND and and AND!!! I’ve officially jumped ON the bandwagon with Hubby and started running! Since I was pregnant with Griffin I have really let myself go…and I know I’m not fat, but I am NOT in shape like I used to be. So I’m eating healthier…that does not mean that I am not eating fried pickles, because I will always HAVE to eat those! haha! I’m definitely cutting way back on everything. With all my grandparents having heart problems, I really need to be sure I do everything I can to prevent having problems myself! Right now I’m only running a mile, but I plan on building a lot on that so I can keep up with Officer Hubby!

xoxo and Rolllll Tide,

Mmmmm Good!

I made Kelly’s Chocolate Chip Pound Cake this weekend! It was yummo! And I mean yuuuummmmmo! It’s super chocolately so if you’re not a chocolaholic like me, don’t make it! And it’s even better with ice cream on top! :)xoxo,

In which I become your new BFF!

Y’all are gonna love me! Not that you don’t already! I came across this recipe that my sister(in-law but we don’t call each other that anymore!) makes. It’s so yummy, you won’t be able to get enough! It’s the best dessert recipe ever!

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup cinnamon sugar

Directions

Using a 9 x 13 baking pan, unroll one package of refrigerated crescent rolls and line the bottom of the pan. Flatten. Mix together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Spread over the crescent rolls. Unroll the other can of crescent rolls and place on top of cream cheese mixture. Pour one stick of melted butter or margarine over the top and sprinkle with about 1/2 cup of the cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Now, go bake it and come back and tell me how much you love me!!

xoxo,

Happy Birthday to ME!

I guess I have had a pretty good birthday! The best it could have been given the circumstances of this week. A little bird called in my name in to the radio station and I won a cake and flowers! Then Noah gave his favorite Auntie a strawberry cake from Celebrations! And Mom had a big fat pack of Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs on my desk when I got to work! Josh and my babies took me to eat Mexican last night because the boys have practice tonight. I love food! ha ha!

MawMaw's funeral is tomorrow, please say a prayer for us. It's gonna be tough!

xoxo

Evidence

I had a rough couple of days at work Thursday and Friday. Nothing really out of the ordinary just slammed! I was dead tired when I got home on Friday, I mean almost couldn't function dead tired! The boys were at baseball practice so it was just me, Reece and Yo Gabba Gabba. As I sat there watching I remembered that I had stashed my latest bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs on top of the refrigerator! Oh yay! I ran to the kitchen and peeked on my tip toes to grab the bag....but it was not there!! I almost had a mini meltdown until I got the bright idea that maybe, just maybe one had fell out of the bag and onto the top of the refrigerator. So, I climbed up onto the counter--yes, shorty does have a step stool, but this was an emergency people! No time to grab it!--and there one sat just patiently waiting on me to eat it! yummmmmmmo!

The boys had NO IDEA what happened to all of mom's peanut butter eggs.

Yesterday afternoon as I was sweeping the kitchen I decided that I needed to sweep between the refrigerator and the cabinet. This is what slapped me in the face....

Ha.Ha.Ha. Well, that was FIVE of them.....I wonder where they hid the rest of them!!!

xoxo and I will find another hiding spot!

Partay!

Reece's birthday party is tomorrow! Her birthday's not until the 20th but I think we can celebrate her day and it be ALL about her easier by having the party earlier! I'm sure we will have a little mini party for her, just us, on the actual day next weekend! If you haven't figured it out yet, we're big on birthday's at our house! We pretty much go all out for our munchkins! I just picked up her cake from Celebrations and I think it's the cutest cake I have ever seen! I'm keeping it a secret until after the party so you'll have to wait on pics! While I was there I HAD to get a strawberry cupcake which meant I HAD to bring one back for Allison. I know she is supposed to be laying off the sweets but, it DOES have real strawberries in it so it's healthy, right? I'm an enabler, what can I say??

xoxo

YAY!

YAY our team beat LSU this past weekend and secured our much deserved spot in the SEC Championship!

YAY these are back! Yes, I've already had a few. No, still haven't joined hubs on that diet he's rockin'!

xoxo

I shouldn't be eating this!

Fried Pickles. I'm addicted. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right?! When I was pregnant with Baby Girl, Josh and I went to the mountains for our anniversary...it was there that I REALLY became a fan! So when we got back home, I played around with different things until I found the PERFECT recipe.
Ingredients:

1 Egg
1/2 - 1 cup milk
Zatarains seasoned fish fry-Crispy Southern Style-be SURE to use this exact same one!!
Pickles-I use the hamburger chips, but I have used others

Take as many pickles as you want to fry out of the jar and let them drain a little on some paper towels...don't pat them dry! Mix your milk and egg in a bowl. Dump some of the fish fry onto a plate. If you want to be lazy, you can just put it in a bag...but I'm telling you, they don't taste as good!!!! Put some of the pickles in the milk/egg mixture, coating them. Pick them out one by one and drop them in the fish fry, coating them again. Then you'll just put them in the fry basket. Continue this over and over until you get them all in the basket. Deep fry them at about 350 degrees...and it doesn't take long at all....a couple of minutes. We usually eat them with ranch dressing.


You're welcome!

Next time I'll post a healthy recipe...I'm pretty sure I just clogged your arteries!
xoxo

Mmmm Good!

Hummus and pita chips....her new favorite snack!

xoxo

OH HEAVENS!

Notice my tweet telling Leslie to shut up?? I was just replying to her tweet saying that Sonic has pickle-o's again!!!!!!!! Oh my sweet Lord above....I WAS having a bad day...until now!

Busy!

At our house we have a pretty strict nightly routine. We have to or there would just be mass chaos! Most of the time things run smoothly. But, if one of us(me or Josh) has something to do and leaves the other.......it leaves the other scrambling! Case in point, last night. The hubs had court..not fun. When I got home after picking everyone up...P and R=school; G=MiMi's....I tried to get everyone to eat...not one of them would. I gave up and gave Reece her bath and sent the boys to their bathroom to do the same. Reece tried to poop in the tub, nice. The boys were watching cartoons(instead of taking a bath) when I was finished with her bath. So I again told them to take a bath and threatened a you know what! That worked! Once everyone started cooperating, it was a fun night! Peyton played on the computer.....

Griffin ate popcorn(AFTER he finally ate supper!).....

And Reece stood right here and talked to the dogs!

No, she didn't wear those red flip flops...those are Peyton's!!

And while all of this was going on...I made this yummy dip...oh it's so good!!!!! There is nothing like watching Alabama football and eating this dip! I'm so ready for football season... ROLL TIDE!!

Ingredients:

1 Can of chicken, drained

1/2 cup of sour cream

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

Hot Sauce-I've used different ones, it always taste better with Texas Pete!

2-3 cups of shredded cheddar

And you'll need Tortilla chips for dipping!

Preheat the oven to 350. Mix the cream cheese and sour cream together in a 8x8 baking dish. Mix in the chicken...I leave it kind of chunky. Cover the top with the hot sauce...use as little or as much as you want! It'll look kind of like this....

Then you cover the top of that with the cheese...again, you can use as little or as much as you want! Pop it in the oven for about 20 minutes and try not to eat it all at one time! :)

xoxo