Something New

Over on "The Frugal Novice" my friend plans her menu every week. Well, I'm lucky if I plan one night and then we can have leftovers. So here's my idea...I thought I could try to do a Monday Meal, and then we could all share recipes and maybe come up with some new favorites. Today's theme is chicken (specifically canned chicken). I like to use the Tyson white chicken for sandwiches and casseroles, but one quick recipe I got from my mom goes in the crock pot! It's easy because you can throw everything in and forget about it for a couple of hours. All you need is:

1 can Swanson Chicken Broth (about 2 cups)

6 oz. box Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice (Original Recipe) uncooked

1 large can cooked chicken

1/2 cup margarine, melted

Combine all of the ingredients in the crock pot, including the rice seasoning packet. Cover and cook on High 2 hours or until rice is tender. Sometimes I don't add as much butter, and I usually season with salt and pepper. Now it's your turn! If you have a yummy chicken recipe, please share so I can try it.

Water Babies

Another fun day in the sun :)

Friendly Friday

I'm not the smartest when it comes to the blogging world, but I can figure most things out. My friend Christi on the other hand is super smart! Check out her blog, and you'll be able to jump around to other people's blogs. I basically started my blog when things were changing in my life (new job AND trying to get pregnant). That was about 2 1/2 years ago, and A LOT has changed since then. I used to write about some of the tv shows I watched, which now is pretty much cartoons. It's fun to look back at how far we've come, and I enjoy getting comments of encouragement from all my readers! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope I can continue to amuse you with "My life with twins."

We love our Daddy

It's been a loooooong week because Aaron's been doing a training class, and I know he's super tired! I love that Bethany and Zachary can sit up and play together. One of their favorite things for me to do is build a tower so they can knock it down. Here they are playing the other day!

And here's how excited we all were to see Daddy:

Birthday Bash

We celebrated birthdays this past weekend! Saturday evening we got to spend time with friends from church and see some animals. Then on Sunday we had a party for my niece and nephew. Katie's 4 and Randal's 2! I had cakes made by Elixir Bakery, which is owned by the wife of a guy Aaron works with...she did a great job!

Randal liked his chocolate cake!Mom and Bethany

We got Katie some princess dress-up clothes. I think she had a good birthday :)

Silly Daddy

I didn't get any pictures at our swimming lesson today since both of us were in the pool, but the twins did GREAT! We've got 12 more lessons, and their teacher seems like she really knows what she's doing. We'll get some pictures in the next few weeks. Here's Aaron with Bethany last night making her laugh!

Wordless Wednesday: Sweet Smiles