Funeral and Fire truck fun

My family had a funeral to attend today for my great aunt.  She was an awesome lady who fought the last two years of hers life.  Aunt Jean, was the last remaining sibling to my grandfather on my mothers side.  She grew up with 6 sisters and 3 brothers.  Thinking about this, back then it seems the families were all large and were able to manage financially.  See, my grandmothers siblings - 6 brothers and 3 sisters.  How ironic.  One of our memories is of her at Christmas's trying to steal every one's presents.  She really didn't want them, but it was her personality that made it fun.  We were very blessed to have her in our lives.  Aunt Jean will forever be missed.

After the funeral, we reconvened at the fire hall were my uncle is part of.  The kids had a blast climbing the fire trucks.

My uncle was in heaven given tours of the fire trucks.  He loves to show the kids all the cool equipment that he is able to use as a volunteer fire fighter.

Wordless Wednesday

Postage Stamp Quilt Along

I'm quilting along with others for the Postage Stamp Quilt Along hosted by p.s. i quilt.

I have never quilted along others before.  I happened to see her post on this and thought it would be fun to participate.  I love the simple quilts, I'm a simple gal I guess.

So far my progress.

This week and into the weekend I will be cutting these up into 2 1/2 inch rows.  And hopefully I will be able to work on sewing them together per the instructions for the quilt along.

Circle Quilt

I have wanted to make a circle quilt for some time now.  I think they are just really cool looking.  I found one at Crazy Mom Quilts.  The tutorial I'm using is from Make It A Wonderful Life.

This is what I have started already.

The Family

We haven't taken a picture of our family since Peanut (Elizabeth) was 1 years old.  I felt so bad the our Beaner (Lillian) hasn't been in a family picture.  The girls are getting so big now.  For Christmas Peanut wanted to get her ears pierced.  We went to her pediatrician after Christmas, and much to my surprise, she did wonderful.  Beaner's language has grown so much in the last year.  3 years old is right around the corner for her.

My sisters family.  Their first family picture all together also.  Alicia, Ryan, Zac and Austin. 

My brothers family.  Jason, Cheri, Kayci and Riley.

All of us.  This was our parents Christmas present this year.

Summer Rain

 This past summer, yes I said it "past", we had a whole day of rain.  It wasn't light rain, it downpoured all day long.  

The girls and I went out when it let up a bit.  Love the boots.

Wordless Wednesday

Kyle's Quilt

I've finally had the chance to take some sort of pictures of the quilt I made for my baby-sitter's little boy, Kyle.   I used 3 different shirts that I purchased at Salvation Army.  I enjoyed doing this lap quilt for the fact that I took old shirts and made something new with them.  Plus the fact that Kyle absolutely loves it, he sleeps with it every night.

I have quite a few finished now, since that is what everyone is getting for Christmas this year from me.  I have a two lap quilts to finish-just need batting, 2 twin quilts-one needs batting the other is a rather simple to put together, and 2 queen quilts-one needs to be quilted and the other I'm almost finished with the top.  I'm sure I will have more pics within the next couple of weeks.

Turkey Pot Pie Casserole

With lots of left over turkey, I have decided to try this new recipe I've come across.  I purchased this mini cookbook from the local grocery store awhile ago, and have been lingering on making quite a few.  Casseroles & one-dish meals, here's a link to the website.  I didn't find the book I have, but they have some good ones.

Anyways, here's the recipe:

2 pounds turkey breast, cut into 1-inch cubes
6 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground sage
1/2 tsp ground thyme
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 cup milk
1 bag (16 ounces) frozen soup vegetables
1 tsp salf
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 container (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent roll dough

1) Preheat oven to 375F.  Coat 13x9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.  Coat large nonstick skillet with cooking spray, and heat over medium heat.  Working in batches, brown turkey on all sides.  Transfer to platter.
2) Melt butter in skillet.  Whisk in flour, sage and thyme.  Cook and stir 5 minutes.  Slowly whisk in chicken broth and milk.  Cook, whisking constantly, about 5 minutes or until thickened.
3) Stir in turkey, vegetables, salt and pepper.  Cook, stirring frequently, 5-7 minutes or until thick and creamy.  Spoon mixture into prepared dish.  Unroll crescent roll dough.  Place over top of casserole.  Bake 15 minutes or until top is golden brown.


***I used left over turkey for this recipe, so I didn't cook any.  I also used Tastefully Simple's Spinach and Herb mix instead of thyme and sage.  Of course by my picture you can see, I was so not creative on the crescent rolls, but maybe next time.  I also used just a regular bag of mixed frozen veggies.  When I had gone shopping I couldn't find any frozen soup vegetables.  Perfectly fine by me.

Giveaway

Head on over to Make It and Love It for a giveaway.  She has a new sponsor and is showing off some of their work.  Very awesome bags.  I'm crossing my fingers that I win.