Missing Blogger Found In Maine!

                 

In case you’re wondering why I haven’t been posting much, I’m visiting my daughter in Maine. She’s the one with the cute purple hat on. That’s me on top with my eyes shut, and Sloan is the cutie on the bottom left (I had to leave her home).

I’m staying here with her family at their cute cottage in Maine and there is still lots of snow.

 

                          

This is my grandson Reese. He’s wearing the dragon jacket I made him for Christmas. I just added the teeth and eyes to the hood.

                                    

This is Amelia, she’s a sweetheart.

This is Jillian, she was the baby, but Jennie let her have her 2nd birthday in January! Don’t you just want to kiss those cheeks?

Sock Monkey Adventures and The Giveaway!

We took our Sock Monkey on all kinds of adventures while I was in Maine! Here he is checking out the view from the world's tallest bridge tower!

Jillian became pretty attached to Sock Monkey, she calls him Wow Wow.

Here he is climbing rocks with Reese!

And here is is with Amelia going for a little ride.

Be sure and stop by my giveaway where you could win your very own Sock Monkey! You can find all the details HERE!

Maine Pictures and Beanie-dog Bundles

Ok, this is a great picture, huh? I know, I cut off my sweet hubby's head, oh well, I wanted a picture Jillian in this fun swing. This is at Belfast City Park, in Maine.

Here's Jennie pushing Amelia on the swing. She's such a good mom. This is Amelia's favorite park, and it has a beach!

Here's Reese swinging. He's wearing his new baseball cap. He's on a T~Ball team!





I've had this recipe for years and never made them. These are super easy and a great way to use up leftover hot dogs. The kids loved them. They would be good for a picnic or after school snack.


Beanie-dog Bundles

2 (8oz) tubes crescent rolls
2 cups chopped hot dogs (about 6)
1/2 re-fried beans
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Heat oven to 375.

Unroll the crescent rolls and pinch two together to make a rectangle. Put in a muffin cup and do this with the remainder of the dough, you should have 8.

Heat the re-fried beans in the microwave (it makes it so much easier to mix up). In a bowl mix the chopped hot dogs, grated cheese and re-fried beans, add a dash of garlic powder. Divide this between the 8 crescent rolls. Wrap the dough over the tops and pinch to seal.

Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden. Serve with ketchup, mustard or barbecue sauce. I served them with salsa.

I'm going on vacation to Maine!

Do you see these cute little munchkins? Well, today is going to be a wonderful day, because my sweet hubby and I are flying to Maine to go visit! Yup, I get an all day date with my hubby and I get to go to my daughters! I'm so excited to see her new home and visit Maine. I won't actually get to see these cuties until tomorrow, because our plane gets in really late tonight.

I've decided to take Thursday's off from blogging, so you don't get a recipe today, but I do have something to share with you. You've got to go over to Dittle Dattle and learn how to use the Snipping Tool! Carrie has a great tutorial for it and she used my recipe to show you how it's done. It's a great way to save recipes and other useful information.

Be sure and stop by Sew Fun! She has a great giveaway going for some super cute pillows!

My Grandkids and Navajo Taco's

This is my grandson Reese! He has always loved to play with dirt. He likes to throw it up in the air and watch it land. He's out in my dads shop playing in the sawdust while my dad is working on some cabinets.



Isn't this a cool picture? Reese is having so much! I don't think my dad is even noticing what Reese is doing. Reese even swept up the sawdust to make his own pile!

This is such a great picture! He's making me want to play in the sawdust!


This little cutie is my granddaughter Jillian Carol. We call her Jillybean! Did you notice her middle name? This is the high chair that we've used for all our kids. It's fun using it for our grandkids now!

This is a really easy dinner to make. I used my leftover homemade chili, but you can use canned chili too. My family really enjoyed this dinner.

Navajo Tacos Navajo Fry Bread

4 cups flour
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Oil for frying

Heat the oil in a frying pan. I put about 2 inches in.

In a large bowl whisk the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs and milk and mix with a wooden spoon just until it comes together. Roll out half the dough as thin as you can get it, I rolled it about 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch. Cut into large squares. Pull the dough a little after you pick up a piece but don't pull so hard it gets a hole. Put it in the hot oil and let it turn golden brown, then flip with tongs and cook until golden. Drain on paper towels.

Now the fun part!

Chili, heated
Chopped lettuce
Chopped tomatoes
Grated cheddar cheese
Sour Cream

Just put your Navajo Fry Bread on a plate and add your toppings.

Cherry Drop Cakes And My Daughter's Big Move and a Contest!

We went up to Washington a few days ago to pack up my daughter's family for their move to New Hampshire. This is my granddaughter Jillian playing with the tags on the air mattress.

This is Amelia trying on the sweater I had made for her a while back. Doesn't she look like a little pink lamb! She asked her mom when they get to go to "The Hampster" she meant New Hampshire!


This is Reese playing his dad's guitar.


This is my sweet hubby playing with the kids, they are in their pretend car driving to New Hampshire!

Here's my daughter's family next to their moving truck! We finally fit everything into their truck. My daughter is driving their car with the two girls while Jay has Reese in the big truck!


This is another cookie recipe from my Southern Living Cookie Cookbook. It's funny because this cookbook has no pictures, and I love pictures, and I'm trying the recipes with out them! But I do love to make cookies! These would be a good cookie to make for Christmas with maybe some frosting tinted with the cherry juice. I wanted to use up some cherries that were in the fridge. Those condiments have a way of taking over!

Cherry Drop Cakes

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 (3oz pkg) cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (8 1/2 oz) can crushed pineapple, well drained
1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl whisk the dry ingredients. Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar for 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs and the extracts. Blend in the four mixture then the pineapple and cherries.

Drop with a cookie scoop onto cookie sheets. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Remove to cookie cooling racks to cool.

Check out the giveaway at A Soft Place to Land!

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