As the garden grows

Here she is, growing strong, getting greener & bigger and I'M LOVING IT!!! This is my trial year, and first garden, so I'm just learning what to do, what will grow, etc! Its fun!

RECIPE SEARCH!!

I'm in desperate need of some new recipes my friends. Its finally being consistantly warm out & I'm already sick of burgers & brats on the grill! Tonight I used my sister's marinade recipe and we are grilling steaks, I'm taking some frozen french fries and seasoning them in a tin-foil bag and grilling that too.

So, please share with me some of your favorite grilling recipes/foods, and favorite side dishes. I want things that are easy to make this summer that don't require a ton of prep work or heating up the entire house. Crockpot recipes are great too...THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

MOTHERLOAD of pictures

So, we had a fun Father's Day weekend. Friday night we buzzed up to Justyn's parents house & spent the evening there hanging out.

Saturday we went out fishing. Ryan and Chance met us there and we fished all morning. It was fun to get out & enjoy some sunshine.






We got home & were wiped out. All the boys took a HUGE nap. Then Ryan & Chance came over & we played out in the yard and had a HUGE water fight.
Elliot...I mean Chance, enjoyed "chill'n" in Cayden's pool:


It was a fun day & we even had a bonfire after dinner.

Sunday was a good day too. We got to love up on Justyn whose the most wonderful daddy in the world. He's so awesome with our little men and takes such good care of them. We had to do a little photo shoot to celebrate the day.

I joined a congo online to sell my handstamped cards Kimberly's Designs. Our Congo name is Stop, Shop, Drool, and our Grand Opening is July 10th! So come by & check it out!! I'll post more info as the date gets closer!!! I'm so excited to do this!









Here is the link to my photobucket, here you can view all my current cards that are available! Feel free to contact me for more information!
http://photobucket.com/kimberlysdesigns

Slow-cooked Lasagna Alfredo

Here's a new recipe I finally tried. It's been sitting in my "to try" pile for AGES, and I finally made it. It turned out great and was really yummy (plus it didn't heat up the entire house)


Slow- cooked Lasagna Alfredo
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1 lb lean ground beef
1 (26.5 oz) can Hunts Traditional style spaghetti sauce
1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
9 no-boil lasagna noodles (7 oz) I used regular & it turned out fine
1 (16oz) jar ragu classic alfredo sauce
3 cups (12 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
Dried parsley flakes (optional for garnishing)

In a large skillet, (over med-high heat) cook the ground beef, until thoroughly cooked, stirring often; drain.

Spray the inside of a 4 to 5 qt slow cooker, with non-stick cooking spray. Spread ¾ cup of spaghetti cause, in bottom of slowcooker. Add remaining spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce to cooked ground beef, stir.

Layer 3 lasagna noodles over the spaghetti sauce in slowcooker; breaking noodles if necessary. Top with 1/3 of the alfredo sauce; spreading evenly. Sprinkle with 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese. Top with 1/3 of the ground beef mixture; spreading evenly.

Repeat layering twice, using 3 lasagna noodles in last layer. Sprinkle top with grated parmesan cheese.

Cover; cook on low setting for 3.5-4.5 hours. Just before serving, sprinkle top of lasagna with dried parsley flakes. Makes 6-8 servings.

ENJOY!

HE TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS!!!

I'm so proud of my baby! He took his first REAL steps yesterday! :) He's such a big boy and so fun!! I caught a few steps on video - so here you go!!

http://s704.photobucket.com/albums/ww43/kimberlykikki/?action=view&current=prestynwalks012.flv

Grammie & Papa even got to wittness his first steps! FUN!!

Our stash!! (pics)

Well, lets see. I decided to start cloth diapering when I got pregnant with Prestyn. Cayden was still in diapers, and all I could see was the huge Wal-Mart bill every month buying diapers for TWO babies!

So I chatted and asking 456,083,023,980 questions to some of my CDing buddies on my AE board, and convinced Justyn to let me try it. :) So I ordered a sample pack of pocket diapers. I got 4 and tried them on Cayden, I fell in love, thought they were adorable but was still a little leery. Would I be able to handle this?

Well I had an opportunity to buy the MOTHERLOAD of BG3.0's before Prestyn was born, but I backed out & said I'd wait & try the samples I had on him before I bought in just in case I didn't like the pockets (there are TONS of different kinds of cloth diaper these days - way beyond the prefolds & plastic pants)

So Prestyn came, and we put him in sposies, and then when he was about 6 weeks old I started the cloth on him. I loved the pockets, they were easy to put on & remove (even for Dad - haa haa) and they were CUTE.

Well here we are and Prestyn is almost 11 months old & we're still CDing & LOVING it! I've tried about everything and my love is for prefolds, wonderwraps OS covers, BG3.0's, and Haute Pockets.

Here's the pics of my "complete" stash (for now)
Bum Genius 3.0:

Happy Heiney, 2 WAHM pockets, Diaper Change and 4 Haute Pockets:

Prefolds:

WonderWrap's OS diaper covers:


Yes, yes indeed there are two "pink" diapers in there - they look ALMOST red, okay so they're pink, but hey, MAYBE someday I'll have a girl!!! teehee