A great recipe

ENCHILADAS

Sauce
2 T. chili powder 1 ½ T. oil
¼ t. cumin 2 T. flour
¼ t. garlic salt 2 cans tomato sauce
1/3 t. whole oregano 1/8 t. pepper
2 ½ c. water 1 t. salt

Pour oil in sauce pan and add flour, mix until free from lumps. Add tomato sauce and water. Mix all seasonings and add. Cook until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes on medium heat. Set aside.


Filling
1 lb. cheddar cheese
1 medium onion, chopped
2 lbs. cooked ground beef or chopped chicken

Mix together in a large bowl.

Get flour tortillas and place a small amount of the filling on each one. Roll up and place in baking dish with rolled side down until dish is full. Pour sauce over enchiladas, covering each one. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 25 minutes.

My poor sick baby

As you can see by Aniela's eyes she came down with pink eye just before we were suppose to leave for Illinois.

One morning her eyes were so swollen she could not open them. I felt so bad for her. She had also been throwing up and had diarrhea.

I took her to the doctor after about a week of the diarrhea and vomiting and they told me it was just a bug and she should be feeling better any day.

Well just over two weeks later she finally got over it. The pink eye went away quickly but what ever she had took forever to get out of her system. It might have felt a bit longer to me because I am the one who got the fun job of cleaning her up. Yuck!!

Dinner at Tj & Shaylee's

Shaylee cooked us a really great dinner. Thanks Shay, for have us over. (oh yeah, thank you too Tj)

Here we are after eating. Just hanging out and letting the kids play.










This is my official invitation to each and every one of you to come to my house for dinner. You might want to plan on being here a little longer then a few hours / day.

Our trip to the Zoo

We wanted to go to the Zoo one last time before we left Utah so here we are at the Zoo the Monday before we left. Areya and Aniela had tons of fun seeing the animals and I enjoyed spending the day with most of my family. Sam had to work so he and his family could not make it.

We were sad to see that the Tiger (my brothers Matt & Tj's favorite) was not active. Last time we came he was up walking around, which was fun to see.

The Leopard seemed to be enjoying the warm and beautiful day.

The baby Giraffe was adorable. It's amazing that they can walk just a few minutes after birth.

This was so sweet, when the keeper let the male back in with his wife , he reached over and gave her a big kiss.
They had just hung a net of leaves and hay, it was fun to watch them reach up and get the food with their trunks.
I guess it was nap time for the Rhino's.


This tortes was huge! Leave it to a boy to think it would be funny to let my baby ride it. Yep, you heard me right. Tj tried to put Aniela on its back.

She did not like that idea at all. She screamed her little head off. I don't know who was more traumatized, Aniela or the tortes.

Next was Areya's turn. She was not to happy about it either.


I love the gorillas. Primates are my all time favorite. I could stay there all day just watching them.
We all took turns (except my dad) seeing how we measured up to a gorilla. Aniela went first. (Look at her stand all by her self)

Next was Areya. She thinks she is taller then she really is. She still has a bit to go.


Here's Uncle Matt. He's got the height but not the reach.

Amy (Matt's girlfriend) is a bit small. If her arms were longer she might be the same size as a female gorilla. Oh, and she would have to gain a few hundred pounds.

Here's Uncle Fathead (many of you may also know him as Tj) I think his head might be about the same size.

Shaylee was really close to being the right height, but her arms still need to grow a bit.

Next was mom she is about the same as Shaylee.

And last was me. I got the height and half of the weight but my arms need a little stretching to measure up to this gorilla.

By this time we were all ready for a break and a snack. I think Aniela loved that idea the most. We all know how much that girl loves to eat.

Areya and her all time favorite snack. POPCORN!

Grandma and Papa enjoying the break.

Do you think they will ever grow out of that sickeningly cute, just married stage?

Matt and Amy just enjoying their time together.


I think we all had a really great time. It was fun spending time with our family and seeing the animals. I sure do miss all the big cats and bears they use to have. Let's hope the Chicago Zoo will be good.

After all that fun of seeing the "pua pua's" (she called every animal and puppy) she just could not hold out any longer. I know by the time we got home we were all feeling this way.

Areya got taged by her cousin Deklan so here's her answers.

Areya said:
1. What time did you get up this morning? When the sun came up.
2. Diamonds or Pearls? Diamonds, I love to play with them.
3. What two things do you always have with you? My Zoe and kitty blankie.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Dora
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? marshmallow cereal
6. What is your favorite book? Princesses
7. What is your middle name? Mae
8. What food do you dislike? Mac and Cheese (as of right now)
9. What is your favorite CD? Disney's Aerial
10. What type of car do you drive? The one at grandma and Pa pa's house.
11.Favorite sandwich? peanut butter or meat & cheese
12. What characteristic do you despise? I don't like mean faces
13. Favorite item of clothing? I like everything (she is a girl you know)
14. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? A Polish park
15. What color is your bathroom? I don't have a bedroom right now
16. Favorite brand of clothing? Disney Princesses
17. Where would you retire to? Her first answer was to a gas station.
18. What was your most recent memorable birthday? All of them
19. Do you make friends easily? Yes! I talk to anyone and everyone, and that makes them my friend.
20. Favorite saying? "What did you say? You don't say that your in time out."
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? A night owl ( at least she tries)
22. Pets? My favorite is Mekie.
23. What did you want to be when you were little? A princess
24. How are you today? Humm, good!
25. What is your favorite candy? chocolate
26. What is your favorite flower? A pink one
27. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? My birthday
28.What church do you attend? My grandma's church
29. What are you listening to right now? People talking Polish
30. What was the last thing you ate? Fruit
31. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Pink
32. How is the weather right now? Dark
33. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My Grandma Voss
34. Favorite restaurant? Mc Donalds!
35. Hair color? Brown
36. Sibling(S)? A baby sister, Aniela.
37. What was your favorite toy as a child? My Polish computer
38. Summer or winter? Winter, I love the snow!
39. Hugs or kisses? Kisses
40. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
41. When was the last time you cried? Yesterday
42. What is under your bed? Nothing
43. Favorite smell? Cookies and Flowers
44. What are you afraid of? A ghost
45. Plain, butter or salted popcorn? Any popcorn, I love the cheese one.
46. How many keys on your key ring? five
47. How many years at your current job? 4 years of driving my mommy crazy
48. Favorite day of the week? Any day we go to the park
49. How many towns have you lived in? 2, tomorrow it will be 3
50. What do you love the most? The park, popcorn, Chocolate, Mekie and Pancakes.

Waiting on Pictures

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So i have at least 3 more posts to do but I am waiting on picture to be sent to me from my brothers. I just want to have all the pictures to choose from. So sorry it has been so long in between posts.


Oh yeah, I guess the fact that we moved to Chicago on Saturday and are in the process of looking for a place to stay might had a little to do with that too.


I'm trying to post thing in the order that they happened. Sorry it has taken me forever. Stay tuned, more to come.

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A day at Grandma & Pa pa's

So we went over to my mom's house to drop Areya off (she love to spend the night on the weekends) and the girls wanted to drive/ride in the car. This was Aniela's first time and she absolutely loved it. She waved every time they drove by. After a while she would not stay seated so we hooked to wagon to the back and Areya pulled her behind the car in the wagon.

Anleia loved the wagon so much that she would start crying every time Areya stopped.

As you can see they are all smiles.

After the car's battery died they played on the swing set. Aniela loved going down the slide (with a little help from mommy or grandma) she keep saying and signing more. Areya was more then happy to help to she would hold Aniela and they would go down together.

Strike

We took the kids bowling at Sparetime and they had so much fun. Even the babies gave it a try.

Here's Areya and Deklan showing us their bowling ball.

It's Areya's turn.

Deklan sure does love bowling.

Aniela's more then happy to take a turn.

She mostly wanted to hold it and then crawl down the lane after it.

Dallin's turn next. With a little help from dad.

What do you mean we're not having fun?
Can't you tell by the look on our faces that we're having a blast.

Areya cheeze'n for the picture.

Most people use a ball but in this new game we use babies.

I just loved Deklan's bowling stance so I had to add it.

Thanks to Brandi and Heston for inviting us to go with them. My girls love spending time with your boys and it was a nice change of pace.

Fun Pictures!

I have so many pictures it is hard to decide which ones to post, so here are some fun and silly ones that never made it on a post.

Honey, that cup is as big as you are!

Na na na na na na!

Waiting to be fed. Bread please.

Weeee, this is fun


What do you mean these are baskets? They look better as hats.

Don't mess with me!

Like our new hats?

Was this suppose to do do something? I'm waiting, i'm still waiting.

I'm hungry or is that tired? Maybe both!

What with the face?

Peek a boo, I see you.

Ta da!

Great friends, funny hats.


They call me bam bam or was it pebbles?

CHEESE! I can't smile any bigger mom, take the picture.

Rub a dub dub, i'm in the tub.

Queen Mommy BrandiQueen Mommy Lizzy

It's my birthday right?

Shaylee and Areya's true nature. Both brats!