Chili on a cold day... YUM...

Everyone could use a good chili recipe... something you throw in the crockpot in the morning, and when you come home at the end of the day your kitchen smells great and dinner is ready!

The "Hubby" calls this Truckstop Chili... I call it easy!

Here's the recipe - because I love to share a good thing:

(By the way you can make it spicy like me ... or if you don't like spicy substitute the tomotoes with chilies for regular and the spicy sausage for regular ... or change it to hamburger).

RECIPE:

1 can chili beans (undrained)

2 cans black beans (drained and rinsed)

2 cans tomatoes with green chilies

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 tsp chili powder

1 lb Hot sausage

1 medium onion (diced)

Brown sausage... add onion and cook with sausage until tender. In crockpot add 3 cans of beans, cream of mushroom soup, and chili powder. Mix well. Add sausage and onions. Cook in crockpot all day.

I serve with salad and garlic bread to a happy family on a cold day! Enjoy!

Eyelashes - Courtest of Dad...

Beautiful... Truly...

Puppy Love...

Attached at the hip... he let's me know when it's time for her to get up in the morning... and loves it when it's time for her to come home from school.

Summertime can't come soon enough for this sweet puppy and his favorite friend!

She Shoots...

Practice for our school team... with Dad as coach... there's nothing more to say than "it's a good thing"!

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Sometimes a day comes along that you know is incredibly special. That was my Saturday. I started off going to the Seahawk/Saints Playoff game with my fabulous hubby. What an AWESOME game! It was crazy loud... and the Seahawks didn't disappoint, walking away with a stunning victory!

From their Chelsea picked me up and we were off to the Paramount in Seattle to see the Broadway play "Grease". It was high energy and tons of fun! What a full day!

Basketball Season!

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Christmas Puppy

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Feeding the soul...

So excited for a new study to start! I had to take a long drive to pick up the study materials - but it was well worth it! There's nothing like studying God's word with a group of women that you love!

External Flash

One of my goals this year is to learn how to use my External flash (430 EXII). Yesterday I took this picture at dusk. I can see a number of things wrong with it... but one thing right... I tried! AND... it is a memory captured of my sweet girl who is growing too quickly. I'll take it!

My Only Model...

Sometimes you have to be OK with the fact that the only model in the house is your cat... and even she is not happy about it!

A Cute Girl and a Sassy Hat!

Who could resist snapping a quick shot when your daughter puts on a sassy hat...especially sideways? Adorable!

Welcome to my 365 Blog!

Welcome to my 365 blog... attempting to capture 365 pictures... of my daily joys in unique ways. Hopefully this will increase my photography skills but even better - it will freeze moments of my family life we would have otherwise missed!

I almost missed Day 1... but remembered after dark so I threw on my external flash and grabbed a quick shot of our newest member of the family. So here's Max!