Last Night's Dinner (It was really yummy!)

Here is what I made for dinner last night, this is one of our family's favorite meals! And it is a great way to get your kids to eat Spinach!

Three Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta Bake

1 1/2 cups multi grain penne pasta uncooked

1 pkg. (9oz) fresh spinach leaves

1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces

1 tsp. dried basil leaves

1 jar Spaghetti sauce

1 can (14 1/2 oz) diced tomatoes drained

2 oz (1/4 of an 8 oz pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, cubed

1 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese divided

2 TBSP Grated Parmesan Cheese

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Cook pasta as directed on package, adding spinach to the boiling water for the last 1 minute.

Cook and stir chicken and basil in large non stick skillet on medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Add Spaghetti sauce and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Simmer 3 minutes or until chicken is done. Stir in Neufchatel cheese.

Drain pasta mixture; add to the skillet; stir together and add 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese. Spoon into a 9x13 baking dish; bake for 20 minutes, sprinkle with remaining cheeses and bake an additional 3 minutes.

We also had some homemade bread sticks to go along with the pasta, it was really yummy! I wanted to share, maybe it will become a family favorite at your house!

April 29,2011

This is what we woke up to this morning, I am so ready for some warm weather!

Tonight's Dinner

This is what we are having for dinner tonight! I have to admit that I am a Pizza Snob, I am not a big fan of home made pizza, or I wasn't until I got this dough recipe from a friend. It has turned out to be a pizza that all of the family enjoys!

Pizza Dough

2 cups flour

1 TBSP sugar

1TBSP yeast

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 cup "comfy hot" water

2 TBSP Olive Oil

1/2 cup flour (add as needed)

I also add some Italian Seasoning to the dough

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Mix 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast, and salt, then add remaining ingredients. Makes a soft dough, but not sticky. Knead 5 minutes; rest dough for 5 minutes. Roll onto pizza stone or baking sheet. Cook 3-4 minutes to set and then add toppings. Cook another 10 minutes or until golden brown.

I hope you enjoy this a much as we do!

Easter Portraits

Easter Egg Hunt Pictures

Saturday Afternoon at our Neighbor's Easter Egg Hunt!

Tuesday Evening's Ward Easter Egg Hunt

Coloring Easter Eggs

Artist?

I think she likes markers a little too much!

Cute Girls and Boys!

The girls love to pose for pictures, so here are a couple for you to enjoy (I got photoshop elements 9 for Christmas, I am just learning how to use it, and the girls are always willing or somewhat to have their pictures taken!) The boys on the other hand are a different story, here is one from earlier this year, when I went to Sam's club to pick up the print the lady asked me if it had a copyright on it, made me feel good!

Girls Night In

Joe is at work and the boys are at a camp out for scouts tonight, so we are having a girls night in. We had camp out food for dinner (hot dogs) at least the girls had camp out food, then we set out the sleeping bags out and the girls are watching Disney Channel.

Jena Funny

Yesterday Jena had the hiccups and she says to me:

"Mom I have hot dog burps!"

Not hiccups Hot Dog Burps, Silly girl!

Lost Teeth

In the last couple of weeks Jacey has finally lost her bottom two front teeth, she was so excited to loose them and get money from the tooth fairy! Sorry there are no pictures, because I think loose teeth and missing teeth are really gross therefore I won't take pictures, but Just for fun here is a picture of my sweet girl!

New Calling

I finally got a new calling today, I was called to be on the Relief Society Board helping with the Humanitarian Projects, I am really excited to finally have a calling, even though I miss the Young Women terribly.

Spring break

The weather is making spring break not so much fun at our house, it has been too cold to go out and play, and today it is raining.

The boys spent yesterday painting their new bedrooms. (hopefully they will be all ready to move into before the week is over!)

Today the boys went to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part One, while the girls and I did some retail therapy!

Tomorrow hopefully we will finish up painting the boys room, Josh also has an eye appointment maybe after it's over he will be able to see again!

I think this week will also be filled with video games, DVDs and hopefully the weather will get better, and there will also be bike riding and trampoline jumping!

Family Fun Night

Joe has been traveling quite a bit the last little while for work, so we decided that we needed to spend some good quality time together as a family, last night we took the kids out bowling and to dinner, followed by a trip to Hastings to get some new family movies. (We love the buy 2 get one for $1 sale that Hastings run on all of their previously viewed movies).

We had our same bit of drama that we all ways have with Jacey, she is so scared to try new things that she always has a bit of a melt down before we start, but about half way through the game, she told me that bowling was a lot more fun than rollerskating (I think Jena may disagree with her on that!) In the end I think that everyone had a really good time, Jakob, Joe and I all ended with a three way tie!

Now for your viewing pleasure here are some pictures from our bowling adventure, enjoy!