Make it Monday! Easy Date Night Meal!

Now that we have two kids most of our date nights are right here in the living room watching all the shows that we missed watching throughout the week while Robyn is at work or a movie from two or three years ago that we didn't see as we had a newborn/little girl, ironic how we have come back to this.

So in the spirit of date night I thought that I would share with you an easy meal that we like to share.

Easy Chicken Cacciatore

There really is no recipe for it but here goes...

You need:

4-5 Chicken Thighs (I use frozen)

Green Pepper (about 1/4 of a whole pepper)

Onion (1/2 of a whole onion)

Can of Spaghetti sauce

Angel Hair Pasta

To Make it:

Put the chicken thighs in a baking dish, add the onion and green pepper and cover with the sauce. Bake at 350 for about an hour and 20 mins.  Serve with the angel hair pasta. (or if your like me and never have everything that you need for a recipe you can serve it on spaghetti)

This could be a great family recipe as well if your kids don't mind food with sauce, unfortunatly Delaney is very selective of the food she will eat with sauce on it so on nights that this is our meal I cook it late so Robyn and I can eat alone and make her a grilled cheese...

Do you have your date nights at home? Do you order in or cook together? What do you make on date night?

New blog hops!

If there is one thing that I love its a linky party or a blog hop!
Not only do you get to show off what you've made or invite a brand new crop of readers to your blog all in one link but you also get to find other new fun projects that you can make, or be inspired by and also you can find a few brand new blogs to read and follow! 

So when I go to my favorite blogs that have a tab or link to all of the places they link up I have a look and see if there is some place I've never been, there always is at least one on their list that I've never seen or been to before! (check out my list and see if there is a new place for you to check out!)

So today I went to link up to the Friday blog hop at A Mommy's Blog Design Studio I found out that she has a new site that lists different blog hops for everyday of the week!
Its called Blog Hops Everyday!
Check it out, you can add your hop if you have one, or just find a new blog hop or two! 

So today I am linking up to a few new places including the following!

So stop by these blogs and add your link so that you can not only get your name out there but have fun looking at other blogs too!

Happy Sunday!

It's My Birthday!

Wow another year gone! But what a great year it was! 

In the last year of my life I have been blessed with so much! 

I got married to an amazing man, who makes me laugh, keeps me happy and is an amazing father to our kids!

I got to celebrate another wonder Christmas with my beautiful family!

We found out that we were having another baby, and a boy at that!

We celebrated so many holidays and special events with our family and friends, including weddings, Birthdays, graduations, bachelorette parties, Halloween, Easter and so much more!

Max made his arrival!

We celebrated Delaney's 3rd Birthday!

And I even started a blog... 

I've been able to push myself and work on things that make me happy through this blog and it has been such a great experience! Thank you for reading what I have to write, looking at the projects that I make and for liking my blog enough to follow along with my latest adventures!

What a great year I've had!

Initial for Max!

I love initial's I think they are such a great way to decorate they are super trendy but they are also a little personal as well. I also love that there are so many things you can do with them, dress them up for a living room, go natural for a mud room or a porch, or make them fun and whimsical for a child's room. There are so many things that you can make them into as well, book ends, hair clip holders, hat hooks, and so much more!

 So with this passion for initials I wanted to make something for Max with his initial on it, and I had made one similar for Delaney a few years ago to hold her hair bows (you know the ones with the ribbon hanging down from the bottom of the letter) so I thought I'd come up with an idea for our boy as well. 

I just painted the letter M red and then I sewed a few pockets and hems in the Cars fabric. 

(which is showing up yet again) Then I just hot glued the fabric to the letter and hung it on the wall! 

I got the fabric on clearance and I got the initial at Walmart for $1 making this project super easy and super affordable. I love it for his side of the room because it's masculine and cute, I think it could make a great gift too!

Do you have a passion for initials? What have you done with them lately?? I'd love to hear all about them! or better yet see them! Leave a link in the comments I'd love to see what other creative things can be done!

My new favorite show!

I am in LOVE with 30 Rock!

I had never seen an episode before but since I can't do much wile recovering from the C-section and I have already re-watched my Gilmore Girls DVDs (which I do at least once a year, or more if something in real life reminds me of an episode then I go back and watch that episode over again... yes I have a problem I know it) my sister loaned me her 30 Rock DVDs and  I have been watching them religiously! I love Liz Lemon, and her love of food and Star Wars! I love Kenneth and how painfully gullible and naive he is! and I love Tracy Jordan everything that comes out of is mouth makes me laugh! 

The writing is amazing and completely funny, the actors and guest are beyond hilarious I honestly don't know how they can make this show without laughing all the time!

And sadly I am just now getting the multiple references to this show that my friends and the public at large have been making for the last few years... I feel so far behind in the times! 

Do you watch 30 Rock? If you don't give it a try... its hilarious!