Home to visit the Parents

Last weekend we ventured up to visit Wes's parents on the Farm. We had such a great time! It was nice just to relax and socialize. The kids played and played with all Grandma and Grandpas toys. We went to this old Volcano, went to these little shops by these ice caves, etc. They are building a new house and we took some pics.
It's so funny how our kids progress each time we go out of town. I think it just teaches them about new skills they never knew they had. :)

Homemade Mint Oreo Cookies

This is my sissy's recipe. Yummy!

Cookie:
2 18 oz packages of devils food cake mix
2/3 cup oil
4 eggs

frosting:
1/2 cup butter
4 oz cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp mint flavoring
a few drops of green food coloring

Mix together cookie mixture in a bowl. Make small balls and place on a cookie sheet. Cook for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool. Put frosting on one cookie and add another to make a sandwich. Enjoy!

My Lasagna Recipe

For lunch today we had lasagna. Wes doesn't really like cottage cheese so I have usually improvised. But, today we didn't have cottage cheese anyway.

Becky's Lasagna

sauce:
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 medium onion chopped
1-2 garlic cloves grated
3/4 C. zucchini chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
1/2 green bell pepper
1 large carrot chopped
2 small cans tomato sauce
1 C. water

1/2 pkg. "oven ready" lasagna noodles

2 C. grated cheese

Preheat oven to 425. Brown ground hamburger in pan. Add vegetables and cook for about 10 minutes. Add tomato sauce and water and cook for another 5 minutes. In a 9x13 inch pan put about 1/2 cup prepared sauce. Place down 3 oven ready noodles. Then put grated cheese on top. Layer the sauce,noodles, and then the cheese a few more times. End with sauce and a little cheese on top. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning. (dried herbs)
Cover with tin foil and cook for an hour. The secret to the oven ready noodles is: Make sure to cover with tin foil and a lot of sauce. Otherwise they will be hard.
I like to have these oven ready lasagna noodles on hand for whenever I want to make lasagna. I basically already have all the other ingredients.
Enjoy.
Becky

Yummy Recipe

FRIED ICE CREAM

1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
2 1/2 c. corn flakes, crushed
1/2 c. chopped nuts (peanuts, walnuts or pecans)
1/2 c. flaked coconut
1 qt. vanilla ice cream, softened

Heat sugar and butter in saucepan until melted. Add rest of ingredients except ice cream, stir well. Press half of mixture in 12x13 inch pan. Spread with ice cream. Top with rest of mixture. Freeze.

The nuts are optional.
Enjoy.

Smartsy Artsy

In our family we love art. Byron has been bringing things home from school to do. Ethan is starting to get better as he gets older as well. Here are some pictures of their art work.