Skyrockets in flight. Mexican Delight!

One of our family favorites AND makes quite a bit, so there is always leftovers. Thanks Sarah for sharing this recipe with me.


Mexican Delight

1 lb hamburger

Onion 

Salt & Pepper

1 ¼ tsp. oregano

1 ¼ tsp. sugar

1 ¼ tsp. cumin

1 small can tomato paste

1 - 15 oz can tomato sauce

¾ cup uncooked rice (makes about 1 ½ cup cooked)

Brown hamburger with onion, salt and pepper (to taste)

I don’t really measure out the onion I just put in as much as I think is a good amount, My guess is about ½ medium onion or 1 small onion

Drain grease. Add tomato paste, tomato sauce, oregano, sugar, and cumin. 

Cook rice and add to tomato/meat mixture.

I put this on top of Fritos but I have used taco chips too. 

Top with regular taco toppings: sour cream, cheese, salsa, lettuce and avocado.

So you wanna make a cake...

I can't tell you when it started. I can tell you that I didn't start the cake making. This was the first year that I have made a cake for one of the girls (nieces) birthdays. Hailey wanted a Barbie cake, so I thought I thought I would step up to the plate. It was a little nerve racking, but it ended up turning out alright.

Hailey's Barbie Cake

Other cakes that have been made are the two shown here, made by Sarah, to look like my girls' favorite security item. Natalie's Lamby and Macie's blanket, or Na as she likes to call it. Sarah has also made a cake to look like a sun for Chloe's first birthday and Beth made a small rectangular cake to look like a present for Hailey's first birthday. I unfortunately don't have pictures of those off hand, but may add them later.

Natalie's Lamby Cake

Macie's Blanket Cake

As you can tell, marshmallows is one of our favorite decorating tools! What next?

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Am I really still awake at 12:42 am?

Yes I am. I never really sleep anyways. I just rest with my eyes closed. Just think of all the things I could get done if I spent my 8 hours a night doing things around the house instead of resting!
I was finishing up on some master's stuff and decided to catch up on blogs. Way to go everyone!
I love Sarah's stamped concrete, I'm sad about Amy's impatients, I won't comment on Molly's recent entry and love the picture that Brian put up of Natalie scooping hail into a bucket.
Now get back to work you fools!

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What is this world coming to?

Yes. This is me, actually writing in my blog.

And, yes, I hate you Sarah.

I was on the phone with my sister Sarah last night discussing all of the yuck that is going on with Natalie's health right now and we started to talk about Facebook and Vox. She was so happy that I finally accepted her as a friend in Facebook. Brian made me set up that account in the first place because he thought we were going to use it to share pictures with friends and family. We then decided to go with Shutterfly instead. So since that decision, I have not logged on to Facebook. As it turns out I had a bunch of people inviting me to be their friend on that website. Who knew?

My excuse as to why I don't go to Facebook...I just don't have time. I also don't even think about checking that site when I do have a minute at school. Sarah's response to this..."You're going to be just like mom."

Mother

I love my mother. She's always there when I need her, she calms me down when I get overwhelmed, and all the other things you want your mom to be. If I turn out to be half the mom she is, I will be proud. But I also know all the things about her that annoy me. And when your sister says that you are going to turn out like her in that particular tone of voice, there is something inside of me that screams "I AM NOT!"

So Sarah, here you go. I am going to try this. Everyone please be aware that when I try anything new, it normally lasts two weeks tops. I also have an enourmous fear of other people reading what I write, but that's another blog. HA! Not to mention this wonderful techy husband of mine who does a great job bloggin' about our lives, so who knows what I will find to write about.

We'll see...

 

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