Mmmmmm...Chicken Enchiladas

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com yesterday and it was so yummy that I decided to post it (I don't know about you, but I'm always looking for new recipes and I hate wasting my time on gross ones). I wish I had taken a picture, but I didn't, so I snagged their picture instead.

Cottage Cheese Chicken Enchiladas
3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 package taco seasoning mix
1/2 cup diced onions
1 can chopped green chili peppers

1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups cottage cheese

2 cups shredded cheese

12 (6 inch) corn tortillas
1 can mild red enchilada sauce

The recipe said to boil the chicken, but I put them in the crock pot instead. I put in about a 1/2 cup of water and the packet of taco seasoning and let it cook. When it was done (timing depends on which setting you use on your crock pot) I shredded it.

Put some of the juices from the crock pot in a skillet. Add the onions and chilis and cook until the onions are tender. Remove from heat and add the shredded meat and enough juices to make the mixture nice and moist.

Combine your sour cream and cottage cheese in a separate bowl.

I tore the corn tortillas into pieces and covered the bottom of a 9x13 baking pan. I would have rolled them, but they always fall apart on me anyway (does anyone know the secret to rolling corn tortillas?). I topped the tortilla layer with the meat mixture. Next put on the sour cream/cottage cheese mixture. Add about 1/2 of your cheese on top of that. Tear up the rest of your tortillas and layer over the top. Pour on the enchilada sauce and top with more cheese.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. YUM!

Like Mother, Like Daughter

I had a crafting class at my house tonight and cute little DD1 wanted to participate. She said she needed some wood and some ribbon (sorry I gave her this wood Karley--I can pay you back for it). A little bit later she gave me this masterpiece. I think it's the cutest thing ever! I want to keep it forever. I guess she takes after me a little bit, huh?

Home Improvement Overload!

I have not blogged in so long--and it's because my life has been taken over by painting projects! I had ideas about how I wanted the kids' rooms to look and I didn't want to do one without the others. I wouldn't want any of the kids to feel left out. So, a full week and a half later, I am finally done with the painting portion of the project. Yay! I am soooo sore and soooo tired! I even had to paint the ceilings because the entire house (ceiling included) was originally the mocha brown color that you can still see in the last picture.

In my daughter's room (the yellow and purple), we'll be putting up a white chair-rail. In my son's room we'll be putting up white trim where the dark blue meets the light blue. In the light green room, I'll be putting up pink damask wallpaper where the brown panels are. Then we'll put white trim around each of those panels. I'm still waiting for the wallpaper to arrive at the store, but you can see it here.

Now that this much is done, I like to just stare at their rooms. Paint makes such a difference! Tommorrow I'm going to enjoy NOT painting for the first time in many days!

My mom is coming for a visit in a week! Yay! We're going up to Park City for a girl's night out. She'll only be here for the weekend, but I'm soooo looking forward to it!

More Quilty Goodness!

I just finished DD1's quilt--yay! I'm tempted to keep it for myself : ). I found this fabric and ordered it online (It's called Soiree by Lila Tuller--I got mine on Ebay). I just HAD to have it! I didn't do anything fancy as far as creating quilt blocks or anything because I didn't want to loose the beauty of the individual fabric patterns. With these 5" squares I can still enjoy them all (if you click the picture you can see it bigger). Off I go to watch TV and snuggle in this quilt before I give it to my daughter tomorrow.

Long time no blog!

I am making myself sit and blog tonight because it has been so long (for me, anyway). There hasn't really been anything exciting going on. I suggested to DD that I could help her stop sucking her thumb, and she thought that was a great idea (lucky me!). So, we wrapped it for a few days with waterproof sports tape. She seemed to kick the habit very quickly because even without the tape she hasn't been sucking it. Even when she hurts herself and would normally want the thumb. Good job DD!My other daughter has started doing her own hair. She loves coming up with new styles, some of which are quite impressive! This is what she came up with for church on Sunday:
Well, wish I had more to share, but that's it! Have a great day!

Quilting 101

I always have some kind of creative obsession going on. Lately it's quilting. I'd made a couple of rag quilts before so I made another one of those for DD2 because I had never made one for her (the older two kids each have one made from denim and pieces of their baby receiving blankets). When I found the flannel for hers online, I just HAD to have it. I wish I had gotten more though. It is the perfect size for her but is pretty small and I couldn't give it a regular pattern like I had originally wanted to.

The backside isn't as pretty, but is very cuddly!

While I was making the rag quilt, the other two kids wanted me to make them something too. I was itching to try a real quilt, so I made one for DS. It ended up being about 4'x5' so I was able to do all of the top stitching on my machine. I love it!
I'll be making DD1 a quilt of her own next month. The fabric I want isn't available until February so I can't start until then. You can see it here. I can't wait to get my hands on it!

Sooooo much catching up!

One of my favorite Christmas memories this year was watching DD2's preschool performance. It was a riot! It was at a dance studio so there were a lot of mirrors. DD was placed at the end of the row and she quickly became fascinated with watching herself in the mirror. DD1 helped me film this, so sorry for the camera being dropped half way through the video (that part was actually my fault). We laughed and laughed and thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing!

If anyone can tell me how to turn this video so it's right-side-up, please tell me!

I also wanted to post some Christmas pictures--better late than never!

Santa left this cute toy for DD. He also almost finished off the cookies we left him. He left the kids a note and told them about meeting Smuckers (who came to eat the cookie crumbs his elves dropped on the floor). Santa also explained that he knew DD1 wanted a cell phone and he would consider bringing her one when she is older : )

Barbies for the girls from Nanna!

And Bitty twin dolls from G&G Mundy.....
I got a picture of them with thier "twins" tonight. Notice DD2's teeth! She actually looks pretty cute with the missing teeth!

DS got video games, a metal erector set (fun for him AND Daddy!), and some cool Playmobil pirate sets.

It was a great day! It was snowing out so we waited until the next day to go see Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler. We really liked it.

I'll have to post again soon with pictures of my new craft obsession---quilting! I already made DD2 a rag quilt and I'm almost done with DS's traditional quilt. Next month I'll make one for DD1--the fabric I want won't be released until February.