Lunchtime Fun!

Rolling out our pizza dough.

Logan having a blast!

Putting his own pizza sauce on, one of the cutest things.

A little bit of cheese please!!!

Almost Done!!! ~Yummy.

Cowboy Penguins

One of my oldest and best friend's, Kim, is pregnant with her first baby. She is having a precious little girl and when we went to visit her and her husband in January they were discussing nursery ideas. Keith, Kim's husband, threw out the idea of having a cowboy nursery theme and Kim found a super cute artic penguin bedding set that she liked. After some discussion they decided to go with the artic (penguin) theme, but I still remembered Keith bringing up the cowboy themed nursery with penguins. So for Kim's baby blanket I decided to go with the idea and thus COWBOY PENGUINS was born. Today I gave her the quilt and I think it turned out so cute. It is as unique as my sweet friend and I hope she liked it as much as I liked it.


To my sweet friend Kim,

I am so excited for you and Keith. I know that you will be an amazingly warm and kind hearted mother. I wish you all my love and prayers as your pregnancy progresses. Thank you for all the years of friendship and support, you are truly a GREAT friend!

Love ya Lady!

Delicious Strawberry

I wanted to do another post really quickly. Yesterday the kids tried one of the strawberries from our garden, this was the first strawberry that had grown for us this year and we have many more strawberries in bloom. Here are a few pictures. I am so proud of this little family hobby of ours.

DELICIOUS!!!

Camping Trip #1

This past weekend marked the first of many camping trips for the Chase family. We went to Payson for our first trip with our fifth wheel and needless to say it was a relaxing time. We hiked, relaxed at the campsite, and just became familiar with our new addition. Below are a few pictures of our trip.

At the campsite.

Emma sleeping in her new bunk bed, Logan sleeps below her.

Looking at a natural bridge at one of the state parks in Arizona.

A little hiking.

Emma and Daddy on the hiking trail. Emma really liked

hiking which surprised Justin and I, she thought it was so

much fun exploring.

Taking a closer look at the natural bridge and the creek

which is more like a ragging river because of all the AZ rain.

Family Pic... do you see the natural bridge behind us?

Our precious princess.

And our little monkey boy.

This one and the one below are just pictures of the

kids playing at the campsite.

All tuckered out after a big day. You can see it is still light outside,

he fell asleep at 6:30pm.

Petting Zoo Fun!!!

Today we went to Marley Farms, a petting zoo that is located pretty close to where we live. One of the mom's in my preschool class invited us to join her and her MOPS group at the petting zoo. We had a good time feeding the different animals, playing on the playground, and eating a snow cone. Emma had so much fun getting up close to the animals. Logan liked looking at them, but didn't want to get to close to feed them. We brought one of Emma's preschool friends along with us, you may see him in a few pictures.

It was definitely a lot of fun and something different to do. We really enjoyed our morning and the wonderful Arizona weather!

March's Recipe of the Month - Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Hello Friends, Family, and Bloggers!

As I strive to devote more time to this new hobby which is blogging I thought it would be fun to do something monthly that could benefit my friends and family as well. I love to eat and love to get new recipes and try them out. If many of you (moms) are like me you get stuck cooking the same things time and time again. So this post and future posts might be a good resource for you or at least I hope it becomes a good resource for you!!!

Now I don't claim to be Betty Crocker, but I love trying new recipes (like I said before) and making old faithfuls. Last night I made a yummy dish for some friends of ours that had twins and I thought I would share the recipe with all of you. So here it is...

HOMEADE CHICKEN POT PIE

Oven @ 425

Ingredients:

Crust: 1 box Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust (you will use both crusts)

softened as directed on box

Filling: 1/3 cup butter or margarine

1/3 cup chopped onion

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 can (14oz) chicken broth

1/2 cup milk

2 1/2 cups shredded or cubed cooked chicken (I boil my chicken ahead of time)

2 cups mixed frozen veggies (I think carrots and peas mix is the best)

Directions:

Heat oven to 425. Make pie crusts as directed on box. It is best to use a glass or ceramic pie pan when making this recipe. Do not grease pie pan. Unroll pie crust into the bottom of your pie pan the box should include directions on making a pie with 2 crusts, follow those directions. Meanwhile, in a saucepan melt butter on medium heat, add onions and stir until tender. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper and stir until well blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk stir until bubbly and thick. Stir in chicken and veggies and REMOVE from heat. Spoon into crust, top with 2nd crust and make sure to cut slits into the top of crust. Bake 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. ****Important: During baking remove pie the last 15-20 minutes and cover the crust edges with strips of foils so that they don't burn. You want your crust to be golden brown not burnt. Remove from oven when finished and let stand for 5 minutes before eating.

I hope you enjoy this yummy recipe and remember HAPPINESS IN HOMEMADE!!!! Happy Cooking Everyone.

A Camping We Will Go...

We are RV owners!!! After months of throwing around the idea and even more months of looking we have finally purchased our own 5th wheel. We can't wait to take it camping and tailgate at ASU football games. It is a new 2010, which we weren't thinking that we would buy new, but we just happened to find this one, loved it, and got it for a steal. Can't get much better than that!!!! Below are some picturs of our new lovely. The pictures are a little glummy because we've had lots of rain here.

This is the outside of our 5th wheel. It has 3 slides, which makes it really roomy.

This is our bedroom. It slides out and has storage for clothes. Unlike many 5th wheels our bedroom is NOT located over the bed of the truck, instead it is located at the back of the RV.

Here is the main area sofa. We don't have a table area, the table you see in the picture is removable so once you are done eating you just remove it. We liked the idea of not having a kitchen table that way we having more sitting room. Oh and the one chair located on the right is a recliner.

This is looking into our bedroom and the tv/entertainment center.

This is looking up the stairs towards the front of the 5th wheel. The door you see is the bathroom and I am walking out of the kids room. This is why we LOVED this 5th wheel because the kids have their own area.

This is the kids area!!! As you can see they have bunks (Logan's already claimed his), a sofa (not shown on the right side) that makes into a bed as well, and a small tv/entertainment area (that's what Emma is playing with). It's a great area to play and relax in and will grow with our kids.

This is just the back end of the 5th wheel.

Well as you can see we have many trips planned and are so excited to tour the state of Arizona as well as a few states nearby. We have talked about camping on the beach in California, going to the Grand Canyon, and MORE. But best of all the kids, I, and my mom will be able to join Justin and my dad this season for ASU football.