Chicken and Noodles

Some of the best chicken and noodles we've ever had. Ashlee, this is for you since you're looking for new recipes.

4 Frozen/or fresh whole chicken breasts
2 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
2 Cans Chicken Broth
1 Stick of Butter
Salt and Pepper
1 pound box of your favorite noodle

Place Chicken in crockpot, top with cream of chicken soup and broth. Cut stick of butter into tablespoon size pieces and place in crockpot. Low for 8 hours, shred chicken.
Prepare pasta separately in boiling pot of water 20 minutes before ready to eat. Add cooked pasta to chicken mixture and voila!

**Most recipes call for egg noodles, even frozen egg noodles and you can place them in the crockpot with the chicken mixture. BUT, you have to watch them to make sure the noodles don't get overcooked and mushy. (Which is why I prefer to cook my noodles separate to al dente and then add)
**We prefer Rotini style noodles. They cook quickly, they mix with sauces easily, and they're easier for little hands or little hands learning with forks to pick up( as opposed to spaghetti or egg noodles)

I served this last night with Rhodes Rolls (YUM) and stewed tomatoes.

Enjoy

Recent Pictures of the Kids

I'm bad about keeping the blog updated with pictures of the kids. BUT, I know family in Texas always wants to keep up with us. So here are some recent (as in I took them TODAY) pictures of Levi and Lila. I would have taken more but Lila was cold. (Even with long sleeves!) We've been hit with a cold front and the temperatures have been VERY cool for August. Current temperature is 67 degrees and will only reach a high of 72 degrees.

My New Hobby

I'd say I've always been creative. I'm not one of those "I do everything creative" kind of people, which by the way DO exist I think.

I really enjoy cooking/baking. I like photography but wish I had more resources.

Anyway, my husband always gets on me because I need new hobbies that I can do from home. 

Because my other hobbies are too expensive apparently. For example, I like to shoot guns which can be pretty costly.

So I've been "Pinterest*ing" lately and came across quilling. Apparently its been around for a while and sort of making a comeback. It's basically art formed from thin strips of paper that have been rolled tightly or loosely into coils and then shaped and molded in other ways.

I thought "this could be fun!"

We headed over to Hobby Lobby to see if they had any tools and supplies. To my luck, they did!

They had started kits for like $25 but it seemed too expensive. So I just bought myself the tools and the paper separately. (Much better decision)

So here's my first "piece"

I started it Saturday night and finished it Monday night. It will go in Lila's room since it's so bright and colorful.

This was a lot of fun for me. I think I'll keep up on it.