Taco Soup

This is one of Bryan's favorite recipes and I have to say it's been very popular among friends and family that have stayed at our house so I would like to share with you what we're having for dinner tonight!

TACO SOUP RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 lb hamburger meat
1 package of taco seasoning
1 can pinto beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can corn
1 can half peeled tomatoes
1 bag tortilla chips (it goes well with Doritos too)
Shredded cheddar cheese
Sour Cream (optional)

Directions:

In a pan, cook hamburger meat until it starts to turn brown. Add the taco seasoning and mix well. Add pinto and kidney beans, corn, and peeled tomatoes. Add water to cover the ingredients. Let it cook for about 10 min on medium heat. Serve it in bowls with cheese and sour cream. Eat it with chips or a spoon.

If you're having a lot of people over, just add more of all the ingredients and it makes for a perfect meal for the whole gang!

It's Christmas time again!

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we decided to decorate our tree. This year I couldn't wait to decorate our house for Christmas. I'm just so excited and I think it's because we now have two kids and Tiffany is enjoying it so much more!

 

Fall is here!

We took Tiffany to this cute barn in Idaho Falls where they let you pick your own pumpkin. I thought it was much better than taking her to Broulims...unfortunately we got there late and it was already getting dark, but we had fun!





We thought the pumpkins in the first place were kinda pricy and only bought a couple of small ones for the kids. And today we found a house where this man grows pumpkins in his backyard and sells it. He was a really nice and had Tiffany help him cut the pumpkins we wanted. Now we are all set and ready to carve them!

Kids bedrooms

I've had a few requests since Adam was born to post pictures of his room, but since my mom was staying in it...well, it didn't really look like a baby's room! Tiffany still had his crib and it was all just temporary.
The DAY my mom left, I was so sad and depressed that I made Bryan transfer the crib to Adam's room (it wouldn't fit through the door, so he had to take it apart) so I wouldn't think of it as my mom's room anymore (or I would cry again!) and have something to look forward to the next day (finally setting up the nursery!).
Tiffany got a twin size bed from my in-law's but she would still ask to sleep in the crib (she even learned to FINALLY climb in it so we wouldn't make her sleep on the bed). But that night we showed her that the crib was now Adam's and she now had the big girl bed with pretty flowers all to herself.
Thankfully she adjusted just fine and never asked for the crib again. The only problem now is that we can't make her understand that she can get out of bed by herself without having to call us. It's so annoying that she will lay there and yell for us to come get her instead of just getting out by herself. I guess I can't complain too much, cuz I rather she did that than get out of bed ALL the time and not sleep when she is supposed to, but sometimes I'm busy or Adam is sleeping next door and she will wake him up. Any suggestions???





I still need to figure out what/how I'm going to hang on the walls. I want to do a vinyl phrase by Tiff's bed that says "aqui dorme uma princesa" (here sleeps a princess) and for Adam I have three paintings of the animals from his bedding set and also I want to add a shelf with blocks that have his name on it, but those are projects that I still need to find time to do! It's been fun to have both a boy and a girl's room. They have totally different feel and personalities to it.

Life with two kids...

Wow...who knew life with two kids would be so so so hectic? I remember feeling this way when Tiff was born, but it's even worse now. I'm sure it's mainly because I'm nursing Adam every 3 hours. But really, how do people do it??? I still have my mom here so she helps A LOT with handling one kid while I help the other, or managing the house while I run errands and so on. But in a few weeks she is going home, and I ask myself: Then what???? How am I going to do it all? Plus add a job on top of it? I know, I know, with time we will get into a routine and I'll get things figured out, but I have to say I'll freak out quite a bit until then.
I feel very apart from the world. Like I do so much all day that by the end of it I don't have time to keep in touch with anybody. But life is good. Whenever we can, we've been going out and doing lots of things to enjoy the short summer we get here in Idaho.

Riding horses...

Going to Bear World


Going to the pool...Playing in the sand at Bear Lake...Being miserable at Bear Lake because of the heat and the amount of people there. The lake was so full we couldn't go to our regular spot and enjoy it like we always did. So we didn't stay long.Getting ready for hunting season with Bryan's new state-of-the-art bow. His dream come true!Getting rained on at the International Dance Festival.Visiting the Tautphaus Zoo in Idaho Falls...And getting stared at by animals because he is SO stinking cute!

Here is Adam's latest picture. Isn't he so chubby? He is already well over 13 lbs and losing most of his 0-3 months. He is so heavy already that my back hurts like crazy if I hold him too long. He is such a sweet baby. Sleeps around 5 hours at night, eats every 3h during the day and if he is feeling good he will just lay there and hang out for the longest time (that never really happened with Tiff).

I feel so blessed to have these two angels in my life. It makes me feel so complete to have my little family and to be able to enjoy them every day. I know it's not always easy, but I wouldn't change it for the world. And I know it will just get better once they start playing more together.