A horse of a different color

It's such a neat title, isn't it? But, what movie did it come from...hmmm I'm gonna have to think about that one. Can you remember? Anderson and I went to Arlington today(the city right next to us) and went to the mall where they have a great indoor children's play area. It was closed, BUMMER!! But, we bought the all day pass at the carousel for just $5. It is usually $2 per ride and I ride free with him-Woo-Hoo!
We rode the carousel 4 times! It was so fun for Anderson! Ohh..but when I had to take him off...he looked like this(see that sweet little tear) What kind of momma would take his picture when he is crying?

But as soon as we got back to Grand Prairie, I remembered that he didn't have any milk or any oranges(both necessities) so to the grocery store we went. When he saw me getting the oranges in the store and he couldn't have one, right then...not good.

But when he finally got one..pure BLISS!!:)Hope you have a wonderful weekend and hopefully we'll get cooler, it's 82 degrees here today! HOT!!

Don't forget the game tomorrow! L-S-WHO? ROLL TIDE!!

Breakfast is served

Hello friends! Anderson and I went to Ft. Worth today to go to the zoo. It was fun, but then the school buses unloaded and it felt like an elementary school! Yikes!! We had a great time though! Only a couple of pictures from the zoo!

Anderson and the alligator(don't worry, he's not real :) Looking at the bears!
Remember how I told you Anderson LOVES to dip his chicken nuggets, well I didn't have any ketchup, so I gave him all I had...sour cream...I know, bad mom! He seemed to like it though, plus it had dairy in it :)As you know, since I stay home and we only have 1 income, we look for ways to save anyway we can. This is a inexpensive recipe to make and it makes 12 breakfast sandwiches. This breakfast recipe that is so easy and delicious that you MUST try it! It comes from Nanny McCord.

First take 12 english muffins(any brand will do) I used Great Value from Wal-Mart

Then take Jimmy Dean (or any brand) of sausage and cook
When it's cooked, add cheeze whiz(I used Great Value) and it was just as good and $1.00 cheaper and let the cheese and meat cook a little while together. It should look like this:
Now put about two spoonfulls of meat and cheese mixture onto your english muffin and make a sandwich. It should make 12 sandwiches!

Take some wax paper and put between each sandwich and put them back into the original english muffin sleeve.( I used tin foil to separate the sandwiches, it works just as well)Then put into the freezer and take out breakfast sandwiches when you want them.

Put them into the oven on 350 for about 15 minutes! They are delicious!

Your husband will even try to lick the leftover pan, let him!:)

Just a regular ole' Wednesday

Hello friends! Today we are not doing one thing special! In fact, we have not even gotten into the car to go anywhere! I have not gotten a bath(probably was too much info) :)But we have done this, Anderson LOVES to do it and screams like a madman when you make him stop! ha!
Anderson and I went on a nice long walk with the doggies this morning. Our day has begun to start a little earlier because the time change has messed Anderson up. Instead of getting up around 7:30 or 8a.m., he's now getting up around 6:15-6:45 ughhhh!!

We have done some cleaning
Watched Sesame Street(while we're on the subject, I think this show STILL can't be beat for t.v. education, if there is such a thing) They show different cultures, numbers, letters and music. It hasn't changed much since we were kiddos! Hooray!!

We've done A LOT of reading
Anderson's eaten A LOT of oranges-he's eaten almost 2 whole oranges today!(my mom had to ruin my joy that he was eating oranges by telling me they're really acidic on his teeth-thanks mom:)Oh, and I almost forgot! Anderson got this in the mail yesterday, from my friend Lisa who made it for him. If you love it go email her(she's probably gonna die I'm saying that:)

Tomorrow, we're going back to the Ft. Worth Zoo(I know you're thinking, is that all these people ever do) but it's so big that we split it up into separate parts, we can't possibly see all of it in one day!

Glee's on tonight PLUS a New House Hunters episode, YIPPEE!!

Did you see V last night on ABC?? I think I'm gonna love it!!

It's been a good 11 years...

My mom recently told me that she loves when I tell her what's going on with Anderson, but thinks I should talk about Adam too!

I started thinking about how long I've exactly know him. We've actually known each other since the ninth grade when we were introduced by my cousin, Matt Grinstead. He and Adam were best friends then and still are best friends today. Luckily for me, Matt told Adam "Susannah doesn't have a date to Homecoming Dance, why don't you ask her". This was in 1995 our senior year. Adam called me and I said "sure". We went and didn't even like each other, in fact our night ended when he got so mad at me that he just got out of my car and walked home(only a block..we were already in his neighborhood).We didn't date again until 1998 and we were in college. I decided that I really did like Adam and hopefully he would like me again too!? We began dating again in 1998 and dated for 2 years and then broke up for some silly reason, I can't even remember what it was now...(Don'tcha just love pictures that are sideways, sorry again)
Four months passed and my grandmother Ivey was sick and in the hospital. I went to visit her, and in the parking lot, were Adam's parents(his great-grandmother too was sick and in the hospital. I rode the elevator up with them, got off on the WRONG floor ( Thank you GOD) and ran SMACK DAB INTO ADAM!! Two hours and much talking and we were back together for good this time.(This pic is from May 2004) That my friends is GOD's hand in the whole deal( I don't know how else to put it) :)

We were married in March of 2003 and 5 years and 1 month later we had this little darling!(MOM: this is from today) see I got a picture of Anderson in...hehe!)
So, really I owe it all to my cousin Matt! Thank you Matt, my life wouldn't have been the same without you and I mean that in more ways than one!

How did you meet your husband? I'm truly interested...please tell!

Ho Ho Ho!

I am such a HUGE fan of Christmas! And yes, I checked the calendar and yes, it is only November 1, but Christmas is only 52 days away go here to see the countdown and to email Santa! I hope that Anderson is going to be a big fan too!What started all of this? We just got finished with Halloween and haven't even made it to Thanksgiving yet. But, Anderson and I went to Wal-Mart this morning and we went to pick up some dog food and that's when he spotted them! All of the Christmas decorations the store had just put out and they were playing one of my all time Christmas favorites(click here to hear it). Anderson couldn't quit saying "ho,ho,ho" which is what he says when he is referring to Santa Claus! He got so excited he nearly leaped out of the buggy!He couldn't believe that they had blow up Santas'!!! I almost told him about my SIL and BIL home at Christmas(which their yard is covered with probably 20 of these babies), but figured he would get way too excited, so I decided against.But we have started reading this:(sorry it's sideways)
Which belonged to me when I was little. Can you read the inscription? It says To: Susannah S. Ivey from Daddy, December 24, 1978...I was only a couple of months old.
As you can see, Anderson loves it!!

And I have this little baby, which Nunna bought for Anderson complete with shoes...and YES, he is going to wear it! It's hysterical, huh?!
We can't wait!!

Taco Soup

Hello friends! We've had a great Sunday! We went to church here with my cousin Meghan and her fiance Matt in Dallas and LOVED it!

We also went to a shower for them in Euless, TX. Anderson was napless, but surprisingly in a good mood, just exhausted tonight!

We had taco soup(which tasted kinda like chili) for supper and I thought I'd share the recipe with you.

It's really easy, just some canned foods and some meat :) You can add butterfingers for a dessert (as shown in background) ;)
1 pound of lean ground beef
1 can (15 oz) of kidney beans
1 can (11-150z) of kernel corn
1 (10 oz) can of Rotel
1 envelope of taco seasoning
1 envelope of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix
2 cans of diced tomatoes(15oz)
1 can (15oz) of pinto beans

Brown your hamburger meat and let the other stuff be cooking while you're browning. Let it simmer for about 40 minutes. Add chips and cheese and it is mmmm good! WHAT?! You mean I have to clean up?!

Halloween and Fort Worth

Happy Halloween! We got this yesterday from Gami and Pappy for us and Anderson-YAY!
We have had a great day! We headed down to Ft. Worth to go the...zoo(no pictures though, so don't worry). Anderson didn't get up until 9:20 this morning! We decided to go over to Ft. Worth to go to the zoo, since we have season passes. We had heard about Kincaid's Hamburgers in midtown Ft. Worth. It was AWESOME!! The hamburgers and hot dogs were to DIE FOR!!! (sorry the hamburger looks kinda gross, but I was hungry before I decided I needed to take a pic to show you)

Anderson LOVES to dip his fries and dip and dip and dip some more.
This is the inside of Kincaid's. It was started in 1946 as a grocery store and the butcher started using the left over meat to make hamburgers and that is how it got started. Probably more info than you wanted or needed, but I'm a historical details kind of person...so sorry!Okay, I lied, one picture of the zoo, but who can resist Anderson feeding the parakeets...so stinkin' cute!
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Halloween Night:
We went to downtown Grand Prairie to a trick or treat carnival and Anderson went wild! He was running around all over the place and laughing!
He did the hay maze and Adam said he was pretty good at it, turning around when he would get to a dead end.
Oh....but when we left....he screamed so loud and even hit Adam in the throat(on accident of course) THIS PICTURE IS SOOO FUNNY!!
He cried all the way to the car, UNTIL....momma said "you want some candy"? And his answer was....
YES!!!
(what else did you think it would be, this is my child through and through and we LOVE chocolate and candy)YES!!!Happy Halloween from our little elephant!!!