Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend went by so fast! It was very nice and relaxing though. My parents came to visit on Friday. It was so nice to see them and have them as our guests!! Gavin got his early Halloween Treats from Nana and Grandpa! We will be staying here for Halloween this year instead of heading to their house, so...they brought his 'treats' to him! He loved them!Saturday morning we took a trip to Costco with my Mom and Dad and then Mom and Dad VV came over to visit for a little while until my parents headed home! Saturday evening, after Gavin went to bed, we had a movie night. We watched Ghosts of Girlfriends Past! I thought it was a pretty cute movie, poor David is always getting suckered into chick flicks!
Today (Sunday) was trick of treating at the ZOO! This was the first time we had taken Gavin to the zoo to trick or treat! Our zoo if a total free zoo here in Madison and it was PACKED! I have never seen so many people trick or treating! It was great for the kids and Gavin loved it! We went with Mom and Dad VV, Kristin, Chris, Lily and Nolan! Here are pictures of the morning trick or treating;

Gavin and Daddy! Gavin is a little Bat for Halloween!

Gavin and Nolan.

Gavin and Lily.

Grammy with the kids!

The three cousins!

Gavin bouncing in the bounce house at the Zoo!

Dinosaur Train

Gavin has always liked dinosaurs, but is new obsession is Dinosaur Train! Have you seen this show? It is a cartoon on PBS Kids and it's adorable! He loves it so much! We are starting to plan his 3rd Birthday Party and he has stressed quite some that he wants a dinosaur Birthday! It is so hard to find cute, sweet, nice dinosaurs! Dinosaur Train is the only friendly and cute dinosaurs we have come upon, and they don’t sell anything in it because it's so new!! I have looked up and down and all around, online and in stores, you name it! If you happen to know of anywhere that sells or makes anything Dinosaur Train, let me know!
It has been raining here for two days straight! How depressing! But, on the up side, my parent's are coming to visit this weekend! Have a wonderful weekend!

Taco Soup

This past weekend I had a bridal shower for my cousin, who's wedding I am in, in December! It was very nice! The food was wonderful. They had a Taco Bar! It was so fun, seemed like everyone enjoyed it! They also had Taco Soup! I have never had Taco Soup before, but I LOVED it! It was so good! I almost love it more then Chili...uh oh! I dumped in the lettuce, sour cream and cheese on top of my soup and it was delish! David isn't a big soup guy, but I just knew he would LOVE this soup! or at least I hope so! It is the easiest recipe too! If you can open up a can, you can make it :) I am making it for dinner tonight! Actually it is already made and sitting in the crock pot!

Taco Soup
2-3 pounds ground beef

1 large diced onion
1(15 1/2-ounce) can black beans

1 (15 1/2-ounce) cans pinto beans

1 (15 1/2-ounce) can kidney beans

1 (15 1/4-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained

1 (14 1/2-ounce) can Mexican-style stewed tomatoes

1 (14 1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes

1 (14 1/2-ounce) can tomatoes with chiles

1-2 (4 1/2-ounce) cans diced green chiles (optional)

1 (4.6-ounce) can black olives, drained and sliced

1 (1 1/4-ounce) package taco seasoning mix

1 (1-ounce) package ranch salad dressing mix
1 (4 ½ ounze) can diced Jalapenos - Optional

Serve with (on top):
Sour cream

Shredded cheese

Chopped green onions
Lettuce
Serve with (on the side):
Tortilla Chips
Instructions:
Brown the ground beef and onions in a large skillet; drain the excess fat, then transfer the browned beef and onions to a large slow cooker or a stockpot. Add the beans, corn, tomatoes, green chiles, black olives, taco seasoning, and ranch dressing mix, and simmer over low heat for about 1 hour in a pot on the stove.
This will make a lot, but it does freeze well if you put it in Tupperware for eating at a later date.
Also, the green chilis and jalepenos are optional…the green chilis give it flavor, the jalepenos will spice it up a little.

Enjoy.

Winter Coat

This past weekend we were on a hunt to find Gavin a new winter coat. I saw an OshKosh B'Gosh winter coat at Sam's Club about a month ago, but never picked it up, we went there to see if it was still there and it was! We bought it, but I'm afriad we are going to have to take it back! Poor Gavin can't even move in it! It is SOOO puffy! He reminds me of the kid in A Christmas Story! I took this picture of Gavin on the way home from Sam's Club, he was out cold!! So we are on the hunt again for a winter coat, preferably with matching snowpants!!

I am going to do some more painting today, I can't seem to make up my mind on colors! Who would have though it would be this hard! Oh how I can't wait until all of the painting in our house and in every room in finished! Too bad that won't be for awhile :(

Sneak Peak!

We took our 2009 Christmas Pictures on Saturday afternoon! I know it sounds too early for Christmas Pictures already, but I really wanted them outside and before it snowed out! You never know when the first snowfall will be in Wisconsin! I'm just glad we got these pictures in before the first major snowfall! Here is a sneak peak of where we took them;My wonderful Father-In-Law took our pictures! We love them and love that we have him to take our pictures! Thanks, Dad VV!