Slowly but surely!

I am so upset with myself for falling this far behind in posting!  We have been really busy with school, activities and then came tax season....  Needless to say the blog has suffered and now hopefully I can get caught up!  

One of the major setbacks included our computer being attack by a virus!  We had had a hard time with it and finally broke down and bought a new computer.  Not just because of the virus but our Dell had also seen better days : )  We did lots of research and ended up with our new iMac!  I LOVE this computer!!!  I am having a little trouble learning how to use it but WOW is it amazing!  

Thank you to Lan for working so hard during tax season!  We missed you and are VERY glad to have you home and see you more than an hour or two a day!  

Way Behind.....

I am so far behind on my blogging I wonder if I will ever catch up! I PROMISE (to those of you who really follow our blog) that I will work on it ASAP. WOW, November and December have been busy. We seem to be busier this year than any other and I'm so ready for things to slow down. I want to be able to sit down with Lan and the kids, watch Christmas movies and know that everything is finished.

Hot Pineapple and Cheese Caserole

By request I am posting this wonderful recipe! This casserole is on my menu every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is my mother and brother-in-laws favorite!

Hot Pineapple and Cheese

3 (20 oz.) cans of pineapple tidbits, drain and reserve juice

1 1/2 cups of sugar

9 Tablespoons of all-purpose flour

4 cups of shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

Topping:

1/4 cup butter

1 sleeve of Ritz crackers

1/4 cup of sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Combine 9 Tablespoons of pineapple juice, sugar and flour. Add cheese and pineapple chunks. Mix well. Pour into a lightly buttered 9x13 baking dish. In a small bowl melt butter and add crushed crackers and sugar. Place on top of pineapple mixture. Bake uncovered 45 minutes.

Blessings...

Tonight at church we celebrated with a Blessings Banquet. We all brought a covered dish or dessert (gotta love the south) and shared some really great food! After we ate the children went upstairs for lots of fun in the gym and we gathered around to hear testimony about some blessing of members of our church this past year. Amazing! We are all so very different, each with a different story but such a great love of our church and our church family. I am so thankful for my FBC family!!!

Our favorite tree...

Lan and I have lived in our house for a little over 9 years now and every year in the Fall we get so much joy out of this one tree in our yard. For a few weeks it gives us this amazing display of color! We live in the house his dad grew up in and his grandparents had a great love of nature and we still get to enjoy the treasures they left behind...

Pinewood Derby!

The RA's at church held their annual Pinewood Derby race this past Wednesday night. Lan helped Myles build his car and painted it like Ironman. He always looks so forward to this race! Every year they do a different theme and he and Lan works really hard to make it look just the way Myles wants it to. I think the dad's get into it just as much as the boys! Myles didn't place this year but made us so proud because he really is a great sport about loosing. He cheered for everyone. I told him sometimes it's better to be a good looser than a winner. I am so proud to be this little boys mother!

High School Musical 3

Katie Grace and I had a movie date and went to see High School Musical 3! We loved it! I'm so glad that there are still good movies being made for our children in a time when so JUNK is out there. I loved musicals growing up and I'm so happy to have a little one that watch them with me! At least my little man and I do share a love of Harry Potter!