Dinner Tonight!!

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Chili

Servings: 10 • Size: 1 1/4 cups
Calories: 203.7 • Fat: 1.4 g • Carb: 33.3 g • Fiber: 10.0 g • Protein: 16.9 g

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 16-oz can black beans
• 1 16-oz can kidney beans
• 1 8-oz can tomato sauce
• 10 oz package frozen corn kernels
• 2 14.5-oz cans diced tomatoes w/chilies
• 1 packet taco seasoning
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp chili powder
  
• 24 oz (3-4) boneless skinless chicken breasts
• chili peppers, chopped (optional)
  
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Combine beans, onion, chili peppers, corn, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder and taco seasoning in a slow cooker. Place chicken on top and cover. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Top with fresh cilantro. Also try it with cheese and sour cream.

Im so excited!!! I think that it will be a good one. Im also cooking cornbread. yum!!

Happy Birthday Dad!!! :)

I love you dad!!! I fund out that me and my dad dont have like any pictures of just me and him. We will have to change that. :)

For his birthday we are going to go to P.F. Changs for dinner and then Melting Pot for desert! YUM!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

Im so excited!!

I love you daddy!

Love,

your favorite daughter!!!

Aunt Sassy!

Yes my name is Aunt Sassy!! I have been trying to teach the girls my name ever since I have got home. And one of them a couple of weeks ago called me Sassy while trying to say my name. And I LOVED it!!! So since then I have been pushing Aunt Sassy.

And they got it down!!

Today I asked them who is Sassy..

and they both pointed to me and said Sassy!!!

:) :)

Last night was my night to make dinner.

And I must say it was super good!! And its so good and there was some left that my sister says we are going to eat it for leftovers tonight.

Crock Pot Santa Fe Weight Watchers Chicken

Servings: 8 servings • Size: 1 cup • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 190 • Fat: 1.5 g • Fiber: 5.6 g • Carbs: 23.1 g • Protein: 21 g

• 24 oz (1 1/2) lbs chicken breast
• 14.4 oz can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies
• 15 oz can black beans
• 8 oz frozen corn
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 14.4 oz can fat free chicken broth
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper (to taste)
  
• salt to taste

Combine chicken broth, beans, corn, tomatoes, cilantro, scallions, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, cayenne pepper and salt in the crock pot. Season chicken breast with salt and lay on top. Cook on low for 10 hours or on high for 6 hours. Half hour before serving, remove chicken and shred. Return chicken to slow cooker and stir in. Adjust salt and seasoning. Serve over rice (extra pts) with cheese on top.

And the rice you put it over is called

Lime-Cilantro Rice with Pineapple

• 1 Cup white rice
• 2 Cups water
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• Juice from 1 large lime
• 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1/2-3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• salt and black pepper to taste

In a large saucepan, combine rice and water. bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce heat to low, cover tightly, and cook for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to stand, covered, for 5 minutes, so rice can absorb more water.

After 5 minutes, add the butter and stir to melt. Add the lime juice, pineapple, and cilantro. Stir to combine, and then add salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

We have this rice all the time. And it went perfect with the Crock Pot Santa Fa Chicken.

SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! and SOOOOO EaZY!!!!!!!!

yummy!!!!!!

We went to the pool today with the girls and had so much fun!!

And I got a tan!! :)

Love,

Aunt Sassy!

What does E.R. mean to me??

What does E.R. mean to me??

• 4 hours of sitting and waiting
• 1 i.v drip
• 1 butterfly needle
• 4 blood cultures
• 1 mono test
• 1 strep test
• 1 noise swab
• 1 shot of Rasfin (spelling?)
• and TONS of blood takin

And in the end, what did they say....

"you might have a virus"

which means "I have no clue whats wrong with you."

So we sit FOREVER!!!!!! in the waiting room and when they finally bring me and my mom back to a room they lead us all the way to the back past 4-6 empty beds and put us in a room with a eye doctors chair!!! It didn't move back or spin or anything. And it was uncomfortable!!! I thought it might be a holding place. But I was wrong. So I finally ask my doctor if i could get moved to a different room with a bed and he said I will see what I can do. So a nurse came in and brought me a bed. Thank goodness cause we were there for like 2 hours. So my nurse (which im glad that he dosen't work in the children's ER cause he had 4 earrings in both ears, tattoos everywhere, a big skull ring, big chain necklace, and smelt like smoke. ) but he was super fast.

So I was sick from monday to tuesday a full week and a day. ugh!!!!!

while I was sick I was playing with the girls when I had a lot of meds in me and I thought it would be funny to put a diaper on my head. My family says im an embarrassment. And I say Im funny. The girls got a kick out of it!!

i couldn't get it to flip. oh well.

looking at this I am so weird!!!

Well here you go. I got to go.

Love, Cassie

ps i guess me being sick is a good thing cause i lost 10 pounds because of it!

Happy Friday!!! :)

Its Friday!!!!! :)

At 5 I am going to have a little sleepover (otherwise non as babysitting overnight) at the Herwigs. I cant Wait!! I love this family!!!!! I feel like im part of the family!

But yeah, I talked to my old roommate Dana, Anna and then my friend Erin today. And I loved it!! I miss these girls soo much!! And I miss all of my friends out in Utah!

well I got to water my moms plants,

sorry so short today,

Love Cassie

Family COME BACK!!!!

My family left me like 4 hours ago and I am bored out of my mind! What am I going to do when I go back to college. I never thought I would be this way. But here I am.

I miss my fam. sad day... but lucky I have Annie Jr. practice tonight and then tomorrow im going to babysit over night the Herwigs, who I LOVE, and I cant wait for that! :) And then church on Sunday so dont be alarmed since the Blake/Vonk will be a lot smaller!!!

So what todo.

Well something about me....

my favoriate musical:

What is my most over used word:

LIKE

if anyone know me I say like, like all the time. :)

What are my first thoughts when I wake up:

WHY Am I WAKE!!!!!!!! go back to sleep!!

or

That was a weird dream....

hahaha

Do I chew straws:

Yes, when I go to a movie I love to get an extra straw to chew on, so does my sister!

Whats my favorite food:

well.....idk......potatoes??? hahaaha. if you know me at all you would know that I am a sucker for all Potatoes!!!! (except sweet potatoes, i do like sweet potato fries though!)

Do I like to sing:

maybe...a little!

Love Cassie

I suck at this.

Really I Had a plan....

Write every day on my blog.

That lasted 2 days. Yeah I suck.

Its hard when im home cause im not in my rhythm like I was in Utah. I would always post on my blog after I went to class. But I now everyday is different. Crazy times.

SO my goal this weekend if you remember was to make a height board for the girls and make a playhouse for the backyard for the girls. Neither one of these happened. of course. But I did (or My dad did) buy the wood for the height board. but that is it. I am planing on this weekend cutting it out and sanding it. While my sister, mom, and the girls go up to my Aunt Minda's house for my cousins graduation. I wish I could go but I got to hold down the fort.

On Memorial Day included going to the Wards picnic at a park next to the Mississippi River! I was fun. Me and my sister took the girls for a swim. They LOVED it. But didn't understand the sand under there feet. hahaha.

I loved it!!

Then I went to a movie with Kendall, Wes, and Shelby!! fun night out. :)

So my life is fulled with these little girls!! I love them. But Has made me realized that I am not ready for kids!! I love babysitting them but everyday takes a lot of energy.

But so my sister is packing for the trip and I am going to miss these girls when they are gone. But I will be getting some much sleep!!

well I got to go. I have a job interview!

wish me luck, I might have 3 jobs by the end of this week. lets cross our fingers.

Love Cassie