Summer Museum Trip

We made another trip up to the Museum of Science and Industry a few weeks ago.  It was a fun trip and we finally got ice cream from the ice cream shop that Mike always begs to eat at.

 We always get a picture in this tire when we go.  Crazy that the first one we have of Marley is when she was about the same age that Mason is now. 

Porter County Fair

Our local county fair was at the end of July.  Marley is finally tall enough to ride all but the big upside down rides so she had a blast!  She liked everything she went on except for the haunted house ride, she may have cried when she got off that ride.

Here's Marley and Mike before going in the haunted house. She was not happy when she came out. 

Going through the house of glass or is it house of mirrors? 

Fourth of July

I've been a bad blogger lately. It's a month later, but here's how we spent our Independence Day.

Marley getting some candy. She had a huge bag full! 

Watching the parade

After the parade we went to my moms and Marley hung out in the hot tub. 

 Watching fireworks. Ever since this night, Mason has been pointing up and saying "woah" 

Watching the neighbors fireworks once we got home

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!! 

InstaFriday 4

I'm back for another week of InstaFriday hosted by Life Rearranged.  It's not Friday, but each week I get a little closer, maybe next week I will actually post on Friday.

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Marley's asleep under here. 

Mason and Annabelle. She's adorable!! 

Playing at Bellaboo's 

instafriday 3

Back for week 3. Here's my weekly instafriday photo dump that's hosted by Life Rearranged. 

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Weekly splash pad visit. Marley didn't do much splashing.

Another Sonic stop while in Indy. 

Got to see the sunrise while on my way to Southern Indiana.

Picking flowers at the park. 

Quesadilla Casserole

I had this recipe on my menu plan for a while. I finally got around to making it the other night and I'm so glad I did. It was so good!  I bet it would taste even better with shredded chicken instead of ground beef.

1 lb ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp oregano

16 oz tomato sauce

1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed

1 can (8 3/4 oz) whole kernel corn, undrained

1 can (4 1/2 oz) green chilies, undrained

6 flour tortillas (8 inch size)

2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef and onion. Drain. Add tomato sauce, beans, corn and green chilies. Mix well. Stir in all of the spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat low and simmer 5 minutes.

Spread 1/2 cup of the beef mixture on bottom of 9X13 pan. Top with 3 of the tortillas, overlapping as needed.

Layer with 1/2 of the remaining beef mixture and 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat with remaining tortillas, beef and cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Instafriday 2

Back for week 2. Here's my weekly instafriday photo dump that's hosted by Life Rearranged. 

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Lounging pool side 

Sonic dinner date after taking my niece home 

Jumping and playing in the sprinkler

 Strawberry, banana, mango smoothies (recipe coming soon) 

Instafriday

I came across a local mom's blog. I read every one of her blog posts in 2 days. On her page she linked to Life Rearranged where she hosts InstaFriday. I've seen other blogs participating in these, but never really got it until now. I am almost a week late, but I had my pictures ready to post last week, that still counts right?! 

If you are on instagram I'm growingto4  

My niece came and stayed the night last week. I painted her 20 nails 20 different colors, which meant Marley also needed hers done, so there's 20 more nails 20 different colors. 

This is what the car looks like when we have a showing on our house, except usually I have Marley in there too (she was at grandmas) 

Jumping at Fair Oaks Diary Farm 

Visiting the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago 

Drive in to see Monsters University and Despicable Me 2

Crock Pot Pizza Burgers

I made these a few months ago and thought I had deleted the pictures (which aren't great, but better than nothing) But the other day I found them and since these were AMAZING I had to share them. 

1 lb ground beef, browned and drained

8 oz can pizza sauce

10 3/4 oz can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 cup chopped onions

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

cheddar or mozzarella cheese

Mix all ingredients in the crock pot. Cover and cook on low for 1-2 hours. You could also cook the ground beef in the crock pot on low until no longer pink, drain, and then mix in the remaining ingredients.  

I sprinkled mozzarella cheese on top of mine before eating to make it more "pizza like"