Month: May 2020

Happy 75th Birthday Grannie!

This weekend we celebrated my Grannie’s 75th birthday! We would have had a bigger celebration if we were able to do more but with the world still “closed” from Covid-19 we just had cake and visited with her. I made her favorite per mom’s request a coconut creme poke cake. I think she had a good time, she was able to see almost all her babies and that always makes her happy. For one of her gifts, Jason and I put together a picture that said “Happy Birthday Grannie”. I think she loved it! I was very happy with it! I was able to get everyone to decorate a letter, take a picture of them holding it and then Jason put it together and we framed it in of course her favorite colored, yellow!

Grannie Filyaw is an amazing grandmother and always wants to do and take care of her babies. She has given us all our own special nicknames. I’m her Sweetheart, and my kiddos are Angel, Kitten and Little Fella. Any time we go visit she always tried to have a favorite snacks. When I was younger she would stock beefaroni and chicken noodle soup any time my cousin and I stayed. For my kids its banana popsicles and sugar popcorn. She makes the best and most comfortable pallets. I believe she is where I got my love of jewelry from, I can remember sitting on her lap in her chair and putting every ring on off her and twisting her bracelets, I swore she wore a ring on every finger. My Pop’s always had her set on jewelry, something new for every occasion- that’s the other gift I gave her for her birthday, but I can’t say what it is because she hasn’t received it yet- stupid mail- Well here’s to 75 years, 900 months, 27394 days, 657456 hours of being awesome and lots more to go!! Happy Birthday Grannie, we love you more than you can ever day, so ha!

Todd’s Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip

What is your go to appetizer to make or take? Mine is Buffalo Chicken Cheese Dip! It’s quick, easy and so yummy ! Our good friend Todd would bring his delicious Buffalo Chicken Cheese dip anytime we would have a get together, after soccer hang out, or game night, so I’ll give him the credit for this blog 😉

Slow Cooker Buffalo Ranch Chicken Dip - The Magical Slow Cooker

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup Ranch dressing 
  • ¾ cup Frank’s Hot Wing sauce 
  • 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

Drain the chicken and pull apart with fork. I usually put the pulled/chunked chicken on one side of the crock pot and the 2 blocks of cream cheese on the other side, then top the chicken with the 3/4 cup of sauce and top the cream cheese with the cup ranch. I feel like by putting the wing sauce on the chicken it kind of marinates through, but that could all be in my head. Cook on medium for about an hour or until melted. Once the cheese is melted stir and add the shredded cheese, mix well and cook for another hour on low. When ready serve with tortilla/Frito chips, crackers (chicken flavored are really good with this) or if you like celery, celery sticks I’m sure would go great – but I am not a fan. I hope you enjoy this easy and yummy recipe as much as we do!

The next chapter…

I’m going to go ahead and apologize from start- Today’s been weirdly emotional for me so- sorry if this blog is a bit melodramatic-

Let me start off with the happy aka “good” news; We’ve started the process of building our forever home!!!! Well… kinda lol we’re still a long ways away BUT…. We finally decided who we’re going with to build, and signed on what floor plan we want. SO EXCITED!! If we jump on the building part now they are saying we could be moved in by February 2021, the only thing about that is we’d like to let Brayklee finish up 5th grade where she’s at and the drive would be a bit much for 3-4 mths if had to take them to and from school. So there’s that- But guys our home is going to be lovely! I think I’m most excited to see my hidden pantry we added, or maybe the big porches! I cannot wait to move forward on this process.

Now the sad “bad” news, today was “Snip snip” day for the hubby, and even though we both agreed this is what we wanted, boy did I not know to expect the feelings going through me right now. I know each pregnancy was harder than the one before, I’m not old but I’m not a spring chicken either. I’m probably mentally capped already being a mother of 3 with a full time job, who loves to be on the go and always has something planned. I know it wouldn’t be fair to my children or my husband to share even more of their time. I know vacations would be harder, and would it even be financially responsible? I want the best for our children. What I didn’t know is how I would feel once the vasectomy was completed. Once he went back it really hit; my child bearing chapter of my life is over! I immediately began to feel dread and regret at the thought of the permanency of this vasectomy.  I will never again experience things like the baby kicks from within or the joy that comes from watching my newborn experience all their firsts-No more baby giggles. No more “mama” or “dada”. No more baby snuggles when everyone is still sleeping. I love being a mom and I love the baby stage. Of course, I was WAY more exhausted, but I was so full of happiness and joy at the thought of this little squish that I made, birthed, and fed. I feel so sad that such an amazing part of my motherhood journey is over- now do you see where the apology melodramatic comment came from-

But like I said from the start- The next chapter, it’s here. I know it will be a new and exciting chapter in my family’s lives and in my marriage. The kids are growing up to be amazing little humans. Brayklee is such a “go getter” She has all these plans; her blog, her online shop, youtube channel- I took her to work the other day and they child wrote a book and has been looking up “self publishing” book sites! JayceeRae is just as ambitious, but right now she’s just trying to get more animals out of us- hey no more babies- maybe some more critters??? I think her last wish was a baby goat – well two because she wants to name them Salt and Pepper… LOL Jax, my sweet sweet Jax is wiser than his years, and his love and care for us is magical. This time goes by so fast, so I’m just going to sit back and soak it all in. I am so looking forward to see what the future looks like in this new chapter. – Plus more kids would mean never sitting in a booth at a restaurant again 😉 I guess I’ll be ok LOL!!