Our Week in Photos

 This week has been like all the others lately - CRAZY! Having a family will definitely do that to you!

The beginning of the week was pretty rough, I had a cold on top of hay fever...that does make for a nice scare for moms of young babies. I was so worried about little dude, but luckily he did not get sick at all. YAY!

Isn't this just the cutest photo of Bubba and Baby boy? He's discovered his love for his rattles and keys, and has been loving playing with them! On top of it all, he's about to roll over any day now. We are in BIG trouble.

The second photo was taken by request. Baby boy is in a cocoon and matching blanket made by a gal my mother in law works with and had been asking for a photos for weeks now. I'm a slacker and it took me until  now to get it done, but now that it is... isn't it cute?

I love how happy my little man is.

Friday was spent catching up on the housework. Cleaning, doing laundry, and most importantly, snuggling the baby. Also, I managed to get Mothers Day gifts made and wrapped nicely for the moms! (We hadn't planned on anything per everyone's request, but I found a gift everyone wanted - PHOTOS!)

Saturday was spent being busy. We picked up Grandma from dialysis and went to lunch with my mom and baby boy at Iggys. Little man was so good and even got to watch soccer on the big screens they had there!

After all was said and done my mom took my over to my Omas were Bubba was working and we got to visit her for mothers day. We got to visit with her and she got to enjoy little dude. Finally we had to go home- the ReAL game was going to be on!

Unfortunately we weren't able to see much of the RSL game. We got some bad news about Bubbas grandpa - he had an accident and had fallen pretty badly and was at the hospital. We were iffy on trying to figure out when to go, we knew there was a lot of family there already and that there was nothing we could do for awhile, but when we found out he was in his room we put Brayden in the carseat and went down.

The bright side was that it wasn't as bad as the family made it out to be. We got to see grandpa and a LOT of the family we haven't seen since Christmas, and had never seen baby boy before. We found that them seeing baby boy for the first time helped with a lot of nerves and anxiety and we were able to talk to family about a situation other than the one we were in. We finally got a photo of Grandma Trudy holding him while he was sleeping.

Then it was mothers day. Bubba and I had talked about not doing anything because of the stress of the day and night  before. We had decided that we were going to make breakfast and snuggle the baby and that would be it. Early in the morning Bubba told me he had to go over to his moms house to help her out.

I took the baby and turned on my TV show, oblivious to anything else. He returned a little while later with some beautiful flowers and an even bigger surprise - a NOOK! I'd been wanting one for a LONG time and had been having a hard time reading because of the size of the books I love to read. I immediately plugged it in and got it set up as soon as I could. I love it!

As if that wasn't enough Bubba made us breakfast - bacon, eggs and toast! It was delicious. We ended up taking a mid-day nap with the baby before Bubba had to go to work, but it made for the best mothers day yet!

What did you do for Mothers day? Anything fun?

Chicken Enchiladas

This is another recipe from my mom, and I am truly shocked at how easy these were to make! No wonder they are her favorite!

What You'll Need:
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can Green Chile's
Package of Tortillas (medium sized)
Shredded Cheese (Fiesta Blend)

Optional
Green Sauce (to taste)
Spanish Rice (as a side)
Lettuce and Tomatoes (as a side or garnish)
Olives (for looks, to taste, etc)

Step One: Chop your chicken into small cubes. With a frying pan, cover the bottom with a small amount of olive oil and cook the chicken.

Step Two: Once completed, add your soups and the green chile's. Stir well and continue to cook. At this time, if you are having rice, begin to make it now (we made it with a Knorr's easy-make package).

Step Three: Use the sauce to cover the bottom of your baking dish. (Make sure to not get any chicken in the sauce you use!) Then make your Enchilada.  Take your tortilla, hold it in your hand and add cheese, three scoops of the Enchilada sauce and then roll it up and place it in your pan - remember seam down!

Step Four: After you fill your pan, cover with sauce and cheese and bake in the oven at 350 for about 30-45 minutes. If you are adding olives, do it about halfway through cooking.

Step Five: Remove from oven, let cool. Add garnishes and enjoy!

Make Your Pens Prettier

If your job is anything like mine, you know that pens walk away FAST. Heaven forbid it is a nice pen, you'll never see it again at my job. After years of this pen abuse I knew I had to come up with a better solution than buying new pens. What was that solution you ask? 

Making 'em pretty. Most of my colleagues are guys. They won't be caught dead with a pretty pen. 

What you need:

Pen (any kind will do)

Mod Podge

Ribbon or fabric

I used clicky pens because they are my favorite. At the top I tied the ribbon to make it not only stay in place, but to add a little "spunk" to it. I then covered the pen in Mod Podge with a small craft paint brush, and wrapped the ribbon tightly around it. Once I got to the end I pinched the ribbon tightly and held it in place to finish it. Then, I recovered the pen with mod podge to seal it. I set it aside to dry, then had the ultimate test.

Work. 

I took these three pens to work and worked an entire eight hour day. Not one pen got lost. WIN! 

Tuna Casserole (& Lots of Veggies!)

Here in the Workman household we are trying to eat better. After spending some time researching I found some awesome information on foods and meals and decided to work towards making my little family healthier. 

This is one of the recipes I've done to help get more veggies into our diet, without my husband really realizing what I've done. He really doesn't like to eat his veggies and fights me on it whenever I don't disguise them. Frankly, I'm lucky. He's helping me now so I don't struggle too bad with baby boy later. 

Anyways, onto the recipe!

What you'll need: 

2 cans tuna

1 can corn

1 can green beans

1/2 freezer bag peas

1/2 box noodles (any kind will do)
5 slices of Colby Jack Cheese (I ran out of shredded cheese, don't judge me)

a splash of milk

How to:

 1. Cook the noodles until they are almost completely cooked. Drain. 

 2. In a baking pan, mix all of your other ingredients (except the cheese) in the pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and once everything is stirred together well, place cheese slices on top of casserole. Bake for at least 30 minutes. 

3. If your cheese isn't golden brown to your liking when it is finished cooking, set to broil for 5 minutes. This will brown your cheese and won't kill your casserole by overcooking it. 

4. Serve, enjoy and try to hide the evil grin when your family eats their veggies without knowing it! 

Whew! What a Week{End}

Last week I posted that it was a busy one - and THAT was an understatement! Here's a rundown of what we did:

Monday, Bubba's Soccer game. I was really upset about that game- the other team played dirty and to top it all off, Bubba took a ball to the face, resulting in him having a swollen face for a few days. Not. Cool.

Tuesday we coached the soccer teams. They're so much fun to hang out with! I took the baby on a 3mile walk and enjoyed the sunshine while I could!

Wednesday I didn't get home from work until late. I got assigned some extra projects that could result in a raise (or a promotion!). I wanted to prove that I was awesome, so I had to have little dude hang out with his grandma for a little bit.

Thursday we had a doctors appointment and soccer coaching again. We literally ran from one place to another trying to keep up!

Friday we had a date night- doctors orders! (I love doctors with a good sense of life outside the hospitals!) We went to Leatherby's and enjoyed sandwhiches and shared a massive ice cream sundae. We then went stargazing and enjoyed the huge moon, the meteor shower and some peace.

Saturday was the doozy. We helped my Oma with yardwork in the early morning, helped my brother and sister in law move into their new apartment, went to a Wedding reception (Congrats Nate and Alyssa!) and went to a dear friends Cinco De Mayo fiesta. Driving back to SLC from Provo that night all we could think of was "we survived!"

Sunday was Braydens blessing. We had a 9'o clock church meeting where my Grandfather blessed him and then an open house afterwards - or as my brother calls it "snuggle-for-all," because with the baby, thats all it was, was him being loved on and snuggled on.

Today I'm sick. I know you're all thinking the same thing as me, oh gee, I wonder why. I've done what I can so far to make sure this doesn't get to Brayden, including sending him to his Grandma's tonight so that he can get the love he needs and deserves, without risk of being sick.

To those mommas with babies - how do you manage to be a good momma and NOT get your baby sick? Ideas? Thoughts? We are already pretty clean because of my insane habits from working at a hospital, so we wash hands and stay really clean for the most part.

Hope you guys have had a great week! More posts to come when I can catch my breath!

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Busy Bees!

I hate weeks when we are too busy for words! This week Bubba and I are working lots, lots of time at soccer (coaching and recreational), workouts galore (I've become addicted to walking at the paved park trails!), doctors appointments and family functions. This weekend will be the worst of it - so until I can post again, please forgive me!

Hope you're having a great week!