One Life Chili Cook-off- Chili Cook-Off #3

Katy and her bud, Chloe

Katy, Kylie and Wake... Triple Threat

Let the Chili testing commence!

For our third and final chili cook-off of the weekend (yes, three chili cook-offs in the same weekend!), we joined our church family for their Chili Cook-Off at Harrisburg Park. The kids ran around and had fun. The adults got to stand around and chat. There was lots of food to go around. All in all, a good afternoon spent with our fellow One Lifers!

Sentence of the Day- Time Out

Yesterday morning, Katy was in time out.

Ted was upstairs, getting things done and didn't realize that a time out was necessary. When he came downstairs and saw Katy sitting in her assigned time out chair, he asked her, "Uh oh. What happened, Katy?"

Katy replied, "Don't ask, Daddy! Don't talk or Mommy might put you in time out, too!"

Chili Cook-off #2

Crafting with Margot and Jackson.

Bouncing around!

Sparks-a-flying!

Last night, we went to our second chili cook-off of the weekend. This time, we joined our friends at the Drew residence for a nice evening spent amongst friends. The weather was perfect- not too hot, not too cold. The kids had fun crafting, bouncing, running around and roasting marshmallows.

The only scare of the evening was when Lil' Miss fell off the treehouse ladder. Luckily, she wasn't hurt, but boy, did that give us a fright! Minutes later, after the initial shock and embarrassment, Katy was up and running with the other kids as if nothing had happened.

In other noteworthy news, we won the chili cook-off! Yay! It was a fun evening- thanks for hosting, Stephanie and Darren!

White Sausage Chili

2 lb. Bulk Sausage
3 cans Great Northern Beans
2 Cartons of Chicken Broth
1 can Corn
2 Green Peppers, diced (I actually used one green and one orange b/c that's what I had on hand)
3 Onions, diced
1 small can of Diced Green Chilis
3 cloves of Garlic
Salt and Pepper to taste
4 Tbl. Cornstarch

Fry up the sausage and place in the bottom of the crock pot. Add all of the remaining ingredients and allow to cook on low for 8 hours. An hour before serving, thicken with cornstarch mixed with 1 cup of hot liquid. Pour the roux back into the crock pot and cook for an hour more.

Top with:
Green Onions
Hot Peppers
Cheddar Cheese
Sour Cream

Enjoy!

Neighborhood Fall Festival- Chili Cook-off #1

Little Rapunzel

Decorating a pumpkin with Daddy.

Yesterday was our neighborhood's Fall Festival. This was the first community event that we were able to partake in since we moved to RRC back in February. For one reason, or another, we were either out of town or had plans for the RRC Easter Egg Hunt, Summer Pool Party, and the Fourth of July BBQ.

For the kids, there was a costume party, face painting, pumpkin decorating, bounce house and games. For the adults, there was a chili cook-off (our first of three, this weekend!) and a (somewhat pathetic) bake-off (I didn't participate, this year. However, next year....! :-). They even had a television hooked up so the guys could watch the game.

Katy chose to dress up as a Rapunzel, for this event. Thanks to our friends, the Domms, Katy had a complete ensemble- purse, necklace, tiara and dress. She had a blast jumping in the bounce house and she LOVED watching the lady doing the face painting. So much so, that the woman called Katy her, "biggest fan" and gave her a special little trinket for watching.

We love our family-friendly neighborhood, Rocky River Crossing!

Picnic at Memorial Gardens

"Last Wednesday, Mommy picked me up from school and we walked to Memorial Gardens for a picnic."

"This big fountain is my favorite!"

"Don't forget to water the mums!"

"Memorial Gardens is all dressed up for Fall!"

Chick-Fil-A- Disney Night

Picture with Cinderella and Peter Pan

Little Snow White (No evil Step-mother, here, though!)

Our favorite area Chick-Fil-A hosted a "Disney Night," this past week. Katy loved having an excuse to dress up as a princess and Ted rocked the Disney trivia game. Katy even asked to get her picture taken with Cinderella and Peter Pan (but, we had to kindly ask the CFA Cow to step aside- she's still afraid of him. Poor Moo Cow!).

Train Birthday

Conductor Katy

"Choo-choo!"

This past weekend, Katy's best buddy, Connor, celebrated his birthday with a train theme.. Even though it was 90 degrees (no joke!), the kids had fun running around the playground setting, riding the train and of course, eating cake! 

Happy Birthday, Connor!