Bacon Wrapped Chicken

 (picture borrowed from here)

One of my friends Amanda posted a picture of a recipe a knew I had to try on Instagram: Bacon wrapped chicken cooked in dales. My husband is a HUGE fan of Dales and so I knew I could make it for a game day treat!

I tried it last week and it was delish and so so easy!

(You know how I am with recipes so be patient with me :) )

You take raw chicken and cut it up in to small pieces. I halved raw pieces of bacon and wrapped the bacon over the chicken like the picture above. Make sure the chicken pieces are big enough to where the bacon doesn't get wrapped multiple times around the chicken because the bacon will not cook very well this way.

I set my oven to 350 degrees and soaked my pan in dales (like to where the chicken is swimming in dales.) Next, I placed my chicken wrapped bacon on the pan making sure all of the chicken had some dales sauce on it and cooked. A few minutes in I flipped the pieces.

I just watched to see when I thought the chicken was thoroughly cooked and took it out, and cut a piece open to make sure. I believe you could set the oven to 375 and maybe even 400 but I've never tried.

Happy Game Day Tomorrow! Hoping tomorrow is not as bad for the HOGS as the rest of the season has been! At least I have cute cheerleaders either way!

Week in Review/Potty/Kisses/Ice Cream & More!

We had a good week here! After Brit left on Tuesday :( I tried to stay home as much as possible to work on potty training. Annabelle does sooooo well at our house but once we leave our house she doesn't want to go.

I know this is normal and it doesn't even "bother" me, I just am not sure the best approach for her. I know she is kinda scared of big pottys and I know that will get better! Today I did take her potty to church and she went there so that was exciting!

 Adam and I laugh because the way I got her to go in the first place was telling her I was going to throw away her bathing suit if she peed in it again. haha! That girl loves her some clothes!

 The Lord decided to lead me through calm My Anxious Heart again with a friend and I am so excited about doing it again. I feel like it is one of those books I should just continuously read! Have you ever had a book like that?

We have soo many things we could do this week but I'm not sure how far to push Ab. Any advice. Would it be better to stay home and work on getting comfortable or will she "go" in strange places when she is ready? Dilemmas, dilemmas. 

Adelyn sure did have fun inside. That girl can have fun doing anything as long as her tummy is full! She is a hoot seriously!

 After we got home form the fair on Thursday night, we had these cookies from Marmie that Merm dropped off for us! How awesome is that?! They were homemade and oh so yummy! They are all gone already!

 And yesterday, after a half a week of doing so well with the potty, we took Ab to get ice cream in a cone with sprinkles (which she has never had before!) It was such a treat for everyone! This has definitely been one of those weeks where I can sit back and say, my life is not void of hardships, but I am so blessed! And I am thankful!!

Adelyn's so dainty?!

I just couldn't resist taking pictures of this sweet little girl in these little panties! She is so precious!

Today, Adelyn's true side came out when she opened up the pantry, took off the top to the oatmeal and started stuffing her face! ha! Gotta love her!



We have had such a rough few days around here. I have decided that I am going to take her back the doctor to check her ears again on Monday. Something just isn't right. :( So, I would appreciate your prayers.

I am leading the music for the 3-5s tom. I am a little nervous. I think it's funny that I don't get that nervous to lead worship for the whole church but the 3-5 year olds is a different story! haha!
I'm getting in bed early tonight!! Night!!

Rach's Wedding Festivities Part 2

Rachel and Stephen's rehearsal was one of the fastest ones I have ever been to. It could have been that I was so late that I missed a bunch of it because my dress broke and Brittney and I had to sew me into my dress but anyway, it was short and went well!

The happy couple


lighting the unity candle


practicing the exit


Sweet Crystal and Nick, Style didn't have a camera so I took a few pics for them.


Friends




The actual dinner was amazing and of course Presley was perfect! I think she might not be real she is such a perfect baby, no I'm kidding but Brit is so blessed she is so well behaved just naturally.


Some of the friends at the dinner.


Ok, so this cookie was made by Sister Schubert's daughter. She now has a cookie making business; I so didn't try my cookie but I have no doubt it was delish because if you have ever tried Sister Shubert rolls they are too die for good!


At the end of dinner, a few people stood up and shared nice stories about Rach and Stephen. The sharing time is always my favorite time of rehearsals. It was a sweet and very memorable time! What a yummy and fun rehearsal dinner!

Things that I LOVE/make me HAPPY

Kelly does a "Show Us Your Life" post every Friday and this Friday was things you love and/or makes you happy! Here are some of mine!

~Jesus and thinking of His love for me
~my sweet girls~my hubby
~teaching
~having a really great "God" conversations with someone
~missions trips~leading worship with Adam~waking up and walking downstairs to a clean house
~getting really dressed up for a special event
~putting on mascara over and over again :)
~high heels~pictures
~family (too many people and pics to post :) )
~running or working out
~eating healthy foods
~making dinner for my family
~the color purple (the literal color not the play)
~birthdays
~walks with new friends
~long phone calls from old friends
~college memories

~warm weather
~getting a tan with friends
~the beach
~beautiful brick houses in Memphis, TN


~McAllister's Deli and their honey mustard
~chocolate and strawberries

Food!

I am not a food blogger; to be honest, you would probably be bored by the food I eat. For example, I have the same thing every single morning (except when I'm pregnant and it makes me sick.) I eat a cup of fiber one cereal, with cut up fruit, and skim milk and when I'm nursing like I am right now I add two tbsp of peanut or almond butter. Yum Yum!

Anyway, today marks a beginning to a new journey with me and food, a first for me for sure. By now all of you know that we are having a terrible time with Adelyn's reflux and it was suggested to me that I cut out dairy in order to see if she has a milk aversion. If she had a full blow milk allergy she would have blood in her stools or a rash or something like that and she doesn't but her system could not digest it easily or something so I say it is worth a try to see if it helps. I am going to try this for two weeks. Two weeks without dairy is going to be hard. This means no milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream but I can do it to see if it helps my sweet Adelyn. I know some of you must be thinking, why would you not just give up nursing to see if that helps. Well, that has crossed my mind but I have multiple reasons for not doing this and I will share since you asked. :) 1) There is no guarantee it would help and we all know breast milk is better for baby than formula and since she is gaining weight etc the doctor has encouraged me multiple times not to quit 2) I do not want formula stains and spit up everywhere 3) She won't take a bottle right now. We have tried 3 different kinds as of now. We are still tying. This is by far the best reason. Ok so you see my dilemma. So, this morning on my no dairy diet I had my "cereal" only I did not put milk in it. Weird but hope it helps.

Ok, so going along with the food theme in this blog post. I have some favorites that I want to share with you. I have trouble at lunch time, nursing, feeding Annabelle and eating myself so I started buying these healthy choice all natural meals and I looove them! They have 300-350 calories and they have real ingredients and no preservatives!We also love sweet potatoes at our house! I bake them with some EVOO and sea salt and pepper. Did you know that sweet potatoes and broccoli have the most vitamins in them of any food.Annabelle and I also like this organic yogurt! We put all kinds of things in it like granola and fruit. The only thing about this particular kind that is not great is the amount of sugar but hey in moderation it's great!Lastly, I don't know where we'd be without granola! We love it! We can eat it for breakfast, in our yogurt, for a snack or even for dessert! This is a picture of the homemade kind but we also like Cascadian Farms.Thank you so much for all your comments etc. I cannot tell you how much all the encouraging words mean to me. It is just so nice to know that people care and understand. We go back to the doctor tomorrow. Please pray for wisdom for the doctor and us as we continue to search for answers.