T as in Tuesday.

It is Tuesday and I am WAY excited.
We started a more semi-permanent schedule
at work and that pleases me. Since D is
going to be gone, it will ensure that
I can still work but also be there for A.

Our home group met on Friday night last week.
I was pretty nervous, I have to be honest.
It is always interesting when you don't
know anyone in the group to meet up. Well
it went SO good!!! There were 8 of us total
and we had a great time fellowshipping with one
another and just getting to know each other too.
We are planning on getting together again on
Friday! :)

I wanted to share this recipe. I have a few very
favorite one's and thought to share this one with
you! We eat this for dinner with some corn bread
or a french loaf but you can make it for lunch too.


Tomato Rotini Soup

4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
4 cups tomato juice
1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 medium carrots, sliced
2 medium stalks celery, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup sliced mushrooms
2 gloves garlic, finely chopped
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 1/2 cups uncooked rotini pasta

Mix all ingredients except pasta and cheese in 4-5 quart slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low heat setting 8-9 hours.
Stir in pasta. Increase heat setting to high. Cover and cook 15-20 minutes or until pasta
is tender.

Calories: 105
Fat: 1 gm

Alyssa loves the corkscrew rotini pasta.
This is a family favorite and great for a low-cal meal along with chilly weather!

This past weekend we also bought our costumes for
Halloween. We didn't end up going with the 50's theme,
but did find something that all matched and was decent
enough {boy some of those costumes out are pretty
sleazy!} We ended up doing Camelot. Dayv is King Author,
I am maid Mariam, and Alyssa is a princess.
It was fun shopping for them! We are pretty excited.
But dang those things aren't cheap! Ha.

I've got all of the kits ready to go for the scrapping party! I tried to get them
based on their personality, so I hope they like them!
I've got the door prize finished too. I am still plugging away on
each of the individual party gift each girl will get.
I've got one more prize to do {the prize for underneath a chair}
And I am going to do a guessing game for ribbons and buttons as well and they will win a nifty prize from that as well. Thank goodness I am doing pizza! Whew. I was going to cook but
with all that I have going on with the home group and the scrapping party, I think not! :)
I am very excited about both get togethers!
I'll be taking photos of everything I've made as well and post them on here!

I am getting my hair done today and I cannot tell you how excited I am about that.
It's been since July before my vacation with the girls, imagine that. My eyebrows
are darker than ever {yes I dye those too cause they are getting just as dark as my hair is!}
and my hair is showing it's true colors! That's pretty early in the AM too, but totally
worth it!

Here are A's school photos.


I think these are her
best since moving back to the states! Actually these are her best ever school photos. But
each year I think to myself why am I paying to school for pictures when I can take her to
someone that would do a great job! So next year I am going to look for someone to do them
instead of taking the cheesy school photos.

Well I am off to enjoy my day off! Hope you have a wonderful day too!