Shower Time!

My youngest niece, Shaelyn who is my sister Terri's daughter, is getting married this Fall. We had a family bridal shower for her on Saturday at our house.

Shaelyn's fiance's name is Jonny, he and his family live in Indiana.  His mom, 3 sisters and 2 grandma's drove up here for the shower.
We had the shower in the family room in our basement.  Here's a few photos from that evening.

Here's a little decoration on the gift table.

Here's our food table with a big balloon arch over it.  My daughter Laura did the balloons and they really looked cute.
We had chicken salad croissants, chips, spinach salad, stuffed tomatoes, chocolate dipped strawberries, punch and cake.  It was all good!

Here's the whole gang!

My sister Cheri planned a fun game involving cake testing. She got these different flavored cupcakes, split our group into teams and put blindfolds on everyone. They tried to come up with the flavor of the cake which our guests said was not easy when you didn't see the cake.  The team with the most right won.  Our flavors were german chocolate, key lime, apple crisp, peanut butter cup, cookie dough and strawberry cheesecake.

Time to open gifts!  Here's our bride-to-be with her sister Kaitlyn.

And here's Shaelyn with the cake.

We had a fun evening and enjoyed getting to know Jonny's family.

Friday Funny

 

Cooking Thursday

Here's another new recipe I think you will like.  It a crock pot recipe, that you just dump the ingredients in and let it cook.
You can serve this over tortilla chips or rice.  We had it both ways, but it was definitely easier to eat over rice.  It was tasty both ways though!

Fiesta Chicken

3 chicken breasts
1 packet ranch seasoning
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon minced onion
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can Rotel
1 can corn, not drained
8 ounces cream cheese
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Place all ingredients except the cheddar cheese in the crockpot.  Cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 4 hours.  Shred chicken and stir in cheddar cheese.
Serve over rice or tortilla chips.