Jake's First Birthday Party!

I am proud to say that my only grandson has officially turned one year old. He is the most adorable little boy! His birthday was on October 4th, and in celebration of that special day my daughter, Ginay had a halloween birthday party! It was such a cute theme! There were cute cupcakes decorated with "brain" frosting, and (peanutbutter) eyeballs. For dinner we had a snake (strombolli, DELICIOUS!) and there was a witches' brew to drink! As you can see there were lots of fun/cute ideas that went into this party, it was such a blast, and for the first time I got to watch a baby demolish a birthday cake and not have to worry about cleaning up the mess- or the baby for that matter. How nice! here are a few pictures from the event, enjoy! That's all for now,

Gina

Chicken Noodle Soup

It has just started to get a little cold here and it makes me in the mood for homemade bread and soup. My children love this soup and I make a huge pot so that I can have leftovers.
I love to cook especially when my family eats it. This is really easy and fast and warm and delicious. Great for the colder days of winter.

Chicken Noodle Soup

4 chicken breasts - cut in cubes
2 bullion cubes
2 carrots - diced
3 stalks of celery - diced
1 small onion - diced
20 oz. bag of home style egg noodles (can be found in refrigerator section by tortillas etc.)

Boil chicken with bullion and water about 6 cups of water. Add noodles. While noodles and chicken are boiling saute' vegetables. Make sure to have enough water to let the noodles expand. Boil until noodles are tender. Add vegetables and boil all until tender. Add one can of cream of chicken soup and salt and pepper to taste. To make creamier add another can of cream of chicken soup. You may have to add more water to make it the right consistency depending on how long you boil etc.