Chicken Rolls

Chicken Rolls are SO yummy! I was asked what they were, so I figured I would let all of you in on it – once you make them, you will fall in love with them too!!

Ingredients:
1 – 8oz package of Cream Cheese
1 – bundle of green onions
1 – small container of fresh bella mushrooms (you will only need a couple of them)
1 – package of maple flavored bacon
5 – 6 chicken breasts

Directions:
*Chop up the green onions and mushrooms into very tiny pieces.

*In a mixing bowl, mix the cream cheese, green onions, and mushrooms (judge how much you want of the green onions and mushrooms you want in yours) It works best if you set the cream cheese out for about 30 min prior to soften it up.

*Flatten out chicken breasts (I use my fist).

*Roll/Stuff the Cream Cheese Mix into each chicken breast and wrap 1 – 2 pieces of bacon around it. (I use all the Cream Cheese Mix, I like mine ‘over-stuffed’)

*Place in glass baking dish, put in oven at 350 for 35-40 minutes

ENJOY!! Let me know if you make them! They are delicious!

(I googled a photo because I didn't take a picture of mine.... but you get the picture)

Ooh-La-Love!

My pregnant sister told me she was craving Chicken Rolls and wanted to know if I would make them for her... so of course I did :) While dinner was in the oven, she informed me the bakery around the corner from her house, had a Drive-Through!!! Yes, a bakery with a Drive-Through!!!

Oh My Goodness! This Bakery was AMAZING! It is called Ooh-La-La, if you live in the Katy Area, you HAVE to go check it out! It recently won a competition for their delicious cupcakes!Steph picked the Velvet-Elvis Cupcake (Red Velvet cupcake with cream cheese icing), I had the Brown Sugar Cinnamon Cupcake (tasted like a coffee cake from heaven). We also both got hot coffee drinks - I think I found my new guilty pleasure with this place!

After dinner, we enjoyed our cupcake delights, coffee, and topped it off by watching a classic super girly movie - Only You, with the oh-so-hot Robert Downey Jr.

I love girl nights :)

Muggle Monday's

This is not the usual MM... but I couldn't resist. When Stephanie asked me who Tim looked like, I immediately said HARRY POTTER!!!! Luckily, Joe had his old Halloween Costume and had Tim put it on... Can you see it??

Some HP News

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is really coming along great! It is getting closer and closer to the park opening - There are rumors that it will open in March 2010!! We are going to try to go in October of this year - I cannot wait!!

Wordless Wednesday's

Shooting a 357 :)

2009 Round-up!!

I have yet to post pictures from Christmas and New Years - So here it goes!!

Every year my Nana throws a large Christmas party on Christmas Eve. It's an event I look forward to every year! I get to see some of my extended family that I only see once a year!

With my Mom

With my cousin Steven... he makes me feel so short!

With my cousin Jeffrey, who lives in NY, but will be moving back in August!
With my Little Sister, AshleyI got a new camera for Christmas from my Nana, which I opened that night, however it was after a lot of people had left and after we took a picture of my HUGE Italian family!! I would have loved to put a picture of that on here!!

My mom and I on Christmas Day! In between Christmas and New Years, I went ice skating! I haven't been ice skating since I was a little girl! I thought I would be the first in my group to eat it, however I was VERY shocked that I did not fall ONCE!! WOOHOO!!

For New Years, we always go out to eat with my Mom's side of the family. This year Nana treated us to Mexican food. YUM!

Then I headed to my friends amazing party! They had a dance floor, music, poker tables, open bar, etc - I couldn't ask for more!! I had so much fun this New Years!

The girls at the Black Jack table! (where I doubled my money!)

Posing with Brooke The girls!
Me, Brooke, and Audrey (so glad Audrey is back in the States!!)

I had a GREAT Christmas and a WONDERFUL New Years!

Here's to 2010!!

Merry Christmas!

Some Christmas Humor for you guys :) But, lets not forget the true meaning behind this day. The Birth of Jesus Christ.I received my Christmas Miracle early this year. I had a very serious scare with my eye last month. The pressure was extremely high (55) and my eye doctor told me that my eye would not survive much longer if we couldn't bring it down. For once, I was very nervous because the usual treatment wasn't working. We tried some different meds and when I returned my eye doctor was shocked at how well my eye responded! I am still on 3 different drops and oral medication for the time being, but yet again, my eye beat the odds. There is really only one reason that I can see the way that I do, because of Him.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

God Bless!

Christmas Card Display

I didn't have a place to display all the Christmas Cards I was receiving, so I decided to make one! I wrapped a piece of cardboard with some wrapping paper and criss-crossed some ribbon and voila!

It's not very big, but it does the trick! Except now that I have so many, they aren't fitting... any other ideas??

I'm Not The Only One!

Just so everyone knows I am not the only one that spoils him... Do you need a close up?
Yep! You read that right! To: Vito, From: Poppy & Nana!!

(AKA Grand Parents - Even Vito gets presents under the tree!)

My Favorite

I love lazy days that I get to lay around on the couch with this little guy :) He makes it so easy to love him :)

Green Thumb? Not me!

This is my very first plant to own. I was a little nervous about killing it, but I was told that Ivy's are pretty much impossible to kill... well apparently I beat the odds. This is what my Ivy looks like now....

I took out all the dead leaves, and watered it (maybe that's why it died??) and am hoping it comes back to life... fingers crossed!!

Turning 26!

Happy Birthday to me!! Because my birthday fell on a Monday, I celebrated this weekend. My best friend, Kara, came in to help celebrate too :) Here are a couple pictures from the weekend!

Ernie, Kara, Me Me with Vanessa

My Mom made one of my favorite cakes - Dirt Cake!! It was SO yummy!! Now for the funny part!

Kara, who is newly pregnant, was not drinking for obvious reasons so she was our designated driver. Before we even got into the bar, she wrecked my car! Not bad, and to her defense, it was dark, rainy, a small parking lot, and she is not used to my car... She managed to get my car stuck on a curb (there was a drop off so the curb was taller then most). We could not reverse or go forward, so we had to call a tow truck (thanks Ernie!) to lift my car off of it. Everything was fine until we were driving home that night and the bottom runner started dragging... luckily some friends were following us and were able to take it off... The next morning they were able to put it back on - no damage done :) thanks handy friends!!!

Kara's uh-oh faceMe being helpful (words of encouragement) Me being sad :( Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate, and my family for taking me out to dinner at Babins (my fav!) and celebrating at Nana's!! I had a blast!!!

Wordless Wednesday's

(Courtesy of JibJab.com)

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!

It Snowed!!!

When I first heard that it might snow in Houston, I didn't believe the weatherman.... but I was very happy to be proven wrong!! Here are a few pictures I snapped - it was SO pretty!

(from my patio) This is what my car looked like when I went into a store for about an hour... I hope we get more snow this year!!!

Christmas at Rachel & Vito's!

Can you believe all of those boxes are full Christmas decorations?? It's a good thing I have a large storage space!

My Tree!

(Thanks Mom and Daddy for giving me your old tree. Thanks Colin for helping to set it up. Thanks to Stephanie and Tim for letting me borrow your old ornaments!!) View 2The table is set! (I made that reindeer last year - so proud of him!!) My Christmas Village!! I didn't have enough space for all my pieces :( but I think it turned out pretty good :)Isn't my Mistletoe Gorgeous??? I saw it at Kirklands and fell in love with it! Now I just need a boy to kiss under it! hahaI absolutely love my Nativity Scene!Here it is all set-up! My 'Mantel' (since I don't have a fireplace)

Close Up - isn't that train adorable?!!

I get so happy every time I walk in the door now! I love this time of year!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to wish everyone one a very Happy Thanksgiving this year! I am thankful to be spending this Thanksgiving with my family and all of their delicious cooking! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

I am also very excited that this time of year brings in some of my friends that live out of town! I don’t get to see them all that often, so I absolutely love the time I do get with them! Can’t wait to see all of you!!!