06-08 Chicken Tacos

This was our "Blazing Saddles" meal. ;-)  I got this recipe from a mom in our homeschool group.  Loved it the first time we had it so I made it again.  Easy to make and I love that I could make it in the crock pot.  Lucy's recipe called for 3 chicken breasts in the bottom of the pot but I had 5 so I used them all.  Also a package of taco seasoning, I should have used two but it was still good.  Then I topped that with a large can of black beans and a large can of ranch style beans.  I left the pot on low all day.  When done I shredded the chicken and mixed it all together. I added my favorite side dish with Mexican meals, Rice a Roni Spanish Rice.

We had hard taco shells and flour tortillas, most of my family prefers flour tortillas.  But here is all the toppings we used.  I like simple and plain so I just used cheese, lettuce, and sour cream.  Usually I would have added chips to my plate but I wasn't that hungry so I skipped em.

Thanks for the recipe Lucy we love it!!

06-07 Rarely Seen

This is a rare site.  Gabe is reading.

06-06 Four O'Clocks

This is one of my four o'clock flowers.  I took this photo at 10.  I never get to see them bloom.  No idea what time they actually open.  I just know it's after 10pm and before 7am.

06-05 Venus Transit

We wanted to view the transit at home but at the last minute we decided to head east away from all the clouds.  We got to Old Settlers Park in Round Rock Texas just in time and, to very few clouds so the sun wasn't covered up.

Here Brian is taking pictures, Mic is viewing through the binoculars, and Gabe is using the projector.  We bought special covers for the camera and binoculars so we could view the sun.  We had hoped to have one for the telescope but those covers were sold out.

Brian made a sun projector using the telescope and some cardboard and paper.  It worked great.  You can even see some of the sun spots.

Here is a better photo of the projected image.

And these are the photos Brian took with the camera.  If he had had more time to practice (it was cloudy most days before this event happened) and a better camera the photos would have been of better quality.  However I think Brian did a great job up until the sun went under some storm clouds.

06-04 No Glasses

Somebody keeps forgetting to wear her glasses so she was made to wear pretend ones.

06-03 Sunday Lunch

We had some left over spaghetti so that is what I chose to eat for lunch Sunday.  Then.  I saw......hot dogs.  I wondered if the two would be good together.  AND THEN I thought of Sheldon Cooper. (Big Bang Theory) And yes I did.  I cut up the hot dog and put it on top.  It was pretty good. =)

06-02 Coffee

My Saturday morning coffee had sweet cream creamer in it and some yummy whip cream on top. =)

06-01 Nerf

Gabe is my Nerf gun addict.