Enchilada Dinner for Small Group

 

After Thanksgiving, I said to myself I wasn’t hosting Anything Else at my house until after I have the baby.  But I had forgotten until Saturday afternoon that I had already volunteered to host Dinner for our Church Small Group that Sunday!

Originally I was going to do a Thanksgiving Dinner theme, but I was already tired of leftovers, so I made my Special White Sauce Chicken Enchiladas, a recipe I inherited from a friend years ago from TX.  These are so Delicious, they will melt in your mouth and instantly layer your hips & thighs!!!  Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Butter, & Heavy Whipping Cream are just a few of the healthy ingredients in these.

I made one pan of traditional Cheese Enchiladas for those less Adventurous Peeps.

All three pans ready for the oven.

I love this little divot area next to the refrigerator to set up drinks.

Just a glimpse of half the kitchen, it’s so nice to have some counter space for preparing meals.

And off to the right is a small everyday kitchen dinette area.  This table is over 100 years old, a family heirloom that Sean received from his family a few years ago.

I took this photo while I was still getting everything ready for the gathering.  Sean is fooling around on the Computer while his Pregnant Wife did ALL the work!!!  Actually, he was paying the bills

I set the table again exactly as I did for Thanksgiving and we enjoyed our Enchiladas and Fresh Guacamole at in the Dining Room. 

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving this year blew thru like a blizzard here.  We had snow start the Sunday Night before Thanksgiving & stayed with us until the day after T day!

Jonathan had a great time playing in all of it, Sean had a tough time driving on the ice and smashed half of his truck ;(  The roads were so bad here 2 of those days, sheets and sheets of ice!

I took only a few photos this year.  I have been really busy with moving & working, and preparing for Baby.  I wish I had stopped to take some pictures & breathe!!  It felt like Thanksgiving flew by!!  We had 21 guest this year, this is 1 of the tables I had set.

My crazy friend Holanda with her precious 3 month old Baby Mila

My friend RoseMarie that I have known since being stationed at Ft. Sill, OK 8 years ago.  Her Hubby Billy is in the background watching some Football on the couch.

Sean must have snagged a photo of the Turkey from the Oven as it came out.  We had another in the Turkey Fryer.

The Tators boiling.  We had 2 Turkeys, Green Bean Casserole, Mashed Tators, Gravy, Mac N Cheese, Candied Yams, 2 Pumpkin Pies, 1 Ice Cream Pumpkin Pie, 2 Apple Pies, Rolls & Cranberry Sauce

Sue sneaking into the Turkey before dinner!!

Evidently My Dad has started drinking fresh lime juice every night before bed.  Sue squeezes him a lime and he downs it.

Then says it cures Everything!!

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to Everyone.  Thanksgiving is my all time Favorite Holiday, wish I would have been more settled in my New House & was able to freeze the Holiday.  I’m So Grateful for so many things, most of all that this year I didn’t Feel like I did Last Thanksgiving!!

Thanksgiving 2009 in jammies.

Harry Potter Themed, Mother Hosted……

Everything in J’s life lately has been revolved around Harry Potter!  I remember when the books 1st came out, he was entirely too young, but as he got older I thought he would be interested in watching the movies, but they scared him.  In the past 6 months he has developed quite a liking for All things Harry Potter!  The Books, The Movies, The Legos, and of course what else would he choose to be this year for Halloween, none other than

Mr. Harry Q. Potter!

I hosted a small Halloween Dinner that night to start off the Festivities.

I made my Chili in the Crockpot very early that morning so that it could simmer all day.  My Dad called around 10 that morning and of course he too was making his own pot of Chili.  He thinks his is better, but he’s Wrong!!   I made corn bread muffins, Spinach Artichoke Dip, and Cupcakes too.  Oh, let me not forget the salad, that is indeed how I’m keeping up this round figure!!

Other than the Harry Potter phase, J is also going thru the “how can I really make my Mother Mad” phase!!  He had NO time to have his photo taken!!

 

See the fake smile, surely no way to continue his education at Hogwarts Castle!

A few of our friends had come over to have dinner & go Trick or Treating with Jonathan & our Cutesy little neighbor Rowan, AKA Railroad Conductor graced us with his presence too!  I got too tired to continue taking photos, but all in all we had a really fun evening & some really Adorable Trick or Treaters!!

Now, it’s time to Move & get ready for my ALL time favorite Holiday….

Thanksgiving!!!