Spicy White Bean Soup

My friend Alisa is a FABULOUS cook! Even last night she was saying how she had just tried a new recipe. So if your stuck like me in a rut of the usual recipes here is a tasty one! Tis' the season to start warming up with yummy soups for dinner and this is my FAVORITE soup. Thanks Alisa!

2 Tbl. olive oil
saute 1 med onions
4 garlic cloves minced
2 4oz. cans chopped green chilies
2 tsp. cumin
1 1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. Cayenne pepper
6 cups chicken broth
4 cups chopped chicken
3 cups Monterrey jack cheese shredded
3 16oz. cans northern white beans (Alisa prefers Busch's brand) do not drain

I hope I didn't just give a secret family recipe away:)

Tagged

What are the last 3 things you purchased?
1.Baskets to get organized.
2.Popcorn and drinks for the movie IGOR.
3.Cupcakes from So Cupcake to surprise my hubby with at work.

What are the last 3 songs you downloaded onto your iPod?
(Derek does all my downloading)
1.Mama Mia
2.SOS -from Mama Mia, me and Derek sing this very well together, he agreed that if we were ever at a Karaoke party this would be our song :)
3.Miley Cyrus (I'd like to say for Kasidee, but that was already downloaded onto her ipod this time it was for me)

What are your three favorite movies?
1.Juno
2.Steel Magnolias
3.Mama Mia

What are three things you have not done yet?
1.Gotten ready for the day
2.Laundry
3.Talked to Suzie

What are you three favorite TV shows?
1.The Office
2.Grey's Anatomy
3.SNL

What are three things you can't live without?
1.Family
2.Flat Iron
3.Friends

What are you three favorite dishes?
1.Lasagna (my moms)
2.Chicken Madeira from Cheesecake Factory
3.Eggplant Parmesan from Olive Garden

What are your three favorite desserts?
1.Sugar Cookies (home made or from Schmidt's)
2.Peach Crisp
3.Anything Brooke and Kevin make

What three things would you buy if money were not an issue?
1.I've always told my mom I'd pay off her house first
2.Vacations with my family
3.A house that my kids as teenagers would like to be the hangout (I know I'm going to need to keep an eye on them)

If you could have three wishes what would they be?
1.To be a kinder more patient mother
2.Not have to work
3.More time, I'm always running out of it!

Three people I tag:
1.Brooke (because she also hates tagging)
2.Sonya
3.Katherine

State Fair

It's a Kuehne tradition to attend the state fair. And what a treat the fair is. When we first started going when Kasi was a baby, I remember wiping down all the rides she rode, using a TON of hand sanitizer, and getting angry at the carnies for smoking while kids were around. All those things still bother me 7 yrs later, it's just that my kids have always lived through it, so I've decided to relax a little. Dillon was quite bothered by all the smells this year. He plugged his nose through most of the night. And Kasidee was in animal HEAVEN!!! My favorite part (for those who know her) was seeing Sister Dunn manning her own booth. I still have no idea what she was selling/showing people. Hopefully I've gotten some of you excited about the fair and we'll see ya next year!

Labor Day Weekend

We had such a fun weekend. Friday night I went with my girls to dinner then to see the movie Mama Mia (my second time seeing the movie. LOVE IT). Saturday I went with my parents to the Farmers Market downtown (somehow I lived to tell the story girls :) ) That was fun, my mom LOVES the market so I felt like I should check it out. Came home and threw in a couple hair appointments, then headed up to Washington Lake to camp. We've probably been camping 3 times since we've been married and Dillon has never been. He was the happiest kid alive!! He kept saying "This is the awesomest night ever! Camping ROCKS!"

Hanging around the camprfire roasting marshmallows.





The kids loved sleeping in a tent. It rained all night, luckily we stayed warm and dry.



Todd told Dillon he would take him fishing so Dillon stayed right by his side. They only had one pole, so we decided to give them all sticks with strings attached. Dillon and Kasidee had a hard time understanding why the fish weren't jumping onto their strings. My kids are not patient. Saving himself the torture of listening to Dillon whine about not catching a fish, Todd grabbed a dead one and tied it to Dillons string. Dillon was so proud of himself! He sat their for a good 30 min. making the fish swim around in the water. Dillon reminds Kasidee that he was the only one who caught a fish!









To finish off the trip we went four wheeling. We went on some really fun and really rocky trails. Dillon fell alseep and I'm not sure how. And Kasidee was able to drive for a little bit.






My cute neices and nephew were so much fun to hang around and kept asking us to stay one more night. Luckily we didn't because it snowed! Thanks Tiff and Todd for showing us such a fun weekend!



Monday we stayed home so I could paint Kasidee's room. Derek was off so we let him pick lunch (Chik-Fil-A) then shopped IKEA. We wished the weekend lasted longer!