InstaFriday - Birthday Boy!

It's Friday Ya'll!  Woohoo!  You know what that means?!   

InstaFriday and a recap of our week!

Very thankful for IG filters and picfx to make my self portrait better than when it first started!  That second picture is proof that Chad loves our new pup Betsy, just as much as the kids and I do!  He likes to tell the story that he went to Vegas for the weekend and came home and there was a dog!  Both of which are true, but he totally knew about the dog before we bought her, I swear.  And for the record, we chose Betsy's name way before I saw that one of the Teen Mom's on MTV named her French Bulldog Betsy.  Technically she was first, but that episode didn't play until this past Monday, so I claim that we were first! 

 Saturday morning football.  Thank goodness this one was much warmer!

Snuggle pup, she loves our faces.

Tired boy.  Couldn't eat his dinner his head and mouth hurt so bad.  I assume it had something to do with all the crazy stuff he had going on in his mouth from his ortho appointment last week.

 The Oversized Growth Chart Ruler that my friend Meghan made me for Christmas finally got hung and I love it!

 Birthday Boy!  My baby turned 8!  I remember his birth like it was yesterday (sucker for a birth story?  You can read his here, it's an emotional one).  He woke up feeling refreshed!  No headache at all!  His present from us this year was Betsy (it is Lola's present too, they agreed before we bought her) and he is SO good with her!  We also didn't do a big birthday party this year (dog again, she was quite pricey), however we did head to ChuckE Cheese's together as a family.  Kyan and Lola had just as much fun together playing games as I think he would have had with friends.  They have such a bond and it is so fun to watch them together.  After a late lunch/early dinner, we headed home to eat ice cream cake with grandpa and grandma Moffitt, Auntie Rae and the cousins, and the Adair family.  It was so special for Kyan and he kept saying over and over that he didn't want his day to end. 

 Cooked a little something old and a little something new this week!

Salmon Patties (they look like cat food to me): One 15oz. can Red Salmon, One egg, Crushed Crackers, and Creole Seasoning to taste.  Mix it all together and make 4 patties.  Cook on stove until the outsides get crispy!

Cilantro-Lime Chicken Bake: NOT my recipe, but a recipe that I found on pinterest and knew I had to try as it has two of my favorite things to cook with in the title of the dish!  You can find the recipe here.  I didn't use the cilantro-lime rice that her recipe gave, instead I used this one, I had made it before and loved the taste, so I decided to not change what I knew worked!  She said she also bought fresh mango salsa at the grocery store.  I looked and didn't find any so I made the mango salsa that I use for our California Hot Dogs, you can find that here (you just have to scroll down, that is a long post about how to throw a hot dog party)!