Stuffed Pepper Soup

I absolutely love this time of year! When the days start getting cooler, I start making soups and stews.  Tuesday night I made Stuffed Pepper Soup and liked it so much I thought I'd share the recipe with you all.  (I found this recipe in the Taste of Home Soup Magazine)

Stuffed Pepper Soup

Ingredients:

2 lbs. ground beef

2 quarts water

1 can (28 oz) tomato sauce

1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained

2 cups cooked long grain rice

2 cups chopped green peppers

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules

2 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

In a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.  Stir in the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil.  Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes or until peppers are tender.  YIELD:  10 servings (2-1/2 quarts).

My husband counts points through Weight Watchers so here is that information just in case you were interested too.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 cup) equals 248 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 45 mg cholesterol, 1,158 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 19 g protein.

Points Plus:  6  Old Points:  5

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday Y'all!

Today I'm linking up with sweet Jamie over at This Kind of Love for What I'm Loving Wednesday!

{ONE}

I'm loving my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

{TWO}

I'm loving that I'll be off work tomorrow to spend the day with my sweet boy!

{THREE}

I'm loving these adorable coats...

Amber Road Coat 

Oom Pa Paprika Coat

Weather or Haute Coat

{FOUR}

I'm loving that my sweet and handsome nephew is playing football this friday night.  He is a senior this year and friday night will be senior night.  We love you #10!

{FIVE}

I'm loving that our Rebels will be playing at home this weekend.  We are having a rough year and I can only imagine the beating we'll take against Alabama Saturday, but I still love my Rebels!  Hotty Toddy!!

{SIX}

I'm loving that my sweet friend Amber will be celebrating her birthday tomorrow...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL!

{SEVEN}

Last but certainly not least I'm totally loving my sweet loves!

What are you loving this Wednesday?  Link up with Jamie and let us know!

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Wow I didn't realized that I had not blogged in so long, oopsies!  

This weekend we took our little guy to the Pumpkin Patch.  Some friends of ours joined us with their sweet babies as well.  We really had a great time.  Last year when we went, Tucker was just too little and didn't enjoy it near as much as he did this year.   Here are a few pictures of our great time.

Look how tall I am!

My sweet guy!

Tucker and Zoe

Billy, Amy, Zoe and Zane

My sweet family!

Feeding the sheep at the petting zoo

Zane's first trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Contemplating the Chickens

They really like each other ;) 

(we think it's cute now but probably won't when they are 15!)

Being silly!

On the ride to the Pumpkin Patch

Mommy's big boy

Tuck and Daddy

Tuck and Mommy

Picking out his very own pumpkin

On the prowl for another pumpkin

Sweet boy

Jumping in the moon bounce

He loves to slide

Sorry for the over kill of pictures but we really did have a great time!  

Yesterday, my sweet boy turned 23 months.  It's hard to believe that in a months time we will officially have a 2 year old.  Time truly does fly!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

It has been a while since I've participated in What I'm Loving Wednesday so I thought I'd show y'all what I'm loving today!

{ONE}

I'm loving that God sent his one and only Son to die on the cross for my sins!!

{TWO}

I'm loving that my boss man won his election yesterday!  Congratulations Jerry, you are going to be a wonderful Superintendent of Education!  I'm so proud of you!!

{THREE} 

I'm loving that I start my class tonight but a sad that I'm having to miss church to go!  I'm so excited to be an Ole Miss student!!

{FOUR}

I'm loving that the hubs and I have season tickets to watch the Rebels play!!!  Love me some Ole Miss football!!

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{FIVE}

I'm loving these cute Grove worthy dresses and tops

Backyard Vacation Dress

Lapis It Up Dress

Horizon Haze Top

West Coast Casual Top

Budding Buttons Jersey Dress

{FOUR}

And as always I'm loving my sweet and wonderful husband and son

What are you loving today?  Link up with Jamie over at This Kind of Love and let us know.

Happy Wednesday Y'all!

An Overdue Update and Stuff!

Ok, so in all honesty, I totally have attempted to blog but was having major blogger issues.  I have also been seriously busy at work due to the beginning of school and crazy election stuff.  So here goes...

Election Update

In my last post I asked for prayers for my wonderful boss in the Superintendents election.  Well, the good Lord must have heard all those prayers because we are in a run-off.  I know some of you may not think that's a good thing, but let me tell you it is.  We were totally expecting a run-off, but we never expected Jerry to get such a high percentage of votes in the primary.  Jerry had 49.67% (or something like that) and the closest candidate had 23%.  WOW!  We almost pulled it off in the first and only liked 4 actual votes putting us over that 50% mark.  Having said all that, we will be voting again on tuesday August 23.  We couldn't be more proud of Jerry and just pray pray pray that everyone gets back out and vote.  

Other "Stuff"

 Cardinal Football 

My nephew Zack is a Senior in high school this year and plays football.  Our school has a fairly new football program, this is actually just our third year to have football.  We are getting a brand new field and couldn't be more excited.  Our field should be completed in the next few weeks or so.  Having said all that, our football team played in a jamboree saturday at the Ole Miss campus (and WON!).  We were too excited to see Zack out there playing on the Ole Miss football field.  Here are a few pics I took...

We parked across campus so that we could walk through the grove.  Tucker and I under the "Walk of Champions"

Tucker will be walking this walk someday as and Ole Miss Rebel!

Zack waiting to take field

The team!

I loved this!  Tucker taking it all in!

Ole Miss Student

I am now officially an Ole Miss student!  I will be finishing up my accounting degree. I am only taking one class this fall to get back in the swing of things.  I haven't been in school since Tucker was born, so we'll see how it all works out.  On the downside, I am selling my beloved Yukon to get a car to save on gas.  My Yukon averages 16 mpg.  I'm looking at the Toyota Camry, Chevrolet Malibu or Honda Accord.  Do any of you have one of these cars?  If so, let me know how you like them.  I have had a few calls on my Yukon but no takers.... so, if you know of anyone looking tell them to hit me up!

Pinterest

I'm just now finding pinterest!  *GASP* I know right!  I'm always a little behind.  I had read on several blogs about pinterest but I wasn't interested in looking at a bunch of random pictures.  HELLO!  No one told me that pinterest is so much more than that!  I absolutely LOVE it!  I have found so many cute ideas for Christmas, Halloween, Groving, Birthday Party's, House Ideas, Wonderful Sayings and Amazing Food ideas!  I spend way too much time looking through all the pins.  If you haven't checked it out yet I totally encourage you to do so.  Look me up here!  If you need an invite, let me know and I'll surely send you one!

Here are a few pins I'm loving!

Beautiful Fall Door

Love this Mud Room

I will be making this Tree Skirt

I need to remember this more often!

Ready for cooler weather to eat some of this!

Can't wait for September 3rd!  Ole Miss vs BYU @ Ole Miss!!! HOTTY TODDY!

So that's it for my random post!  Hope it wasn't too long for y'all.  

Until next time!!

Prayers Please

Hi everyone!  I am asking today for prayers.  I know this is kind of a silly thing to ask prayers for, but it is really important to me.

As I mentioned in my last post, our Superintendent of Education is an elected official and not appointed.  I have a very special friend, and co-worker, who is running for this position along with three other candidates.  

Jerry Moore, our current Deputy Superintendent, is certainly the most qualified and is running for the sake of our children and for no other reason.  The other candidates are not currently in education.  One was a principal about 8 years ago, one is a former Memphis City teacher who was just let go because of job cuts, and one was once an assistant principal for a semester many years ago.  

Now don't get me wrong, I do not know any of the other candidates personally so I can't really speak for their character, but I do know Jerry and have known him for a very long time.  I am so afraid that if he does not win this race, that our schools will be in major jeopardy.

So, I ask that you pray not necessarily for Jerry, but for our children and for our school district.  God has a plan and we may not know the reason for his plan, but what matters is that it's HIS plan.

Thank you for your prayers!  I'll let you all know the outcome of the election tomorrow.  

God Bless,