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About Me
My name is Tami and I live in central Illinois with my husband, Larry and three children, Caleb (5), Camden (3) and Emma Grace (10 months). I hope you'll enjoy reading about my life as a wife/mother and about our family's adventures.
Creating Traditions
Everyone has traditions that they remember from childhood. I remember that every Christmas Eve, we would drive around town and look at Christmas lights. Every year on my birthday, my mother would make me a 3 layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting (Ok, she still does and I’m 34. I’m not ashamed.).
My wife and I have tried to find opportunities to carry on traditions from our childhood (ex., the Christmas tree lights), while adding new ones along the way. One is, with both boys, we have framed footprints at newborn, 6 months, and 1 year. Another tradition we started with our oldest was to make their birthday a “special day”, by taking a trip to the zoo, go on the carousel, etc. – even though we were celebrating their birthday with a party on the weekend (which, let’s face it, is more for the parents anyway – a 1 year old doesn’t care).
So those are some of our traditions, what are some of yours?
Tags: parenting, traditions, family
Sausage & Rice Casserole
- 1 lb. pork sausage
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
- 1 (4.5 oz.) package chicken noodle soup mix
- 2 cups hot water
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large skillet over medium high heat, combine the sausage, onion, celery and green bell pepper and saute for 5 minutes. Drain any excess fat. Stir the dry rice in with the sausage and vegetables, then add the water and the soup mix. Transfer this mixture to a lightly greased 2 quart casserole dish and top with the almonds. Bake, covered, for 90 minutes.
Recipe via Allrecipes.com
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