Taco Stuffed Shells

Let me just start by saying these are amazing!! So good that my hubby ate 5!!! He wants this to start being a regular on our menu! Before it was completely done my husband was working up in the attic while I was cooking these and he kept telling me it smelt the whole house up with a Mexican smell that was amazing!  Hope you enjoy!

Sorry the picture was taken after we had ate one.

First you need to gather you ingredients.

Ingredients

1-2 lbs ground beef

pkg of jumbo shells (I only used about 13 shells)

1 pkg of taco seasoning

1 8 oz. pkg of cream cheese

2 cups shredded cheese ( I used fiesta blend)

1/2 cup crushed tortilla chips

1 cup salsa

taco sauce ( your preference on how much)

sour cream if wanted as a topping

First cook noodles as stated on package.

Cook meat/drain and then add taco seasoning and follow direction on pkg.

Then add cream cheese and mix until melted.

In a 9 x 13 spread salsa on the bottom of dish. After noodles are done cooking drain them and return to pot and add some butter to them so they don't get sticky.

After the meat is done cooking you can now begin stuffing the shells with the meat mixture and placing them on top of salsa in pan.

Now you drizzle some taco sauce on top of shells. (Up to you how much you want)

Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 30 min.

When that is done sprinkle with the crushed tortilla chips

Top with the shredded cheese and bake uncovered for another 15 min or until cheese is melted.

These are AMAZING!!!

Better Late than Never : Halloween Party

Yes yes I know I am very late on this post!  But with school and stuff I have been very behind on blogging. Back in October we had a Halloween Party at my mom's house  for Corey's birthday.  We had a blast with all our family that was able to come and celebrate. Here are some pictures of that night.....

The Murphy's came as Corey, a patient, a doctor, and a vampire.

The Larkin' came as the Joker, a Monster High girl wolf, and an army guy.

My mom and Bob came as the Pilsbury doughboy and Betty Crocker.

My grandparents came as a Master Sgt in the air force and an air force wife. Can you believe he still has a uniform that fits lol

The Brown's came as a flapper girl and a surgeon.

My dad and Renetta came as an angel and and engineer.

Lucas and Amanda came as Robin Hood and a wolf.

I was a flapper girl and Corey was a mobster.

Jacob came as a vampire and won the Scariest costume award.

Liz and Adam came as Meredith and Mcdreamy from Grey's Anatomy.

The voting table for Scariest, Best, & Funniest Costume

Corey's mom and step dad came as the Harlem Globetrotters and won the Funniest costume award.

The Smith family came as the Adam's Family and won the Best costume award.

The Matthews' family came as the people from Christmas Vacation and jail people.

As you can see we had a great time and hope this can become a yearly thing that we do! Hope all that weren't able to come will be able to come next year!!

Happy Birthday Chad!

So yesterday my brother turned 28! So this past weekend my mom ,myself, Corey, my dad , and Renetta all went down to Arkadelphia to his home to spend the day with him and have a birthday party! He was so excited to see us, and of course mom had to have pictures of us!

Singing Happy Birthday in sign language

I know he had such a great time and was so happy to see all of us! I hope he had a wonderful day yesterday!

Dad and Renetta got Married!

So a while back I posted about my dad getting engaged, so in October they got married in a lilttle private church ceremony. It was perfect and their closest family got to be there. Here are some pictures.

You may now kiss the bride!

The bride and groom with their sisters.

The bride and groom with me!

I am very excited and happy for them as they have started their life together. I could not have asked for a better stepmom! She is so great to my dad and my family! Welcome to the family Renetta!

The House: Finished with Bed/Bath

I know I know it has been a while! I still haven't gotten used to this whole blogging thing! Hopefully soon but we are some super busy people lol.  Well we have finished the master bathroom and bedroom of our house so here are some pictures of us finishing up!

This is when we got the lights up!

This is my finished room, bathroom, and closet!! I have to say my hubby did a great job! Cant wait for the rest of the house but fore now we are taking a break but will keep yall posted!

Work on the House

Since I have started school, the work on the house has slowed down alot.  Since last time I posted on it we have finished framing, taken out some walls, built some walls, wrapped the house to be ready for siding , put new doors in, and have started sheetrocking in the bedroom and bathroom.  Here are some pictures of what has been done!