Beautifully Poor

If you follow on Facebook you would have seen that I promised a recipe with some yummy ingredients today! Well look no further! Here is it! One of my favorite Jell-O salads as a kid and perfect for any day or a get together! So tasty! Here are the ingredients: 1 small box of Orange Jell-O 1-20-oz can crushed pineapple in juice 1/4 cup sugar 1-8oz package cream cheese, softened 1-8oz container of Cool Whip 4 Tablespoons Milk 1-15oz can mandarin oranges In a small saucepan, dissolve Jell-O, sugar and pineapple with juice over medium heat; about 5-8 minutes. Make sure to stir occassionally. Set this aside. Cream the cream cheese. Add the milk and whisk until smooth and shiny; make sure there are no lumps. Whisk in the Cool Whip until completely combined. Add the Jell-O mixutre and then whisk out the lumps. Put in half the can of drained mandarin oranges and set the remaining aside for garnish. It will be warm and watery looking. Place this in the fridge for ...

I LOVE having fun. The things that bring me the most joy are being outside and seeing my kid have a blast. If all three of us are together, we can create some really fun memories, like we did on Thursday night. It had been raining on and off all day and we were supposed to get thunderstorms, but it was so sporadic and I had brats pulled out for dinner. Everyone knows brats are better on a grill and I just wanted some fresh air. It wasn't cold out at all so I asked Benjamin if he wanted to go on a picnic when daddy got home. He was all excited so I figured, yes, let's make this a good one! I grabbed the cooler and packed it. Made a pasta salad and boiled the brats. Got the plates and silverware, napkins, lighter and everything else we needed for a small picnic, including squirt guns. (It was kinda rainy already, so why not right?) When Lawrence got off of work, which was earlier than usual that day, we put on our flip flops and headed out the door. After loading the...