Fischer turns 6.

Fischer turned 6 this month. He spent his birthday weekend at the Father-Son Campout.

He got a new bike. We got to talk to him and he sounds more grown-up. We love him and miss him.

Cinco de Mayo: Make this for dinner !

Awesome Beef Taco Casserole

Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 30 min

Ingredients

1 pound extra lean ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped

15 ¹/2 ounces kidney beans

8 ounces tomato sauce

2 teaspoons chili powder

¹/2 teaspoon garlic salt

1 cup tortilla chips, broken

1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Crumble ground beef into a 10-inch skillet. Add onion.

3. Cook and stir until beef is light brown and onion is tender. Drain.

4. Add kidney beans (un-drained), tomato sauce, chili powder and garlic salt. Heat to boiling.

5. Pour half of the meat mixture into ungreased 1 1/2-quart casserole and top with broken tortilla chips.

6. Pour remaining beef mixture over top and sprinkle with Cheddar cheese.

7. Cover and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until bubbly.

8. Garnish with chopped green pepper and pimento, if desired.

Our Brand New Car: KIA 5 door Forte

We just bought this car this morning. I think it is the first time we bought a brand new car and from a dealer, no less. We have always bought our cars through Greg's dad.....usually whatever is a good deal. There are many used cars these days and the prices are high. Usually you lose $2500 just driving off the lot when you buy a new car..so we have always been the 2nd owner with low miles..practically new. But this little baby had a rebate, a 10 year warranty and it gets around 35 to 40 mpg ...perfect for our notary business and this expensive gas. We got the titanium color...can't tell if it is this in the picture, but it is pretty. It even has a blue tooth so you can talk hands free and dial by talking. Perfect for me on long trips when I am driving. It will be Greg's most of the time.....but mine when we need to conserve miles on the van. It was hard writing the check......we have never had a car payment so this was a big check to write. We did our research and shopped around , got Grandpa's blessing ( he who knows alot about cars) and hope we did the right thing. Greg's car died last week so we had to make a decision quick....so we did. It is already fun to drive. Too bad we had no kids live at home to come out a see our first brand new car. They will just have to see it on our blog :)