Recipes and a Dog House

I love cooking...but lately I have been in a recipe rut. There are two or three favorites that I rotate, but outside of those, I was out of ideas! I started looking for recipe blogs and found Kristy's Recipes. This girl's stuff is GOOD! So far we have tried the Chicken Broccoli Macaroni and Cheese Bake, Penne with Chicken and Broccoli in White Wine Cheddar Sauce, and Chipotle Chicken and Bean Nachos. Seriously, everything was SO good! Chris even ate leftovers (a small miracle in itself!). :)


WARNING: These are definitely NOT low fat recipes (lots of Velveeta...ha!), but you could modify them to make them less fattening.

Sunday Luke and Ashley came over. Chris needed Luke's help building a dog house, and Ashley and I had some wedding projects to work on, so we got to work and then ate dinner.

We painted the pots for Ashley's ceremony decor. They are regular ceramic pots, but we painted them a charcoal gray color. They will have apples in them. The paint color she chose is seriously so pretty, and it's textured too. They turned out really cool!

Before the second coat.

All the pots.
My sweet hubby working on the dog house in the crazy heat!
The base of the dog house (and Stella "helping").
Almost done!

Benelli saying "Hi."

Done! Stella isn't laying in it, but I promise she loves it! She has been sleeping in it and has been in it almost every time I go out there!

I am working on several small projects around the house, so I will post before and after pictures later. For now, laundry is calling my name. :)