Twin Cities Harvest Festival & Maze

Today was fun! Joe, Kimmy and I took ALL 4 of the kids to Twin Cities Harvest Festival and Maze! This is located in Brooklyn Park! Nathan hung out in the stroller while Lily, Natalie, Kaylee, Kimmy and I played in the corn bin!! The girls burried Kimmy and Kimmy and I burried the two older girls! Lily got burried up to her waist. She looked like she was enjoying herself as much as we all did!! After we played in the corn bin we made our way to the maze!! This year it is the Twins theme!! Completely awesome!!!! They even hid 20 different questions throughout the maze and on the back of the map they gave us some multiple choice options and we had to put the Twins players names with each question. The players ranged from todays players to the 1970's!! If you answer all 20 questions correctly they will put your name in for a drawing for next year season tickets!! Kimmy and I are crossing our fingers and toes praying we get those tickets! How awesome would that be!!

The awesome maze!

After we completed the maze we ended back up in the corn bin! The girls just LOVED playing in the corn!!!

Lily's first steps in the corn

Standing so big and proud next to Kimmy

Lily had a hard time walking

Belly Flopping Nan!

Lily being burried up to her waist

Digging her in further

and further...

Natalie and Kaylee laying under some corn

We only got one picture in the maze as Kimmy and I were focusing on trying to win season tickets for next year by answering all of the questions correctly.

Kimmy and Lily burrying Lily's feet

Lily decided to dig her feet out one kernel at a time!

Setting each kernel on the hay bales

Lily sitting so proud that she could see her toes again!

Comments

Marry Me Meatballs

I can’t say no to crockpot recipes and Your Barefoot Neighbor shared this one so I had to try it. I’d like to say my children aren’t picky but they all have their own quirks when it comes to food and my youngest daughter didn’t care for the sun-dried tomatoes. Everyone else enjoyed it as it is. Marry Me Meatballs Ingredients 2 lbs frozen Italian meatballs 4 C chicken stock 1 jar sun-dried tomatoes, drained and chopped 1 can cream of chicken soup Italian seasoning Garlic powder Onion powder Red pepper flakes 2 lbs gnocchi (shelf stable ones) 1/2 pint heavy whipping cream Baby spinach Shredded Parmesan cheese (I used shaved Parmesan) Directions Add meatballs, chicken stock, cream of chicken soup, sun-dried tomatoes and seasonings to crockpot. Cook on high for 3 hours. When that is done add in your gnocchi, heavy cream and baby spinach and cook for another 30 minutes on high. Top with the Parmesan cheese. Serve with garlic toast.

Sausage & Rice Casserole

Last night we failed to pull anything out of the freezers for dinner. Seems to be a common thing here in this house and it’s quite frustrating. I went to my fridge and saw the mushrooms I had gotten and remembered there was a TikTok recipe for them. Y’all this was the EASIEST meal! Sausage & Rice Casserole Ingredients 1 lb Jimmy Dean sausage 2 pouches of Uncle Ben’s long grain and wild rice 1 1/2 C. Mozzarella or Cheddar cheese, shredded 1 can of golden mushroom soup 1 package of sliced mushrooms Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown sausage, add in mushrooms once almost all the way cooked. While that’s cooking down, pop your rice pouches in the microwave per the instructions. When they’re done add them in with the sausage and mushrooms. Also add in your can of golden mushroom soup and the shredded cheese. Mix it all up and put in the oven for 15 minutes.

Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes

Oh man! This side dish is absolutely one we will be keeping around! It’d be really good on the smoker too! I do feel like it’s missing some seasonings so the next go around we will play with adding in some smoked paprika and garlic too! Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes Ingredients 8 medium russet potatoes, thinly sliced 2 medium onion, sliced into rings salt and ground black pepper to taste 6 tablespoons butter 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 cups milk 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese Directions Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 2-quart casserole dish. Layer 1/2 of the potatoes in the bottom of the prepared casserole dish; season with salt and pepper. Layer onion slices over top, then top with remaining potatoes. Season again with salt and pepper. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Gradually whisk in flour and salt and cook, whisking constantly until raw flour flavor has cooked off, abo...

The JMB Family

Search This Blog