Christmas Mice~

My friend S'mee over at Tuesdays Tutorials made these and I just HAD TO make some too!
We LOVED them! she has a great video that will teach you how to make these Yummy treats!

Pictures and a few weeks of no energy..

We have done so many really fun things in the last few weeks.. Some how I have not had the energy to post.. I know sounds funny but I have been REALLY tired, yet I have most likely slept more than I normally do..lol I know I am just an immunity system wimp!
(maybe it was all the fun that just knocked me out! Right?~)
Any who here are a few glimpse's into our last week or so.


Here is Our ward party:)
( I was home sick..bummer)


Lilly with Santa Who knows what she asked for ...BUT lets see what the other kids wanted~


Katie who wanted all the candy from his pocket AND,


I understand she was asking for a life sized doll that will sew for you..?? Maybe we will get a maid for Christmas! ;) hohoho

Sam asking for a *Spruce Goose* model and a Lionel train set.. I wonder if Santa thought he was talking to a kid from the 50's lol


Rune who braved the Ward party with the 3 kids by himself~ Thanks Babe~


Our cookies are the ones in the middle on the large glass plate.

Rune took a picture of the meal but did not bring any of it home..I am not sure if he was showing it to me or showing off..lol

Katie told me tonight that she wanted to make sure her Ears were showing so that everyone could see how well she can hear.. lol Gotta love her and her ears!


The family Christmas picture~ If only I knew how to photo shop I could be there too.

My favorite kids~

Thanksgiving:) at Our house.

Yumm..Ok you might see we had Sister Costco bring her yummy pies.. I did make caramel pecan brownies.

some of the Fam that came to our house. We had 17 people altogether!!

More fam

The kids Loved playing together!

Crazy Larsen girls!

Dinner with friends~

Dinner at the Brandt's YUM ~
Lilly, Katie and Iris
Thanks again Quincy and Tre!

Quincy, Violet and Kris

Scott, Tre & Violet

Thankful Play~

Katie's Thankful play at school :) Love our goofball faces!

Our kindie Thankful play (the day before Thanksgiving) see how proud Katie was after she did her part;) She was first and stood up and said what she was Thankful for; Her mommy and daddy and grass and Sam & Lilly :)
Go team!
(BTW It was also PJ's day at school~ so lol you can see most of the class looks *sleepy*)

This Week~ With an Edit

We had 2 field trips (only one got pictures..lol)
You can find her at the end with her Daddy's black coat and her sassy pink boots!


Kate at the Science Factory


Enchilada Casserole

• 1 lg can enchilada sauce (I use a Verde)
  
• 1 can of corn drained
  
• 1 4oz. can of diced chilies
• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef & 1 small Onion diced
  
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 (16 ounce) can black beans drained
  
• 1 (12 ounce) package corn tortillas
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Call you family over for dinner..;)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. In a large skillet, brown the ground beef with garlic salt and onion powder and onion; drain fat. Mix beans and corn and 1/2 can of the enchilada sauce with the meat.
3. Dip enough corn tortillas to cover the bottom of a 3 quart casserole dish in the remaining enchilada sauce. Arrange tortillas in the dish. Spoon in half of the meat mixture, covering the tortillas. Spread half of the Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses over the meat. Cover with another layer tortillas dipped in enchilada sauce. Spoon in remaining meat mixture and top with a final layer of tortillas dipped in enchilada sauce. Pour any remaining sauce over the layers and top with remaining cheese.
4. Cover and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

Rune's Norwegian pancakes

This is Rune's recipe..I don't know it..lol
Rune and a little of the pancake cream..lol


Carrot Cake

Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting~

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

1. In a small bowl beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form; set aside.
2. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then fold in whipped cream.

This is a regular old boxed carrot cake, I added walnuts and raisins and a jar of purred carrot baby food. I also as you can see put nuts on top.. The frosting is what makes this shortcut cake.. I have a really great carrot cake recipe BUT I was lazy.
have a slice~


Our Kindergarten Turkey

A Larsen family Car Conversation~

So.. When Rune first came to the US he was amazed at how many 18 wheeler, big rig, Mack Trucks we had on our roads.. He quickly came to call the single a Prince, the double a Queen and a triple a King. (my Family loved this about him)

Today we were driving on Interstate 5 and seven Prince's passed us all at the same time~
Well we said to the girls.."look all the princes are chasing after you beautiful girls".

About 2 minutes after that Sam asked "what kind of a car do Prince's drive?".

Now, I was a teenager in the 80's so I took this as a prime moment to say I was sure it was a "Little Red Corvette".. and laughed at myself and looked to Rune to get his knowing smirk of joy when I really crack myself up..

Well this time nothing like that happened.(this really happens often actually)
I said .."you know Prince's song "Little Red Corvette" then I pressed on to sing all of it that I could remember which was only this line.. (which is good cause the song was a crazy naughty song)

"Little red corvette
Baby you're much 2 fast, yes u r
Little red corvette
U need 2 find a love thats gonna last"

Rune just looked at me and said.."I have no idea what you are talking about."

Now this was getting maddening..So I listed every Prince song I could remember and Finally he said that the song "Purple Rain" rang a bell.. now He and I are exactly the same age..So you would think he would have known this song!

And that's how conversations happen in our car..

If you ever wonder why I talk so much.. now you know..I am just in desperate search for anyone to get my random, useless (USA only) knowledge jokes.

BTW, Sam was more confused than you are right now..

Team Larsen~

When we were in our first years of marriage we had a bishop tell us we need to treat each other like teammates..(funny for us since neither Rune or I are Team sports fans)
We laughed about it a little and when things are maybe a little tough or "harry" we tease each other and say... Don't forget we are TEAM LARSEN~ Well when the kids got old enough to understand things well we told them we were a "team" and that we need to be on each others side at all times.












I love it when I see our kids showing their "TEAM" spirit!
You can see they were on team Goofy pictures this day~

You asked for it, You got it.

Cake, Cake, Cake!
Banana Cream Cake
This is the easy peasy lemon squeezy way to make a cake that seems fancy..
but takes little work.


CAKE..Yummo

Best way to cut banana's

Whipped Cream


















You will notice here that I am not a great foster on the sides... I blame my Mother! She never let me frost the sides as a child so I did not learn her great techniques as a child..lol I like the peak look on this cake so,,tops ok for me.



Banana Cake
Ingredients..
1 white cake mix (mix as directed, but use warm water)
4 Bananas (about)
2 small containers of heavy whipping cream. (you'll add a little vanilla and a little sugar)
Bake in two 9 inch cake pans.

Layer like this: cake, cream, banana, cream, cake, cream, banana and cream again~
lol Easy, Easy, Easy!

Side note..use long 3 toothpicks to keep the cake together so you do not have slider cake.
(like I did this weekend..lol)

Sometimes I am to much..

Do you ever see yourself in your Children?

Sometimes in my desire to be friends with people, I want to help them to much..
Every now and then I have to remind my self to back off..lol

The same way I have to tell Sam to back off and let people be his friend instead of overwhelming kids by being around to much.. He wants to be friends with people SO bad but is not always sure how to do this.
Could it be that he and I have the same social immaturity??
I guess so.
So if I have tried to over help YOU I am sorry.
:)