Ham and Potatoe Casserole

I made this last night at work... and we ran out of food!!!

Ham and Potato Casserole (12 servings)

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 cup cottage cheese

1 cup sour cream

1 cup of shredded cheddar

1 medium onion, chopped

@ 3 lbs potatoes peeled and cubed

1 tsp garlic powder

dash of black pepper

1 lb of cooked ham, chopped

**Preheat oven to 350*

**Boil potatoes for about 8 minutes until slightly tender (they will finish cooking in the oven!) drain and set aside

**In a medium bowl, combine soup, cottage cheese, sour cream, onion and cheddar.

**In a large bowl, combine potatoes, garlic powder and pepper. Stir in ham and soup mixture.

**Transfer to a greased 13x9 baking dish.

**Bake uncovered for 45 minutes until bubbly. Let stand for 15 mins to thicken before serving.

There are so many ways you can alter this:

-substitute Canadian bacon for ham

-add some bacon (bacon makes everything good!)

-use frozen breakfast potatoes and omit the onion

-experiment with different cheeses... mozzarella or Colby jack

-use chicken instead of ham

-add some chopped green pepper

Hot Pink and Teal Bridal Shower

Miss Heather was the guest of honor not too long ago at a darling wedding shower thrown by her aunts and cousins. She is a very hip young lady and to reflect her tastes, she chose teal, hot pink and black as her colors (parts of the wedding party are wearing tutus! I cannot wait to see the pictures!) We wanted to do something fun yet elegant........

First- the invitations. Are they not darling!?? Just a little retro...

I wanted to do a cupcake tree with a small cake on top decorated in her flower of choice, Gerber daisies but was having a hard time finding something I liked to set it up on. I wanted it to be personalized... So a boring old Styrofoam server...

became an elegant centerpiece with the help of some scrap booking paper, ribbon and glue.

I was very pleased with how this turned out.

All set up and ready for guests!

I love the way the daisies just "pop" off the cake.

Yummy Strawberry cupcakes with French Vanilla icing. And cute little bows.

The beautiful Miss Heather.

The Wild Women! Heather, Kim, Alex, Brenda and Tammy.

This is the gift card box for the wedding.

I really enjoyed doing this shower. The ladies were a blast to work with and we laughed the whole time. I know Heather and Scooter are going to have a fabulous wedding and a wonderful life together!

Miss Sophie turns 2!

Every morning Sophie wakes up and immediately grabs the remote, saying "Manny Manny Manny" and usually smacking her mom in the head. So of course we had to do a Handy Manny birthday for her! Finding "girly" Handy Manny stuff was hard if not down right impossible. Pink just wasn't going to work with all the primary colors in the decorations so yellow won out....

Mr Manny

Butter cake with French Vanilla icing.

Sophie's Smasher Cake. She ended up using the toys like a spoon to scrape the icing off and eat it.

Just a simple little party.

NUMMY ICING!!

Kissing her mommy....