100.

I have been thinking about it all weekend!! Eek.. my 100th post. I think I have officially lost my mind due to my excitement over this but thats okay. I truly am thankful to have found something that I enjoy doing and helps me to just be... me. I am even more thankful that you crazy people {whom I adore} actually read it!

So, remember this post from last week. Well, here is what I have put together for YOU. The winner of my 100th Post Reader Appreciation Contest will receive....

$20 Target Gift Certificate

$25 Gap Gift Certificate

Crystal Waters Spa Wire Basket {Includes: Shower Gel, Body Lotion, Bath Soak, Body Soap, Body Sponge and Wooden Massager}

Here are the rules:

You MUST be a follower! :) The entry period runs from Monday, December 6th through midnight on December 9th. The winner will be announced Saturday, December 11th.

For One Entry:

• Follow The B.M.C. Report {leave a comment saying you "follow"} If you are already a follower {I heart you} leave a comment letting me know!

For Additional Entries:

(Leave a separate comment for each of the following)

• Follow the B.M.C. Report's Twitter - www.twitter.com/theBMCreport (leave a comment saying you follow my tweets)

• Tweet about this giveaway: (please provide link)

• If you aren't the Twitter type you can answer this question.... What do you want to do before you die? {Your answer will be used in a future blog post}

Good luck. I have lots of information and fun things planned for our family that we will be adopting for Christmas. I will fill you all in soon. But for now... FOLLOW ME WOULD YA?! :)

Hope you like what I picked out... HAVE  A FABULOUS MONDAY!!!!

Look what I am cooking...

The best Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas ever! Yep, your shocked right? I am trying at least. Remember this post? Well, I have added to my ONE really good recipe I can actually make. I have been {only one time so far} going to Recipe Club. It's fabulous, a group of awesome women who know how to cook {minus me} make different dishes and share the recipes. Well, I received one about two months ago and it has become a family favorite. So, I now make it like 2 times a week. I make 4 batches at a time and freeze them. So Easy. So Yummy. So... Me. You would think this castle of men would get sick of it but I tend to not be the best cook so anytime they get something that turns out great they are perfectly okay with me making it everyday!

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I wanted to share this yummy recipe with you!

Honey Lime Chicken Enchiladas

1.5 lbs Chicken {you can also use pork), cooked and shredded

Sauce:

1/3 c. Honey

1/4 c. Lime Juice

1 tb. Chili Powder

1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder

2 (10 oz) cans of Green Enchilada Sauce

Shredded cheese of choice, 2-3 cups

16-20 Flour tortillas.

1.) Mix together sauce ingredients then add to shredded chicken or pork. Let the sauce soak into the meat for about 30 minutes.

2.) Lightly spray 2 pans with non-stick baking spray. {Pan Size 9x13 and 9x9} Pour enchilada sauce into pans to coat the entire bottom. Fill tortillas with shredded meat and desired amount of cheese. Roll and place in the dish.

3.) Pour remainder of sauce over enchiladas and sprinkle more cheese on top!

4.) Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 

*To Bake from frozen- Bake uncovered at 350 for about an hour. Check enchiladas and then add 10 minute increments as necessary until hot and bubbly.

Hope your family enjoys it as much as mine has! What are some recipes your family has been enjoying lately?

To My Sweet One Year Old.

Good Morning my sweet baby. Can you believe it? You are ONE today! A year ago, I can remember those last moments before you entered this crazy world. I looked at your daddy and said, "He is coming now." You and I buddy we did a good job. You were here in a split second. My sweet baby. 

Can you believe you are one year old? I can't. It has gone so fast. Too fast. I have been amazed to see the way you have learned how to maneuver in this crazy world. You are doing just what God designed your sweet little body and mind to do. You have learned so many things. How to roll over, sit up, army crawl {with crazy speed}, laugh, hold your sippy, take your brothers toys, hold a football, walk and to melt my heart.

 You have made your spot in this family... your family. You have made this year a year full of hugs, kisses, lullabies, giggles and love. You have filled my heart with a love that is only for you. You have made me a softer mommy by the your sweetness and gentleness.  

 This year it was moving, crawling and walking that Jesus taught you how to do but soon it will be patience, character, loving mercy and walking humbly before our awesome God. My sweet baby you have so much ahead of you. So much to look forward to. So much to learn. This, for you my sweet boy, is only the beginning.

Happy 1st Birthday!

All My Love,

Mom

linked to Things I Love Thursday

Tomorrow you will be ONE.

Happy Early Birthday My Sweet Baby Boy!

For more Fabulous Wordless Wednesday photos, visit 5MinutesforMom.com and Wordless Wednesday.

Something Special for YOU, My Awesome Readers!

You aren't going to believe this but I have almost written/you have almost read 100 posts of my crazy talk. Which just thrills me to no end! I was trying to think of something special I could do for YOU, my reader friends. The crazy thing is, you actually know me better than some people I see on a daily basis. Kinda crazy? I was going to do a giveaway to you and I still am. It will be something small {so keep checking back to see what it is} but I also wanted to do something on a larger scale. It's Christmas time and there are SO many families who are struggling. I would love to have YOU, the B.M.C. readers, adopt a family for Christmas. What do you think? I would love for it to be a local family {but it doesn't have to be}. That way we can stay in touch and bless them not just at Christmas but throughout the year. I would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on this. If you know of a family, or a local organization PLEASE let me know.

As I have said many times before, "it is way better to give than to receive." Time to start putting some action behind the words I write.

Here are 10 of my favorite verses on giving. Enjoy.

Deuteronomy 10:17-18

17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.

Proverbs 22:9

9 A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Proverbs 29:7

7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

1 John 3: 17-18

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 

Ephesians 4:28

28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

Philippians 4:19

19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:18

18 Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

Hebrews 13:16

16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

1 John 3: 17-18

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 

So excited to share this experience with you and see the way the Lord uses this to bless a family and show His love during this holiday season.

This post is linked up to Top Ten Tuesday at Oh Amanda ...Go check it out!

Holiday Awkwardness.

So, how was your Thanksgiving weekend? Did you go Black Friday shopping? I used to be one of *them* but this year I just couldn't do it. Sleep seemed to be a much needed friend. Instead my mom and I went Smart Saturday shopping. Less crowds, good deals, less crowds... 

Whenever I go to the mall I see amazing people! Seriously, have you ever really looked around? Granted it's not like Wally World {you may know it as Walmart} but my mall is interesting to say the least. Today, I was actually their twice. Once by myself and the second time was with my favorite shopping partner... my mom. However, today took a sad turn of events, today, sadly, I am the weird mall lady. I was at Macy's looking around for a black coat when I found *the one*. Seriously it is black, sheek, and just yummy. However, it fit almost perfect to perfect. I needed to ask someone if they had a different size in the fabulous black coat. Real quick... Can someone please explain to me why there are only XS and S on the racks? Seriously? {Ahem} The lady {who was working so hard had sweat dripping down her face} says to me, "Maam, did you find everything you were looking for?" I said "I was just wondering if you had this coat in a Medium?" but as I did I completely gleeked (a.k.a. spit). So, I gleeked and it landed on the counter right between us, just a little spot, but still. I was so embarrassed, of course I had no clue what to do. Thankfully my mom was looking around. She would have totally called me out. So, do I wipe it away, do I acknowledge it at all? Should I apologize? I did what everyone does {I think} and just pretended it didn't happen. So, she then proceeds to tell me they have no other size. {Um. I still get the coat. Yep, it's a little snug but I LOVED it} Then we're both standing there in complete and total awkward silence waiting for my card to process. Both of us staring at my spit puddle on the counter. Then after I sign my John Hancock I walked away and left it there. Whats a girl to do right? You know the second I left she walked over to her three other co-workers and told them how I spit all over the counter. Who does that? 

Then, as we are leaving swag in hand we realize the mall is closed. Which means the store we parked at is closed. Seriously, lets just say the mall is um not 100% safe at night. We go to walk out and realize we have to walk so far plus we parked on the bottom level which meant we had to climb down a hill {seriously} its black out, plus my mom and I have hands filled with Christmas swag. My fabulous sometimes crazy mom almost has "the big one." She is convinced we are going to get robbed. So, she literally, in the middle of us walking to the car, makes a bee line for the mall front door. Seriously, I am that girl who just spit on someone running around an empty parking lot chasing my crazy mother. It was our lucky night. Guess who just happened to be at the door of the mall waiting to lock it? Yep, our 2 new security friends {they so hated us}. They had to walk my mom and I outside in the freezing cold down the hill to her car. Did I mention it was freezing? How does this stuff happen to me? When we got in the car we both couldn't stop laughing. It was a fabulous eventful night with one of my favorite people on this earth. It's always a great adventure with my mom. However, after tonight I am pretty sure we are going to have to wear disguises or go to a different mall next time.


Happy Cyber Monday!!!

Fun, Food and Family Traditions

Many of you know, I LOVE family traditions. I don't know if it is the actually tradition or just the "idea" of having family traditions. I see myself 20 years from now at Thanksgiving with all of my boys {maybe 5 or 6 by then} and their wives sitting at our huge table talking about what we are thankful for. Laughing about all of the random "family traditions" their crazy mom {made} them all do while growing up! How GREAT does that sound? Almost too good to be true, right?  

So, last year we started a Thanksgiving family tradition and it continued this year. We get up early and go out to breakfast. Nothing fancy but here at our castle we get excited. The boys remembered us doing it last year and were SO excited to wake up and go OUT to eat. I think one reason they get so excited is because... #1) it's breakfast {which I LOVE} and #2) lets not forget we have three little men 6 and under. Eating out really isn't something we do all the time.

BUT... It's Thanksgiving and a family tradition. So, we will do it. We will like it and we smile like we always do. 

It was actually such a fun and enjoyable time. Shocking, right? We had the same sweet waitress as last year. She gave us free drinks {you know the orange juice in a kiddie cup} not the crazy kind you kids were thinking of. Were we a tad bit loud, a little messy, did Cole feel the need to throw every piece of silverwear he got his chubby hands on onto the nasty floor? Yes. Did we laugh a lot, play new games, sing in the car, talk about football and Christmas? Yes. That's what a family tradition is all about. Enjoying the family you have been so graciously given.  

After we left we then took the kids to Wally World a.k.a Walmart and let them go through all the toy aisles and let us know some things they would like for Christmas. It's always a fun time for them. There is usually no one around so we let the kids run up and down the aisles. It kinda reminds me of Supermarket Sweep. Please tell me you used to watch it like 10 years ago? I LOVED that game show. I would so have been amazing on that. I sometimes act like I am on the show when I am grocery shopping now. If you have seen this oldy but goody you know you have thought the same thing when your racing around the grocery store ;). Maybe not?  

Ahem

Praying that your day was a time of fun, food and family traditions. In an effort to create more traditions around this castle what are some fun family traditions you have?