The Bassett Bunch

Life Lessons Learned

2008-11-13T11:33:00.000-08:00

I was holding Avery last night when she discovered that her cute little finger fit precisely into her nose, which she pronounces noooooe. She stuck her finger so far in there that I thought she might reach China and pulled out a little Avery sized boogie. At this point could almost see the tiny neurons reacting in her amazing little experimental brain and she looked at it for a minute or two before she decided that this could possibly be a food product and stuck in into her mouth. It wasn't in there for long though because she immediately pulled the "yucky" face and stuck out her tongue! I was so humored by this experience and chocked it up to just another Life Lesson Learned. Boogies = Yucky Yes, I am very proud! She is so dang funny.

Recipe Mania

2008-11-05T10:14:00.000-08:00

I have to post a couple recipes for my pals at work. Thanks to my awesome sister-in-law for the recipe for the cowboy beans. She is a great cook and everytime I bring them to a party everyone wants the recipe.

Cowboy Beans...by Jaime Bassett
1 pound of browned hamburger
1 pkg of crisped crumbled bacon....the real deal, not bacon bits ladies!
1 x-tra large can of pork n beans
1 can of black beans
1 can of Kidney beans
1 can of white beans
1 can of diced green chilies
1/2 cup brown sugar or to taste
1/2 cup of BBQ sauce or to taste ( I like Jack Daniel's or Bullseye)

Ooey Gooey Chex Mix
1 cube real butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup Karo syrup

Boil rapidly for one minute stirring constantly. Pour over cereal mixture and stir.
Cereal Mixture
2 cups rice chex
2 cups corn chex
2 cups of honeygrahms
2 cups wheat chex
2 cups coconut
1 lg pkg sliced almonds

The Pearson Spooktacular

2008-10-29T15:07:00.000-07:00

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

2008-10-24T11:28:00.001-07:00

Since October is breast cancer awareness month I new I had to post this when I saw it on another blog. I laughed out loud when I saw it. Support a great cause and order up a cool shirt!

Disneyland

2008-10-21T20:16:00.000-07:00

One Disneyland ticket $143.00 3 nights at a Hotel in Disneyland $550.00 Gas to get to Disneyland $250.00 The look on your kids face when they see Mickey Mouse, priceless!
Last weekend Heather, KrisAnn and I took our little kidlets to disneyland while our mighty husbands went hunting. They're men went for deer and mine went for cows, which is probably a good thing since I prefer beef over vennison anyday. We had a hoot!

I had some trouble uploading the rest of the pictures so this is all we're gonna get!

53 Kids and 500 pieces of Halloween Candy at Melissa's Halloween Partay

2008-10-21T19:23:00.000-07:00

Melissa Gets mom of the Year award for this Halloween Bash! Here's a few pix!

Funny Meaningless Things that Crack Me Up!

2008-09-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

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2008-09-27T11:06:00.000-07:00

Mom's Recipe for Creamy Cucumbers

2008-08-04T08:32:00.000-07:00

I made this yummy recipe yesterday with cucumbers right out of the garden. If ya like cucumbers, give this a try.

2 english cucumbers sliced very thin
1/2 a small red onion sliced very thin
1 cup sour cream
2 T red wine vinegar
salt & pepper
fresh dill weed to taste

Slice the cucumbers and sprinkle with salt. Refrigerate in a covered bowl for 2-3 hours. This will take any bitterness and extra water from the cucumbers. Drain on a paper towel and put into a resealable dish. Stir all the other ingredients together and chill and enjoy.

2008-08-01T14:14:00.000-07:00

I had to Post this Pic for KrisAnn. I knew she would truly appreciate the peg legged pants....Which she has told me for years that they were coming back in style! Surely, Katie Holmes would know!

Avery's Birthday Party at the Reservoir

2008-07-28T09:53:00.001-07:00

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-07-21T21:01:00.001-07:00

Fishlake 2008

2008-07-08T10:47:00.000-07:00

Well, Tis the season for family reunions again and thank heavens we have got both of ours done and over with for the year. It always really seems like a good idea to have a camp-out family reunion, but after 3 days, fish and family reunions stink! For the past 2 weekends we have been in Fishlake at the Pace cabin. First, for my family reunion, and then for the Bassett family reunion. We had a great time going but are glad to be back home. For some unknown reason Avery screams instead of sleeps when she in not in her own bed; So that makes vacations not so fun. We hiked a couple miles up to a hidden beaver pond to fish and I packed Ave's almost the entire way; which also remind me I need to work out more! It was beautiful up there, until the thunder and lightening and rain spooked us all down the trail back to the cabin. Well, maybe next year we will be smart enough to just all meet for dinner like normal families!

I sat Avery down for 2 minutes to help Brent hook-up the boat and she found some delicious dirt to eat! YUMMMY! She loves getting all dirty. She looks just like my little brother in this picture!

2008-06-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Daddy and Ave's driving the mini-ex. Ave's is destined to be a dirt-girl. She gets fuming mad if

Brent starts up the 4-wheeler and doesn't offer to take her for a ride. We are just in the process of trying to finish our backyard so Avery has a place to play. We especially need somewhere that she can't escape from since she has started crawling. Daddy still calls her "bunches of lunches" as you can see from the pictures her fat little cheeks are getting "sooooo skinny" now that she is everywhere. She is getting so smart and now she can wave bye bye and she says mom and dad and she absolutely knows what she is saying when she says it. She has quite a little personality and she is totally in charge of Brent and I. She knows what she wants and knows exactly how to get it.

This was our backyard just one month ago. Brent has worked his guts out to finish the backyard for Ave's. Thanks Brent. I love you!

It looks like Mommy is squishing Ave's again.

We finally got our lawn planted a couple weeks ago and lookie how good it is growing! I think these two can't wait to wrestle on it.
My first cupcake for Daddy's 30th birthday. Dang he is an old fart. But I think that we are gonna keep him because we just got him broke to lead.
Whoa baby! Sugar High!

Mama's girl.

2008-04-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we took Avery on her 1st fishing and boating trip. We went over to Otter Creek, which is just below fish lake for the afternoon. As you can tell, she had a great time. About 5 minutes after this picture Grandpa was showing Ave's his fish and it flipped out of his hands and landed right in mine and Avery's lap. I was screaming and the fish was flipping and flopping and Grandpa was trying to catch the fish and it scared the daylights out of Ave's. It took a good 5 minutes for her dry sobs to stop. We caught our limit in no time with Grampy's expert fishing tips and a little luck. Avery hates her life jacket with a passion! I think it squishes her little pot belly. (Her daddy doesn't call her bunches of lunches for nothing!) We have got to get her used to that life jacket because I am planning on a lot of boating this summer.

No wonder he can't catch any fish. He's always busy baiting my hook! What a good man!
Bos must have got some luck back because he finally started to catch some fish! They usually know when it is him on the other end. He usually tries to rub on me for luck.

2008-03-12T09:34:00.001-07:00

We can't wait to go Easter camping in 2 weeks with our Bassett cousins. I hope the Easter Bunny can still find Ave's even in the sheep camp! But for now, we will put in a couple of scrap pages so you don't forget how cute Avery is. Hope to see you all soon!

2008-03-05T14:48:00.000-08:00

Another digi-scrap page. KrisAnn and I are learning an entirely different language now that we are blogging and digi-scrapping. I am so one track minded now that I am just trying to scrap book every chance I get. This is way better than spending a fortune on scissors, paper, and stickers! And, they are much easier to share with friends and family. Brent and I are starting to finish the basement so my parents (who I believe are possibly the most brilliant people in the entire universe) are coming down this weekend to help us do the electrical work.

2008-03-03T21:08:00.000-08:00

These are old Pictures from October 2007 but I just learned how to digital scrap and I am trying to post the scrap page. Here goes.....