Happy 2010!!!!!

We brought the new year in with special friends!

Special...HA!
We ate, played, laughed, cried and ate some more!
It was a good evening!!

We love to play 31 when we gather!

We are pretty competitive girls!

Take 1....

These people make me laugh!

Take 2.....

I mean really laugh! Like side splittin, head throbbin, coughing up a hair ball laugh!!!

Take 3.....

Close enough!

Meet the 2009 New Year's Eve 31 Queen and Princess!!!

Special....enough said!

Peace out!

The kiddos had no problem staying up until 12:00.

Not even the little guys!

Aawwww....a New Year's KISS!!!!

Steph, we didn't want David to feel left out!

Look at these cute little babies......right out of our cute little garden!

It was so much fun sharing my little cabbages on New Years Day!

So, how do you cook your cabbage???

(Don't make fun! Remember, I'm not a food photographer!)

What are your New Year's traditions?

I love cooking up this casserole, cabbage and some cornbread!!!

Yumm~O!!!!

BLACK~EYED PEA CASSEROLE

INGREDIENTS :

1 LB. GROUND BEEF ~ SEASONED AND DRAINED

(I SEASON W/ SALT, PEPPER AND GARLIC)

2 CANS BLACK~EYED PEAS WITH JALAPENOS

1 CAN DICED TOMATOES

(TONIGHT I USED 2 CANS OF SWEET ONION TOMATOES.)

1 BOIL-IN-A-BAG RICE

2 CUPS CHEESE

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350.

COOK MEAT, SEASON AND DRAIN.

ADD PEAS, TOMATOES, RICE AND 1 CUP CHEESE.

STIR.

PLACE IN A GREASE 9x13 PYREX.

SPRINKLE REMAINING CHEESE.

COOK FOR 20 MIN.

ENJOY!!!!

Happy New Year's friends!!! Hope 2010 in a very HAPPY year for you!