Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Welcome to our 3rd annual on-line Christmas letter! Whether you arrived via our Christmas card, blog reader, Facebook, or are simply passing through- we wish you a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!


Dear Family and Friends-

It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by… Life continues to progress at the speed of light in our household, where kids keep getting taller- while our house continues to get smaller!

‘Teenage Son’ is midway through his junior year at MVHS where he is enjoying Chem AP and World History. It’s hard to believe that we are already starting to look at colleges for him- wasn’t it just yesterday that he was toddling around our living room sporting his trademark bowl haircut? He has his learner’s permit and is looking forward to getting his license soon. He also enjoys being active in the youth group at church and went on his first WOW JAM trip to LA in June.



‘Teenage Daughter’ also attends MVHS and is a freshman this year. She loves the social aspects of being a high school student; even though her visual issues have made the academics more of a challenge (her favorite class is drama). We are blessed to be in a district with a great support system for disabled students, however and she seems to be settling into a rhythm now. She also went to WOW JAM this summer (her second trip) and has also been very active in youth group this year.



'Young Son' is now a 5th grader at CMA School. He loves school and complains during the summer months when we are out. One of his highlights of 2008 was taking a solo trip to Poppy and Grandma’s house in N Idaho where he learned to snowboard at Schweitzer. He also loves camping and is looking forward to a week-long class trip to environmental camp in Mendocino this spring.



J and I continue to serve at the church that we have attended for the last 19 years - Jim as a TRAC teacher (adult Sunday school) while I serve as missions director. We traveled to Tanzania again this summer, taking two separate, short term missions teams to work with CHaRA. We both accompanied a team to the remote area of Haydom, where the team completed a school for the village children. After two weeks, J returned to the US while I stayed in TZ for an additional two weeks with the second team. This team worked in CHaRA’s malaria clinics on the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar where we screened thousands of Muslim women and children for malaria, administered medical treatment, and distributed mosquito nets. J and I continue to be burdened for the people of this amazing country and look forward to returning in the future, perhaps even on a long term basis. In addition to our overseas trip, we managed to fit in a couple of family trips to Disneyland and a short, family trip to Seattle just before Thanksgiving.

In the midst of all the craziness that we call everyday life, we have discovered Facebook! We are enjoying keeping up with friends and re-connecting with some that we had lost touch with. If you are on FB, drop us a ‘friend request’- we’d love to hear from you! In the meantime, we hope that this finds you all well and we pray that you will have a joy-filled Christmas and a blessed New Year!

At least the kids ate their veggies!

You might remember this WFMW post from several weeks ago in which I requested help in sneaking veggies into my kids' diets... I received many recommendations for Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook entitled Deceptively Delicious, which I did purchase. After perusing the cookbook, I decided that cauliflower might be an easy veggie to slip in under the radar.

So last night I undertook what will forever be known as The Great Cauliflower Caper of 2008. Planning on making mashed potatoes for dinner, I snuck one whole head of cauliflower into the batch of potatoes. I quickly steamed the cauliflower in the microwave while the potatoes were boiling, then pureed it in the blender with the butter and milk that were already going into the potatoes. After draining the potatoes, I added the puree and mashed it all together.

The result?

In a word- delicious! You honestly could not even taste the cauliflower and my kids were thrilled that I had made one of their all-time favorite foods for dinner. Even more thrilling was that I was encouraging seconds!

I was equally thrilled with the success of my experiment. Until J started vomiting that is. Unfortunately, I forgot that my husband DOES NOT tolerate cauliflower well and as a result, he spent the next 1/2 hour in the bathroom expelling said mashed potatoes.

I guess we won't be doing that again after all!

Still FrazzMom

Things have been kind of crazy at my house lately... The combination of fall sports, parenting teenagers- including one with a disability, and juggling all the usual activities is taking its toll. Honestly, something has to go- and right now that would be blogging. I just don't have the energy right now.

Frankly, I am exhausted.

So consider me on hiatus right now. The good news is that fall sports will end in a few weeks and one of my other major committments will wrap up in early November. Life will once again be a little more managable.

I hope...

WFMW Round-Up Thursday

Last week I posted a WFMW round-up. Since I got such a positive response I decided to do it again, and possibly make it a regular feature. As I said last week, I did not read every post and this is in no way a definitive list of the best WFMW tips. They're are just a few that caught my eye...

Mr P at Where the Kudzu Grows wrote a post with a great Disney World tip. As a Disney Vacation Club owner- I'll definitely be checking this one out before our next trip!

Sarah at Blue Castle posted a new use for bed risers. Not sure if/when I'll use this tip since I hate to sew, but if I ever need to heighten my kitchen table, this is the trick I'll use!

Kristen at PAJAMAMAMA posted a great tip for renewing white grout. And really, how cute is that blog name?!! Anyway- I do have lots of grout in my house. While the magic eraser does a pretty good job, some it is just too far gone. So I'll be trying this one out first hand!

Heather at It's all for the best posted a good tip for packing those endless sack lunches...

Robin at Penseive posted a reading tip. This would be a good one to pass on to any students living in your house as well... Ahem, if you happen to be reading this, Teenage Son and Teenage Daughter...

Tami at Tami's Blog posted a great resource for teaching handwriting to kids. While this is primarily a homeschooling blog, I can attest that the program she is advocating is fabulous since Young Son's school uses it to teach handwriting. If you have kids learning manuscript or cursive, it would be worth investing in these books for extra practice at home!

If you don't already know about SKYPE, check out this post at Motherhood For Dummies. It's definitely something you need to know about if you make a lot of long distance especially if they're overseas!

Polly at Perfectly Provident tells how to make your own spice and baking mixes. This would be an especially great tip if you have folks with allergies etc in your household.

If you're trying to keep calories in check, check out this tip at Runningamuk on portion control. I especially like that it's easy- which makes it a whole lot do-able, and likely to be actually put into practice!

Last, but not least, Jane at What About Mom reminds us to pick our battles. And while I might choose different battles than she does, it's definitely a good reminder for us moms on the front lines!

And speaking of which, it's back to the battle for me!

One steamy WFMW post!

Usually I have a couple of WFMW posts milling around in my head, but this week I came up dry. Seeing as how I had plenty of other things to do today, I decided to just take a week off. Then this afternoon as I was cleaning my kitchen floor I realized that I had never posted about my steam mop for WFMW. I did put up a general post, but not for WFMW... So I present to you a re-post about my steam mop. For all two of you Hi Mom! who are regular readers of FrazzMom, I apologize for the repeat. And to the other 99.9% of you- Welcome!

Oh and don't forget to head over to Shannon's for over 250 other WFMW tricks and tips!



I hate to mop. And as you can see from the random photo above that I took in my kitchen at some total stranger's home- I don't do it nearly often enough. It could be because I hate the messy, dirty water or it could be that I don't like using chemicals on our floors or it could be that due to a herniated disc in my lower back it actually hurts to mop or it could be because I spend too much time on my laptop. No, wait- I'm sure it's not that last reason!

Anyway...

A while back, thinking I might buy a machine to do my floors, I borrowed my friend L's combination sweeper, scrubber machine. And while it did a good job, it was super heavy and bulky to manuver. And you had to put their special brand name cleaner in it. Frankly, it wasn't a whole lot less work- especially since my kitchen isn't really all that big.

Then yesterday I read this review on a Works For Me Wednesday post and it got me to thinking. So I went online and read some reviews. Then I went to Target and bought one of these-



After a quick sweep, I filled the reservoir with tap water, plugged it in, waited 30 seconds for it to heat up, and started steam cleaning my floor. It only took a couple of minutes, and I have to say that I was impressed with the results-



Even better than how easy it was to use is the fact that it only weighs 3 pounds. And you only have to look at the pad to see how it did-



Now I have to admit that at $79.00 it wasn't cheap, but if you figure how much I spend in cleaning supplies (and time!) it will eventually pay itself off. In the meantime, I think I'll just enjoy my clean floors. Hey- with all the time I save, I might even have more time for important things...

Like blogging!

"It's a Gril!" And more!

Well, I sat down at my laptop to write a deeply insightful post about what's going on in my life, but I got distracted when I discovered the Cake Wrecks blog.

Go there now.

But first, go to the bathroom- lest you wet your pants laughing, and make sure you're not drinking anything while you're reading... Because I guar-on-tee it will come out your nose!

And make sure you check out the Creative Grammar category...

Enjoy!

WFMW Backwards Edition... Sneaky Vegetables?!!

See this adorable young man? While cute, he is also wily. And he hates vegetables. Oh I manage to sneak onions into soups and sauces by pureeing them in the blender. And he will eat a salad consisting of lettuce and croutons with bleu cheese dressing. But that's about the extend of his veggie eating ways...

So my question for you is What is your best veggie sneaking secret? Do you hide veggies in casseroles? Smother them in cheese sauce? Or even grate them into cake batter? Share your secrets with me please!

And when you're done be sure to head over to Rocks in My Dryer where you can impart your wisdom to others on this WFMW Backwards Edition...

In honor of LABOR Day...

In honor of Labor Day, Shannon is hosting a Labor Day meme over at Rocks in Her Dryer... I'm a little late to the party, since I just returned from 4 days and 3 nights of camping. But, I'll just jump in anyway!

How long were your labors?
Teenage Son- probably light labor for a couple of days before I discovered that I was actually in labor. He was born a couple of hours later.
Teenage Daughter- 20 hours of light labor. Then the pitocin started and she was born 10 hours later with 40 minutes of pushing.
Young Son- 12 hours of VERY light labor, 1 hour of hard labor, 20 minutes pushing. The ironic part is that at 9lbs 3 oz, he was my biggest baby (by 3 lbs!) but was by far the easiest delivery.

How did you know you were in labor?
Teenage Son- I didn't. At 38 weeks I felt 'funny' and my back hurt so I called my doctor and made an appointment to be checked. He sent me straight to the hospital since I was dilated to 5 and Teenage Son had moved into a transverse breech position.
Teenage Daughter- Water broke at 38 weeks.
Young Son- Mid-morning, two days after my due date I started having light contractions.

Where did you deliver?
Teenage Son- El Camino Hospital
Teenage Daughter- Los Gatos Community Hospital
Young Son- Los Gatos Community Hospital

Drugs?
Teenage Son- See next question!
Teenage Daughter- One dose of Stadol, I refused a 2nd dose because I didn't like the way it made me feel...
Young Son- No

C-section?
Teenage Son- Yes, due to a transverse lie breech position .
Teenage Daughter- VBAC
Young Son- VBAC

Who delivered?
Teenage Son- OB recommended by a friend
Teenage Daughter- OB selected due to his low C-section rate (previous OB had retired)
Young Son- Same OB who delivered Teenage Daughter

WFMW Round Up

If you have been anywhere in the blogosphere, you already know about Shannon and her Works For Me Wednesday weekly blog carnival that she hosts at Rocks in My Dryer. Reading through all the tricks and tips posted there are a highlight of my week. Although it can turn in a major time-sucker as well, this week, for example, there are 281 different links!

After perusing the list last night, I came up with a few of my favorite links. By no means is this any kind of definitive list- just a few that caught my eye. I had planned on posting my favorite 10 links, but ended up with 12...

Kristin at The Goat posted some great painting tips and tools.

Tiffany at Tiffany's Thoughts has a great tip on removing moisture from a watch or cell phone.

Kara at Eskimo Kisses and Air Hugs posted a great packing idea for a family vacation. I'll definitely use this tip on our next trip to Southern California.

Peggie at Ain't No Place to Put a Sticker has some good reminders on using credit cards for online transactions.

My Precious Pennies has a GREAT tip for diaper changes. I wish these had been around (or maybe they were?) when my kids were little. I would totally have used this tip!

Kaye at Mrs Nesby's Frugal World posted a great link for busy moms looking for some new crock pot recipes... I'm adding this one to Google reader!

Amber at Bringing Good Home tells how to chill a soda in two minutes flat. With the hot weather we're having around here, I'll be trying this one out soon!

Amy at Mom's Toolbox has a great tip for using leftover smoothies. I'm sure everyone thinks she's the coolest mom on the block for serving popsicles for breakfast!

For a little comic relief, Lady Why at Where the Kudzu Grows posted about How to Survive a Shannon Blogging Break.

Mrs O at Positively Organic posted a recipe for chocolate zucchini cake. Since Young Son hates most vegetables, I'm constantly on the lookout for ways to sneak them in. I have high hopes for this recipe!

Karen at 3 Garnets and 2 Sapphires has a tip for peeling hard boiled eggs that I'm going to try next time I make deviled eggs.

Shan at Shansland found a new use for Sharpies that never even occurred to me. And that's saying a lot since I LOVE my Sharpie markers and use them constantly! I humbly declare her the Sharpie queen!

So those were my favorite posts this week. I hope you enjoy them... Now please excuse me while I go spend some quality time in front of the mirror with a dark brown Sharpie!

M is for Mom, but L is for Loser!

Young Son is not a big fan of the sandwich. Thankfully, however, he IS a fan of leftovers- so frequently that is what I pack him for lunch. Last night we had one of Young Son's favorite dinners, cheesy potatoes AKA Trader Joe's Potatoes Au Gratin.

So after dropping Young Son off at school this morning, I thought with pleasure about how happy he will be when he opens his lunch today as I mentally checked off the items that I had packed-

Hot cheesy potatoes packed in pre-heated thermos? Check!
Baggie of freshly washed grapes? Check!
Baggie of Trader Joe's chocolate meringues for dessert? Check!
Utensil for eating said cheesy potatoes? OOPS!

Once again, I forfeit the 'Mother of the Year' award. Sigh...

Look Ma! No hands!

As you may have heard, California went 'hands free' in June. What that means is that you can no longer talk on your cell phone while holding the phone to your ear and driving at the same time. You can dial and/or text message with your phone while driving- just as long as you're not holding the phone to your ear while doing so.

I didn't say it made sense, just that it's the law.

Anyway- the new hands-free law has spawned a whole slew of folks driving around with snazzy bluetooth earpieces so that they can continue talking whilst driving. Or shopping. Or eating. Or cycling. Or a myriad of other activities that you now see Californians doing while seemingly talking to themselves in public. I however, do not own a bluetooth. I do not plan on buying a bluetooth. I do not want a bluetooth. Ten points for you if you guessed that I am not a personal fan of the bluetooth!

If you own and love a bluetooth, please know that I really don't have anything against bluetooth owners! It's just that I don't need one more piece of technology to keep track of, re-charge, and remember to bring every time I get in my car. Honestly, if I can remember to bring my phone itself, I'm doing good- let alone accessories!

Anyway.

I do, however, frequently talk on my cell phone while driving. I know it's not the safest thing to do, but lets just be honest here- I spend a lot of time in the car. A lot. And much of that time is spent solo. Frankly, I can get a lot done while I'm driving to and fro. And it never fails that as soon as I get in the car, my phone rings... So I came up with this-



Your eyes do not deceive you. What you see is, in fact, my cell phone rubber-banded to my SUV's sun visor. Turn on the speakerphone before pulling out and I'm ready to go... I know you're all impressed and perhaps even struggling to express in words the brilliancy of my solution to talking hands-free, so let me just help you. I'm sure that word you're thinking of is...

Classy!

LOL! Seriously though, talking hands-free works for me! Now head on over to Shannon's where you can find lots of really and truly useful WFMW tips and tricks!

Driving, driving, and driving... Oh, and did I mention the driving?!!

Seeing how I live in suburbia, you might think that I actually live close to the places that I frequent. You might think that, but you would be wrong. To illustrate my point, here is a record of my driving today...

7:45 am- Drive Young Son to his elementary school for the first day of 5th grade. Bring Teenage Daughter with us, since she has to go to Freshman orientation at 9am. (6.49 miles)

8:30 am- Wish Young Son a happy first-day-of-school and drive Teenage Daughter to our high school. (4.79 miles)

8:45 am- After dropping Teenage Daughter off, return home to pick up Teenage Son for a breakfast date. (4.1 miles)

9:30 am- With Teenage Son behind the wheel, drive to Hobee's for a mother/son breakfast date. (3.08 miles)

10:45 am- Continuing with Teenage Son in the driver's seat, leave the restaurant and go to our local, cheap haircut joint for a much needed summer-is-officially-over-it's-time-to-get-the-hair-out-of-your-eyes-especially-when-you're-learning-how-to-drive haircut. (2.69 miles)

11:20 am- Return home with newly shorn Teenage Son and await Teenage Daughter's phone call informing me that she is ready to be picked up from Freshman orientation. (4.15 miles)

12:00 pm- Having received said phone call, return to high school to pick up Teenage Daughter. (3.68 miles)

12:15 pm- Return home while listening to Teenage Daughter give a detailed report of how insipid delightful orientation was. Spend next two hours checking email and doing household chores. (4.1 miles)

2:30 pm- Tag teaming with Hubby, drop Teenage Son off at orthodontist. Hubby will pick him up when app't is finished and drop him at cross-country practice. (4 miles)

2:45 pm- Drive from orthodontist back to elementary school to pick Young Son up from school. (6.6 miles)

3:10 pm- Drive Young Son home so that he can have a quick snack and get changed for soccer practice. (6.84 miles)

4:15 pm- Turn around and drive Young Son back to his elementary school where soccer practice is being held. (6.49 miles)

4:40 pm- After picking up uniform from team manager, leave Young Son at soccer practice and head over to Target to pick up much needed laundry detergent and toilet paper. (only 1.2 miles!)

5:00 pm- Teenage Son calls to let me know that cross-country practice is over and he's ready to be picked up. Finish in checkout line and drive to high school. (6.43 miles)

5:20 pm- Pick up sweaty, stinky son and drive him home so that he can take a much needed shower before dinner. (4.1 miles) Wait a minute- this kid's running CROSS COUNTRY! Can't he just RUN home? Sure he's already run up and down hills repeatedly for the past two hours, but the kid needs to train, right?

5:30 pm- Pull into driveway as I wave to hubby, who is now pulling out and driving Teenage Daughter to her Algebra tutoring session. Push Teenage Son out of car and back out of driveway. Get back on the freeway, in what is now rush hour traffic, in order to pick Young Son up from soccer practice (6.49 miles)

6:10 pm- Load Young Son into my second home SUV and return home for a few minutes before dinner. (6.84 miles)

6:50 pm- Head to our local family-run Mexican restaurant for dinner since I've obviously had NO time to cook anything. Meet Hubby and Teenage Daughter there when her session is finished. (1.68 miles)

8:00 pm- After eating dinner, walk to Carvel's ice cream for dessert. Return home with what I hope to be the last car ride of the day. (1.74 miles)

So that's how my day went- 85.49 miles. With gas being forty-thousandish dollars a gallon, and since this is only the beginning of soccer and cross-country seasons, you can see that it could really start to add up... Franky, just thinking about it all is exhausting! As a matter of fact, I think I need to go spend some much deserved time in front of the TV to watch the Olympics. And while I'm there, I think I'll make some phone calls and see if anyone wants to do some carpooling.

Although if taxi-ing children was an Olympic sport. I'd be a strong contender for the gold!

Back to school!

Banking blunders...

Teenage Son is the miser of the family. Seriously, he has quite a wad of cash saved up- birthday money, babysitting money, lunch money (obviously NOT spent on it's intended purpose), etc.

Today I needed to go down the hill to our local Lucky grocery store, so Teenage Son tagged along. He brought his wad so that he could use the in-store branch of our family's banking institution to make a deposit while I shopped.

I was finishing up my shopping when he came to find me in the store-

Did it go OK?

I deposited my check from Grandma and my cash, but they wouldn't take my pennies or nickels.

Why?

They said they don't take them.

Even though they're rolled and you wrote your account number on the rolls?

Yep.

I was mildly annoyed- knowing that he had gone to all the trouble of counting and rolling $9.50 worth of pennies and nickels so I took his coins and approached the bank teller after paying for my groceries... I was ready for a confrontation. I had my game face on. And I had two lines ready in my head-

Line 1 Last time I checked coins were still considered legal tender, so you need to deposit these!

And the even more confrontational, line 2-

If this is how you treat your customers, we'll be taking our family's banking elsewhere!

So I approached the teller and explained to her that Teenage Son needed to deposit the rolls of coins. No problem, she replied smiling as she made the deposit for him.

What? No confrontation? I don't even get to use either of my lines?!!

OK, now here is where I have to admit however, that it was not one of my most Christ-like moments. And had I gotten to use one of my lines, it probably would not have been pretty. Thankfully, the Lord stepped in and pre-empted me. Again!

Now on a side note- I do think they weren't going to take his coins because he is a teenager, and that does annoy me. But that's probably a whole other post! Should I call the bank and complain or just let it go? What would you do?

Just a brief rant...

Let me preface this post by saying that one of my favorite things about living in the Bay Area is the ethnic diversity. That said, can I just say...

If you're going to hire someone to work a drive-thru window at a fast food joint- Please. Make. Sure. He. Speaks. English. Understandably!!

All right- ranting finished... Thanks for listening!

The process of processing...

So I've officially been home for one week now. I've been thinking a lot about how to tell you about my trip, but honestly- I'm having a hard time. How do I narrow a month's worth of Africa down to a blog post or two?

Couple that with the fact that I'm having a case of the post-mission-trip-blues...

I know it's normal. And people warned me that I might feel depressed when I returned to my everyday, normal life. But it took me by surprise anyway. After all- I've been on many missions trips and have never had any problems returning home...

This, however, was the longest trip I've taken. And honestly- I was still not ready to come home... Oh sure- I was looking forward to tap water and all the other conveniences that I usually take for granted. But Tanzania has truly captured my heart. And after spending 4 weeks building a school and running malaria clinics- deciding what to cook for dinner, or what flavor of ice cream to serve for dessert just seems somewhat trivial.

So I guess I'm still processing it all... Please be patient and I promise I'll come up with some coherent thoughts for you soon!

Or at least I hope so...

The joy of tap water!

I am back.

Back from Africa.

Back from a month-long mission trip in Africa.

I have lots to tell you about, but in the meantime let me just say what a joy it is to brush your teeth with water straight from the tap! Seriously. After brushing my teeth with bottled water for four straight weeks, I will never take clean tap water for granted again!

Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst...

Last Sunday we passed out 200 bottles of dirty water to our congregation as prayer reminders. Recipients were asked to place the bottle where they will see it daily as a reminder to pray for the Africa teams that will be traveling to Tanzania this month. Unfortunately- I can't give each of you a bottle- so I present to you this bloggy bottle of dirty water.

Dirty water like the river water that young girls are sent to fetch for their families. Water that animals have pooped or even died in; people have washed laundry in; and others have bathed in.

Dirty water like the stagnant water where mosquitoes breed. Mosquitoes that transmit malaria and kill African children and adults daily.

Our Haydom Team (LeeAnn T, Jim T, John B, Robert H, Robin Z, Mike C, and David P) departs on Wednesday, July 9th and arrives in Tanzania Saturday evening, July 11th. We will travel via Land Cruiser to the remote area of Haydom where we will spend our time building a school, teaching a three day seminar in the local church, and ministering to the remote Bariki tribe. This trip is vitally important as young girls in the village have been recently molested as they go to the river to fetch water for their families. The school project includes a water source, so that girls will not only receive an education- but can bring fresh, clean water home to their families at the end of the school day. Team members return home on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Our Zanzibar Team (LeeAnn T, John B, Robert H, Robin Z, Willis C, June W, Phyllis R, and Sheila H) departs on Thursday, July 24th and arrives in Tanzania Saturday afternoon, July 26th. We will then fly to the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar where we will share God's love through a malaria clinic ministry. 99% of the population of these islands follow fundamentalist Islam, so open preaching of the Gospel is forbidden. But, thousands of women and children will pass through these clinics where receive malaria screening, treatment, education, and mosquito nets, and LOVE. Team members return home on Thursday, August 7th.

Several team members, including myself, will minister with both teams- and will return with the Zanzibar team in August. Thus- I will be away from bloggy land for a whole month... I will have cell phone access, however- and hope to post regular updates via twitter. Follow our updates via Twitter at www.twitter.com/alagmissions .

In the meantime asante sana and karibu!

Something new...

So have I mentioned that I leave for Africa on Wednesday? Wednesday... THIS Wednesday... In three days- Wednesday...

Yup.

Actually, we're on track and everything is coming together. Today I was out running a couple errands for the trip and I decided to stop by Big Lots to look for duffel bags. I didn't find any duffel bags but I did see this-





It took me a minute to figure out exactly what this is. It is, in fact, shopping carts that you rent for $0.25. You put a quarter in the lock and it releases. You then get your quarter back when you return the cart...

Good thing I happened to have a quarter on me!

Chicken Chili Casserole

This week's Works For Me Wednesday is "5 ingredients or less". That said- here is one of our favorite quick, easy, and yummy casseroles... The proportions are guidelines- not hard and fast rules. Like it saucier- use more white sauce. Increase the chicken or cheese if you like it better that way. Trust me- you CAN'T mess this one up!

Chicken Chili Casserole
1 package Corn tortillas
2 cups white sauce
2 cups shredded chicken
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (Use pepper jack for more oomph!)
2 small cans mild, diced chilies (Rotel would work well too!)

Layer tortillas, white sauce, chicken, chilies,and cheese. Repeat until you use all the ingredients up, ending with cheese as the top layer. Bake at 350 until bubbly and hot (around 1/2 hour). Enjoy!

Now head over to Shannon's for more yummy 5-ingredients-or-less recipes!