Chicken Lasagne

There is nothing better than a good hearty meal for Sunday dinner and no matter how many years go by, I will always come back to use Pippa's chicken lasagne recipe. It is 10/10 every time. Today I had to make it a pasta bake as I discovered we had no lasagne sheets when I went to put it together, but it still hit the spot.

Pippa's Chicken Lasagne

1 white onion 

4 cloves garlic

2 chicken breasts

2 heads broccoli

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 can corn kernels

300ml thickened cream

2 tablespoons dried basil

grated cheese to top

1. Dice onion and mince garlic and fry off in oil until softened

2. Dice chicken and fry until brown

3. Add chopped up broccoli, corn kernels, cream and cans of soup. Mix well

4. Allow to simmer on a low heat for 5-10 minutes.

5. Put a small amount of mixture with a little water, then spread evenly on the bottom of your lasagne dish.

6. Layer lasagne sheets and chicken mix until you have the last of your chicken mix as a top layer. Then top with grated cheese and bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for approximately 50 minutes or until browning on top and bubbling.

Serve with baked potatoes and a side salad. Delish!

Delaney Road Settlement Day

The day has arrived and the first home we owned has officially sold and settled and is now home to someone else. We have had so many happy memories here and loved our home and our neighbours and being where we were. I didn't even want to move because I loved the where of our house so much... which is why the new house was perfect of course! 700m up the hill.

The house is the cleanest it's ever been, everything is shiny and ready for the new owners and we finally took the very last of our belongings up the hill... yesterday haha. One last shelving unit that had been in the garage, sticking out of the back of Doug's ute.

So goodbye Delaney Road! Farewell to our incredible neighbours who we love so much who are thankfully still just down the road... and goodbye to the place where we had so many wonderful memories... and hello to the new house - for some wonderful new ones!

Enough keys for you? hahah. Reminded me of the last scene in Friends where everyone put their keys on the bench.

And just because I am who I am... there's two pages of notes for the new owners. Oops.

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Millie's Birthday Party

Over the weekend we had a celebration at the Macqueen's house to celebrate the sweetest three year old I know, miss Amelia! She is the most adorable child and I just love her so much. It was a lovely afternoon full of pastel rainbows and cookies and milk and a great time was had by all - except her.

The poor darling was so sick that she didn't even get to enjoy her day and spent most of it between the couch sleeping and cuddling her parents. Poor little love. That cookie in her hand was basically a prop as I don't think she ate it or enjoyed it.

She did put on a brave face when it was cake time though and let Aunty Jade snap some pics for her mummy.

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3 candles, all blown out. Sweet girl.

And a cuddle from mummy to keep her going.

One quick shot with the fam and then back to the couch she went.

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Look at miss Sophie! She is getting so big. I love her sweet, smiley little face!

These crazy kids made up for Millie's lack of enthusiasm and smashed the pinata, giggling the whole time and loving their afternoon.

Yet another cake masterpiece from Jen - a cookies and cream edition. She wasn't that happy with it, but I thought it looked great and it was certainly delicious!

Last but not least, a photo of my little nugget. Sometimes he's cute!

Flower festival

Today we ended up with a bonus public holiday, in memory of Queen Elizabeth. So Hayley and I took the girls on a mini influencer excursion to S&R Orchards for their annual flower festival. 

They set up the entire orchard with cute props all over the place for people to take fun photos with, like this mini retro caravan, plus there are food trucks, live music, and even a mini ferris wheel. It's so much fun, I'm absolutely filing it away for a visit next year, but maybe not on a public holiday as the lines were insane!

These girls were absolutely living their best lives though, taking hundreds of photos and loving every minute.

They even managed to talk us into buying them fairy floss which were by far the cutest ones I have ever seen!

Honestly these girls are goals, this is the kind of thing I could have only dreamed of doing with my best friend at that age!

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I have never met two girls that spend more time laughing either. 

They just laugh at anything and everything. Non stop.

and love every minute of being together.

They are at the age where they are all arms and legs and this shot shows that off haha

I especially love this pic of Maddie, her hair looks amazing in the sun - it is so many different colours and the light here really shows it off. She really is a lucky girl, people pay so much for that colour!

I even jumped in a couple of the shots, managed to get some time off being her "instamum" for a few minutes.

The flowers were so beautiful too. 

There was spring blossoms in full bloom everywhere and they were so pretty to look at.

Almost as pretty as these girls. ❤

 

After school baking

After finally moving my kitchen contents from one house to the other, Maddie had her little boyf over after school for a baking session. As you can see I think they actually spent more time taking selfies than baking, but they managed to get some cookies made and in the oven before he went home.

They are so cute together, I love hearing them laugh as they hang out.

Cuties.

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Moving the wardrobe

I finally moved my clothes - and this was only one run. It took me 3 goes to get it all there. What the heck. I am getting considerably more and more over it by the day. Please send help. But it's done thank goodness - which means I guess I can go and start on something else. Ugh.

We also had our first moving victim - a floral two tiered plate that I have had for years and actually never used, so I guess that's something to be grateful for. Luckily it wasn't something I was upset about. We are getting there, slowly day by day. I think I can, I think I can.

Rest in peace your highness

Last week Queen Elizabeth II passed away. I feel like I have included so many life and world events in my "diary" here so I need to add this too. 

She was a truly remarkable woman who dedicated her life to service. Service of her country and to her people. I know she was not perfect and no one is, but I truly admire her efforts to do wonderful things in the world around her. She reigned as monarch for more than seventy years, making her Britain's longest reigning monarch in history. She was so loved by her people. May she rest in peace, reunited with her beloved Philip.