Cheeseburger Casserole

Here's another meal my mom use to make. Zachary, my brother and I loved this meal! This week Justin wanted me to make it. I thought I'd add it to our blog.

1 lb. lean ground beef or ground turkey
3 c. tater tots, baked
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 c. cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 c. milk
salt (optional)
pepper (optional)

In large skillet on medium heat, cook ground beef until thoroughly done. In casserole dish, combine baked tater tots, cream of mushroom soup, 1 cup grated cheese and milk. Drain grease from ground beef and add to casserold dish. Salt and pepper to taster. Mix well. Add remaining cheese to top of casserole and place in oven. Bake at 325 for 25 minutes or until cheese is melted.

You can add canned/ frozen veggies too like corn or peas. Justin and I like corn. You can also add a tsp. of garlic, minced.
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Justin and I are doing great. We set up our Christmas tree this weekend. Someone on Facebook said they put up their tree about a week 1/2 ago and that kind of inspired me to get ours up. Why? Justin and I will be in California for about a week in December and I don't want to put it up and take it down 2 weeks later. I told Justin in advance that I'd like us to put our tree up. He was a good sport about it. Normally both of us are Grinch's around Christmas. We feel like Christmas is very commercialized. It's not longer about spending time with loved ones and enjoying their company. Also our biggest issue is most people don't ever bring up the real meaning- Christ. It's about buying, how much you can spend, I NEED, I NEED and the number of presents under the tree. It's kinda frustrating because we know Christmas is about the birth of our Savior. It's not Justin's birthday or mine. We will exchange gifts with each other and family but we want the holiday season, Christ focused. We want to enjoy spending time with each other and family. Hopefully more people can tune into the real reason why we celebrate Christmas. But we look forward to seeing my grandma, Paul, great grandma Julie, Zachary, mom and Kurt. It we be a nice break from normal life. :)

Justin has been busy working. Finally his hours have been cut to around 10 hours at Sears and he'll be joining a different department this week. That is a good thing! :) His other job is busy and he seems to enjoy it. As I type right now he's working on homework for his class. He's a busy guy and is a little under the weather but he's good.

I've been busy working with the kids I watch, running them to preschool and picking them up. Past few weeks they are in LOVE with hot chocolate so this weekend I got them a huge tube of hot chocolate. They were very excited about that today. Then I've been working at my church on Thursdays and Fridays. It's going well. I've learned a lot of stuff about church things that I never knew. Like all the licenses we need. It's been a good learning experience for me. What do I do? Everyone always asks me that. I do admin/secretary work. www.genesischurchspokane.com I started my photography class last Tuesday. My friend and I learned so much last week. I look forward to it tomorrow. We hope everyone has a great week!!!