Some pictures from our fun day!
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
ER bound!
My youngest son is 17 months old going on invincible. He climbs up things, out of things, onto things. All of these things are tall, narrow or typically off limits for toddlers of his age, but nothing stops him. I don't know if it's having older siblings or if it's just his nature, but this one's bound to make a trip to the ER for broken bones at some point in his life, probably sooner than later. He fell on his brothers train table two days ago. His latest bruise narrowly missed his eyeball and is leaving him with one heck of a shiner and yet he goes back for more. Just today he's standing on his tippy toes on the bar of a chair with his chin on top of the table, just barely holding on so that he can reach a toy in the middle of the table. They say boys will be boys, let's just hope this boy makes it to his 10th birthday!
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
New Recipe for the Month
Since I have made this a few times this past month I am thinking it's a winner, so here goes.
Black Bean Salad with Citrus Dressing
2 15oz. Black beans rinsed and drained
1 6oz. can mandarin oranges drained
1/2 small red onion sliced
1 large green pepper chopped
1 C. frozen whole kernel corn thawed
1 small tomatoe chopped
1 Tbsp. chopped pickled jalapeno chopped
1 5oz. can sliced black olives
Dressing
1/4 C. vegatable oil
1/4 C. red wine vinegar
1/2 C. orange juice
1/4 tsp. salt
Black Bean Salad with Citrus Dressing
2 15oz. Black beans rinsed and drained
1 6oz. can mandarin oranges drained
1/2 small red onion sliced
1 large green pepper chopped
1 C. frozen whole kernel corn thawed
1 small tomatoe chopped
1 Tbsp. chopped pickled jalapeno chopped
1 5oz. can sliced black olives
Dressing
1/4 C. vegatable oil
1/4 C. red wine vinegar
1/2 C. orange juice
1/4 tsp. salt
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Cutie Pie!
You know this picture has been popping up on my screen saver from time to time and I just had to put it on here. Doesn't it just make you want to squeeze his cheeks?
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Picnicing at the capitol with friends.
Last night, we met friends at the captiol to listen to a Middle Eastern band and have a picinic. It was a great time, we had lots of good food and enjoyed adding a little culture to our life. Check out the rest of the pictures on my flickr badge below.
Friday, August 26, 2005
WARNING!! T.V. Might Be Harmful To Your Health
So last night I was flipping through channels watching absolutely nothing on t.v., because nothing is on, it's summer and I have what some people call "Country Cable", which is to say I pay more for my Tivo than I do for my cable and get very few channels. The only reason we got cable is because our bunny ears stopped getting ABC and we couldn't watch our shows, so we had to break down and get cable. Well anyway, I was flipping and watching a couple shows at a time when I came upon Being Bobby Brown. I thought he was in jail or something, and I certainly thought that he and Whitney Houston were over. Much to my surprise, though, they are very much together and he is not in jail, he has his own reality show. It's sort of like the Ozzbornes in that it just follows them around a bit. I really believe that I lost actual brain cells during the few moments I watched. I didn't sit down and watch the whole show you see I am a flipper, I pride myself on the ability to watch three, sometimes four shows at a time, so I did not see this in its entirety. The few times I flipped back to it though, it was Bobby or Whitney talking about crap, and I mean that in the literal sense. It showed them at restaurants, meetings, in studios, all of these fine upstanding places and they were farting and talking about taking a dump. The saddest part of it all was the scenes when their daughter was in it. Here's Whitney Houston, the has been diva blaming one her farts on her daughter, much to her daughters mortified embarassment. It was awful and I just couldn't stop thinking about it last night. What has the world come to that we are watching drug addicts that beat up on one another and crap their pants in public places and call that entertainment. It almost makes me want to get rid of my cable all together.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Got Corn??
As sad as this may be my youngest son just had his first ear of corn the other night for dinner. I don't know if it is because he's trying to get a new tooth or if it was so darn good he didn't want to let go, but it made for a great picture.
First Day Of School!!
Sorry it has taken so long to document this glorious day, but I've been so busy getting back into the swing of things. My daughter started her first day of fourth grade Monday and we've been moving and grooving ever since. My middle child starts three days a week pre-school in two weeks and then maybe we will slow back into the routine of running children everywhere. My daughter is not nearly as excited about starting school as she used to be, but then again only two of her friends are in her class this year and it's like starting over, she doesn't know anyone. Her boyfriend" is also not in her class, which is causing a major uproar in the fourth grade frenzy of boyfriends and girlfriends. I'm confident that she will get back in the social circle soon, though. I asked her why it even mattered if she had a boyfriend, it's not like she can go on dates or anything. And her reply was priceless, she said, "Yeah, we can't even kiss or hold hands in fourth grade", good to know she's learning something.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Cheesecake...
So once a year my husband gets his beloved birthday cheesecake. This just happened to be last week and once again I made the cheesecake. It all started like 7 or 8 years ago when we were dating, I made this cheesecake for him for his birthday, and he loved it and said that's all he ever wanted for his birthday for the rest of his life. Now I can cook, it's my thing, I grew up with a wonderful mother that can cook anything so it just comes naturally. And since that fated day years ago, I have made several really good cheesecakes, but this chocolate swirled one is the cheesecake of choice. I don't know if it is because I make them once a year or if maybe I just really don't love cheesecake, but it's getting to the point that I don't even like the stinkn' cheesecake. So I slave over this thing once a year and have one piece and if the kids are lucky, they get one piece, but that's it he doesn't share with anyone else. In fact next year I'm not even sure he'll let me invite his parents, because that's two less pieces of cheesecake for him. I guess it's his party and he can share his cake if he wants to...or maybe have his cake and eat it too...oh whatever Happy Birthday Honey!
Friday, August 19, 2005
Splog
So a friend of mine has been splogged, which up until yesterday I really didn't get what that was. I learned from a friends blog that spam +blog = splog and I was like what??, but now I know. She got some crazy comment from some total stranger that was kind of like an advertisement but weirder. Maybe I embarked on a too big an adventure with this blog. I'm not real technical and I certainly don't want to deal with spam and viruses and all that junk. Hopefully a solution will be found to help out all us simple folk that are just trying to have a little fun with the web.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
72nd Annual Homecoming!
We spent last week at my parents house for Homecoming, which is kind of like a county fair, not football. We had great rides and lots of fun with friends and family. Every night was a late night, and got progressively later, but the kids were troopers and stayed up with the best of them. We had lots of homecoming hamburgers and all the other carnival treats, cotton candy, funnel cakes and carmel apples. It was great fun, but after basically two weeks of being away from home, I'm ready to stay for good. School starts next week and I'm actually welcoming the routine again, that and getting my kids away from one another. Summer was fun and I'm sure I'll miss the lazy days after about a month of school, but then we'll have the holidays to look forward to.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Brown water swimming!
My son spent most of the time jumping off the dock, but when he wasn't doing that, he was letting his uncle throw him in the water.
Relaxing on the boat
Here we are tied to the dock watching those that brave the lake water swimming.
Boating fun!
This is the most fun the babies had on the boat, notice were tied to the dock, which is why they were'nt wearing life jackets.
Mini Golf!!
It was kind of hard to make a hole in one what with all the distractions, but both my son and daughter made one. I think we have some future pros??
Vacation!!
Well we spent last week with my husband's family at the lake. We had a really nice place right on the water complete with dock and boat. It was a great time and the boat rides were fun, for those who enjoy the risk of water and huge oceanliners in your path. It was fun though to be with family and just kind of hang out.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Recipes
Okay so I'm going to start sharing a recipe of the month, since I love to cook. If anyone would like to share a recipe with me, please feel free to send it my way. Since it's hot and people don't like heating up thier kitchen, I'm sending one of my favorite grilling recipes. My sister actually gave this one to me, so enjoy and fix it for company, it's awsome.
Grilled Flank Steak
3 C. dry red wine
3 C. chopped onions
2 1/4 C. soy sauce
3/4 C. olive oil
8 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 Tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 Tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
4 1/2 lb. Flank Steak
6 large bell peppers (red, yellow, orange, green) cut into 3/4 inch strips
3 large red onions cut into 1/2 inch slices
Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Divide steak, bell peppers, and red onion among large shallow pans. Pour marinade over, turn to coat, cover and refrigerate 3 to 6 hours. Grill over high heat, drain steaks & veggies & grill to desired doneness, about 4 min. per side for rare. Slice steaks thinly across grain.
Serve with grilled rolls.
Grilled French Bread: 3/4 C. olive oil, 6 garlic cloves flattened, 18 french bread rolls. Heat oil, add garlic & cook until light brown. Discard garlic, brush rolls, sprinkle with pepper & grill.
Grilled Flank Steak
3 C. dry red wine
3 C. chopped onions
2 1/4 C. soy sauce
3/4 C. olive oil
8 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 Tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 Tbsp. plus 1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
4 1/2 lb. Flank Steak
6 large bell peppers (red, yellow, orange, green) cut into 3/4 inch strips
3 large red onions cut into 1/2 inch slices
Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl. Divide steak, bell peppers, and red onion among large shallow pans. Pour marinade over, turn to coat, cover and refrigerate 3 to 6 hours. Grill over high heat, drain steaks & veggies & grill to desired doneness, about 4 min. per side for rare. Slice steaks thinly across grain.
Serve with grilled rolls.
Grilled French Bread: 3/4 C. olive oil, 6 garlic cloves flattened, 18 french bread rolls. Heat oil, add garlic & cook until light brown. Discard garlic, brush rolls, sprinkle with pepper & grill.
Friday, July 22, 2005
Summer!!
Isn't it sad when it's the middle of July, but it feels like summer is already over. We've been so busy and had so much going on that it feels like we've missed summer. We are going on a little vacation next week and then that is it, two weeks later school starts and its all over, the swimming, sleeping in, pancakes for breakfast every morning.
What have we done with our summer you ask, well lots of swimming, some traveling, but mostly just hanging out. That's what summer is all about I guess, but it seems like it's over before it starts. I'm sure we will welcome the routine of school, but there are those that this school year will be monumental. My sister for one has a senior this year, this is the last summer for her, then I'm sure like her mother, my niece will be off to college and never to return. My brother has a senior as well. What do we do with all this time moving stuff....can't it just stand still for a while. This will be my middle childs last year of preschool and then he's off to kindergarten. Wasn't he just born yesterday. Before you know it my oldest will be a senior and my youngest will start school and what will I do with myself. I guess I'll have to find a job to occupy my time, although the older my sister's kids get the busier she seems to get, so maybe I'll save the job thing for retirement.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Chicago, Chicago, Chicago!!!
I LOVE THE CITY!!! We went to Chicago for a few days to visit the American Girl Place. It was just a girls trip with my daughter and I, a friend and her mom, and my mother-in-law. We all had a great time, and it was a dream come true for the girls. The people at American Girl Place now how to make girls happy and that was apparent by the line outside the door to get in every morning.
Water tower in Chicago!
I loved all the old buildings sitting amongst skyscrapers. It really gives the city a cozy feeling. I never really felt like I was in a big city, we'd walk 10 blocks and it felt like we just went right around the corner.
My daughter at the fountain!!
Another shot of my beautiful daughter by the fountain. They don't call this the "windy city" for nothing.
My daughter and her friend!!
Just outside our hotel we had a great fountain/park area. The girls really enjoyed chasing the pigeons and playing in the water. It was a great spot and right across the street from the American Girl Place.
Lunch at the American Girl Place!!
The girls really enjoyed shopping and having lunch at the American Girl Place, but I think the theatre performance might have been the coolest part....aside from getting all the new doll stuff that is.
Moms, daughters and dolls!!
We had a great time in Chicago, the American Girl Place is every girls dream. Lunch at American Girl was quite elaborate, as you can see even the dolls got thier own place setting.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Great black and white of a butterfly!!
I thought you might enjoy some pictures of a butterfly enjoying our garden. These are some of my favorite shots. Enjoy!!
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Brothers riding the tractor!!
The boys were out having thier own fun on the tractor, since they're a little young to ride the motorcycle.
Dad and daughter go for a ride!!
My daughter couldn't wait to go for a ride on the new Harley, when she returned she said, "I feel like I've been riding that my whole life!". I think this is going to be a great activty for them to do together.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
4th of July!*!*
We celebrated the fourth with family and friends this weekend. Fun was had by all...good food, good drinks, games and of course fireworks. On Sunday we were with family and had a blast fishing and riding the golf cart and mule. The food of course was the main event and visiting with good company.
Boys and their toys!!
You know the old saying, "the bigger the boy, the bigger his toys", well that rang true for us this weekend. After almost two years of riding other people's motorcycles, my husband finally got his Harley. Many questions have been asked of me since his purchase, like "aren't you mad?", "how could you let him get one?", or "are you worried he'll wreck it?"... Well after having a full weekend of ownership and having gone for a ride myself, I have had some time to ponder these questions. Why am I not mad, I just let him fulfill a hobby that not only has its dangers, but also gives him another reason for being away from home. I'm not mad, though, in fact I think he deserves it. He works hard and provides well for our family. He is a great father and role model. Having a Harley isn't going to change any of those things. As for "letting" him, well he is six feet tall, I don't think I could stop him if I tried. And the worry part, well I have faith in the Lord and whether it's riding the Harley or driving around in the old Lincoln, if it's his time to go, nothing is going to change that. Have a little faith in the Lord, it will make life easier.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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