Saturday, August 13, 2011

Some yummy food!

Recently I read an article that made me rethink the omelets we had done in bags.  The article discussed how chemicals from the plastic ziplock bags can leach into your food....YUCK (duh, why hadn't I realized this)!  I don't want that for me or the people I am feeding. The article went on to describe that you can still do omelets the easy way, just using a mason jar instead of ziplock bags!  I thought this was a great idea and tried it out when we went to the cabin.  They seemed to work really well so I made them again at home and took pics to show the process.  Enjoy!

 Everyone fills their jar with the ingredients they want

 Gorgonzola+grape tomatoes+pesto+asparagus= YUMMY!!

 Just cheese for the girls!

 Add eggs. Ours are farm fresh from Grammy Pam and Papa Bob! :)

 Mix well, put lids on, label lids

 Boil in water just below the lid level for about 15-20 minutes (depending on size of omelet)

Little girl omelet done first since they had a smaller one! :) 

All done! 

Plate it 

sprinkle with yummy cheese :) and enjoy!

Later that weekend I made the girls' a flower snack, that they really enjoyed 

 Pretty cute, if you ask me!

 She is one happy girl!  I think she had at least seconds and probably thirds :)

Bean likes it too! She is doing  mighty good Vanna impersonation!

So this last one has nothing to do with food, but I promised I would give a teaser to what I am doing for Christmas.  So later I will post what I make with this 4x4 post.  After all, it will be here before we know it!  Any guesses as to what I will make?

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Camping with Grammy Bonnie and Papa Dennis

This past week we spent some time on the Oregon Coast with Grammy Bonnie and Papa Dennis.  We went camping, played a ton and had a wonderful time with them. 
WARNING:  There are quite a lot of pictures!  Sorry, we were having too much fun to cut it down any smaller.

 Making Marshmallow rhubarb cake with Grammy...yes, it was delicious and I ate way more than my share....pretty sure I gained a couple pounds over the course of the week!

 Grammy explaining the finer points of being safe around the mixer....too bad she didn't have this convo with me before I had my little incident with the mixer....my poor finger! 

 Almost there!

 Lounging poolside!  I love these little chairs! They did too :)

 Grammy and the girls! Murph too!

 shooting papa before he heads back to work!

 Papa getting Ashlyn back!

Teaching Kelti to use the squirters too!

 I love these two sweeties sooo much!  Aren't they cute in their surf shirts?

 Grammy and Ashlyn in a shoot out!

 Kelti acclimating to the water temperature...it was freezing at first!

 I was going to do a separate blog about her earring, but I will just tell you know.  Ashlyn decided to get her ears pierced on 7/31/11.  We had decided to wait until she asked to have it done.  That Sunday after I put her hair up and told her how pretty she was she said "I want to get my ears pierced"  This pic was taken on 8/2/11 and shortly after she tumbled out of the hammock chair and her earring came out.  Sadly we didn't see until her ear had closed up.....so now we are facing paying another $50 to have one ear repierced...seems ridiculous to me!  Any tips on cheaper piercings would be appreciated.

 Ancient stump that washed up from the Pacific
 Look what we caught......a whole bunch of flip flops!

 Love this running shot!!

 Listening to mommy's ipod

 My soccer girl!  She can't wait to take lessons next year!!


 Wheee!!!

That was fun! 

Checking out Spencer Creek! 

These crazy trees were everywhere!  (Your roots are showing!) Yes I am a dork.....whatever you know you love me :) 

 Enjoying a morning cracker with Papa and Murph

 Our little visitor...He stole the muffin liner!

 Sunny day at Beverly Beach

 This funny girl LOVED putting her head on the sand....it was really warm so maybe she was just enjoying the heat!

 Ashlyn at Beverly Beach....she looks like such a big girl to me!

 Me and my big girl!

 More running shots!!!

 Exploring....what is this stuff?

 Obviously enjoying herself!

 The water was super warm here and she and I were having so much fun wiggling our toes in the warm water!

 Huge smiles even when she fell down!

 My little runner girl!!

Kelti enjoying the warm water!

 We were having a splashing competition...Kelti might have won....look at that running splash!

 Scooping the sand and shaking it off!

 This was my view on my runs........beautiful and so nice and sunny :)

 Excited to have some lunch at Mo's!
 Hanging out with Daddy and Papa at the car show

 riding around with Grammy and Papa


Kelti turned this watering can into a trumpet!  Such a creative girl!

We had a wonderful weekend.  Quick trip down and home, so lucky that we had great traffic conditions. Wonderful weather and lots of good memories made!  We love you grammy and papa!  See you soon!