Summertime Vibes
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Aside from the 106° weather, we are feeling all the summertime vibes: swim lessons, outdoor camp, ballet class, sunscreen, farmer's markets, watermelon, staying up late, library visits, craft time, etc, etc. I just love this time of the year. Especially since we now live in a country where it's nearly a crime not to have air conditioning.
A Long Break
Monday, May 24, 2021
Hello, Dear Friend. Long time no see. This is a little catch up post. The last few months (since the beginning of February) has been a physically trying time for me, so this little blog had to take a back seat. My husband and I recently took our first ever trip without our children, and I'm feeling energized to the point that I'm actually looking through beloved cookbooks and dog-tagging pages to try some new recipes. This is what renewed energy looks like for me.
Falafel
Sunday, October 28, 2018
ohmygoodness. It's so cold today, and I'm already yearning for those endlessly sunny summer days...it's going to be a long winter for me.
Parc Monceau
Monday, August 13, 2018
This past Saturday was a very slow day for us. We stayed in our pajamas through the afternoon and finally decided we should get out of the house around 3pm. Our kids need to eat dinner and go to bed early, so there wasn't time left in the day for us to do much. In the end, we decided to go to Parc Monceau.
Ice Cream in Paris
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Let me tell you about the best ice cream I've had in Paris. But before that let me tell you that I'm trying to act like a "real blogger" by watermarking my photos. You have no idea how old and inept doing such a simple task made me feel. I searched youtube for "how to turn text into a photoshop brush," and was taught by a boy who sounded no older than 8 how to accomplish said searched thing. So here they are! My horribly watermarked pictures! haha!
A Late Fourth (and Fifth)
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Insanely late on the blog post, but I wanted to share a few photos (and lucky you) recipes from our fourth of July festivities. My dad lives out in the country- which I didn't always love as a kid, but I think it's pretty swell now. Mornings are so peaceful. And come on. That view of the giant satellite. Hard to beat.
Our fourth of July celebration blew up because a storm forced us inside. Scary, scary storm. It's what I imagine Dorothy experienced before she woke up in Oz (the winds got up to 85mph). My sister and her family actually went out in it- thinking they could get home before it got too bad. In the meantime, my dad, husband and I watched, appalled, through the storm door at what they had taken on. Two minutes later they came back...kids crying because of all of the wind and dirt and a hat blew off of someone's head. It ended up being a fun night for them though (and the hat was recovered by a brave daddy). We let them watch a movie and they stayed up until 11 while the storm settled down.
The next night we enjoyed our fireworks.
The fourth of July was always my favorite holiday. I spent every summer in Iowa and each independence day can be characterized by four things in my mind- cousins, sparklers, stuffed mushrooms, and bacon water chestnuts. I'm posting them here so I don't have to ask my aunt for the recipes for the millionth time next year.
Stuffed Mushrooms
20 oz. Buttom Mushrooms- stems removed
1 Lb. Jimmy Dean Hot Sausage
1/4 Cup diced onion
Dash Italian Seasoning
4 oz. Cream Cheese
Preheat oven to 350F. Cook sausage, adding onion when most of the pink is gone. Drain fat off of the meat. Stir in cream cheese (add more if needed). Fill mushrooms on a baking sheet and cook for 15 minutes, or until hot.
Bacon Water Chestnuts
1 lb. bacon
2 containers of whole water chestnuts
Preheat oven to 350F. Cut bacon in half and cook partially in microwave. Wrap bacon around whole water chestnut and secure with a toothpick. Bake until bacon is crispy. Remove oven and drain excess grease.
Water Chestnut Sauce
1 C. Ketchup
1 C. Brown Sugar
Squirt of mustard and worcestershire sauce
Heat until boiling. Pour sauce over water chestnuts and bake at 350F until hot.
IOWA: Part 1
Friday, July 15, 2016
I had a difficult time going through all 500+ photos and picking out just a few to post here. Sorry there are so many pictures of the same corn field (but not sorry enough to delete any of them). I took these pictures at my cousin Chanda's newly purchased home. I thought it was so charming. It came complete with apple trees, a pear tree, a cherry tree, a trellis covered in grapevines, and this big red barn that my cousin and her husband have decided to renovate before the house ;) (which I think is cool). The baby goats belong to my cousin Jeremy- he dropped them off for Chanda and her husband to babysit over the weekend.
I love summertime. When I think of summertime, I reminisce of Iowa, these two kids, fire works, crash derbies, lightening bugs, playing in the creek (pronounced "crick), lots of sweet corn, and wishing the summer would never ever end...
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