Dinner Group

Dinner group is my most favorite day of the month!

The food is ALWAYS the best! The Company is wonderful and the ideas are endless!

The best thing is, I have gotten to try all sorts of things I never would have thought to make, thought I would enjoy or ever heard of.

 This month brought~ pizza on the bbq {by me}

Eggplant Parmesan ~ by Sarah~http://possy-of-five.blogspot.com/ which I have been wanting to try for years, but wasn't sure I would like, and I did!

From scratch macaroni and cheese~ by Kim, http://kmhansblog.blogspot.com she adds cooked cauliflower, soo good! And she used sharp cheddar and it just turns out so creamy..

Shannon http://www.whoneedsrest.blogspot.com/took the ugly plate home {dessert plate} and  she made the most delicious, out of this world, Coconut cream pie {all from scratch of course!} So fantastic! She said it took her 5 hours! So kinda needless to say~ I will never get to eat this again because I will NEVER make it... It's a bummer, but I'm just not that dedicated.

Recipes to inspire you:

Best  summer rolls ever! We used peanut sauce to dip

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/cucumber-and-avocado-summer-rolls-with-mustard-soy-sauce.html?cm_src=RECIPESEARCH

I use this recipe to make pizza, top it with anything you like, pop on the bbq on heavy duty foil and cook till crisp.

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/04/breadsticks-and-pizza-dough/

Happy dinner making!

Farmer Barnes

 6 baby chicks

 probably the only time I will ever hold one.

i'm afraid of birds. chickens are birds.

 True looks so serious holding his YELLOW chick he wanted to call Black head???

 Shilo is in love, with all of them.

 farmer John building the chicken coop with wood we {and his dad} had laying around

jordan and tofu..no reason, just a bird named a vegeitarian main dish...

14 years

14 years ago today, a charming man came into my life and he's here to stay. for this i am thankful, he has given me  amazing kids to love and adore. wonderful memories, a sense of peace when waters are rough, arms to fall into, good examples of hard work & persistence. he pushes me out of my bubble when i need it most, encourages me to strive for my goals, pushes us to be better, listens to me with his heart..

thank you 

i love you boo

Surprise!!

 Meet Rex!  

Our new English lab. And we are in love!
he is 7 weeks old.

 This is my old man, Jag. And I love him more than anything. {well except my kids}

Jag is 9.5 years old, and he is getting tired, so he needed a rambunctious puppy to keep him going. 

 So here we are in a place called Orting, I've never heard of...

 trying to pick a Lab,

 7 to choose from, how to choose just one?

 First we decided it needed to be a male, then he had to be sweet, and lastly, he had to have the characteristics of the English lab, not the American lab. The mama dog was an American black lab, and the daddy was an English lab. So some took after their mom and some their dad.

This is the puppy I wanted!

But John is the chooser of pets and their names in our house so he picked Rex. And really~ I don't think you can go wrong with a lab..if you can get through the chewing phase. :)

I feel a surprise brewing...

Braces

 The before.

 The during.

 The after.

two very expensive beautiful smiles :)

Spring Break 2012

 We kicked off spring break heading to my new FAVORITE place on earth to eat.

Pinkeys

REMEMBER THE NAME, YOUR GONNA WANT TO TRY IT!

They have the best macaroni and cheese, and their pulled pork is to die for! The sliders, which is all we ever get because even one can fill up a grown man or a  pre teenage boy and is made on  homemade rolls. {you can see the flour still on them!} So you have to sit in a tent, but every last freezing cold moment of it is worth it I tell ya.  Go. Try it. You won't regret it.

 So Seattle can be beautiful, if you have the patience to wait out all the rain, you will be rewarded with an occasional gorgeous day.  Truth be told, April started off this way and has pretty  much held steady so far. Keep our fingers crossed it's a sign of a beautiful summer to come.

True found a lady bug first thing, he and I love those little red bugs.

 Made the kids pose..and that they did.

 Shilo, True and I had an afternoon of cookie making.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2012/02/chocolate-cookies-with-toppings/

shocked it was a pioneer woman recipe?

While Chastin spent 3 days at a Shoreline camp, enjoying hiking, mountain biking, swimming, and his all time favorite~ paint balling. {lucky kid}

 He then spent a weekend camping with his boy scout troop.

Top picture is him leaving, all smiles, clean, energetic.

This is him coming home.

Tired, hungry, a wee bit grumpy and very, very dirty.

And just a note: Jordan didn't enjoy any of our Spring Break 2012 festivities because she... drum roll please.

WENT TO FRANCE!!!!