enchiladas anyone?
June 4th, 2008
asher had his first taste of enchiladas and i guess he likes them, well at least his face, hands, clothes, the table and his chair do.
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can i go play in the garage?
June 4th, 2008
so the other morning, jackson got up for the day and while steven was taking a shower asked, “can i go play in the garage?” well, steven finished getting ready for work and before he left he had to get something out of the garage and this was what he saw. it’s like he knew steven would eventually have to go out there and he was just waiting for him. this is steven’s freebording helmet and jackson has been obsessed with it since i cleared the garage out and have been letting him and lily play out there.
my baby is one
June 2nd, 2008
i cannot believe that ashy is one year old. it feels like just yesterday that kim called me from her hospital room and said that she had just had ben. after that i said to myself it is time for this little man to come into this world. the next day, i was having consistant but non painful contrations and said lets just go to the hospital and see what happens. four hours later this happy and sweet little boy came into our lives.there is something about boys that they are automatically mammas boys. they are just so cuddly and squishy. my little ash man fits the part perfectly. from the beginning i couldn’t stop kissing on him. of course he’s not quite as cuddly any more but i am still forcing my kisses on him. asher is loving, happy, always smiling, funny and also fiercly into EVERYTHING! thank you for joining our family!
weird picture of me but i liked the whole picture anyway.
Ragu alla Bolognese
May 30th, 2008
last night i made the most amazing pasta dish. i thought that i would post the recipe for you all to try. i got the original recipe from marthastewart.com but then combined it with another that i found on some other website. well here it is…….
4 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup carrot grated then chopped in processor
1/2 cup zucchini grated then chopped in processor
1 onion chopped
2 cloves minced garlic
1/2 lb ground beef or turkey
1/2 lb ground italian sausage
1 (28oz) can crushed tomatoes
1/2 cup cooking wine
1/2 cup milk
1 dried bay leaf
1/2 tsp italian seasoning
1/4 tsp nutmeg
sea salt & ground pepper
linguini (i used whole wheat)
parmesean cheese
1. heat butter and oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
2. stir in carrot, zucchini, onion and garlic.
3. add meat and cook until it is no longer pink (about 5 minutes)
4. turn heat to medium high and add wine, cook until evaporated.
5. add tomatoes.
6. stir in milk, bay leaf, allspice, nutmeg, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper.
7. simmer for 1-2 hours.
8. cook pasta, drain and return to pot.
9. add half of the sauce and toss with pasta.
10. mix in parmesean.
if you decided to make this, let me know what you think. enjoy!
lily gets a haircut
May 29th, 2008
yesterday i had a random moment to cut off lily’s hair. we decided to grow her bangs out and i saw a picture of a little girl with short hair and i thought to myself, “it would be a lot easier to grow her bangs out if her hair was shorter.” well…10 minutes later we were in the kitchen and i was cutting off her ponytail. for those of you hair stylists reading this (ruth) i know it is shorter on one side but i didn’t want to try to even it and end up making the other side shorter than the first. i am going to take her to a hair place this weekend and get it cleaned up but…i think it looks pretty cute on her. i kept her ponytail and am mailing it to locks of love. her hair isn’t long enough to use for making a wig but they sell the shorter hair to make up for manufacturing costs. i hope they will be able to do that with hers.
early birthday party
May 27th, 2008
we went over to spokane this weekend to celebrate steven’s & asher’s birthdays with steven’s family. because of the long memorial day weekend, we decided to celebrate early. we were able to relax and hang out with family and just have a good time. we miss being so close to his family because it is always a good time being with them. hellers and bowers, we love you! thanks for a good weekend.
auntie lisa and katie made these amazing panda bear cupcakes.
excited-
partaking-
enjoying!
everyone enjoyed the panda bears, especially the kids.
gardening & scoopers
May 27th, 2008
well we went to spokane this weekend and for lily and jackson it was filled with gardening (playing in the dirt) and uncle dave’s scooper as jackson likes to call the caterpillar. the whole trip over to spokane jackson talked about driving in the scooper but sitting in it was the best he would do. he loves the scooper but he is scared of the scooper. unfortunately he is not scared of the dirt as you can see in this first picture.
jackson insisted on having a hat and when his grandma asked what he needed a hat for, he got very serious and said “for my head!”
lily was very excited about playing in the dirt with her shovel.
getting older
May 27th, 2008
well now that asher is almost one he is looking so much older. you can’t tell but lily was feeding him yogurt in these pictures. he thought it was the greatest thing ever that his big sister was feeding him with a spoon. i love seeing asher interact with his big sister and brother. he loves them so much and i am truly grateful that they get along the way that they do.
ashy gets a haircut & steven goes black
May 23rd, 2008
well my baby’s hair was getting so fluffy and crazy so we decided to buzz it. he looks so much older to me. i took pictures before and after but…the memory card was not in the camera and thus they were not saved. i was really bummed because there were some really cute before pics.
ashy in lily’s princess chair. he thought it was so cool to be sitting in it.
ashy loving his daddy’s hair. steven decided he needed a change and came home with black hair dye after work one night.
asher thinks his dad is really cool. the other night he was having a hard time sleeping and i brought him in bed with us. unfortunately for steven, asher insisted on sleeping on steven’s pillow and squeezing steven’s ear. also, every 5 or 10 minutes he would pick his head up and just stare at him. finally i could tell that steven had enough and took him back to his own bed.
rocking out
May 20th, 2008
jackson and asher enjoy playing the piano together. they will just sit and hit the keys and asher will bounce up and down which is his way of dancing. they are pretty cute together! sometimes it doesn’t sound all that bad.
ashy with his rocker hairdo.
