"Our" Favorite Things

 Playing.  Hard.  By the end of the day the house looks like a toddler has been through it.  Here, he has pulled all the laundry out of the basket and has a dog bowl on his head.

 Going to the park.  It's been cooler outside and I found a park with lots of shade.  We both enjoy this activity.  He loves going down the slide and swinging. (Notice the super dirty shoes!)

Playing with blocks. I thought these were too old for him but I was wrong, he loves them.  He is learning to stack but for now, knocking them down is oh so much fun!

August's Recipe

 Artisan bread.  Doesn't that make your mouth water?  I was so excited to try this recipe from Mother Earth News.  They claim it takes 5 minutes.  Not quite.  But the recipe is still very simple.  The dough sits in the refrigerator for a few days and makes four one pound loaves.  This is nice because I can take out enough for dinner one night and have more dough sitting in the frig waiting for me.  

Warm bread, fresh out of the oven just makes me feel like I'm at home. 

This recipe was nice to make and to eat just for the comfort of it, and the warmth.

I served it alongside eggplant pasta and salad.  I can't wait to make my next batch.

Rosy Makes Her Debut

Bobbi, John and Jaxon welcomed little sister Rosy on August 3, 2012.  Finn and I spent 3 days with them last week to help around the house.  I don't know how much I helped but Bobbi and I got to spend some time together and it was fun watching Jax and Finn play together.

 Fun with sand!  We went to the park and played outside a lot.

 So tired after my bath!  She slept a lot.  What a cuddle bug!

I see you.  Finn loved playing at the park.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Well folks, I really thought I was done with blogging.  Between a new baby (who isn't so new anymore), following Clint wherever medical school took him and LIFE I thought I was done blogging.  Then, I went over to a fellow resident's wife's house and there on her coffee table was a beautiful photo album of their family.  She went on to tell me that she just took her posts from her blog and put them into the book.  Genius.  Then I saw her blog and all my other friend's blogs and I realized I wasn't done.  I love writing (I didn't know this until recently).  I love documenting our lives with pictures.  And I love to keep up with my friends through their blogs so I thought they might like to do the same.  So here I am.

I'm trying to find a way to do this simply and without taking up lots of time.  As I don't have much to spare.  I'm thinking of blogging with pictures of activities every two weeks since we don't do too much around here that would warrant more posts.  But I would also like to focus some on food as well.  Not that I'm making and creating awesome dishes but I think food tells a lot about where we are in life.  Like when I was in college I ate mostly frozen dinners.  When I was newly married I made more things from scratch but we ate out a lot because we were both working and getting used to our new life.  After about 3 years of marriage and moving to Fort Worth, plus doing lots of research on where our food comes from, how the land and animals are used, etc.  I began a totally new way of looking, cooking and eating my food.  I now go to the farmer's market, eat mostly fresh food rather than boxed, canned or frozen and we eat meat (that's grazed on their natural foods) at home once a week.  So with that being said, once a month or so, I'll try to highlight something I've never made before or an old family favorite to help capture what's going on that month.

I don't know if anyone will be reading these early posts.  Maybe as I "spread the word"  I'll get a few people to check it.  Either way, here goes.  The McHenry Blog...Part 2.