Cooking 101

Alice LOVES cooking. She threw a tantrum when she was 2 because I wouldn't let her watch Ina the Barefoot Contessa. Now she watches, Bobby Flay, Giada and Ina to name a few. Don't get me wrong, she'll choose a kid program over cooking shows, but I still find it hilarious when she's walking through a store and says 'Look mom, Giada made that' as she's pointing to an obscure veggie.

Chicken Parm 101 - Thankfully she is not squeamish handling raw chicken (I hate it)!

Dad super excited about his cooking prodigy.


Although Kyle knows who Ina is and gets excited to show people the arugula in our backyard, he's more into the snacking.

Two Babies and a Wedding

It was a very busy weekend in Boise! Our clan of friends headed up to McCall for Jen and Clayton's wedding on Saturday. It was soooo fun! Gorgeous weather, beautiful couple, fun ceremony and lots of dancing!




While we were all in McCall, two of our friends had their babies 2 hours apart! Congrats to Sarah and Scott - they delivered Thomas Matthew at 4:48. And then two hours later (next door with the same OB) Stacey and Luke welcomed Regan May! So fun!


Stacey and Regan

The Heat of the Summer

We went to Walla Walla, and there was an old school see-saw for the kids to play on at L'Ecole.

Our first big harvest - Boise friends, I will be inviting you all over soon for a pick your own party. I may have been a little over zealous with the amount of veggies I planted.


Our Foreman - making sure this one area is watered multiple times a day.

Little Carrots

What do you do when you forget to pick up a veggie option for dinner? Send the kids to the garden! Tonight we harvested some baby carrots.

Happy 4th of July

We had some people over for a BBQ last night which included Cuban Sandwiches with Tom's famous 6 hour long smoked pork.


Yummers! Beer and BBQ!


Tom is giving everyone a sparkler 101 lesson.

And as you will see, they all took Tom's warning very seriously.

Being extra careful with the sparkler

Lucy getting a little assistance from mom

Miss Lily

and Miss Cayla

And lovely Paige.

Chillin

I'll give you one guess where they learned the hammock life from. :)

The garden is in full bloom, finally! :)

Early Harvest

Well, Kyle started harvesting our crops today. Unfortunately, they were not ready to be harvested. But...if you pick something in the garden you must eat it. Kyle ate this young tomato, and unfortunately LOVED it. So I am thinking about putting up an electric fence around my tomatoes. Just kidding.

What Mom? I just picked a tomato.

And here is his picking.

Tom's super fancy Father's Day Gifts: A trimmer and hose. Wow, so exciting. :)