Monday, August 3, 2009

Camping & The Rodeo

We went camping on Friday, which always makes for a good start to the weekend. Also, it was Brandi's first time. She was soo good, waay better than expected!

Erin and myself, cookin some hobo dinners
Sam
Almost a full moonSam and Austin
Erin and Sam
Austin and Myself
Cup'o morning joe
Our Little Family
Packing up
The girls were hiding in the grass. They didn't want to leave :)Pretty cool place to live
Then on Saturday night, we went to the Heber Rodeo. My first real rodeo! soooo fun




Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I ♥ NY

Just got back from a 10 day trip to NY. Soo relaxing...

On the train into the City, headed to the Yankees game

Outside Penn Station, look at all of the Taxi's lined up!

the new "billion $" Yankee Stadium

They sell sushi...

And have a full service butcher inside the stadium?!
There's the Rockies flag :)
♥ baseball

Stan's across from the stadium
Then we headed up to the lake, this is the view!
Relaxing...

Waterskiing...
And a little late night indian chief!
I ♥ NY and I ♥ Brant Lake. Can't wait to go back next year!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Watchin' Beethoven

Okay, so I've heard of dogs watching TV when Lassie or the Discovery Channel are on... Brandi likes to watch TV too, but she loves Beethoven! I think she's got a little celebrity crush ;)


Had to get a closer look

Friday, July 10, 2009

4th of July Festivities

The Parade...
Gettin' a outa math with the PC Math Club
"What's your FUNCTION?!"

The Original Smart Car

Stein Erikson Mining Cars
The Shock Top Bug (complete with beer tap)

A Mini Horse (like Rob & Big)

The Butlers

The View...
Enjoying a glass of wine and our beautiful view!

Got to see the hay machine making barrels

Our new fire pit

Fishing...
Erik caught a fish! (finally)

Sunset...


Hope you all had a terrific holiday weekend too!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Slacker

I'm really not a slacker when it comes to blogging, my camera is just out of commission. I promise to have lots of things to blog about when my new cord comes!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Love 4th Of July

Love love love the 4th of July... It's my very favorite time to gather with family and friends for good food, good wine, and good fun!

Here is a fun recipe from myrecipes.com. Soo festive and very yummy, although mine didn't look exactly like the photo (wink wink).

Old Glory Cherry-Blueberry Pie

Ingredients
  • 5 cups fresh sweet, dark cherries, rinsed and pitted, or frozen pitted cherries (see notes)
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries, rinsed and drained, or frozen blueberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup cornstarch
  • 2 Pie pastries
  • 2 teaspoons butter or margarine, cut into small pieces
  • Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Preparation

1. In a large bowl, mix cherries with 2 tablespoons lemon juice. In a smaller bowl, mix blueberries with remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Combine sugar and cornstarch; gently stir 1 cup of the mixture into cherries and 1/4 cup into blueberries.

2. Spoon cherry mixture over 3/4 of the pastry in pan, leaving 1 quadrant free. Spoon blueberry mixture into unfilled area. Scatter butter evenly over fruit.

3. Top filling with stars and stripes for flag pastry. Set pie in a foil-lined 13- by 17-inch baking pan.

4. Bake on the bottom rack of a 400° regular or convection oven until fruit is bubbling in the center and pastry is well browned, about 1 hour. If pastry edges brown too quickly (check after 40 minutes), cover loosely with foil.

5. Let pie cool on a rack at least 3 hours; let stand at room temperature up to 8 hours. Cut into wedges and serve with ice cream, if desired.


The best wine for summer time is always Sangria (That's American, right?!). Here's another great recipe from myrecipes.com.

Red Wine Sangria


Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 (750-milliliter) bottles dry red wine
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1/2 cup peach nectar*
  • 1/4 cup orange liqueur
  • 2 to 3 cups club soda, chilled
  • 1 lemon, thinly sliced
  • 1 lime, thinly sliced
  • 1 orange, thinly sliced
  • 1 Granny Smith apple, thinly sliced

Preparation

1. Bring sugar and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and let stand 10 minutes.

2. Combine sugar mixture, red wine, and next 3 ingredients in a large container; cover and chill 4 hours. Stir in club soda and next 4 ingredients just before serving. Serve over ice, if desired.

*1/2 cup orange juice may be substituted.


Try them out and let me know what you think.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYONE!


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Its a Girl

Introducing "new baby" Dowda! Born June 24, 2009 at 727am.

Congrats Angie & Zak! She's beautiful.