Day 276 - Saturday, October 3, 2009

Day 276 - Saturday, October 3, 2009 –

The kids and I went to my sister's house today. One of Owen's fall "goals" this year was to make homemade applesauce and I knew that Shawn would be the perfect person to help him meet that goal. This is one of the many apples that we put through the core-er, slicer, skinner contraption. It was a fun process and the end result was scrumptious!

Day 250 - Monday, September 7, 2009

Day 250 - Monday, September 7, 2009 –

Labor Day. The official start of fall, in my book. And we kicked it off right with a delicious pot of venison chili, one of Kevin's spicy concoctions. The house smelled scrumptious the entire day!

Day 240 - Friday, August 28, 2009

Day 240 - Friday, August 28, 2009 –

Let the harvest begin!! GINORMOUS zucchini from the Terenzis, squash and tomatoes from my parents, and grape tomatoes from Stacey. MMM MMM

Day 223 - Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Day 223 - Tuesday, August 11, 2009 –

Tonight took me to my friend and former Jabil co-worker, Kelly McKay's house (a.k.a. Buckingham Palace). I couldn't resist purchasing this bottle of wine from Trader Joe's. Our own personal Happiness Consultant!

Day 217 - Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Day 217 - Wednesday, August 5, 2009 –

Kev sure knows how to reduce my stress level after a busy couple of days at work. He made pitcher after pitcher of these yummy strawberry daiquiris for me...and brought them to me as I relaxed on the deck in my chaise lounger. What a good husband!

Day 197 - Thursday, July 16, 2009 –

Day 197 - Thursday, July 16, 2009 –

This summer we’ve been drinking a lot of this. I call it Recession Wine. Whatever you call it, it’s yummy and goes well with a BBQ riblet dinner (with our newly discovered Cattleman’s BBQ sauce that the entire family absolutely loves).

Day 150 - Saturday, May 30, 2009

Day 150 - Saturday, May 30, 2009 –
Breakfast of champions!

Day 123 - Sunday, May 3, 2009

Day 123 - Sunday, May 3, 2009 –
I love last minute gatherings with the Petoskeys. It's just so easy to be with them. Nothing fancy. Nothing formal. Just laid back, good old fashioned fun. Even Kev, who had never grilled ribs before didn't mind that his BBQ ribs maiden voyage (which could have sunk like the Titanic) was done with the Petoskeys on board. No worries, though, the ribs were AWESOME! So, were Joel's wings. It's fun when the fellas cook for us. Let the summertime impromptu BBQ gatherings begin!

Day 122 - Saturday, May 2, 2009 –

After soccer we went to BW3's with the Parsons and the Scepkas. Everyone gets fed, the parents have adult beverages, and the kids have games to play and a deck to run around on. They say we're bad influences. We say they're bad influences. Because when we get together, it's just one big party. I think we are all bad influences on each other. Scratch that, we are all FUN influences on each other.

All I know is that the critters that I put in Katie's margarita looked like this before I went to the restroom:

And they looked like this when I returned from the restroom: