PEACE, LOVE & PATIOS

Some days just call for a patio...preferably one with food and drinks.

Thats exactly what we found on the glorious Hog Haus balcony.

Patio- check

Food- check (black bean salsa is amazing)

drinks- check

Just add us and its a party!

Trying his first bean! if he's anything like his momma, he will love every single bean there is.



wait...i'm confused. they dont have baby food here? pshhh...what kind of place did you bring me to?!

Love this pic...you can see some of dickson in the backgroud.

DICKSON STREET BLACK BEAN SALSA:

2 (15-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained

1 (17-ounce) package frozen whole kernel corn, thawed

2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced

1 large avacado, peeled and diced

1 small onion, diced

1/8 to 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl. Cover and chill overnight. Taste and add salt, pepper or more lime juice as necessary. Serve with tortilla chips.

Perfect for a patio. Peace!

 

SPRING HAS SpRUnG!

LOVIN. this. weather. for. sure.  Grammy came to visit us this past weekend and we did nothing but RELAX. It was a much needed chilled-out-weekend. We worked in our yard and garden some but mostly stayed in and cooked Delicious meals! We had the best shrimp manale, steamed broccoli with cheese sauce, french bread and banana pudding for dessert. We had California sushi rolls for an appetizer with marinated olives and green grapes. Hungry yet?! She REALLY knows the way to our hearts. WE are avid sushi fans and love home cooked meals especially with banana pudding. Derek and I got to sneek off a few times while grammy babysat her little harper. We had a sushi date at Thai Diner friday night and the BEST Daytime date on Sunday. Believe it or not...... we had sushi! I guess we're just obsessed. We sat outside on the patio at Wasabi and soaked up the sunshine...it was a great day. GRammy really knows how to spoil us.... she also made a homemade roast with potatoes and carrots in the crock pot for Sunday night dinner. It was the most relaxing, yummy weekend we've had in a while. I'm still full!

 Grammy's Shrimp Manale:

All you'll need:

1/2 cup butter

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

freshly ground black pepper

8 to 10 unpeeled, fresh jumbo shrimp

lemon juice

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add Worcestershire sauce and plenty of pepper. Allow sauce to cool. Rinse shrimp lightly but do not dry. Place in baking dish. Pour sauce over shrimp, sprinkle lemon juice, if desired, and place in 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Turn shrimp. Broil 3 minutes. Serve hot in a bowl with the juices, accompanied by French bread to "sop up" the sauce. Serves 2. Double this recipe to make a family size!

ENjoy!!

ST. PATTY'S

HARPER 9 MONTHS

Harper's 9 month bday was perfect!!!! It was on Saturday March 12th (i know I'm a little late) but it was the most beautimus day you could EVER ask for. We went to Danielle's wedding shower in Harrison, and left early that morning with our bestie Christi Mustaccio Jenkins. It was an awesome drive! We got to look at all the scenery and take in the SunShiNE, my favorite part of the drive was looking at all the baby cows in the pretty pastures. Call me weird, but i LOVE BABY COWS. they are so cute. 
Once we arrived to the bridal shower I got to see some long lost friends, most of them are married and new moms now so we had SO much to catch up on. They got to meet my beautiful date; his name is Harper Cain, Have you heard about him yet?! If not...he's the BomB :) Everyone loved him and couldn't believe what a sweet angel he was...and how he looks just like his daddy. So of course I had to say; Well he can look like him as long as he doesn't act like him! AMEN. 

AIN'T LIFE GRAND

okay, okay....I'm "that mom." I just can't help

myself. I love taking lots of pictures of my baby.

I enjoy it, very much. Hope you do too! 

How could you not with this face?!?!

He's a miracle.