Showing posts with label good food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good food. Show all posts

Jul 8, 2014

Cherry limeade




Summer is here! And we are enjoying it to the fullest!

Our new home was finished this spring (tour post to come),we've settled in, and are now working on sprinklers, yard,  fencing and barns for current/future livestock and chickens. I can't tell you how much we've loved living out in the country! It's beautiful, quiet, and serene. Loving my morning runs and seeing white-tailed deer bounding across the fields! Owls hooting in the warm, summer evening. Eagles carrying their fresh catch from the river. The bright, clear blue sky. And the amber grain waving in the breeze. It never gets old. June marked one year since we've moved, but it seems like yesterday. How time flies.

Today, we made frozen cherry limeade.  We used the juice of six limes, a couple of handfuls of fresh or frozen cherries, ice, some vanilla, and a little coconut palm sugar.  Mixed up in the Blendtec, it was the perfect summer treat!  

Hope you are enjoying your summer! 

Mar 6, 2013

life is good...

So, I have to say that I am a huge fan of Instagram! There are times that I do love using my big DSLR. But my hands are usually full of blankets, baby, bags, iphone, sunglasses, sippy cups, keys {don't forget the keys} and more... So being able to snap pictures with my iphone is FABULOUS! Here is a peak at what we have been up to lately...{follow us on instagram! my user name is errsuz)

lots of running... I am signed up for the Wasatch Back Ragnar in June...yikes...


made this recipe the other day...its roasted cauliflower cheddar soup...so good, but I feel like next time I will add more kick. Maybe more garlic or cheddar.



we recently went on a really fun field trip with our homeschool co-op. it included a tour of the bakery and the kids got to make their own cookies and have lunch. 






i learned how to make marbled paper...we did this activity for mutual night with the youth at church. 
this is basically the technique we used...we used watered down craft paint, card stock and squeegees.


started a new knitting project with mustard yarn from this cute shop {will post pictures when it is finished}... if you are ever in Utah, you have to visit this cute little shopping center...it's called Historic Gardner Village in South Jordan.


stocked up my baby shower stash... I love to give these simple handmade burp clothes and receiving blankets... the how-to is here.


I reading diligently through my pile of books, but somehow new ones keep getting added:) My aunt wrote a book called Parenting with Spiritual Power...this one just got cutsies to the front of the line! So far it is chock full of parenting insight!


my new favorite lunch...quinoa, avocado, a little tomato and cilantro. really, quinoa with anything is wonderful!


IFA got baby chicks! we went to visit them!




a recent girls night consisted of wreath making...doesn't it always?! burlap wreath tutorial here.


life is good, wonderful, blessed, busy, stressful at times, but mostly happy. happy is always there when we look;) have a great weekend!

Dec 13, 2012

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...



sorry I have been MIA lately! life has been busy! here is a quick look at what we have been up to the last few months...


fall burlap and fabric wreath, we kind of used the tutorial here using the foam tubing tip from here


ghost pancakes!


road trip to grandma's!


visit to the Tillamook factory! yum!


making cookies with grandma!



happy 28 to me!


best present = josi s kilpack's new book!


garden harvest!



silly lunch date at one of our favorite eateries: flour girls & dough boys!


field trip to the zoo!


this little man loves chess! and he's good too!


play dough thanksgiving pies!


my baby turns one!


miss sis lost her first tooth!




which brings us to today...




trying to stay on top of school amidst the holiday madness!



love this little corner of my home: snowflake garland, seasonal holiday book display, and our new family pictures in wrapped canvas!


this is the book we are currently reading--love this version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens!


new stockings this year! i was tired of the mismatched ones we had and needed a new one for miss hayley anyway. i made them from this pattern by the lovely & talented miss camille roskelley over at thimble blossoms. i LOVE how they turned out! i just need to figure where to hang them. I don't have a mantel of any sort...


and my kids love these easy christmas treats! we made them with cousins!


so glad the holiday season is here! it is such a wonderful time of year, where we can be reminded of love, serving others, being grateful and celebrating the birth of our Savior! everywhere i turn this season is filled with warm, happy traditions! i love, love, love it! 
until the next post...follow us on instagram (errsuz) where i will try to do a better job of keeping up with recent happenings!

happy holidays!!

May 24, 2012

summer is here!!


summer is finally here! we are officially done with school! yay!! and we are celebrating with a 'doughnut party'!





here is the beginning of our summer list...


the summer 2012 list:


lemonade stand
library
trampoline sleepover
camping
movie party
bike rides
sno cones
water balloon fight
hike
swimming
museum
splash pad
zoo
make ice cream
plant flowers
fireworks
make forts
go to grandma's
write letters
make chalk paint
ice cream truck
barbeque
roast marshmallows and have smore's buffet
go to the beach
picnics
music at the park
farmers market
parades
carnival
aunt mali's wedding
and my personal favorite thing to do...
lay in my lawn chair, watching my kids play in the sprinklers while reading a book!


speaking of reading, here is what is on my summer reading list...


summer reading list:


the shoemakers wife by adriana trigiani

edenbrooke by julianne donaldson

olivia (the newport ladies book club series) by julie wright

daisy (the newport ladies book club series) by josi s. kilpack

the flight of gemma hardy by margot livesey

the peach keeper by sarah addison allen

turn of mind by alice laPlante

banana split by josi s. kilpack


(from nest of posies-doesn't it look yummy? definitely making this summer...)

Nov 4, 2011

trick-or-treat!

hope everyone had a happy halloween!


here's some pictures from ours...

pumpkin carving party


and introducing....

ms blueberry muffin


alongside strawberry shortcake


and batman!




here's the hubby's work halloween party. they always go all out, which is fun and crazy. 
this is the line to go in...





where's waldo? THERE he is:)


snakes, spiders and scorpions...


loved these guy's costumes, the mom and dad where mrs and mr potato head and their triplets were the little aliens from toy story!



this is our seventh year doing this, and it was a little scarier then they've done in the past. didn't love that my baby was screaming because a lot of it was too dark. didn't love the bloody sheets and zombies. c'mon people...these are little kids going through! my hubby attributed it to a lot of new employees who didn't know how it's usually done.


child friendly angry birds... thank you


haunted farm... those are our pumpkins on display and our slide!
btw, this is all inside the office...:) happy cleaning






alice in wonderland


harry potter


c'mon kids, grab some candy out of the toilet! (moaning myrtle's toilet)


cat in the hat


the execs did an awesome toy story 3 display, but it was too busy to get good pictures

and the best part... all the free food.

here they are cotton candy'n it up





and mini ice cream cone'n it up. also you will notice i am holding people's extra cotton candy and popcorn...


then there was the ward trunk or treat...



love halloween. only 365 more days to go til next halloween! what am i going to do when my kids are grown, it makes me sad, so i won't think about it.