All's well that eats well.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
How to decorate a cake
AKA: "The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley"
All's well that eats well.
All's well that eats well.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Christmas 2009.
Well, I better get this posted before the new semester starts. Here are our pictures from Christmas!
The week before Christmas we drove down to TN to visit with the Grandparents and friends. We dodged a big snow storm on the way down. It was fun watching the thermometer on the truck go up as the miles on the odometer increased. I seemed like about 1 degree / 25 miles south. 40 degrees in TN felt like summer to us! It was below 20 when we left the Detroit Metro.
Once in TN we spent some time exploring and taking with the horses.
Jamie had a great time playing outside, climbing the fences, and running around the backyard.
The waterfalls are still there:
One of the highlights of the trip was the visit to Shawn's parents house. Ol' Larry hitched up the minihorse and we all went for cart rides. Here's Christine...
Yup, yup!
After a 10 hour drive back home (dodging another storm) we had our own little Christmas.
The stockings were hung by the banister with care:
It looks as if Saint Nick had been there:
Tearing into packages:
Trains will appear:
The weather since Christmas has been a bit cold. This morning it was 3. We hopped in the car and drove down to the Detroit Institute of Art and got our fill. Jamie's favorite was Van Gogh's "Postman". Christine and I were pretty blown away by Rivera's "Detroit Industry" frescos.
Jamie was also a big fan of the giant 3 way adapter plug:
The week before Christmas we drove down to TN to visit with the Grandparents and friends. We dodged a big snow storm on the way down. It was fun watching the thermometer on the truck go up as the miles on the odometer increased. I seemed like about 1 degree / 25 miles south. 40 degrees in TN felt like summer to us! It was below 20 when we left the Detroit Metro.
Once in TN we spent some time exploring and taking with the horses.
Jamie had a great time playing outside, climbing the fences, and running around the backyard.
The waterfalls are still there:
One of the highlights of the trip was the visit to Shawn's parents house. Ol' Larry hitched up the minihorse and we all went for cart rides. Here's Christine...
Yup, yup!
After a 10 hour drive back home (dodging another storm) we had our own little Christmas.
The stockings were hung by the banister with care:
It looks as if Saint Nick had been there:
Tearing into packages:
Trains will appear:
The weather since Christmas has been a bit cold. This morning it was 3. We hopped in the car and drove down to the Detroit Institute of Art and got our fill. Jamie's favorite was Van Gogh's "Postman". Christine and I were pretty blown away by Rivera's "Detroit Industry" frescos.
Jamie was also a big fan of the giant 3 way adapter plug:
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Pre Christmas 2009
Christmas in our little northern midwestern town is quite charming. They really do up the town with lights. I've never actually seen anything quite like it. It might even top Baltimore's 34 Street in quantity (but not quality).
Next on the list was Santa. Jamie asked for a steamroller. Will he get one? Only Santa knows for sure.
Last weekend we went to a great big tree farm about 30 miles north of town. Surprising to us was the fact that the farm was placed upon a series of rolling hills. They take you out on a tractor ride to get to the fields of trees.
We had a lot of fun running around on the hills searching for the perfect tree.
Here it is:
Sitting on the tractor after the hayride:
Back home, we decorated it up with handmade ornaments. We figured we should save the pretty glass stuff for when Jamie is a few (maybe many) years older.
With the look on his face in this picture, maybe you can get an idea as to why we might want to wait to put out the nice ornaments. (Shortly after this picture was taken we had to invest in a chain door lock, because he kept escaping and running off down the sidewalk!)
Next on the list was Santa. Jamie asked for a steamroller. Will he get one? Only Santa knows for sure.
Last weekend we went to a great big tree farm about 30 miles north of town. Surprising to us was the fact that the farm was placed upon a series of rolling hills. They take you out on a tractor ride to get to the fields of trees.
We had a lot of fun running around on the hills searching for the perfect tree.
Here it is:
Sitting on the tractor after the hayride:
Back home, we decorated it up with handmade ornaments. We figured we should save the pretty glass stuff for when Jamie is a few (maybe many) years older.
With the look on his face in this picture, maybe you can get an idea as to why we might want to wait to put out the nice ornaments. (Shortly after this picture was taken we had to invest in a chain door lock, because he kept escaping and running off down the sidewalk!)
Here's the house!
Front view of our recently renovated Bungalow built in 1920.
Here is our "formal" living room I have just finished painting a lovely golden yellow color.
Here is the purple dining room. Purple paint sucks! It gets on everything.
Here's a view of the kitchen before the appliances were put in.
The den "Tibetan Orange"
Jamie in the giant fish tank that is our downstairs shower.
That's it!
Here is our "formal" living room I have just finished painting a lovely golden yellow color.
Here is the purple dining room. Purple paint sucks! It gets on everything.
Here's a view of the kitchen before the appliances were put in.
The den "Tibetan Orange"
Jamie in the giant fish tank that is our downstairs shower.
That's it!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Happy Halloween!
T-minus 10 and counting. Jamie is dressed as a Space Shuttle Astronaut. First stop, neighbor's house for beer and wine.
Commander Jamie orders more candy. Blast off!
We are approaching the International Space Station. More chocolate, please.
The scene from Mission Control. Operation Barter and Trade.
Landing gear engaged. Post binge milk and cuddles.
Commander Jamie orders more candy. Blast off!
We are approaching the International Space Station. More chocolate, please.
The scene from Mission Control. Operation Barter and Trade.
Landing gear engaged. Post binge milk and cuddles.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Stonewall Pumpkin Festival
Hello World! Yeah, it's been a long while. Moving, new job, trying to buy a house. Lots of excuses.
Anyhow. Here are some pictures from this weekend's Stonewall Pumpkin Festival at the Van Hoosen Dairy Farm in the "historic" Stony Creek village in our neighborhood.
First there was the hay ride. Actually there were several hayrides because Jamie loves tractors. He cried every time we had to get off. Poor kid.
Off we go!
Next we went and picked out our pumpkin.
Jamie hunts for the best one:
Found it!
Then we hopped back on the hay wagon and took the pumpkin to the carving station. Actually we made a side trip to play on the hook-and-ladder truck.
Jamie loves firetrucks almost as much as tractors.
Driving with Momma.
Back to the carving tables:
Guts!
Jamie helps Dadda scoop out the brains.
Our pumpkin on the stonewall.
Anyhow. Here are some pictures from this weekend's Stonewall Pumpkin Festival at the Van Hoosen Dairy Farm in the "historic" Stony Creek village in our neighborhood.
First there was the hay ride. Actually there were several hayrides because Jamie loves tractors. He cried every time we had to get off. Poor kid.
Off we go!
Next we went and picked out our pumpkin.
Jamie hunts for the best one:
Found it!
Then we hopped back on the hay wagon and took the pumpkin to the carving station. Actually we made a side trip to play on the hook-and-ladder truck.
Jamie loves firetrucks almost as much as tractors.
Driving with Momma.
Back to the carving tables:
Guts!
Jamie helps Dadda scoop out the brains.
Our pumpkin on the stonewall.
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