Newest Addition To The Family

Yeah, I'm a little delayed.

She's 3 1/2 months old now.

But wasn't it worth the wait?

She's a cutie pie!

Our third sweet little lady. 

World, Hazel. Hazel, world.

Beautiful Fall Plum Compote

I love fall. I'm so excited it is finally here! And with it, came tons of lovely purple Italian Plums from sister-in-law's garden. My digestive track wasn't handling as many a day that I wanted to eat, so I decided I'd better come up with a plan quickly to preserve these beauties for future consumption...

First I made a quick galette yesterday. Yum! Then today I decided to make a compote  so that I can freeze it for later consumption.

I just cut up my plums, put them in a pot with 1/2 cup water and a few tbs sugar (added to taste) then let all that goodness simmer for 20 minutes or so until mushy.

I can't wait to put it on pancakes, waffles, crepes, muffins, toast, stir into oatmeal, on vanilla ice cream, etc, etc, etc.

New Family Pictures

Thanks to my friend Jesicah and her mad photography skillz.

Great Grandpa Houston

We visited the girls great grandpa today in Washington. We live so far away and don't get to visit much, so it was a nice visit.

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Third Time's A...

GIRL!!!

Another one, hooray! We didn't really believe our eyes, but it's true.

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Ziploc Ice Cream

Tonight for a fun family activity we made our first batches of Ziploc ice cream. All you need is-

• 1 Gallon Ziploc with ice and 6 tbs salt (we use kosher salt)

• In a quart sized Ziploc add 1/2 cup milk (we used whole milk), 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 tbs sugar.

• Now SHAKE! It takes about 5 minutes on daddy shake time to whip up 1/2 cup of ice cream.

Notes- we added some hershey syrup to our second batch. 

I also read that doubling the batch doesn't work well...

 

Have fun and share your favorite flavors.

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Hair Emergency Resolved

At the zoo today, its nearing 100*f, and I forgot a ponytail holder for Jane.

Luckily I brought Ritz with a twistie on them. Twistie into hair tie. Viola!

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Two Birds, One Stone