When I went outside, the rain tapped me on the shoulder as if it were to ask me a question. The sun said "peek-a-boo" after it came out from hiding behind the parade of big clouds. I saw my shadow race me to the finish line of my house. "The adventure's over", I said to my shadow as we went inside my house.
By Maia
Age 9
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Picture Updates!
Maia announcing the retirement of the colors at the Veteren's Day assembly. She did an awesome job!
Gabe's first strings concert!
My friend Jennifer came to visit Spokane right before Thanksgiving and I got to spend some time with her. She always makes me laugh and I can tell her anything. What more can you ask for?
Comfortable sleeping position? I'll have to try it...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Where did November go?
Ok, I have been meaning to update this for a whole month now. November has been pretty cool. My Aunt Lenna and Uncle Craig came to town to visit. I haven't seen them for so long. We had a great visit even though I probably sent them home sick. I have had this nasty head/chest cold for the last few weeks and the worst of it was the day they were here. Feeling better now finally. The kids all had good report cards and conferences. Gabe had his first violin concert which was kind of painful but we were proud. We had a great Thanksgiving too. We went down to the Tri-Cities to Shawn's sister's place. Her hubby's family was there and we had a great time. Hi-five to Pete for being a cool guy. I haven't laughed so hard in ages...you know like when the back of your head starts to hurt...was great! Oh and Angel cooks a pretty mean turkey too! This month has just flown by. Argh! Christmas is almost here. I am not in the mood yet to even get out the decorations. We did get our first snow of the year on Thanksgiving so that is helping with the whole Christmas mood thing. The kids have been trying to make the most of what is left out there. It is pretty melty and wet. Also, my sister has been in town this last week visiting and we went shopping this morning with mom and that was fun. We always have a good time mostly giving Mom a hard time. It's all in fun though. Was so cool that all three of us got to just hang out. Doesn't happen very often in this crazy life anymore. I learned something totally bizarre about my mom too. Ok get this...I know most of you know my mom pretty well and she is an awesomely cool mom but I would have never guessed she would be reading Twilight. My mom reading a vampire novel and enjoying it...Mom, you there? Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The Auk
An auk in flight
Is sure delight,
But an auk on land
Is not so grand.
For an auk
Walks aukwardly.
Poetry by,
Gabe, Age 10
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Dinner was way yummy tonight! I made a biscuit-topped chicken pot pie thing. I found a biscuit recipe online that turned out really good so I wanted to share it. I cut and pasted directly below...
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/3 cup shortening (I used butter)
1 cup milk
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead 15 to 20 times (I did not knead...I only mixed until everything stuck together well enough). Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. Cut biscuits with a large cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used. Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.
Okay, so I wanted to increase this recipe by 50% and I kinda messed up with about half the ingredients and doubled them instead. I put in 2 Tbs Sugar, 2 tsp Salt and 2/3 cup Butter. It still turned out really good. The kids cleaned their plates...Woot!
If you would like the recipe for the filling, here is what I threw together:
I sauteed one small chopped onion and 2 stalks chopped celery in about quarter cup of butter over medium-low heat (I didn't want to burn the butter) until the onions were translucent. I added celery salt, salt, pepper, thyme and parsley to the onion mixture. I baked chicken breast tenders prior to starting any of it...about 10 of them. They are much smaller than chicken breasts if you haven't used them before. I sprinkled them with salt, pepper, paprika, powdered garlic and a little chicken seasoning prior to baking. They were cooling while I was sauteing (sp?) the onions and celery. I then added about a quarter cup of flour to the mixture for thickening, stirring to make sure there was no lumps. I mixed in about a cup and a half of chicken stock and when that was thickened into a gravy consistency I added frozen peas and corn - probably about a cup of each. I diced the chicken and mixed it in too and added about a cup of milk. I made this in a high-sided saute pan and just placed the cut-out biscuit dough on top of it all. I baked it right in the saute pan at 425 degrees for about 25 mins. It took awhile for my biscuits to brown on top but it only needs to cook until the biscuits are done. The only thing I would recommend is cutting some of the salt somewhere in the recipe. It was really good but would have been perfect with a smidge less salt.
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/3 cup shortening (I used butter)
1 cup milk
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in milk until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
Turn out onto a floured surface, and knead 15 to 20 times (I did not knead...I only mixed until everything stuck together well enough). Pat or roll dough out to 1 inch thick. Cut biscuits with a large cutter or juice glass dipped in flour. Repeat until all dough is used. Brush off the excess flour, and place biscuits onto an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until edges begin to brown.
Okay, so I wanted to increase this recipe by 50% and I kinda messed up with about half the ingredients and doubled them instead. I put in 2 Tbs Sugar, 2 tsp Salt and 2/3 cup Butter. It still turned out really good. The kids cleaned their plates...Woot!
If you would like the recipe for the filling, here is what I threw together:
I sauteed one small chopped onion and 2 stalks chopped celery in about quarter cup of butter over medium-low heat (I didn't want to burn the butter) until the onions were translucent. I added celery salt, salt, pepper, thyme and parsley to the onion mixture. I baked chicken breast tenders prior to starting any of it...about 10 of them. They are much smaller than chicken breasts if you haven't used them before. I sprinkled them with salt, pepper, paprika, powdered garlic and a little chicken seasoning prior to baking. They were cooling while I was sauteing (sp?) the onions and celery. I then added about a quarter cup of flour to the mixture for thickening, stirring to make sure there was no lumps. I mixed in about a cup and a half of chicken stock and when that was thickened into a gravy consistency I added frozen peas and corn - probably about a cup of each. I diced the chicken and mixed it in too and added about a cup of milk. I made this in a high-sided saute pan and just placed the cut-out biscuit dough on top of it all. I baked it right in the saute pan at 425 degrees for about 25 mins. It took awhile for my biscuits to brown on top but it only needs to cook until the biscuits are done. The only thing I would recommend is cutting some of the salt somewhere in the recipe. It was really good but would have been perfect with a smidge less salt.
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