Cutie Pies at the Aquarium

by josh on July 31, 2010

Sebastian, Isa and Daniel Shaver at the Tulsa Aquarium for Sebastian’s birthday. They touched starfish, saw jellyfish and sharks.

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They were supposed to be in bed. I was with Eli and Sebastian said he was going to get water for Isa and himself. When I checked on them they were in their closet sipping water from wine glasses.

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He asked for a Faux

by josh on July 21, 2010

Maggie: “He asked for a Faux”

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We’ve been eating sprouted bread for almost five years now and have seen the price increase from 2.99 to 4.99 and with our family also doubling in size it started to take a pretty chunk from our grocery budget. I had looked into making sprouted bread for a while, but it seemed too complicated, or required equipment I  didn’t have until I came across these instructions. It’s a three day process but it’s worth it since we’re now paying a little over a dollar per loaf for the ingredients, awesome!

Ingredients are 3 cups of hard red wheat berries, salt, yeast, and honey, that’s it!

Here’s the sprouted berries in the food processor

Sprouted wheat and spelt berries After being ground up:

In the processor The dough rising:

Dough rising

and the yummy final product:

Sprouted Bread

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Much Relaxin’

by josh on April 1, 2009

Since we always post just the kiddos, I thought I’d put up a few pics of us that actually turned out decent. Yes, shot with the old extended arm trick. Those are always the best for some reason.

It was on our trip down to Florida – SolidWorks World 2009 Conference – the first two are at the Swan and Dolphin Resort where we stayed and the last one is Epcot center.

Josh and Maggie Relaxin'

Dolphin Hotel in the background and us chillin at the beach on the Swan side. We were the only people out there for the most part. Nobody got sand in their eyes.

Smiles

This might be after one or two frozen daiquiris and a bowl of melon. It’s over by the pool where Sebastian got his first go at trying to taste kiddie pool water.

Epcot Future Water

Epcot at the future side where those water jumpin’ things are. Sebastian was more interested in the people playing around. Isabella was getting a kick out of everything.

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Sebastian Doorway Guitar

by josh on March 31, 2009

Sebatian Doorway Guitar

Occasionally, if you’re lucky, you’ll catch a small boy named Sebastian sitting in a small chair, with a small guitar, singing a small song about big things.

The guitar only has four strings and is constantly out of tune. Still, he finds words to put against the ‘chords’ coming out.

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Looking Across the Lake

by josh on March 31, 2009

Looking Across the Lake

I love this photo. It kinda captures all the excitement and wonder running through a little boys head. The striped shirt is pretty sharp lookin’ too. don’t ya think?

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Robot Blast

by josh on March 6, 2009

Here’s my entry for Illustration Friday… that I didn’t submit this time. This is a closeup detail of it. I’m not sure I like the entire image. It kinda creeps me out. (See below.) Maggie is working on a painting with a bird in it…. looks much less menacing that this little green robot guy.

robot-blast

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Maggie may disagree, but I’m really leaning toward these two…

perhaps best told through images.
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Menu Plan Monday

by maggie on March 1, 2009

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I’ve been trying to stay consistent in planning meals for the weeks since Isabella was born. It’s not an easy thing for me for some reason, but without it I end up spending more time at the grocery store than my two year old would like to.   So here’s my  first time posting, and if you would like some serious meal planning inspiration check out  orgjunkie.com.

There’s one new recipe we’re going to try for the week, the flax seed cracker pizza, we’ll see how it goes :)

Monday: Chicken stir fry with brown rice.
Tuesday: Bunless burgers with sweet potato oven fries, and green beans
Wednesday: Flax seed cracker pizza, salad
Thursday: Ground beef and bean burritos or just on salad.
Friday: Beef roast with onions and carrots, quinoa pilaf
Saturday: Left overs

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