Honk, Honk!

This is the scene behind my house right now. I love to see all the Canadian geese when they start coming north again. It usually means spring is coming. Since we are to have snow flurries tomorrow, we will see. I've been told that these geese are mean if you get to close, but I love to watch them and hear their honking. I especially like to see the babies when they come to swim. Sometimes they walk right down our fence line. If I am lucky enough this year, I will try to get a picture. They are really funny to watch when they are fighting too. I think that's what's going on in this picture with some of them.

Hurricane Force Winds

One day this week, we had wind gusts up to 66 mph! We usually get a lot of wind during the spring and have had some strong winds in the past, but I don't remember them being that bad. One of the kids toys took an unexpected trip across the backyard, but was quickly saved. We also had a few of our shingles that became "untacked"--for lack of a better description. And of course, they are at the highest peak of the house. Thanks to a neighbor for calling us to report it.

Daddy's ladder is not tall enough to reach, so we are enlising some friend's help. I am so thankful for our great friends (the same ones that helped me shovel a few weeks ago.) Hopefully with their help we can get it fixed eaisly. I also didn't want to be the one to hold the bottom of the ladder. I'd blow away too.

Here are some pictures of the shingles--just for my memories sake too.

A Fondue Experience

Daddy and I got to go to The Melting Pot last night. It was mostly a Valentine's dinner. We had the best time. We have done fondue at home before, so we kinda knew what to expect. However, we had never done cheese fondue before. We had a spicy Mexican cheese and had breads, veggies, apples, and chips to dip. Next was a Cobb salad (what makes it Cobb?) It was very good.

Now for the main course: BBQ tenderloin, fillet, salmon, shrimp, chicken, spinach ravioli (the one thing Daddy turned his nose up at but turned out to be both one of our favorites), and veggies (mushrooms, broccoli, squash, potatoes). We had a Coq A Vin base for the fondue "type" It was OK, but we both said we would try something different next time. There were also 7 different dipping sauces--the best was the teriyaki.

The final course was the dessert course: chocolate fondue with crunchy peanut butter melted in. YUMO! There were many choices to dip in the chocolate: graham cracker crumb covered marshmallows, Oreo crumb covered marshmallows, strawberries, bananas, brownies, Rice Krispie treats, pound cake, and cheesecake. Doesn't it make your mouth water just thinking about it? The best course by far was the dessert course. Daddy and I have decided that if we ever go again (if, if, if) we would just get the cheese course and the dessert course.

We had such a good time, but I was so full at the end that I was almost uncomfortable. If you ever get to go, be prepared to spend a lot of money, a lot of time, and be very stuffed when you are done. It was AWESOME!

Here are pictures before we become overly stuffed.

Side notes: (Yes, I was the nerd who took her camera into the restaurant to take pictures. And C wanted to know why he couldn't go on the date with us. #1: It's a Mommy and Daddy date #2: I am not paying those prices for him!)

Can you guess?

Can you figure out what is in the following picture?

This is what I saw when I went in to get K girl up from her nap. The dark object towards the front are her pants. The pink right above that is her onesie. The grey under that is her sweatshirt. And the white on top of it all? That's her diaper. So deduction would say..........

I threw back her blanket and sure enough, she was naked. And shivering! Well duh! Oh that girl! I had to wash everything in her bed and give her a bath. She actually hadn't wet too bad, but enough to wash everything. She WILL be the death of me!

BTW: the pink blanket was made for me by my grandmother (GiGi) many, many years ago. And the blue with ladybugs is K's "woobie."

What's for dinner?

Wanna know what we had for dinner last night? Here's a clue:

It was so warm out yesterday (60 degrees!), that we grilled out for dinner. We had hamburgers. That is the only way to eat hamburgers at home. Our own version of cowboy burgers: bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, BBQ sauce, and onion rings. YUMO!

I actually had to make a special run to Wal-Mart for charcoal. I also got 2 bags of chicken breasts and had Daddy grill those too. I'll freeze them and use them over the next few weeks.