tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51512320081102817172024-03-19T04:38:40.722-07:00Holloways in HoustonJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-19280072671664803292012-03-12T09:53:00.012-07:002012-03-12T12:59:50.356-07:00BFF Reunion 2011<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I have really awesome college friends. I was blessed with lots of them and I love them all! It's hard being so far away from them (please move to Texas!!), so a few of us decided to get together in NOLA this January.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">I consider these friends to be my "core friends" from college - I lived with Sarah, and saw the others almost weekly. We loved game nights, MMSC & S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; ">hawarma</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> Wednesdays and made lots of fun memories together in Starkville. I was so excited to continue the fun by visiting Patrick & Angela in NOLA! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Some pictures from our adventures...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Walking Tour of the Garden District</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(some of these places are significant but I can't remember why because I waited almost 2 months to blog about this trip - oops)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEl-_CYp5rViqtqOb5YhzpR0cbGlfYNp09jP0oF-2t-AOhCsPXixaAGnSbP3DuFx2CSWl6Na5nghQitOc3D_HYvELxaipck34mFud8uqvhgzABwx8u7EpOCsXbMZl-_FtBrNRi7xKtqRA/s320/IMG_1363-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055105714405106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z5msIzc8PxD9PEGOf7j97nwljfcCK6lnn1GBC-nDtQRxmTDcjViv12HoZTGCRwY7hipKMY-FiF8kg97tfmE5kBuLPw0KPCQf9EKIxDqIhSwE40H4kssUbVuHyJhoO7pnZgqd1jJ6o1M/s320/IMG_1365-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055112338974578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I think this sign was on a private school's fence, haha</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixswZGjS41hdeCr1TIhHr-UWsHtz3u3rIykYWSKur_g4iUasYm-EHR98S8iNX9pNmUlqk7LYi_dQ13kQc6qTJrXjyrFaTeOi0FggwxI1UVTQ9T9bxp8p-PbJYOt7AzY-7__4ZORwew-Fs/s320/IMG_1364-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055116107091362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Beads are always in the trees - it's bad luck to take them down!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJckKxaTy1wdhBD1O-QBCFkplePuVJt7h4ARq5aEPE-BvdaX6qJiKRVPyRE6aNYHVbusuxQq2UedwLunHmy0KrJwjtaBBMlZ4rHSv7ApgdzBAZIc6lflBji2NNrmCztKuYv1zX4MpdkoI/s320/IMG_1367-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055120319063010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Nicholas Cage's house! There were some people walking in through the fence as we walked by, but Nick wasn't one of them. I tried to take this picture covertly so I didn't look like such a stalker.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCuus7RD951Tu2M06nKa65cpu3BcGCrn7cUgM3xjo2NYIfiUeo1ILWye3troIj2MPqgvCM6AT0uB6eRWl8QhCTU3WVmnaPxi5VW1VhTggKYZfLAJkagymuoYzA66HcG0Hr5Mr65mH7MI/s320/IMG_1369-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055384035955682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This is inside Nick's fence, too. Patrick said this is how you can tell it's Nick's house.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcLSlt3qYPEvbM5v4-iwuiNRj3xT0Y-V2wlJqshgpYSKZBEPTCTktcgfBvmG_wBf01nkChGBmsI-eN0wuQxM7RBNTchz0xuKEf6UOLie4fRHawQCAbQ2021BiWUj2XOxTvxlY0g4mf44I/s320/IMG_1366-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055113545645586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">French embassy in New Orleans, I think...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-o3QJy32MFotZxyzGJK7WiL5TVKwvZ9PhY1rOQZzoCabg1kHsiZW3tCB_62jK8Y9Ym7Fj_3fqYVfgwbC_zf4i1VOjjP7GI55u8ki2CikNyrA383fXaBfYDnUtc3s3DsNQVJsDa5H7QsQ/s320/IMG_1370-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055388877040338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The corn fence - it was really cool!! I can't remember the story exactly (maybe Angela will grace us with an insightful comment), but the sign says (of the corn fence):</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Colonel Short's Villa</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The unusual cast iron morning-glory and cornstalk fence was furnished by the Philadelphia Foundry of Wood and Miltenberger.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAC3dRd02BNJYpzLJrwaJt31Qn7NKyFdjF6t00obS7GrebcoWvQRnt14sWHzxlQreO08onbYDojP3NRZA4VQTxR1KDoIXRWkgxcMmHKoZ2xrk4roxBqFGEN1JmWnGsuDPvCHEU_iJoces/s320/IMG_1371-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055395157745810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Corner of the corn fence</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdUoNJClhhTokupdlXelTw9dNdE4IUIc8dpKEl5gJyoxtYktWW3dZK__CE0kBYtA0-DQa5FF383vI3Lye-g4gf3Ulakw8bTWNc063I8bwWBrm4qkrh25TIK7JEFY1tlL9ZpvimCdlsYw/s320/IMG_1372-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055397428514946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Picture of a well-loved local restaurant near the cemetery we walked through</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuJ3XB_fpk3akxPJ09hcanEONMQ0OFkInXeX9q_fuL32kbxcPLJao4KwXzurZngVhx1sQ5oROPffT4iMcuhnEMQoXFl-FIJR22_5Ll4DIrzjRviKFSkCVMKDW2dMFThIe5H4nywgWw7Y/s1600/IMG_1373-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuJ3XB_fpk3akxPJ09hcanEONMQ0OFkInXeX9q_fuL32kbxcPLJao4KwXzurZngVhx1sQ5oROPffT4iMcuhnEMQoXFl-FIJR22_5Ll4DIrzjRviKFSkCVMKDW2dMFThIe5H4nywgWw7Y/s320/IMG_1373-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719055857023099954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This cemetery was part of our walking tour, too. NOLA has lots of cemeteries, but I don't remember what this one was called - it was one of the oldest, though! It was really interesting to look at all of the old, above-ground tombs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-md2uuvN04pO1k6qnHluTwaZFg3lexUd6VpsTZ5l5-YGbof9scl5qjTGBnJvuecUYcpj66mSf8LOfrEqRkpc64tE7HGHGvkztrq68EwVNMG6xCmixGQqyYKg1o2ORVh12S3-W64qLMY/s1600/IMG_1379-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-md2uuvN04pO1k6qnHluTwaZFg3lexUd6VpsTZ5l5-YGbof9scl5qjTGBnJvuecUYcpj66mSf8LOfrEqRkpc64tE7HGHGvkztrq68EwVNMG6xCmixGQqyYKg1o2ORVh12S3-W64qLMY/s320/IMG_1379-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058247715132370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; 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cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy71oDSCDIWTum5vzmTngZUAtf6AReUpBEU8Rp-VCYeibFWtw23Z_G-15LBYYe4_XzrR1imhObk1mX3TfAc3B-uwbvJsxLsN01At-QEe4MXAhOugAQmb8HJOwXXqhQY1_yAGHWlLUvvkw/s320/IMG_1380-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058246673222594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">I think I took a picture of this house because it was so beautiful. We saw lots of pretty houses!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjvv3pUJ6XQfzqHeMhv9bLJA_IoamvcmQUFUDM_Fhdw1Eo9p1TlmQWZYGR5M25ol9_akXX5YeDGP_cAt7cgVWhJbXHDvFQEziMLUV6Pbtzisam6WEl_DMtTRS5c9UEjNgTt_JjJI39rc/s320/IMG_1381-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058253384700818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Angela's dream house :) It's currently being renovated</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEJv3fZTwdxheQaVERjliGxNSZWUQu7JVC5kSr0rmDXqQlFDmtFZ2GZnhuZg3mxhusvOPjM9Wa-4OQUOaJs-mIW9vvUOcdVvPYwXYqyI6IfESJOTTGkCJgsmNT3K-aVQM48OXhYtrEmM/s320/IMG_1382-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058255374615954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This house is featured in a lot of movies, apparently. NOLA is a hot spot for filming movies!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jJZ-uMSKtNcQ1rZRcIelrk0-g5SgSvLf2ELpGnEAe7gTNEyfKLdIO3HNxa2AAzQ5ggb5XZYSNqL2gUQB1pin10LrT3W3gl7t1dmdErI40oyJqwDp7iLDfe6QmpXDXnoUk4eonp3wva0/s320/IMG_1383-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058907386628434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEnZgcC1MAeMgQeNrvGPpKI8XPU5KZADTdiNA_6pJ3BQzoQj-5CH33vlfi2lkKVD0Z1t8BfNYp3Z7cVW_teiV-jZSusd525EICjy-J6lEwdvopUX87sbW1ta1gMN2Ih1yFdRYL_L10Nw/s1600/IMG_1384-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEnZgcC1MAeMgQeNrvGPpKI8XPU5KZADTdiNA_6pJ3BQzoQj-5CH33vlfi2lkKVD0Z1t8BfNYp3Z7cVW_teiV-jZSusd525EICjy-J6lEwdvopUX87sbW1ta1gMN2Ih1yFdRYL_L10Nw/s320/IMG_1384-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058905326522658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLcIGZFOL6noN8zmE8mZHZqwzg2uWDrMZfQO-5LgALz8EC7AaYgvxS3Na_aGHeweaUVWMeyuqlUjUM0ur7gPRy7eITKBnEz08VFyvYY-Ek18FS7IMD1uVb2pmq3OuCOzzduI8Fuh4UyM/s320/IMG_1386-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719058910848913090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">We had king cake we had for breakfast (breakfast of champions - really yummy!!) Saturday morning. It was delish, but we had all worked it off from walking around all morning, so we headed to Parasol's for a yummy lunch. It was a real hole-in-the-wall type place, with really delicious food. I had a roast beef po-boy & fries. It was really messy, but really yummy! Bread is one of the most important po-boy factors for me, and they had really great bread! I'd recommend it, for sure.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The French Quarter</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WD6pEuFZNiDMM-6z-V0zuumKZTLyGptYJajvdCC_qJ_-cVV84g95tH3XaD8-ayoKcnoJkhuY-h5uNmGweHhEfJ2VQxntCChErbOoDYhHzCDTM1gK9feh_2mRju_UhPmrw0cdBWeAThg/s320/IMG_1390-1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719060212835760434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><div style="text-align: center; ">These pictures were taken in St. Louis' Cathedral - the iconic one in The French Quarter. It was so beautiful on the inside.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhUnp-phJlAU_XyJeE_-WfDFVFkFTLPOhst_oARYksr8S3N9mbabyTu3GqlRdcrwYc4QEyik628WU-NaZ2gEBH9wMpdKFgudAJIw-szaJnE-J4REwskbgt-gC314UCkMUQ1oMdy6KWMY/s1600/IMG_1395.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhUnp-phJlAU_XyJeE_-WfDFVFkFTLPOhst_oARYksr8S3N9mbabyTu3GqlRdcrwYc4QEyik628WU-NaZ2gEBH9wMpdKFgudAJIw-szaJnE-J4REwskbgt-gC314UCkMUQ1oMdy6KWMY/s320/IMG_1395.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719065136146960658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This brought us back to our Little Mermaid days, but we decided it was probably installed for acoustic purposes before the microphone/speaker days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyfe0FhytAUFA-H1oUYAeLbhcGOtD-SEZwuYGP6VlRJN-ivksknN3Fh3qyYI8WnCnWGR5W0sYPR0lD9tAKMNXBIP5pmlAosWym8YcXv7Bj22usKgw1-B1Ap1v1xbCRPgIRrj2cLqYgfU/s1600/IMG_1393.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyfe0FhytAUFA-H1oUYAeLbhcGOtD-SEZwuYGP6VlRJN-ivksknN3Fh3qyYI8WnCnWGR5W0sYPR0lD9tAKMNXBIP5pmlAosWym8YcXv7Bj22usKgw1-B1Ap1v1xbCRPgIRrj2cLqYgfU/s320/IMG_1393.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719060227501163234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The ladies! Sarah, Erin, Angela & Me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_AU1bjF0R7O-_BB_codNEJAXEheAps_8-PoWzs1ZU_mKDssOol8I8htF95k-_LRuhe_UmsiGY7Sbjl-69WunRohv_UIejEylHmAPDNpaajktb03SL-XlkZFqWoA9S3dloE9x-OZZj9s/s1600/IMG_1397.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_AU1bjF0R7O-_BB_codNEJAXEheAps_8-PoWzs1ZU_mKDssOol8I8htF95k-_LRuhe_UmsiGY7Sbjl-69WunRohv_UIejEylHmAPDNpaajktb03SL-XlkZFqWoA9S3dloE9x-OZZj9s/s320/IMG_1397.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719065143993772562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Girls pic - take 2!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKtdx9UtTXWNGSvyUqcCHnM9n6gXFBLmC_aKX_ZxZ0hP_IoThyD-ilyJCNR-y5AZ-jN3_0tJqmBz3511VtoaHxqRiuf655xPpwTvTchhp9DIt5fZ0E_zs9q2tTclVbhlA08XCc1LL6Dk/s320/IMG_1400.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071685402422770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">The whole crew! Sarah, Erin, Patrick, Angela & Me. A really nice fellow tourist took this picture for us.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIFkYJ-qX-V4sq5OKnbBBZ7uRG1RPfX1t1riMTdRDP0NYCPkCw9VK4DCFUFlqHBM9h3idRoxbOh5_D2W3Kq5zv-dcuRC7-jIdzW0bFTNvizY5Cvrnl-ILAMsci0q17_VI9I01uhmwzBc/s320/IMG_1401.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071689797693170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Erin, Sarah & Patrick at Cafe Du Monde. It was my first time here and it was a really interesting experience! I'm glad I came with NOLA insiders/residents, because they knew how to get seated quickly. Everyone instinctively forms a line out front to wait to be seated, but you're really supposed to go find any vacant table you can (cleared or not) and sit and wait for someone to come serve you. So that's what we did!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Highlights of our Cafe Du Monde experience include really yummy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; ">beignets and Patrick & Sarah's powdered sugar battle.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEA2qkP74YYigiP3PU6-xBIFuuv4Py90rT8UYMXX41UXExJ3obfznZCwwrYMk9x_YxpJXoStg7eZzm1QemmXrVjEpQjMX3zODvm730pQWvX2Sdp_UB7vLY0vXt6ruoX39XokrxRb_FxI/s320/IMG_1402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071691216059570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Me, Angela, & Erin at Cafe Du Monde - Erin got pictured twice!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><b>Saturday Evening</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Angela works for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, so she got us some sweet tickets to see the performance the night we were in town. We went out for a nice dinner before hand - it was a really fun night!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPHItsZ4C36EG8brMARtnAmT-HuRL-pHsr8JiKOqySLMgu60rHFwHaSA2Hn6zx7UIpBWGd8EA6WqQNdBokJklfs8bQI880oWy4AZQdVxGpkxuFhHN2t55uGQJuTLAOwY7T9P6h_pKIhY/s320/IMG_1407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071697137768770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Me with Sarah at dinner</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKq3Da21RdMVgJPJkS3cGEJ-Kx2IcpO2__zigjjYahYXQGK8zr431DT7HmMKcBa4Vu8z2pQliyXNKZWStVh_Vjlh3VylxDcYowrs7lE5BofOpmVh7P7AldsTreq8XB5V7Cj2nx0lPhRY/s320/IMG_1408.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071698207399506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Angela & Patrick at dinner</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4K3Qqaa460X3clKsW1hVFQjVFaZr2_RKaZpT0maZQnXp0lOyLssopy_snU785x7Wl8tLdfZLsatPc70uXtbvfmtAIxAGf9cNcB5Bn7EaIwJW5VqGzVFvQy3Og7SMsHPeKNXwsrC5GFI/s320/IMG_1410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071986521532322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">My dinner - OMG it was good. Blackened redfish with crawfish r</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><em style="font-style: normal; ">emoulade, roasted asparagus, served over dirty rice. Angela ordered a butternut squash ravioli that was also REALLY good. And we had yummy fried green tomatoes. </em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_Sg9jAG9EvOsd-U3WoATkupTRbIm_Fn9CS5Qfc8QzWOf7fmNEAtOjyhI2OLRYV7juUcvN30KhR4l_rN3RCawlkG81jXEaK7ygQCIOJ9VGay5NdIqkiNUB5vf9-P8r4kaG_HxTAksssw/s320/IMG_1411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071989774695346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with Sarah after the orchestra </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><b>All Good Things Must Come to an End</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our last day in NOLA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOQpY38eE86_D1EpjFMD7k7yibS4GeZvzexDcdWdbfmlDMPjFG2UbxKP6xYfVXxQ9oo-R8G2UMQw84CU3VkIxJkwouEUpnMdiu_NL5jj8i_YwtPlvIj294nJ310WIZUh-iWpFlXPF4rs/s320/IMG_1414.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719071992854238834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Patrick & Angela at breakfast - Slim Goodies!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOJRIuZmlWtqMvOqQjaTlVshzydWoqbs7dfIFy8Hs-y8Lz8D25T184Oro-Oea1TkM9Nv5gbS63vZHuWp3pU-nlZ6aq4nXUWwVa2-y0JQj7XG0GQMY3afDBCLMaEUmCO4lzZevntzvPlo/s320/IMG_1415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719072003800788130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with Sarah at breakfast. This place was a really cool diner, known for their hash browns with crazy toppings.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bnxpN8afyPnHKq7LpYNdhbRg069QGPgk4xuwFs234_mCjTCTHyDETXtnmZBxVNqqq9o8K0p4l0dzs1Hku_HvBYpN3WUPYKZkQsFjK2gy5AXeSu3h1kmmiCOyfuuZWQeab_cL30roD74/s320/IMG_1417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719072078353506930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;">My breakfast/brunch - chocolate chip pancakes, eggs and bacon. It was YUMMY.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhwFc_dvxTcVQ-C9LvkC-rfQsZudseLMhjcTP6fpsBRinytjmabnA7SDQdJx4yeTFASdUdubxe2Nd46kEpVsxiUhHl8SiWMupykGqCcyySbXJKtLyYmmcdiMMcI0419Sm0FLy-bOwjCs/s1600/IMG_1418.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhwFc_dvxTcVQ-C9LvkC-rfQsZudseLMhjcTP6fpsBRinytjmabnA7SDQdJx4yeTFASdUdubxe2Nd46kEpVsxiUhHl8SiWMupykGqCcyySbXJKtLyYmmcdiMMcI0419Sm0FLy-bOwjCs/s320/IMG_1418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719072082956452962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sarah was driving home, so she left after lunch and I got to spend most of the day relaxing with Patrick, Angela and Cromwell. Cromwell loves sitting by the window, even if it means sitting on your head sometimes (he's more on the pillow in this pic, but he was on my head at one point!).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bnxpN8afyPnHKq7LpYNdhbRg069QGPgk4xuwFs234_mCjTCTHyDETXtnmZBxVNqqq9o8K0p4l0dzs1Hku_HvBYpN3WUPYKZkQsFjK2gy5AXeSu3h1kmmiCOyfuuZWQeab_cL30roD74/s1600/IMG_1417.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: left;">NOLA was great fun, and I can't wait to see these friends again soon (next reunion - ERIN'S WEDDING! Woo hoo!).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Okay. It took me a long time to write this post. Oops. Hopefully it won't be that long again!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Up next for us - Houston rodeo recap, family visits</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a GREAT day.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love from Houston,</div><div style="text-align: left;">L & J</div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEl-_CYp5rViqtqOb5YhzpR0cbGlfYNp09jP0oF-2t-AOhCsPXixaAGnSbP3DuFx2CSWl6Na5nghQitOc3D_HYvELxaipck34mFud8uqvhgzABwx8u7EpOCsXbMZl-_FtBrNRi7xKtqRA/s1600/IMG_1363-1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-40557172229087728112012-02-06T09:44:00.000-08:002012-02-06T10:10:29.305-08:00Pinterest find - delicious, delicious dip<div>So we had some friends over for the super bowl yesterday and we had hamburgers with this dip and spicy crackers. And it was OMG delicious (that's pretty delicious, guys). I found the recipe through Pinterest. It comes from <a href="http://bunsinmyoven.com/">Buns in My Oven</a>, a really cool blog that I now follow (she has great recipes and REALLY PRETTY pictures - check her out).</div><div><br /></div><div>Hot Bacon Cheese Dip</div><div><i>Recipe from <a href="http://bunsinmyoven.com/2010/06/29/hot-bacon-cheese-dip/">Buns in My Oven</a>, slightly adapted</i></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmq5JmkaeY3siRt9tdzxKY_bQyqrItMYY5gimvfXaQD_BH-0uO7nG-30TaXcAhU18AxcVR3O2KSPTpb2thVUbCCASug7vzu8yPWZrPFbCrTd96xBVB5k5YTjnNdCn6I1D5uah7vvCvlg/s1600/baked2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmq5JmkaeY3siRt9tdzxKY_bQyqrItMYY5gimvfXaQD_BH-0uO7nG-30TaXcAhU18AxcVR3O2KSPTpb2thVUbCCASug7vzu8yPWZrPFbCrTd96xBVB5k5YTjnNdCn6I1D5uah7vvCvlg/s320/baked2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706080823353218994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Picture comes from <a href="http://bunsinmyoven.com/2010/06/29/hot-bacon-cheese-dip/">Buns in My Oven</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">• 2 cups (8 oz) Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded (from the block, not the bag)</div><div style="text-align: left;">• 1 cup (4 oz) Parmesan Cheese, shredded</div><div style="text-align: left;">• 1 cup mayo</div><div style="text-align: left;">• 1/4 cup finely diced onion</div><div style="text-align: left;">• 7 bacon strips, diced and fried</div><div style="text-align: left;">• 1 garlic clove, minced</div><div style="text-align: left;">• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Combine ingredients in large bowl and spoon dip mixture into a greased baking dish (you can do this the night before, and keep in the fridge until you're ready to bake).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cover with tin foil and bake for 40 minutes. Uncover and bake another 5 (I wanted it to be a little brown on top). Serve with crackers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>**Notes: </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>• Buns in My Oven makes this dip in a bread bowl, which sounds yummy and awesome, but Lan tends to be anti-bread bowl, so we put it in a greased baking dish instead, and it worked out great!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>• It was a little difficult to eat because of the big cheese shreds, so if I did this again, I would process the cheese before baking so it was easier to break off pieces of the dip.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>• I halved the recipe and it was the perfect size for 4 people (as a dinner side - we don't normally serve dips as dinner sides, but it's the super bowl, you have to have dip).</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quick life update... January was a crazy month for us. Lan was in Louisiana for training for 2 weeks. He got back the same day I left to go to New Orleans (there is a NOLA blog post coming!), then left again the following Tuesday to recruit at MSU (last week). We were finally reunited on Friday, but we were both a little under the weather. <i>But</i>, we are both feeling good now, and look forward to resuming life as usual until Lan goes out of town the next time!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Okay, that's all for now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love from Houston,</div><div style="text-align: left;">L & J</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-32176413283242494722012-01-12T09:52:00.000-08:002012-01-12T10:01:53.960-08:00Barbecued Raspberry-Hoisin Chicken<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;">For Christmas this year, I got several really great cookbooks. Among them was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Art-EatingWell-Techniques-Delicious/dp/0881509353/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326380375&sr=8-1">The Simple Art of Eating Well</a>, a collection of healthy recipes from Eating Well magazine. I asked for it because it was a 2011 James Beard Foundation Award finalist in Healthy Focus, and we are trying to be even healthier in 2012! We try to have several healthy meals per menu (we plan menus for every 2 weeks), but sometimes it gets hard AND old, so I'm always on the lookout for new healthy recipes.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><div><br /></div><div>We tried the recipe below this week and it was SO GOOD. One of the things they say in the book is that we don't get enough fruits and veggies in our diet, so in their recipes, they try to pack in the fruits/veggies in creative ways. For instance, in this recipe, there are raspberries in the marinade and dipping sauce. Not that you're getting a lot of servings of fruits/veggies using this method, but every little bit helps!</div><div><br /></div><div>The book also talks about meal ratios. Only 1/4 of your meal should be meat, followed by 1/4 starches (rice, potatoes, etc.), and the other half should be all veggies. As you can see in the picture below, we didn't follow that guideline here, but we're working towards it!!</div><div><br /></div><div>As a side note, I wasn't sure if I liked Hoisin (an Asian dipping sauce-it kind of looks like BBQ sauce), but everything tasted great, and you couldn't make out a lot of individual flavors from the marinade in the meat.</div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH8KIpQHYJRPJQN1sD68Hf5xFcRBtQ7sgTctt6OF9Xcb5if6QTSHTqVAidhJ9OCq4Gd2WK8c5-gQE-yi6cNpp-eedbMDIRM0LwSHoruEIqsacb19G_QQb8GV6xqJgiBiPGtw36w8rUx4/s1600/IMG_1359+RT.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH8KIpQHYJRPJQN1sD68Hf5xFcRBtQ7sgTctt6OF9Xcb5if6QTSHTqVAidhJ9OCq4Gd2WK8c5-gQE-yi6cNpp-eedbMDIRM0LwSHoruEIqsacb19G_QQb8GV6xqJgiBiPGtw36w8rUx4/s320/IMG_1359+RT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696759914256264306" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); text-align: center; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 320px; " /></span></a><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-align: center; "><br /></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/barbecued_raspberry_hoisin_chicken.html">Barbecued Raspberry-Hoisin Chicken</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">Slightly adapted from original</span></i></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 3/4 cup hoisin sauce <i>(you can find it in the international food section - mine was in a glass jar)</i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar <i>(or, as a substitute, you can use 3 parts water to 1 part white vinegar)</i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 1 clove garlic</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 1 strip (2 by 1/2") orange zest</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger <i>(I used the dried kind in the bottle, not fresh)</i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• Pinch of crushed red pepper</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into kebab chunks <i>(make chunks similar in size)</i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">• 4 skewers</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">1. Combine raspberries, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, orange zest, ginger, pepper, and crushed red pepper in a blender or food processor. Blend or process until smooth (about 1 minute). Set aside 1/4 cup for dipping sauce.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">2. Marinade the chicken in the raspberry marinade overnight.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">3. Preheat grill to medium-high or broiler to high.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">4. Remove chicken from marinade, scrape off excess (discard marinade), and thread onto 4 skewers, distributing equally.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">5. Grill the chicken until browned & cooked through, 3-4 minutes per side. If using broiler, place the chicken on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray and broil 4 inches from the heat source until cooked, about 5 minutes per side.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); ">6. Serve with dipping sauce. <i>(We liked the chicken without the dipping sauce better, so taste the sauce before you pour it on!)</i></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;"><div><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/barbecued_raspberry_hoisin_chicken.html">Brown Rice</a></div><i>Slightly adapted from original</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;"><div><br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;"><div>• 2 1/2 cups water</div><div>• 1 cup long- or medium-grain brown rice</div><div>• 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;">• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar <i>(or, as a substitute, you can use 3 parts water to 1 part white vinegar)</i></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; ">1. Combine water & rice in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; ">2. Cover, reduce to simmer and cook until most of the liquid has been absorbed, 40-50 minutes.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; ">3. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, until ready to serve.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); ">4. Just before serving, sprinkle rice with rice vinegar and green onions. Fluff with a fork.</span><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;">That's all for now! More recipes and updates soon.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;">Love from Houston,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:georgia;">L & J</span></div></span></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-86154244044573510112012-01-10T14:41:00.001-08:002012-01-10T15:20:33.779-08:00New Years in North Alabama<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:100%;" >Happy New Year, everyone! As I'm sure you noticed, I took a brief haitus from the blog around the holidays. What can I say? We just got busy. So sorry.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">This holiday, we were able to go back to Mississippi for the whole week of Christmas, and were off from work until after New Years. It was really nice to have a long break and see family and friends back home!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">This year, Lan started a new tradition with college friends, an annual New Year's trip. We have a friend whose parents do something similar with their college friends (and have done so since college!). Lan is really great at keeping up with friends from far away, and he's been planning this shindig since early fall. So, on the Friday before New Years, we headed to Mentone, Alabama with some friends.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">While in Mentone, we hit the local shops and visited a local restaurant. We also did some hiking and went to play frisbee and football in a park near our cabin. Good times were had by all.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5davRSzaoF-3izqSEuFZXfK88GK0AXDXyjQ_OmQisTURdyAD2zt_0kSi9U2fB8Zzr8dYTk5oEKaIVXCDVoiZ9BviNOHIkYeQnPZDgtsdzXMExyeQS8HdHvY-nw4goVF0nbtJ1PBTOZM/s320/IMG_6845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137366607128226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Us in the cabin</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjyrEZZDojrpn8Zg27mqbVHljtpIGgVz70gGco3atUy4AuqhrHFP5N_3pGPrcgLpgTvl9YqMf8QHsFC30aDP0lIu3atedY9XNo3MH3ltA51DeU9iZQ5x42KVod0ihiAEIpLPNpv_ghp0/s320/IMG_6849.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137372361325378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Day 2 - This was an overlook near our cabin</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6jNG5P-mEPCSen0uYwyXUeLaD-sWhJH0nn3c6rRuL1985YiZdgct07z9Lq3jBBUzjDHec3f9VYXULGuOJzcp4ZcGrPHbjAwv6dWCgE-T_VPFnnaTzxihXOXF4-OBDS0SkA3HLmU4kYk/s320/IMG_6850.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137384520152594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Lan joining in on the Blaine family picture.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ63V5gKxAwbgsaQlUWBV1_lXJvwY4M8EAqOc30RUmRttA-Bl6ZQVJ0VHxrNAfLdzYRuoLOdrcqtzSq9s0IvkoWIH76-2D-p-0YX3TU6RApopjJW40KkHTNA-k3DVXk-6Ucvf7DJ_iJ-U/s320/IMG_6870-EDIT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696147088537176818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">The girls at the park (Lan creepin' in the background)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIJCFAUdNq_fWVI9vG7dfs9oe_zOIE5UmnJ2dgE1DpMN0u9xrmeTRBDDe5uiC7Tbso1c0R2aLOu0Likn3mMGgV1zbp_3HtlGckiqMsKLjlCy1LjcwrCrJhci6rmmrILDWHX8dFMSiBPI/s320/IMG_6872.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137386495319394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Ladies in the park</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf1o9ttgh2DSZ11Iqv-Tqw131yrDpV27tCXL39ne9E_lSM8WfPwdAAHrOkmaZhNZtSFXgxZtqL27L10x8ZIY9betF0E2C3lsn5yen25oWriuFikjpylOvp3AgD1v3xNT5TJ8nZOFBXbA/s320/IMG_6874.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137568376369842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">This happened over and over again at the park. The frisbee and football would get thrown in the creek accidentally and someone would have to venture into the creek to fish it out. Great teamwork, Lan and Jan!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzfBmvpUcZ9lNVP-UYQJae2NIL-D2YQeEnnrLulcBtwF6gt6UZ8ydCu6M4b5_sy-I7ft-qvhrfUn-8SExjUlJdR6bh_tF0d_Vmm5haVXZGZgEwwKMvx7s_bnqnCl1HUZOjdUgWfLdsdU/s320/IMG_6886.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137572629391426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Over the shoulder shot. Classy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxs_d-OJLgnwDR3vcgiB-tNHViP1ZOeIwbZYyrNJ9ktpk4NcKfaWKMB2-OF3tphlZDaEm6DIsTTvjzXp6Wz2GtnAeNoJOFSLfyUi3CO685Ordf8bq6qSiwsRvKhVQ114oQdoR0hxSxvA/s320/IMG_6887.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137588621005010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Boys at the park</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ_YZ3DBrwLzk9hpHW3xk4I9gG0DFJekdnzU2sbCiOGmmPGBmBi_A3efzyJ2MclOVaD5F3wzsr59hFkSLnUTeu6Q1GOhLvtzPwNBZX4dfq2cfLfrnl97s6DzRafp95LQ6NmoFfjzripk/s320/IMG_6888.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137589348275554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Lan's senior portrait.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVQxkF2uM0FH6_dfKUVL9lgINQCE4JeayoStMDqfzh5DKizo9m_xovJGQipFanHvL0pQubhNjSEjKKgUYIqDNL0yx0_zaN67W48x_rh5E4zOWoarljHmekwxQH4JiUASJ5pLLWd0vj4E/s320/IMG_6889.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137610038758994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Half of our pictures are of Lan making this face</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqVRthnFF2DJYXodIieIesMQKxQIWQr5sxv0uOsb-KWfZEP1XSQzM_Ke4PjW50_Lz7RegtsdxyuGqCdpUuz5STinq25ocYHHu6iuSdiKgVhWB7wG2t0Yj-2jx0tt2O-GV9jhRIDXDksk/s320/IMG_6900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137955319680306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Sunset shot at the overlook near our cabin</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiY0Dq_K5QCoeS9yU3IKsAI6SLC5AeavmXX8g98jWfbZTKgUS7ggLqwQNG4aioCI_OwaniYenwfAmC7ByHpYsDKLDU_fHP5mpxh8HqxFrDLRey20rnJBvagmBOkVGK17Q52WchZHqmK2k/s320/IMG_6906.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137958050689042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Girls pic!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifycazKay09Vehd6hbM0wt1hON3pO96qII1SKIgechPurt582eq15GEI2bYEwKBmWM34Ymt4YFt4_yPcrv5p4cpMFlr5ZL1yD7q-cuiZPlzjxcxHu1v3Hhg59dmX7V4pvg9kN0cqQaPTs/s320/IMG_6925.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137962206516674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Waterfall!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUqPNzIp9ay4LY9k6Ueewh1aSmQrnISC_UIOMIYv9uibLY1_3ylYav3u0SkUl8KQnAuUCF8RrkEpqG4YzHEbF5YJaEMSAuLZyeuTpq5hcGg4Lq_xku9GhD5TVITAs9JSTZWxWWu_FYzm0/s320/IMG_6937.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137977566107122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Group pic before our hike</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT2u_qT3EnctjC7g8HVDOhIduhY3aOMUSEzOIHwiVqmrRgtDoAFFlp8iNgUhj5UMlwPtkF4ujboAYBVGelQd7bzopzI8myq2wv6G_eWZhyi503OlnyrR6NBMPhP_Xaax7Orhoz8xvRlE/s320/IMG_6941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696137986818485250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">We took a hike down to the river. It was a really steep incline!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYjKZxq7rivkfKmY1OTQ19M0FM0YaML0HSLwivgEe656PGMtrTl3uT6thB2NP0a5MgWrUB6BKtjPCAGqNENvNkbBqcblfhHKcHxJ32BLkn6Uct26HjWOTXAxOdhVuDDgCQtNnvTPhTK8/s320/IMG_6942.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696138145534532354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Us on the rock at the river</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJB4EqKpSXsPSvHSDdFc1Ayrtvdc7jmQcHfbfcuL0-knV2sxkioj4kZ17VLx48zf6dul3qAChjx8V1ytxWtEHN_HkESWNqPiJFHx8QioZ5lmensHmFkqx_VVx7DaWd3QMnehRTiet86zk/s320/IMG_6945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696138150280957106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Group shot on the rock</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmAxQbVZ4YEI8gG57CHJ_m7eb7YAI-oSfAmT5TU8KY_wsbSA1U3sgE6qZowNc0DEZDpk2zdJ_4b0G6DJ8wEgZpHJNQq7DJeRZC-9yFqQKp-UhMM5C13QYoz4Je0QcmdaYWrVJM76Iz34/s320/IMG_6955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696138150244055714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">On the hike back up the mountain, I heard running water, so we took a detour and found this!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tkR8UGrGaQ7lr2Mf8PnAudyVNq-ZEeTVFEn3lw6YuVTlxqB_E0HfI-c6-PXZ7cGXx4ANUKYsDGMcl-YAIpYW3LvAEgDc6bUVE3ki5hOCSyaWJxRTZldc4va_TEknv7L8AqV5ZKSJxlw/s320/IMG_6960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696138167388268274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Me with my amazing discovery :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uhcUKN2WSNjdznD5OSr2imGPmtsJhwhA3OrAj3TmT0l4Z_Tn5F5wKt_UmbzQDXn1j_NO_FTZ7mS2xGUr02fJuezE5uMyRoRCAoQ4yXIk93W8hZyUEMihQaDXeo0iPtjvMBrZ_hiqA3A/s320/IMG_6965.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696138167955663506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Boys rock climbing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDxpxAJdBSC03qjiFxVPpMB0bA2ZCy9_YaxMlDqWjlzFEJYYx5htFb_mcfQAQG9HJ7XMkuJL48UKCIXNRYCpPKEsL5FxMeVnwKbRpT5hzLux5fbjP1BuE7Qq7QwJZh2vIlURhPUA5qG8/s320/IMG_6968.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696138233049379122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our cabin, Bear Claus Lodge!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Well, that's all for now! I have some recipes and other fun things to share soon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">L & J</span></span></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-8116316610110152132011-12-05T09:16:00.000-08:002011-12-05T10:15:30.505-08:00House Tour Continues - Dining Room + New Furniture!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">For a long time, our dining room sat empty while we saved up for dining room furniture. We got it right before Thanksgiving (yay!) and can now feed more than 4 people at once comfortably! We love to entertain so it's great to have a dining room table and chairs. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">You can't really tell it from the pictures, but our dining room is at the front of the house (to your left when you come in our front door). There's a big archway separating the entryway from the room, and there's a doorway between it and the kitchen. Remember that pretty window I always posted pictures of when we were building? It's in this room! Love it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qny5QsyzIMR7wJWJ94wC3e1c3_ev_x5RpEy0z18Ga5dsnCS52HH8vo5V6NlZmmwcL5Phe0eItDzeSfEUY22f3AIxkFmLgDUQVhYYZveF4q0AFHNvEzHofeeIOLKP7QyyBm-SVYnYWDU/s320/IMG_1299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695520404323506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Our table. I love it so much! (The light fixture looks gold from the flash/light, but it's really silver!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTMkZEvWcmfgI2GRlpNPMpmhsPPEZarCRXWckC732C-2UvJ8h7z5WS_R4eVlXHdt4PWEkEkncISE-4FwGA4PdwhU8qREMAH_V365aPrq0akMEKLHioImzzFKBwbNUupsks4SQK3O2L8Y/s320/IMG_1300.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695519571716018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Another shot of the table. The table is from Gallery Furniture, and the chairs are from Pottery Barn.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IVBf7FdbkPkjqXmWNtWpDJl9zmMmdLW4FOwvXCObsS2cEX4Jn_1foDiRsZF4IyHMp5n7sNCHSQxDZxjAS_Q4G5ZP98wRBC2hI-pHaqUhAgz56aeFlsrERJBBiIlzZVA3tXqzNado2yc/s320/IMG_1301.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695522572518594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This is what the room looks like from the kitchen.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruOKqBgeMXXTeW5oe39POsMdO-5udbPazZmF3bQh0r2PYxgh4uIbgMJX23ipTmn-F8iZCMGyhyphenhyphenRKfExlR5EUMaM-phSnsP2JtxE8iheVCgPzRpsItntNIkFNFtqsQQ8QamPa-Tm1dlJ0/s320/IMG_1302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695534310496962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Dining room chair.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHr59khq1CzHfpKY77e5D2TREnCqoNdaioJu1Xqhfle0o_BYErwCJTHppmprktmzovuZ_h75DyewrlbAwXF77aI1cUvrGjjk42EFJZiYKPMmAbxslwRlN8PZDZVZyQkBjMUZcTzPjWoM/s320/IMG_1303.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695532310507122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Closeup of the back of the chair. I love the criss-cross!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWf9p_vFe2u4oBQQRRrMaOEYwdoACyyTN6RuVExLsCdtN_X1lLCU4O1SE2wVtMZuWsSWx0c5tSvzuIFJ89VoM1HiOB6sXWBcqWEa0ffnYvOmuIi2MfLzDeorKWLcXh93gqP2WcH80C-I/s1600/IMG_1305.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbWf9p_vFe2u4oBQQRRrMaOEYwdoACyyTN6RuVExLsCdtN_X1lLCU4O1SE2wVtMZuWsSWx0c5tSvzuIFJ89VoM1HiOB6sXWBcqWEa0ffnYvOmuIi2MfLzDeorKWLcXh93gqP2WcH80C-I/s320/IMG_1305.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695611561937570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4vbNOg4s-KRzw9loFYiRh2X75V5ilJwgVsYYFzj0WJmXs6VWffHQnBKAL7HXm4YgTyhwA0p2sGFRAKTJtyCXkQWvTFrSUoBllf5F7UIJDWane-KtME0aXM6B-wdmPp3ZAcakyVLfz3M/s1600/IMG_1304.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY4vbNOg4s-KRzw9loFYiRh2X75V5ilJwgVsYYFzj0WJmXs6VWffHQnBKAL7HXm4YgTyhwA0p2sGFRAKTJtyCXkQWvTFrSUoBllf5F7UIJDWane-KtME0aXM6B-wdmPp3ZAcakyVLfz3M/s320/IMG_1304.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682695611450645218" /></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Closeup of the grain on the table.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Well, that's all for now! I'll post Christmas pictures and some more recipes soon :)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHr59khq1CzHfpKY77e5D2TREnCqoNdaioJu1Xqhfle0o_BYErwCJTHppmprktmzovuZ_h75DyewrlbAwXF77aI1cUvrGjjk42EFJZiYKPMmAbxslwRlN8PZDZVZyQkBjMUZcTzPjWoM/s1600/IMG_1303.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruOKqBgeMXXTeW5oe39POsMdO-5udbPazZmF3bQh0r2PYxgh4uIbgMJX23ipTmn-F8iZCMGyhyphenhyphenRKfExlR5EUMaM-phSnsP2JtxE8iheVCgPzRpsItntNIkFNFtqsQQ8QamPa-Tm1dlJ0/s1600/IMG_1302.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Love from Houston,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">L & J</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Qny5QsyzIMR7wJWJ94wC3e1c3_ev_x5RpEy0z18Ga5dsnCS52HH8vo5V6NlZmmwcL5Phe0eItDzeSfEUY22f3AIxkFmLgDUQVhYYZveF4q0AFHNvEzHofeeIOLKP7QyyBm-SVYnYWDU/s1600/IMG_1299.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-29621929539071250842011-11-30T07:44:00.000-08:002011-12-03T18:57:52.794-08:00Mississippi Sin Dip<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >We first tasted this dip at a wedding when we were dating (I can't remember whose wedding it was!). Obviously, we loved it (it's so good, ya'll). When we got married, we had it at our reception, too. So we have a long history with this dip!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">This Halloween, we went to a themed party at my friend Danielle's house, so I made Mississippi Sin Dip and Spicy Crackers. It was a hit! There are different variations of this dip, but they have the same basic ingredients. I combined the recipe in <i>Bully's Best Bites</i> (in there they call it Mississippi State Sin Dip - title in maroon!) with one I found on <a href="http://southernfood.about.com/od/cheesedips/r/bl81220h.htm">About.com</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">Mississippi Sin Dip</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ms3fDbvKZtK3jtAh7eA9zz5nDgcgDUhbLpooKUmcJKar-5G0BiKXLZUXijEYr7yNl-flccyomJmsx6sQbY3fqUh3c_EF2_WZol0WXrOxo9NGmS9lWBxG1trFvOQ30jvLc2kiRBgjRcw/s320/Mississippi+Sin+Dip.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681676054887507458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2010/09/mississippi-sin-dip.html">Photo from Deep South Dish</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTOtSj-2NkKuPUKFaCgjT1eXsqDy01QIcGheqr1h-erN90JEzNOkY4C2I-Iq_AA53ObmKTbPsuiWNF3IhKq3BOg3UvbkbaTEtGpalXroB-GI7zr3N7gfyenlcAW73YFv08gCCvukpET8/s320/IMG_2551.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681676056717525634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://www.plainchicken.com/2010/11/mississippi-sin.html">Photo from Plain Chicken</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt4BBxE_7otljmwQeAeD9VVnl7Goecmsug5Wt8rKaaFwIA0Et9hDJvFxcvI-Dx-IYhnOq2SDzrk1gz0tFbGZ3W_pvEiBmgtxm_p_ASXe1Z4Bmm6v4fixGKhZsaMa0bP0gHFyMTm3NnAeU/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681676057448843714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;">Pic from my iPhone :) - sad compared to the other 2</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">Ingredients</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1 loaf of crusty French bread</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1 1/2 cups sour cream</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">8 oz cream cheese, softened</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1 clove crushed garlic</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1/3 cup chopped green onions</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1/2 cup cooked diced ham (I just bought one thick slice from the deli counter)</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1/3 cup chopped green chiles</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">Dash of Worcestershire sauce</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1 jalapeno pepper, chopped (I think I took out the seeds when I made it, but include them if you want it to be spicy!)</span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">1. Combine all ingredients except bread (I mixed mine up using my stand mixer).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">2. Hollow out bread (save the pieces you take out to use as dippers later).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">3. Put dip in bread bowl and wrap in foil.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;">4. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Serve with bread, crackers, or chips.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><b>NOTE:</b> Instead of baking mine in bread, I baked it in a glass dish. It works either way! Also, I made mine ahead of time and refrigerated it until I was ready to bake it, and it turned out great!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Well, that's all for now! I'm still working on a Christmas post. We're having some friends over for dinner tomorrow night, so I'll have table setting pictures to share :) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Love from Houston,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">L & J</span></span></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-17998035079912187152011-11-29T10:22:00.000-08:002011-12-02T10:05:41.791-08:00Texas Renaissance Festival<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Halloween weekend, we visited the <a href="http://www.texrenfest.com/">Texas Renaissance Festival</a> (Ren Fest for short). I got free tickets from work, so we figured it was worth going! I've always been intrigued by Renaissance festivals. Not that I ever wanted to go and dress up or anything, but they are interesting! This one is very big!! There was lots to see. They have shows (singers, dancers, comedians, etc.) and lots of food and games. Oh, and they have artisans you can go watch - you can see glass blowers, paper makers, blacksmiths, etc. The place it was held basically looks like a huge Old Timey village.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">And the people watching. Oh, my. There were lots of interesting people there. This was really the best part for us.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Anyway, we had a fun time with our friends Kirby and Christine and we look forward to going back next year!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkk9jR0pMBH-xYcfkkyt0hYtZNesF3CSLHhPJSdNQ29SWUW64S2-hMV6Lnw1MIdkX5_w4yZrvQ3GePZKIJX5lUOy9zF0JgACdZJUSVmU4Ja8tDz-mxY2cHNcNjxngCNHuB17QJDk4gUh0/s320/IMG_1249.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486407766116626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Wanna get married at Ren Fest? No problem - here's your chapel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFFno7ZOo89ObmtlIxD7Dv_7gqi9oxCe3BSFPEaT11JxbXn_A_CjskN6iFyQmPljT0YjSOczx4gUShJ7rTYNJmtH9ydQzWTdX3keHh0NRmUTJQhoDGlYhj6Hl6X3GtS4rp4t96Kg9r68/s320/IMG_1250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486413027221362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Us in the German section (it was laid out by country-each area had somewhat country-specific food)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGIxjhLDWTeSEIaHDoreO_2o5cvZJR3mPGMalLL2CXL_x5P8rWN_-4ZMKJtkCTIwIedbuhFcYesKZWhciyW8zWk5xodCHRCWiovyqkAd8ryJhNVRKgunSdHDPwfPmtjzVp6LbpSowQv0/s320/IMG_1251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486417132649778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMZ5h0cvStopYc-ES7KO-Sg_AmOZim1oAHLDdSGKa1Z_AYe5AgdWkVfpMuPXwL0umjYMmV6A9bP3oKZ9JHqmzkT6hnlsq2yhuCWV8yLUhYgJ5zkzEr10OPQc8P_DTU-XOZqPB5qDhyphenhypheniQ/s320/IMG_1252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486429798791618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >The pickle cart. Yeah, I don't get it either. They were yelling and running.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3to6jgR-EleEKLy0xnZTASZjAkMMPlCNZIx0KT2pGEO4sCPGs6tWh0FQnJg_niVv6YB39-pXqDvZBPiFMOJK_VPfkbRlL0i_cLEtws1J2CVFx_ncHYIDr391UbQdbncM2t4DewF8fs4/s320/IMG_1254.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486432773626194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Us with a suit of armor outside one of the restaurants</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__q1zVK26_d4VwvcWgL6FljMDggEmAG_Q1f0XBh5fJv41ZVjU1QO49leaHKLa-vB4Hw3wXigUGIfReQbgj8N5mSrWxvxvjM8frW4TjhJttwf0QAmKid478eYEpsPS-_U_L_1iUnhclgA/s320/IMG_1255.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486574518959426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Belly dancing</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbDGqz5c4EZKv58Dy_fqJpS28GkfZIjtu9TAwCDVMD7aFkCOh41kMxXvlws2agg1aB1SpwqzSMVeMpvTwPxqejvqDY1dqhoZze1XfQu_4yXrEqHRwGu2vcs6rOS-ypuDFzlmLQIvA70s/s320/IMG_1256.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486579296070370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLx5U4dt28-R1MteEm6TRsbk4SHmFEzWDwu-_A_SsxrXxlBUSTLRWqVjHF1D30L58sek2fzpEUasQ2L5KW_8TDaZiUe0Mn5cnefyvmtj_IyM57BBG4JO2tL72xvYAH4iQg_cAM-2cp3Q/s320/IMG_1257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486577581060114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sYq1QRuW6d00iIXcaya3UKHBpGbtbN_3lEsOIh9CHH15LUg9d8h7E5QTKiamxC58g7Hss5Jz8iWgcKrtzxk6Gea3IsqCJU2jfcICroTvhnoVreBWwL-Qr3-UjxBpg4LYun8yBdwsp4s/s320/IMG_1258.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486583299070402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">We advised them to enter the costume contest. They did not. We know because we were there. Highlight of the costume contest - the group dressed up as the Space Balls crew. It was awesome! I wish I had a pic to share.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAgBK9QRtAcWoLZKMrbmU7BGaeN_bRIDHSWyMZSQgZESLD3vHhZsSWsxdO2oBKt3KkCH25u7kitCIIWqA-TOEElqlvFkQ2pAhYDDTD5znQ13XMRHvdnxZSZLlmpq9vJ8Ixgtt8p4vsOQ/s320/IMG_1259.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486619994255810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Llama!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkilqWLvUMJvr26crTlnYd0mkLN-q1vcKh301OL86iO7n0SHJwOdk2y7amzN8gSkQyFVIZfer0N_WqIR2HUedfNzrGXKk-5LuLU2xAoiAaczMFdzpkhnxO8YRfJI3O0y4HUS6Bpre2glk/s320/IMG_1262.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486758204196194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQSgvCkvL8IF0EJ9LK-gmKqcTj9Hq9nBwixr8MA1GVc5oo6ayVO5xTkUJrN_NATOeEiGTwv1_ijAB7MWf6Vt6KATFZXCuSCPc2mDdfF8q00TiScIqfX_qJpi0A13p8_UyKv2UYTvf38Y/s320/IMG_1263.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486761311533122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Kirby at the archery booth</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0JBmoj92vspUG3lT_6Pg3Os4XF8nba_ieUm3hvYgBXwIvStUQc_6vLRy1KvCbWF_PYtKlnHFjPJF8neZhLeFqylQXk-CAnVXowWADvp7Lsqzgb9hXMDusTRSqEVrYpSJH_foAAM3sm8/s320/IMG_1264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486764166935842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Showing Christine the ropes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikltkqGGe0xNqnDJbgx4kdtLDzM9_7cx3AZTXO2egIfiDk0phFMqD3BnyVHmscST2MsX5UFmHEWaFA41FYJUpYYaJX_TyBHR_lGdKqPUZaFDSJl1WnXzjzHwdcR0t4QpIpJqwmCw980x0/s320/IMG_1265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486796077870690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">You can pretty much tell where her arrow is headed from this pic.. haha.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5AROwLej2aiv-7sFzztng1J9lJtPOoV85rxPLmBhG8trL6GSHKWwaGD5MKt4CavJNacCgsl93KPqTaiFpoTC3NFJ8YQoGfwvuuqUDZllDB6FGnVm0jQOJrHRS_0GIoCbOJf0znQD7dx0/s320/IMG_1267.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486991156089282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Kirby let me try too!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kq-A_v7oxxxjyaykNjTa09G2DxFYmW2mXjRTU-lVs2HzqDeXYb7OzdhiDrq1VlUTZ3-QaFojL5muwuZmoi7zzf4zxrGLjLHVgOcB2ySZo7-HEg4uB3zE5iV4Fid4760jxgNVCZ2x4cM/s320/IMG_1269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486992728698562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoy6Z_YplPrqVkRL7JESzInx8C9hdHkpT9BKhXqOhkP35QOaIYvd37CQFVbNLOyiEs6umttpdNBJOlhYqLjba8jtsE648npBfD4t9Pvgb5mnpYd-6NsDlmrDUEmaS_zvTQeBv-_V0fS0/s320/IMG_1270.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680486995568605346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD17ke6R3eT4KEJ101UMRbt2GGCsagONRaIIBjWsipvt1pJdfvOujqSJYdFyDLngiTmB1nZiwUrjcNhLh2IcqMxSuPZYgRHxxjW2qWw3jBfdYST-AFDsDJml4u8zEqJtl8GT63ffBBe6Y/s320/IMG_1273.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680487017229521298" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Birds of Prey show</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn6NYQHzUeVdVoUGxD2girmhj9wlK85VSNqgdIoXW_5hkatSFjw6Jf_jt2HJRtHd8KIu4U0PmeYnT__RBiOsqvnb6df_7eAcFgNSKSYpX9RrWwuwXaL7jm1BIsyfGdauuuMED5-AOk6M/s320/IMG_1279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680487400726172786" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Me with Lan before one of the shows</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkyZUZnHEDyGtlLVKe6otiqbjDvS8dtEA8xhC9WEFiNXJOGD-damrrwFdU8o18GkWOWMrGesGP2RcddK7l2IUkYxRmjSPJNcXoWwGhAzAiC7hAOWJsKUHNMBiWWN8hz0f_h2e-9mddzw/s320/IMG_1287.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680487424706554818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">My favorite show - FIRE WHIP. This guy was really funny.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:100%;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajcWDkbWsK24Phc5LnszvCDc4dXar0vX0-CFR8hfsEfnpaKdTGyeE_3WUK4ZrmPfrp8T8Q2mNv0x4v7pDyosfnThPXbIIXQWc4ebPyD4KGzj7RcCG-gb-94olS5uIGYuZA5idDNLmNic/s320/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680509000621640338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >That's right. Zelda Ocarinas for sale. There was a guy right beside this display playing one. Buy one and you get the music from the game. Haha. My brothers, dad & I all played Zelda Ocarina of Time on N64, so this was a blast from the past!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">After this post, I'm caught up activity-wise. I still have lots of recipes to share, though! And Christmas pics! YAY!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">Love from Houston, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;">L & J</span></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-50158896911291736922011-11-29T09:38:00.000-08:002011-11-29T09:55:33.961-08:00A Night Downtown<div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Our real anniversary was back in July, but since it was our first anniversary, and we think that's pretty important, we wanted to take a small trip to celebrate. Nothing huge, just a fun night downtown. Since our anniversary fell around the time we were buying the house, we decided it would be better to wait to take our special trip - so we took it in October!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Lan, being the awesome husband he is, planned a visit to the King Tut exhibit at the Museum of Fine Art during our trip. He was less than interested in the exhibit, but I was really excited about it. I have a weird interest in Egyptology, and some of the items in the exhibit had never been to the US before!!! I was bummed when I found out that the actual King Tut and his iconic burial mask would not be part of the exhibit. They are too "old" and "fragile" to travel or something. LAME. But the exhibit was still awesome, by my standards. Lan even enjoyed himself a little.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">We stayed at <a href="http://www.hotelzazahouston.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#123cee;">Hotel ZaZa</span></a>. It's in the boutique hotels of the world top ten list, and in the top 20 hotels in Houston (out of 425 on Trip Advisor). It was very trendy and chic. It was a really fun place to stay. It was one of those places with a stacked mini-bar but the cheapest candy bar available was, like, $5 or something ridiculous. We were very careful not to eat those! Hotel ZaZa is right next door to the museum, so they had a special partnership with them - get VIP tickets to the exhibit and a special deal on a room through the King Tut Package. So we did that. Lan got a great deal on a suite, which was awesome. You could rent movies through the hotel's movie service through the TV, which was cool, but really pricey. They even had movies that weren't out on video yet! I thought that was neat, but those movies cost what you would pay for two movie tickets to see them in theaters.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">For dinner that night, we ate at a Brazilian Steakhouse we had a Living Social coupon for. Lan had been to a Brazilian Steakhouse before and LOVED it. It's a very manly place. You pay an all-you-can-eat price and get an unlimited selection of meats. They have hot sides and a yummy salad bar, and your waitstaff comes around with different meat selections for you to try - lamb (actually, this was my favorite), bacon wrapped filet, various types of steak, sausage, chicken, etc. They also served fried bananas and grilled pineapple - YUM. It was very good. We always said we didn't think it was worth the money for me to go (and pay full price... all I can eat is not all that much), and we were right. Lan said he didn't think I would like it any more than other fancy restaurant, and he was right. I enjoyed it, but for the money, I'd rather go to the Melting Pot or a nice steakhouse.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Pictures of the Hotel Lobby:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><br /></p></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUI2XrKoom7GxTtowDKkOT3oidGFGHT6KClslWfJnHR7wntTjiBacOSATHtG-5CHTR_7M6eSzXuyaSW7xiw7tovHYmpFQF9DIVUpJ4l9tviV0V6ZSP85dEbXmgOAErYzlEsvLE3EBLmM/s1600/IMG_1248.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUI2XrKoom7GxTtowDKkOT3oidGFGHT6KClslWfJnHR7wntTjiBacOSATHtG-5CHTR_7M6eSzXuyaSW7xiw7tovHYmpFQF9DIVUpJ4l9tviV0V6ZSP85dEbXmgOAErYzlEsvLE3EBLmM/s320/IMG_1248.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680475090607485122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BFVNq3b96lvQvSv7ua7Yy3T4o1iIY2C0CVAzyzNBDTAO1D3fAbOSn-tuOKH2KhrN-hoiddZzPlqX20nwo_dUKMr4LFXJV6Iq3M1wxdPAhxfJrFZIyUv40RyBvMgNFV2TqYSAG8qCK0A/s1600/IMG_1247.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7BFVNq3b96lvQvSv7ua7Yy3T4o1iIY2C0CVAzyzNBDTAO1D3fAbOSn-tuOKH2KhrN-hoiddZzPlqX20nwo_dUKMr4LFXJV6Iq3M1wxdPAhxfJrFZIyUv40RyBvMgNFV2TqYSAG8qCK0A/s320/IMG_1247.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680475088584654674" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">They had these posters up all over the hotel - notice the quote at the top from Steve Martin's SNL King Tut song, haha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://community.fearnet.com/_Steve-Martin-39King-Tut39-LiveSNL-1978/video/1502511/40602.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">(I was sharing this with my coworkers, and they had never heard of this skit before, so in case you're in the same boat, you can watch it here)</span></a></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQfZoyx9nH67542rRZ1Vg2WKrwfQPT9H_7gOOiCqAyxTwG_2XN45ERoxKsb6ZxeTcZvURFu37W7IEtRK3Ughv6OatfTJF9KGpuvgq_tSb9RL5LfofVKkQu6wApXtA1TCeG8TOwJx6mtA/s1600/IMG_1246.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQfZoyx9nH67542rRZ1Vg2WKrwfQPT9H_7gOOiCqAyxTwG_2XN45ERoxKsb6ZxeTcZvURFu37W7IEtRK3Ughv6OatfTJF9KGpuvgq_tSb9RL5LfofVKkQu6wApXtA1TCeG8TOwJx6mtA/s320/IMG_1246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680475074256071506" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Pictures from our suite:</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9tPgsQ6cUvbbR8xZ_NI-VNslkUmclUJYLPYB3X-gTdfi8Rc58QxZEX2jC1S63zs5ptPyUla2uwaRLxOqA2HaLKCrPybUHiaQi41kQ0yRfvp9p6TewO6VQyjEdXHS08b8c0gCl_86DVw/s1600/IMG_1245.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9tPgsQ6cUvbbR8xZ_NI-VNslkUmclUJYLPYB3X-gTdfi8Rc58QxZEX2jC1S63zs5ptPyUla2uwaRLxOqA2HaLKCrPybUHiaQi41kQ0yRfvp9p6TewO6VQyjEdXHS08b8c0gCl_86DVw/s320/IMG_1245.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680475072918812786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Mirrored dining room table and chandelier - fancy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8msv9IIF0T9MEIMeUEsVijs_Yr7ujTohvLbOg_0Kfcc4C2RfUKw39DuHqu_h22zJ4uHl8j7kYHhXjpIF1S0ubcVr6J5IFFWBMouG2qjnLT_dGC9GUESelBzC0QVSq76-QYMnAY-K3VRw/s1600/IMG_1232.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8msv9IIF0T9MEIMeUEsVijs_Yr7ujTohvLbOg_0Kfcc4C2RfUKw39DuHqu_h22zJ4uHl8j7kYHhXjpIF1S0ubcVr6J5IFFWBMouG2qjnLT_dGC9GUESelBzC0QVSq76-QYMnAY-K3VRw/s320/IMG_1232.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680473733875786882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">LOVED that mirror (ya'll know how I feel about mirrors in decorative frames...)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk495jUWq0uVhmSr_0LvS1bTCCZx5DpheyLhLKeagyTYve_iLo91RXEYJfa4gI_YVrbq3g1DsF5dF3tOvi1qSjNgRd6c5tvU4U8GPQVYRU6PCW6wQpIAUNpCEKVHWTwiZ0MgWwiSc9GU/s320/IMG_1234.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680473737713213346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" >Living Room area (with Lan lounging in the background)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7IrPeVXHmusXZQTI3cAQolZ2o-kw1i0w5_jQAHGhijfk9eN01WfTKt5cGUq1KRq53q1U_oOyKGe678ysNhUlQo0ShngTKnebSWvkh6ou6L8lz40tLcSNchSEgeMHKByP6vvNvB5hu8s/s320/IMG_1235.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680473736476995042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" >That doorway leads to the bathroom and bedroom</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7Kw3N1AZBXtsnHeFrAUoAyOFon8AftbiwKXAB_oKN9ORKgWXeKjisb_pqayzurIXqffGkI-70YbWrxx7YSigOg8VP2gfGz1WgtsTGHbAuzXPiqqBJr55SpXmx_oJkJMMlsSD2H1JPjA/s320/IMG_1236.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680473749212612690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" >I just thought this was a cool piece of furniture...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnAC_Jdfdr9XrONSF3qXzSYM1-BFmxYsq4sfUs8MTdUnMb_SVZdWtzSc0BHPb5LARoyNePSJSjR6LZOKX-Gp9uY8hkHF5A0QjbW9oGg2siv8Z2_Xlj4NlgJBeVw70Qfud9hLZDDijfEw/s320/IMG_1237.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680473749245381154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAAal6GNcKI4g5e8mPQJNqTCvsg_xU2mt7nDkcb0Fv4aQht9YZQfZKp6UdSfnFkzIuKI6ccl8-CP5QdDJQpX_uV8UhLEtL6ccaqVn1vTTqlUhdn3o_SRVGNElPsNO4B_hj82ibxCfnIY/s320/IMG_1238.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680474915710741122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" >The bathroom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprL8hv9MZ0AQnlFV_HkGc-m3_pG_bj20J45OnFp4tGaQNicUKfG0hwGu6050C69-4cnY1ASakZQO6OtWj3g5paZz_8EII1eLTPKi13wc7rbdcB8Ji4QATIOyZDyPQPyCEbxSOk_jX5pc/s1600/IMG_1243.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprL8hv9MZ0AQnlFV_HkGc-m3_pG_bj20J45OnFp4tGaQNicUKfG0hwGu6050C69-4cnY1ASakZQO6OtWj3g5paZz_8EII1eLTPKi13wc7rbdcB8Ji4QATIOyZDyPQPyCEbxSOk_jX5pc/s320/IMG_1243.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680474928038899970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">TV in the bedroom</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7R63dgIGl6FIo7nHLurdS65ys-9l3Yd550mxzx-Il3lzeRKmyvhAU7UZ9vD9vhgoRGyX-zvjc6pnLts_dszhiH94OR6HnOD_Ph_JtVcGzQHOqMsHPVSGRENe5NeCuCoEU1rgElLtcB-c/s320/IMG_1239.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680474915919885938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:100%;" >King-sized bed. What a treat!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxDe6dPcxfiktpYdniRleRLFGEV7GhXI6l8-z33C1NMlHxYb5aq8VNKtDecSKbX9Pqsb1iRbRDPBCP5YHLlc0dOiAC0HxqkOXXRw09GkPcfxRoxoZACoTr1mPUmStwJBJjuqTRYzCL44/s1600/IMG_1241.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxDe6dPcxfiktpYdniRleRLFGEV7GhXI6l8-z33C1NMlHxYb5aq8VNKtDecSKbX9Pqsb1iRbRDPBCP5YHLlc0dOiAC0HxqkOXXRw09GkPcfxRoxoZACoTr1mPUmStwJBJjuqTRYzCL44/s320/IMG_1241.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680474922557263250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Me with the statue of Anubis outside of the museum.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >All in all, it was an awesome weekend! We had so much fun :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >I have a lot of blog catching up to do!!! I have lots of recipes and pictures I want to share, so expect lots of updates soon.</span></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">Lots of love from Houston,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">L and J</span></p></div><div><br /></div></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-48140213081460846872011-11-04T16:17:00.001-07:002011-11-15T09:48:35.688-08:00Sweet Treats - Chocolate Chip Cookies<div style="text-align: left;">This recipe is the New York Time's favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe (or that's what the pin said anyway). I found it through Pinterest/<a href="http://tendercrumb.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-favorite-chocolate-chip-cookie.html">Tender Crumb</a>. Seriously. How can you resist a recipe like this??</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, let me tell you. The ingredients are a little daunting because it calls for two types of flour - bread and pastry. Bread flour was easy enough to find, but I couldn't find pastry flour! Through some internet research, I found an acceptable substitute - <b>3 parts cake flour to 1 part all purpose flour. </b> The poster from Tender Crumb encouraged not to do this, so if you can find pasty flour, go for it! But I think it's kind of a specialty item.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, Tender Crumb encourages you to buy the chocolate bars (not like Hershey's - the ones from the baking aisle) and chop your own chocolate. I know that would have been better, but they were really expensive, so I went for the chocolate chips (bittersweet, always, not milk). </div><div><br /></div><div>These were SO GOOD. I made a batch and then refrigerated the leftover dough and we ate off it for several days. Lan told me I'm not allowed to go back to my old chocolate chip cookie, so it must be good, right?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZJsd4mQzRWJDWGopzWUzy-l74zj5feE_OhMgrxjDoWCVzj_uBSTuO7C-jWCshrh6Ar7YpOCOwjvhv81_TdGbMoDEvMIfjPpgYnf6jpAArMzYoIMP4jGJaTNnTxLK0JCwXBjgOt91VfA/s320/IMG_1207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671285780695019730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">My Picture</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqnjdWODuSJgd1CPTEi2vCJL393nD6FAlr1jUSgD58eB8QM3-nbQSNRW-n7LWR-9H94neMmP9g-bK9na197q5DubLrGSjVW20ptMrwBZ9bBO4ryvUmrAqPXpIqQMNp8qC8SMA9zrTNKQ/s320/Cookie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675279949054249666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="http://tendercrumb.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-favorite-chocolate-chip-cookie.html">Picture from Tender Crumb</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I felt the need to include this one because it looks way yummier than mine! (See how they used the chopped chocolate instead of chips? Yum!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><strong><a href="http://tendercrumb.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-favorite-chocolate-chip-cookie.html">Jacques Torres' Secret Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe</a></strong><br />Makes twenty-six 5-inch cookies or 8 1/2 dozen 1 1/4-inch cookies (that's a lot, so I reduced the recipe by half, I think)</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>Ingredients </em><br />1 pound unsalted butter<br />1 3/4 cups granulated sugar<br />2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar<br />4 large eggs<br />3 cups plus 2 tablespoons pastry flour (3 parts cake flour to 1 part all purpose flour)<br />3 cups bread flour<br />1 tablespoon salt<br />2 teaspoons baking powder<br />2 teaspoons baking soda<br />1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract<br />2 pounds bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used chips)<br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><em>Directions</em><br />- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or nonstick baking mats; set aside.<br />- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars.<br />- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.<br />- Reduce speed to low and add both flours, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, and chocolate; mix until well combined.<br />- Using a 4-ounce scoop for larger cookies or a 1-ounce scoop for smaller cookies, scoop cookie dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart.<br />- Bake until lightly browned, but still soft, about 20 minutes for larger cookies and about 15 minutes for smaller cookies.<br />- Cool slightly on baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.</span></p><p style="font-size: 12px; "><br /></p></span></span>You MUST try these! They are yummy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Enjoy! :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love from Houston,</div><div style="text-align: left;">L and J</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-39122736367641413982011-10-24T14:56:00.000-07:002011-10-25T20:10:58.431-07:00CrockPot Soups - it's that time of year again<div style="text-align: left;">So, I have a thing for soups. Maybe it's because Houston had such a stiflingly hot summer - now all signs of fall are welcome as we ease in to cooler weather (sort of - we keep flip flopping).</div><div><br /></div><div>These are two CrockPot soups I have made recently. Since I am working so much closer to home now, I can go home during lunch and turn the CrockPot on - it's very handy! Just come home and eat, basically. CrockPot meals are also nice since I am getting off later now - less dinner prep to do when I get home.</div><div><br /></div><div>This first recipe was a BIG HIT with my family (Mom, Memaw and Aunt Mary) when they visited a few weeks ago. I thought it was really cool that the soup was based on a boxed rice mix - the seasoning from the Rice-A-Roni seasoned the chicken and broth, too - very cool! See below recipe for my thoughts and plans for next time...</div><div><br /></div><div>----------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqlFAK7KyXUbQIYNpmxvplPpmh_El8Xtcv3wgPtBCXhJDFq9vaD9lr6XoFtRqrl3YEN4ebWVnUM-iaiGjEmAxsgL5llRJSWqfmEWMmbTa-To2DYbdI_4hep2rvrKviu3FkCIgAdlDD44/s320/IMG_1206.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667625279752764850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Sorry, I didn't think to take a picture until I was putting up the leftovers... There's a better picture on the original blog - see the link below!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">CrockPot Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup</span></div><div><a href="http://chefmommy-brandao.blogspot.com/2011/02/slow-cooker-creamy-chicken-and-wild.html">Recipe from Chef Mommy Blog!</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Ingredients:</span><br />4 cups chicken broth<br />2 cups water<br />2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts<br />1 package of Rice-a-Roni long grain and wild rice<br />1/2 tsp salt (plus more to taste)<br />1/2 tsp pepper<br />3/4 cup all purpose flour<br />1/2 cup butter<br />2 cups half and half<br />1 cup grated carrots (I diced mine and used some baby carrots I had on hand)<br />1 cup diced celery (we didn't have any celery, so I left this out)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; "><br />Directions:</span><br />Combine broth, water, carrots, celery, chicken and rice (along with seasoning packet) in a large slow cooker. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours. Take out chicken and shred with two forks and then add back into slow cooker. In a small bowl combine salt, pepper, and flour. In medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in flour mixture by tablespoon to form a roux. Whisk in cream, a little at a time, until fully incorporated and smooth. Stir cream mixture into slow cooker and then let cook on low for 15 more minutes.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><b>WARNING</b> - Don't blindly dumb all the cream mixture into the crock pot at the end unless you want REALLY thick soup. Add it until it reaches the consistency you're looking for. I didn't use all of my cream mixture, and I still think I added too much.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b>IN REVIEW</b> - Next time, for one, I think I will add onions to the soup (I love cooking with onions and always think they improve this sort of recipe). Also, I'll be more careful with the cream sauce. I also think that the soup would be good without the cream sauce (so just regular chicken and rice). My mom was going to try it this way (she's not into creamy soups).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div>----------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 18px; font-size: medium; ">Chicken Enchilada Soup was a favorite of mine at the Chi Omega house, and ever since graduating, I've been searching for a recipe as good as theirs, and this one comes close! It seems a little thinner than theirs, but it was sooo good and heated up nicely.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnmR1xf3AKD0glCG924CfytmaTBoj_Ykfe2OQLfzfeHuhj-3gFEG2N5ruRtRwm8I0p0xsP9mzgwff4XYVjPFr_HO91AsN67l-mWyWza2XpnYB4649pYNfyIADlekvoduES6LPRjn9ZYo/s320/IMG_1230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667625284352040978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">Chicken Enchilada Soup</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><a href="http://realmomkitchen.com/463/chicken-enchilada-soup-and-my-top-10-soup-recipes/">From Real Mom Kitchen!</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 16px/1.5em Georgia, serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained (I opted for pinto instead)<br />1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes<br />1 10-ounce package frozen whole kernel corn<br />1/2 cup chopped onion<br />1/2 cup chopped yellow, green, or red bell pepper<br />1 10-ounce can enchilada sauce (I used medium, per Lan's request)<br />1 10.75-ounce can condensed cream of chicken soup<br />1 1/2 cups milk<br />1 cup shredded Pepper jack cheese (4 ounces)<br />2 chicken breasts</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 16px/1.5em Georgia, serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">In a 3 1/2 to 5 quart slow cooker, combine drained beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, and bell pepper. Place 2 chicken breasts on top of mixture. In a large bowl, whisk together enchilada sauce and soup. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Pour sauce mixture over ingredients in cooker.Cover; cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours. Remove chicken and cut or shred into bite sized pieces. Add chicken back into soup. Top with pepper jack cheese (I did this after plating) and serve. Can also be topped with avocado, sour cream, or crushed tortilla chips. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 16px/1.5em Georgia, serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Note: if the soup is too thick for you, just add a little more milk after it’s all cooked.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 16px/1.5em Georgia, serif; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>IN REVIEW</b> - This makes A LOT (see below). We could probably eat on it 3 times (with me taking leftovers to work the next day each time). It's hard to cut down, since it calls for whole cans of things, but I made a whole recipe of it and froze the leftovers. We are having it again this week, so I'll see how well it held up in the freezer! It was SO GOOD. Definitely my favorite over the creamy chicken and rice. We had cheese enchiladas with it, which was nice too.</p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDV9_WNWonbdTAbAdkz9xspcqfA81xsRrqVPAuK-iPdzlItgXo07ZdR1XMrw4wNj9rDRoCVmRcL3lbqtEgThu5lOenn-Kvq7MnYgHxAyOruXwR7KiR_3DTpwRN04NK2c5MFzPzy8MU-M/s320/IMG_1231.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667625293195449026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">See, it makes a lot! This was after we'd both eaten.</div>----------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you have time to make these recipes, because they are great! PS - both of these recipes are from Pinterest. If you aren't on Pinterest yet, stop what you are doing and go join immediately. It changed my life. (Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it is a wealth of good ideas, and I LOVE it and I have a feeling you will too - trust me.)</div><div><br /></div><div>More Holloway fun to come soon - weekend recap and Canton finds.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div><br /></div><div>L and J</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-33222974741229055622011-10-18T18:54:00.000-07:002011-10-18T19:13:38.677-07:00House Tour Continues - Kitchen and Breakfast Area<div style="text-align: left;">You've been asking for them, and here they are! More house pics for your enjoyment :)</div><div><br /></div><div>The kitchen is basically my favorite room in the house. I LOVE everything in it, especially our granite. It's so pretty :) I may have said this in previous posts, but I was nervous when we made our selections (chose colors, finishes, flooring, etc.) that something would look off in the house or not match exactly, but we were very happy with the way everything turned out, especially in the kitchen!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAZ8FM53cyLPm4vbhjXIa1bOkjC2-_kWLjOcMS0DyvTSbYW6fewgjOutDD8GuO15TqOPGwbpKxkXeGTt28U2U7AU2tAFZ0kfqIynFqUz9Sc6tZtTyAHnFhR8axZSfKSNUnF98MbsrUiM/s320/IMG_1212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665016441128799410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">General shot of the kitchen - as you can see, it's a very open area.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV21k3Xb0b6aniQ0AXdn0YWN-DpuxfhpF9TMu681oQdoZyuRSCbJVHrgVotGkW6lMp_ukOxN1USmDnaHbA2Z_mHTtBwgMT9AcZBqu6WWipUSbYoV1iV8E3k_IApPnuSzCYDMSUBm8fO6A/s320/IMG_1213.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665016447346330930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It looks out into the breakfast room, with the living room after that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqTtMFWL7r81CafdAYZRjCSDG946Eb3tE1Sv9uu7YzaAEZQXMPbDV19DavJmcCwDHx4oZJg8I94dgvei4qha5ZdxZcuohMSzWeIllthYR9THohziWxfPJwkYDd17-Tah6TXzuxqUCbYk/s320/IMG_1214.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665016457192798258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our pantry - the door to the right goes into the formal living room. To the left is the entryway to the front door. On the wall to the left of the pantry is the sampler Erica Cain made us as a wedding gift - and the clock on top was from Laura Ficken (we get lots of compliments on these :) ).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBdEpbJr4k0ibUPMAZHkJ8gnj2xCIJie8HolxDDYWFno365HiD_oKkeiPzB8t0Zxsh4DdaJW7QdT2jM4zBqC2Q19w0dW6w79pcyuXsxYfQ02MgMqqpwsV7qrYskCMv9BtwHkff494348/s320/IMG_1215.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665016463849859394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Fridge and canisters. We have really enjoyed having the ice/water in the door!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBpTyYc8XiI7qkm8y2z55feGIkhl6dSO7I4XHs9IoJA8pDuGzfnYudOQMGI32icNDUmI7ry-9HPJS6Yz2qUWC3AGtD_ow3NsJMEDcnR2FBuKrnIKg10PgAZg6p8H7s-dIV9x4Fmz1ELk/s320/IMG_1216.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665016477787639474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Range/stove and microwave. I'm really glad that my stand mixer fits on the counter - it's easier to get to when I need it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlK46z37bHhIrEh34EJykZYrMpl2KiHzY0Pw_zo_IpPudrO1d_gH2y01G3z0D1K0unalUYKY9Z5QxSxQPrVIZIF6gz4M3JppT_SYpjaJg2GRgyN5mkwlDgnbIBEXM3bo5RVYRfZdsOw4/s320/IMG_1217.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665017840862959522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Sink/dishwasher.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQqQWMYXhWQX4wwG83F0F_T3XZ7helV710yTyT8NAe2XiqGbDhX23aEJKS47V-niDBiUthfQ4N6UTphkK9PNf5wgfHrDlKQvu0Co46C8TlcVf84wfleox97n1XSjSRvIQAuJwyh8Jw-A/s320/IMG_1220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665017864903209314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Close up of our sinks.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5cq6u6ht50ezNXxI93W1TLk23ufNSHcjxUP3Ig68QdImjMnNjbvHkYepw7vy_puBBpFLdZAfVf3uQrg5CbZT-AGfE-z62YVKf5wmdkVNIHEfkfR65ZnP9xqul3QoYS1ut2pcWg_i7Nc/s320/IMG_1218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665017848570601426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our island - I love it!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApJWTjgORPM-2liGFVs7ksZz6OMu6PqYxMCX4RQ6TaqlCbOSYyz9qd5oS4Z1J7A2dRK7BgDqbCaKABKCdB9qG7wbWNj8fimR3EQk7uURKbYKJi1owwcUdn3Us11IIMWPz9ceG0wHsB3s/s320/IMG_1219.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665017854153040050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our drawers go out really far! I think this is cool, but it is probably standard in every house build nowadays, haha...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cRSLgg0-EiymaiBrME7QRcntnqfbID4Il1J4O_O6oqLfrSmA9MfnFFico3uOzblRhE2uwcXTedcTC1-MRk1UpbSfdgeE1_237DvuVy7o5EYW3WeamqY5NauDWtQ2I_JrqBoil0P0I3A/s320/IMG_1221.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665017868107964514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">On to the Breakfast Room... We have a little bar in between, complete with comfy stools!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznCUsjkKPL6sRrkKMnNfU5yV_djflHDCm8pzdMgWS2ri2eIc6c1244i8zBAXvpZvlaXrSa4kJyVLwUEo5AxeEkWhesGLj1lftU7jA14Q-GVyn33B21CgPgg4KGY6fuMZ95EZpVWzqoec/s320/IMG_1223.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665018369769872994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Breakfast table (if you ever came to Stonhenge to visit me and Sarah, you might remember this!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-J5Est3Y47yfIXc1lFEibhM6leyLA9SY_8KxErYMIgFTDhbefFiKM7DPAXgdvh1IlLAr7S8UhlUVcMPyJP_cGIDLzjyFk5YoRoJ3o7NRePIWzR0moPjIgLBpOlwOQmb_99q-XUdmjYo/s320/IMG_1224.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665018374480977698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our buffet, where we showcase our MSU pottery. Fun fact - my square bowl has a typo on it ("Bawgs" instead of "Dawgs"). I have had it for a couple of years, and never noticed until one of my friends here pointed it out! Oh well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRw4VRFgLeLrIWaHnCqMlPe2jg7BlfR5TthlQyvaTWBKa4JOaQQ91AIaiZU2mo0rnYl7i0lJ_sIac_I6i6xYZKUaZ2cMNz2gD4gBbqXxlOvcI_59f4es9_yA2aB4321uUl0ai0r1hvTg/s320/IMG_1225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665018388758807858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The Breakfast Room looks into the Living Room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">That's all for now! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Up next for us... anniversary weekend trip (yes, our anniversary was in July, but we were about to buy the house then, so we decided to postpone the trip until October!) - we are staying downtown, going to a Brazilian Steakhouse, and going to see the King Tut exhibit (nerdy fun)!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">L and J</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-49364798583958069952011-10-12T11:53:00.000-07:002011-10-12T12:04:11.143-07:00Pioneer Woman's Pumpkin Spice MuffinsI'm on a quest to find a good pumpkin muffin recipe (please send me one if you have a good one!). I made these this weekend while my family was in town, and everyone loved them! It's a Pioneer Woman recipe (no wonder I loved it). I wasn't looking for so much spice in my search for pumpkin muffin perfection, but it does say spice in the title so I should have known! She puts cream cheese icing on hers, and I didn't do that, but they were still good (I know they would've been good with it, too). Unfortunately, I didn't take a pic :( Sorry guys! <div><br /></div><div>Enjoy! </div><div><br /></div><div>Love,</div><div>L and J<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(95, 97, 97); font-family: Arial; "><h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 18px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal bold 14px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(157, 96, 52); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Moist Pumpkin Spice Muffins (with Cream Cheese Icing)</span></h4></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(157, 96, 52); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; ">Recipe from Pioneer Woman's website: <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/10/moist-pumpkin-spice-muffins-with-cream-cheese-frosting/">http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/10/moist-pumpkin-spice-muffins-with-cream-cheese-frosting/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(157, 96, 52); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(157, 96, 52); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; ">Ingredients</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(95, 97, 97); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><ul style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Muffin Ingredients:</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1 cup</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> All-purpose Flour</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 cup</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Sugar</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">2 teaspoons</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Baking Powder</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1-1/2 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Cinnamon</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/4 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Ground Ginger</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Nutmeg</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Salt</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">4 Tablespoons</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Butter, cut into pieces</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1 cup</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> (heaping) Pumpkin Puree</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 cup</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Evaporated Milk</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1 whole</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Egg</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1-1/2 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Vanilla</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 cup</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Golden Raisins (optional!)</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">_____</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Topping</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">2 Tablespoons</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Sugar</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Cinnamon</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/4 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Nutmeg</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">_____</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "></span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">FOR FROSTING:</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/4 cup</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Softened Butter</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">4 ounces, weight</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Cream Cheese</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 pound</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Powdered Sugar</span></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: square; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="ingredient" itemscope="" itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/RecipeIngredient" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span itemprop="amount" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">1/2 teaspoon</span><span itemprop="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> Vanilla</span></span></li></ul><h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 18px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font: normal normal bold 14px/normal Georgia; color: rgb(157, 96, 52); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Preparation Instructions</h4><div itemprop="instructions" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease 12 muffin tins.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Cut in butter with two knives or a pastry blender until it is fully incorporated. In a separate bowl, mix together pumpkin, evaporated milk, egg, and vanilla. Pour pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture. Add raisins. Fold gently until mixture is just combined.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Pour into a greased muffin pan—batter hardly ever fills all twelve unless you keep it down to 1/2 full. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar-nutmeg mixture over the top of each unbaked muffin.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes, then remove and allow to cool. Ice with cream cheese frosting.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">To make the frosting, mix all ingredients on high until soft and whipped. Spread onto completely cooled muffins, or place into a large pastry bag with a large star tip and go crazy! Store in the fridge, as icing will soften at room temperature.</p></div></span></div></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-78892586447452887682011-09-13T20:27:00.000-07:002011-09-29T13:03:34.999-07:00New Job!I interrupt the house tour to make a very important <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">announcement</span>: I got a new job! <div><br /></div><div>If you've talked to me recently, you know this has been on my mind for some time. Over the summer, I devoted myself to being more faithful in praying for my career path (where God wanted me to be), and buckled down for some job searching (praying that God would open the right doors and guide my search to be in line with His will).</div><div><br /></div><div>I found a posting a few weeks ago that hit home with me. I don't often read postings and think I fulfill all of the qualifications, but this time I did! So I emailed it to myself to apply for it. I applied on a Wednesday night. Thursday, I went to the library during lunch (to check out some Texas gardening books, haha). I rarely leave work during lunch (this is significant because we didn't get cell service at Reynolds, so if I had been at work, I probably wouldn't have gotten the call - I would've just had a missed call when I left). I was praying for guidance in my job search (for God to open doors, and really show me what he wanted me to do) while I was driving to the library. Right after I finished my prayer, the phone rang. They wanted me to come in for an interview! Answer to prayers? I think so.</div><div><br /></div><div>After going through a somewhat stressful interview rescheduling process, I finally got in for an interview on a Wednesday at 3:30. I was there for 2 hours and LOVED it. I had to take a design test and design an ad and I got to meet with the owner. I felt at ease with her - we really clicked, I thought. I loved her personality and more than anything knew I wanted to work for her (and I told her so!). So I left them with my references and got the offer on Thursday at lunch time. I accepted!</div><div><br /></div><div>Last Friday was my last day at Reynolds. I started at reviewit on Monday and am having a great week! </div><div><br /></div><div>A little about the business... The business has 2 sides - a magazine (reviewit Magazine) and a PR and Marketing business. The magazine is a free publication in our area (The Woodlands, Spring/Champions/Tomball, Conroe/Lake Conroe/Montgomery). It's really cool - we cover events, fashion, have recipes, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Check it out! (The first link has online issues)</div><div><a href="http://www.reviewitmagazine.com/">http://www.reviewitmagazine.com/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.prmarketingllc.com/">http://www.prmarketingllc.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>So what exactly am I doing? Graphic design - ads, flyers, business cards, directories, etc. Everything under the sun you could want from a PR and Marketing business! It's a really fun place to work. It's laid back and I am already learning so much. It's a creative environment and it's just fun to be here and work with these folks. AND, it's close to home. It takes me 15 minutes to get here in the morning and about 20-25 in the afternoons to get home. It's nice.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, sorry this announcement is so late! I'm hoping to post more house pics soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div>L and J</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-27471765164942165152011-09-11T13:00:00.000-07:002011-09-11T20:37:39.959-07:00HOUSE PICS - living room tour<div style="text-align: left;">I'm starting the house tour in the living room - fitting, because it was the first room to get set up in the house (we had the cable installed the same day as the refrigerator and washer/dryer... priorities...).</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ReQ07FEIwM2twAahdII_CJBYvfS6rNfGkQg-jd8L4lVpFeYQ1xoP5gR0Ybx9Tc8KUv-rhL8zoncpKdcOBUwi30kVGnWm46IhurFzQ_R078ImLEz5Ap7gyYVgm2KOju6UNwMNUb0Dgjo/s320/IMG_1203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651305230476871826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay, this is an overview of the room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCuuvTgjHF4EFYXJ3zsHRdsyTlxI-da388WBuZ5ImAsv9x3EabCZTU8wFZotv8xGhGFRi1SuXI2tJ7mT4d5BE3Ly933UCI4jEu9_kfg8TP_0qGvLwMBceQkjx0fSFKY-JTK81xbTOACw/s320/IMG_1204.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651305233358040866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is another overview... I wanted you to get a feel for the layout, so this was taken from the breakfast area, looking through the archway.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGjmN6L7nID6CC-tY5coZT1KNXln1qbvm0ekBlHNS-AR4XV2UQ59gHxc6c-TC-j2O7WhbSEalu-obWmuNPEGt2oFfmTDRGoXqy59h4yyFSsKYHjL2t0ZDm3llwyUMHhZa51Bd7_5FrSE/s320/IMG_1202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651305234188634834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can kind of see a little of this area from the previous pic (look on the left).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMqIjQrcOClBLf0RulBwzUNOnjUI-l8iedbzFD8NjBEcrejcdtU0T0KP2OrBUKl27IlNMQiaYYWrjN641YZvGHj5r6eEY5JO2SSBTFkoUguBsr9P8HiFCkKpGxZprybbyZv8fG4yXYf8/s320/IMG_1196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651305238038742850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is "my chair." The picture doesn't do it justice (this isn't just any chair, people!). We've got our blanket basket (Lan likes to keep it cold in here!) to the right, and the infamous lamp table ("Too practical to throw away" -Lan) to the right.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yB16a5jS_egakgbxWl_ygWFyBNYlqbmfVdrcqmWgkqDn8xAbQ7vJi25t-BTw8bDd4Blfad-muDZnqkXaFa_G2PdlJMy6IWgjtBMOzHlHu1_Y9ITNuE19Y7xl4AX8umXIofn76atSFMY/s320/IMG_1197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651305243023784322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The couch...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRA2oC2017MPc6kAW5QOSkGSlRa0r9d5RkKriuy14W_3tJqy8K0lB0BKBBSte1n5UvhKtk2eLfX6ZHKkJyB-GqGZFDIM9cXm2yKz_v6B8hHJGt0RCrZ28zxkdG_qrxYjAw0lzAoYAIgQ/s320/IMG_1198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651309407569386178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lan's recliner...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VhiXrVq3_qN0pwkXpqJtMHxp-W6aY0AsTqOlfv_rZl1vfhLEzf0gzT0f9EoA7-v1jiKOr3XOzFnfKQwqPbuhuUE36Y49RgD_ox_zt6qT2MGrVL8yMizF-uANBO96287qCiuRb5QHVqg/s320/IMG_1199.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651309408671630050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The coffee table - the wooden tray was a gift from Lan's brother, Brandon. Thanks, Brandon!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0PCfASLz1wssT5wGhkQYstvHnwocgl6L8nC8rYRDdfuOobEb1krbpH6OCMFNnYsxKRw43arXWTRi74Y1fgxgofer4Ity0kDR1f0qTjjRs3cmNi2b7OrLeqc7KCeowZXEDmeo-hdSk4M/s320/IMG_1200.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651309415285899154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The TV with all of our movies (alphabetized...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqc159b8v9CvzfMF5d64ibg1M7beVB1teGr0GXfsOrFcCEkbGfc186jKM_4rUxGf2wPJGFFZOqxoxD4LbgcpfSAzsMPez_wDGmrTCmBvaa1sg4Cl-ssaHsiOQF_Oi42J3Y_xqAcFpL98/s320/IMG_1201.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651309415982266610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our new bookcase, a hand me down from Jonah and Anne Marie (we love it! Thanks, guys!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Coming up next, the guest bedroom! Get excited :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Have a great week, everyone.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div>L and J</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-11402475600730459432011-08-31T19:04:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:06:40.777-07:00Greg and Lori get hitched<div style="text-align: left;">Meet Greg and Lori.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRarl6HcpyjPVSsVJjOO9_5M00hyrl5RCWT0Gay2Oylbe7Ly5pXrFZD1DeKLVguUP4GqAkrQ5nCW35ZemIYVCbWrae8PM-BZemVy7uCnHEOQmBJ7xn5RpsUT-L2xP48aB19jwtN3iDjkk/s320/DSC_1616.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647207481547303698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">(Oh hey, Lan)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">We consider Lori and Greg to be some of our closest friends. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I met Lori in late high school and knew immediately that I wanted to be her friend (I seriously remember thinking she was soooo cool - and I still feel that way!). She's one of the main reasons I wanted to be a Chi O (and I credit her for getting me to the Chi O house on bid day). A little while later, Lori became my big sis (best big sis EVER), solidifying our life long friendship :) </span>Lan met Lori through mutual friends in college - they had lots of mutual friends!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PezCNZvTL2yKrUI6BGEV46xAXIxZYMb3So1NUfkqaLaCgQku1OQeyX9NRYNORUoVzX2FshB0Qqt43NdRdDO_3kmeBdGOtnzJ7qnpZ6flwooA4rjGrSwQcOrdjSxSxZtMIRhe6G4cuRg/s320/8+18+06+032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647212110464284578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>I met Greg at the Chi O house - he was a house boy and I always enjoyed eating lunch and hanging out with him (especially when he played the piano!). I have very fond memories of Mama Jones impressions and funny moments at the house (most involve Lori too). (Lan met Greg through Lori)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzUpwPpGIEuK_ZavdBnx3vBs_1oH1TFrKCU0zB3IzY_HFqcNyIdJh3sTiR_GUeq9gqmJf2htmYnHpASuwjSbP1K876tB3CMIk4x7XEMlTosfZc7Arp8zgLo78Fx6MW6n42pbqSO8F52A/s320/Italians1+009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647212113182637378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div>Another fun fact - Lori set us up (thanks for that)! I'll never forget that morning - I had several missed calls and texts (that rolled in around 3 AM or so - I was already asleep) from Lori saying she had the PERFECT guy for me. Well, she was right :) There's more to that story, but that's for another day.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-IQhiqHQoAw9KsmaEkbXMzGOZwjQ8_GhdKsu_RhCV91j1Kg-sYLwR5NdFrxBvqErv2oW7Zw4qWUMBJ0VdKhRQcQlKuzmP-FD4EXpVaDcxK9rnNXqomGwUFajGMJ4Pj1woLqVal8Nlcs/s320/IMG_0908.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649011399282202898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div>Anyway, Greg and Lori tied the knot a couple of weekends ago. They are two of the most wonderful people we know (really genuine and always there for you!). We are so happy for them and we hope they visit us soon! We love ya'll! Here are some pics from wedding weekend...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-J0wjR9InKmjtuNZ2oVGaVnGn6rRruGNuoKyeq_2hHO1WudtdByi1r4HoGJthIgNniRolTb1evj6rEAHuarovqXdH7lSTziA0HKCcPFV-OU_K95QvcR09ZTJ4nkCkt7tVpoT4J5KTfc/s320/IMG_1166.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647207478761738034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with Lan at the rehearsal dinner.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1T0mCft2B8PMMTesF-spiMBF5BMcD7xeO8cdGJZqm9Mdg0cLFuducRc0msxQyApXoRJmN7PtJcpfF84WvQJAFrIh_TxWfqeODckHI_-QQ38WU4IUrPKoQ7G7SjlYyTUF3Hf1ZxG0r-nE/s320/IMG_1170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647207484462263810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with the bride - isn't she stunning?!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGbnL-ZXhAgDZM2-odtEIJr3kJ2qWvwLtDsA0QOXL9om0uzOaMCs1ZGYIZsNC2SUAmOEks14bVnfeZVhVlMJJae5JJIT9mdGACLV24qRN-zwrxCWilHhIjXE3hi4IkIdtILsOSxsXARs/s320/IMG_1172.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647207487018062130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with the other program attendants - Mary and Jane Gray.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVrVjKyfzgTyq52wU1SISD1hLZ_Z3H_obslM-aZSSovbbsmso1T2LGGZz0zEKU5ORZrUY1mh32z7gTSL5Ad6_fuD007DvX0yKceEc_ex-Git7M9z89plrMT4m1dGuiBanuH-lJTYTOzQ/s1600/IMG_1173.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVrVjKyfzgTyq52wU1SISD1hLZ_Z3H_obslM-aZSSovbbsmso1T2LGGZz0zEKU5ORZrUY1mh32z7gTSL5Ad6_fuD007DvX0yKceEc_ex-Git7M9z89plrMT4m1dGuiBanuH-lJTYTOzQ/s320/IMG_1173.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647207492595211842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Me with my little sis - Erin May (Greg's little sister, Lori's Chi O grand little sis and now her REAL SISTER - yay!). I love her! Please come visit soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bx5BVnlSxCtJCAYpNA0QqBuQ_om2mZmGIqy7GtkHwsFV7prBvRUvdN8r_SMtbP_ubkgWUS_-1T_GQEuvzZnSX7XqQsS06XdImM0rKaO8Ux_qB46wV1WEQgVx7BflFt-aYEkovn9zV7A/s320/IMG_1175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647208114069865714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with Lan after the wedding.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGbnL-ZXhAgDZM2-odtEIJr3kJ2qWvwLtDsA0QOXL9om0uzOaMCs1ZGYIZsNC2SUAmOEks14bVnfeZVhVlMJJae5JJIT9mdGACLV24qRN-zwrxCWilHhIjXE3hi4IkIdtILsOSxsXARs/s1600/IMG_1172.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGjHhndHUV5TkfZiQJFYQOXMMn6QumFerH8JgeY44Qm5B5XMJJC7RmMkLW5SfSamcdk2lfQuPe0FdwkmLZrBeupLUReYk-PSQsLieFgrIzHPkZKui-XsqPzpMij4C32qUNMSpbvL7ECc/s320/IMG_1176.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647208116028807602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our Chi O family (greatest family that ever) - Courtney, Rachel, Lori, me, Erin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIig5NLcAFqsnNHYw7BXxgh1hB5GB14nx8qh6bYP9d0b_6ZbJHTSnz61_KMzvSkzMkC4Yp3EPNrMqxPJEqESas-DiyrPyLOYLaTc1dQmxB_ipiImv0p-z_n-rw0DV9xXqv8-7SYrNWWww/s320/IMG_1177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647208119471876914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Silly family pic (not really sure what Rachel was going for here, haha)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Lori and Greg - we wish you many, many years of happy married life! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Coming up next - HOUSE PICS! I wanted to wait for everything to get settled before posting them, but they are coming up soon (one room at a time).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Happy Labor Day friends!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">L and J</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1T0mCft2B8PMMTesF-spiMBF5BMcD7xeO8cdGJZqm9Mdg0cLFuducRc0msxQyApXoRJmN7PtJcpfF84WvQJAFrIh_TxWfqeODckHI_-QQ38WU4IUrPKoQ7G7SjlYyTUF3Hf1ZxG0r-nE/s1600/IMG_1170.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-J0wjR9InKmjtuNZ2oVGaVnGn6rRruGNuoKyeq_2hHO1WudtdByi1r4HoGJthIgNniRolTb1evj6rEAHuarovqXdH7lSTziA0HKCcPFV-OU_K95QvcR09ZTJ4nkCkt7tVpoT4J5KTfc/s1600/IMG_1166.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRarl6HcpyjPVSsVJjOO9_5M00hyrl5RCWT0Gay2Oylbe7Ly5pXrFZD1DeKLVguUP4GqAkrQ5nCW35ZemIYVCbWrae8PM-BZemVy7uCnHEOQmBJ7xn5RpsUT-L2xP48aB19jwtN3iDjkk/s1600/DSC_1616.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-74846683179233883702011-07-31T19:01:00.000-07:002011-07-31T20:00:54.370-07:00The Home Stretch!<div style="text-align: left;">Okay.. we have quite a lot of ground to cover here! Some of these pictures are a few weeks old, but haven't been posted yet (oops).</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's where we stand now... they finish the house Wednesday (!!!!!!!), it's being inspected Thursday, we do our new home demo next Monday, and, if all goes as planned, close a week from Wednesday. That means we move in August 13. That's TWO WEEKS, people. OMG. I'm freaking out (in a good way).</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, these first pics are the oldest. The tile had just gone in. This is pre-light fixtures.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVULO5mVulI_8ehGgpBj9vw_8l7MP12K8IqlbbfCVovlw88Gx0NRrvMNhONuf-FcPcEBVxassZmYbeqV3ROWO0Kwa5K4_6dFsOLEgxlt5it_18eEQ5YMJnpIJtKEp4ayz6N3a1cBCzs3k/s320/IMG_1065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635708008119506002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A pic of the tile in the common area (you're looking at the breakfast area).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf_ragNbKvGktNLnBUb1MBEPZItULnlkG_OlZ6tdeWPb6aHSYpe68BFjjbyEgX9h8_9VNfJc72lEU9G7BFnxwb6L5DEXR1BM3LrQPMMAGAy-pVki18wxQpV72HZDgKiLgPR1eR2AN6G8/s320/IMG_1073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635708014805217778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Master bath</div><div><br /></div><div>These pics were taken after the fixtures had gone in. Still pre-carpet.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHThEWA5BdQM7xemPmbM04TeUSIkU7KY-Od0XYDSZgDxfClNH-QbYTdnC6lZzw6IgFT_9ffEmiUIX5e9CSP_jFz1Pu96owgHkVC5FbzIZs2smgbv6rZvjEgtfGx9yZ6NGC2uVpjKeDRoI/s320/IMG_1095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635708022729534722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Taken from the kitchen looking into the breakfast area and living room (they covered the tile up so the workers wouldn't rough it up).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYnyOMYYRqWV1wx6X3Wf_ZiWLuTBwHmZAMZPln7ErfK0Mw5zFGPr5P7mit9R89IQXc2P7-CES9MDWmGH1DrzeHZkiSIXHQQspu77mLONZhmIdP0F4T5W14ZOiMd2bxZdkMtteJvvzwnOw/s320/IMG_1100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635709882424564098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Guest bath shower - no faucets yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9Vi6NKV_nmxRvrV9c7Iyv5lekuhncLJlSwYYNPHvQyZw3RACwCs2AKnszDlhTm9K-FzILA2pG8P0de6iYfkcSMpIHRZsLN0wIreES2EuPcLExm25NHZjfguypF5zReMeNOSUYDSlCaI/s320/IMG_1101.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635709886245374994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Guest bath sink - no faucets yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Aht8sxErOgczQYpEJMH5MpQNcplxWWmspaae95HFBnEIucKYt8yVObrT-l0yk6-GX7p96JhbU6BApnJEWuttA9BV0ztGaVDp7uv7QGx7tsiYCNg11lOmVfROyVaFlw0M85EevC3RTvo/s320/IMG_1103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635709887342303794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Master bedroom</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoM2pYtLTFYH8eKCQEvCcWSmT46IaxY28_hy9mLl1531g6aCmc85-m_raM8Z7pYW0umvlDMMSQ1Xsp8xJxXKb0M-00m9SffSSramkbB-4TugQZGtMzr0gckFB1k9V5qt1U3YLDof9cnA/s320/IMG_1106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635709889590504802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Master bath - our shower without the glass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-wIYIuY43Zy_uXt2jOvoYgIzDABIchyphenhyphenRIGRzlwgJ632WDHIazoAnrGRGsI_drk07Q53_AckJSCgaSl3-m0apZKlKBsYZxtTiHI9xb9n6P0LDK1zuB798nurbcU5MRwUfj8aEsH3YAkM/s320/IMG_1112.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635709895220314514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our coach light :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFztl3adOWHkgy5_rJZ9Ku7E2udntjLK5MhAmdi1UrbIbjwPMvj3sAFdv3Mwh5PX2q4Kg82nJJ2zot14NTJsRfH6X0G-nw0mN1yeOudW9II-AC7EyduHGR420vQ5SmZzI1OKY1DZ3iTqk/s320/IMG_1113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635711864108472418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Front of the house - pre-front door and landscaping.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Okay... the last set of pictures were from a Tuesday, I think. These are from the following Friday, July 22.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpNuogkW3GMUHSItrM0c7fjFBoFifh1rJNzob-3I7UTHwEWi4mu-_KlowG43UdKJ62rd8m-MCjUTLj2b7ZDKf6qFVIeSaO53dGLrWHNG0j9PUPK0OXMS8pvGyeHGNOtV1lj2FR1Q53l4/s320/IMG_1115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635711866750049954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Kitchen!!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGMnjjWCd7GoYCq8TZwCrImduCbw-EWdZ006rPnifixirTcu3gtV93PAn613-foHFNOoeOp-joQoOoX3cZatPHREIDumYnfVgUFJX1VKXVU_8CDebLbfWPL4IMWFg3xGc8JCetA98N7Q0/s320/IMG_1121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635711869559071714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Guest bath.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjug2LG99KspLEASQQd5xF3fadPhiXgQL9jmqhwZPpebRG6Mvbr1I80Eit176fibdORV4K1h23UMW3Y5XcT6I0roqwkmTKNG83rpmZ-RLtbGAaZ8XfELiV9t838XTlHLGcqHO94dqvhqAA/s320/IMG_1128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635711874500765682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">My window with our pretty chandelier</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiptG29Kwh7i6XllcBYkbYSPh214cMoTsPO0NRLkXDYu3HQbzzERcxhA2rSJ4Myv3rFTRJChsAo2q2we7vUadelWBuSW7zTr_y2aKoHvJziQUYqZh_QSjOFH5Lw9RHBHVhBLad6iOCL-Y/s320/IMG_1135.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635711877503763106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Front of the house.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Okay - last set! These are from last Thursday. The first time I'd been to the house since the last house blog post.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PoxZRw_x9__B4iPpo3LbbqRCWUFwzR6Q50nkkbEMXKvg0X-qibMYpsc0eCYX2B_NJsZoIv7WNdG1LKwnkQ-jzgSzajfzzEzSY5rXsIGGBIaKkq4WnBuYEv0qgV_kIblUOR3JH8rGiQg/s320/IMG_1140.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713925994469474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our kitchen sink, overlooking breakfast area and living room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGx-EzpuaYz4La1AhRiZDMvV6AfVCZxc9kfJCsHdI-Yboy9sX65-DSZ2NXePsOvk9fY5-o4sfMUAFHv38jMW74iYNFDKanCsFkco6p0qqxJD4SANNIyNCGHvuf-lDaExaV7UnEI6wf9w4/s320/IMG_1141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713927651383074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our kitchen (that's me with our friend Christine in the background). I LOVE our kitchen. It's so pretty!!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGGQxrEq9t0Li-cwY2x2ZtJ3sk5OPgBFob8IR5c1Ia27XjqFqMQL-NM0bAPBhrcDxTZBnl9fEmUrDJUJK6fAQ9tzBWu27KtTE7bd-7yhLfjL7lU1YWTiPUKT9WFybo-hgszHlv2NfMUU/s320/IMG_1143.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713931789561362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our front door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsn9Cf45wYxlL0qz6SGuLwoVMwwMSQoTBxMrtVSMy_MKelnRTiMKsAU2qXHVsGCb72PmqewuqEqBKvmvLcvGNZdouZ82MlF8ij6PML998d6nOjpbDviprHNHb76_6MBm4383M0GczXgE/s320/IMG_1144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713936969095794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">My window! Dining room with carpet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYW8JDEWo-7BsS7zfT2a709B8xxzrPIOv7-XwSQEcna1-tOYUWEUcTa43CBbRsX1XKEawHNR9LOZzgwPPbZgm-UFdN2kiyc909V8Clt67zG4BZmCZAXsSDOYYpiLfHZrPOVgNapPOIkt8/s320/IMG_1147.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635713940392782290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Guest shower.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi128q6hs7s9lXEqHx4CWeIXERHc1yQyyAY5FGsijvHi_y6WsWdgU_i6M8QDGES-nEYwTHUoeNZmDzpN6moLfkrhKxaw-Gp4qSFxe4V4NNWsMrkVXm96Xz0qRoR9oD9OMB2Ju1gRZPEpfk/s320/IMG_1149.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635715531724087058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Guest bath</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsRfRNvIiRITS4mJSk7s502yCoUJ2uXfo6iHNgIkUa-gGnuDxIYGv0MVxX3lRs4zx90Gif_8KMI3qI5YNDnRmSNI1QH9jV1bpHcBGnxPDhpEBZfvMDfjJJcsCn_0_uur5d1TJaL85D7E/s320/IMG_1153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635715535663212562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">View of kitchen from the breakfast room</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_io7AzEU0RgR6JtIn0OeXQWSqqk8Byfo4mpncJzF_O59o8HQ01YemfRYQdq533Vs4z5kerBP85nJeenFzP6fWVTlO6XPkf7TIsrIZr78QoZCQXLUc9jnpCCrdcTg9Dr-bKODLWJgRyE/s320/IMG_1155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635715539393910018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Master bath (and Lan, master photographer)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97mvvrtlNDUGx5w-9IGs0sVvzqh8P12uGGgFw69_1tkY8Hlcio7GkdsNvvimvk4FRNdLRoHhZhFXbbaWg6FiAx75nk7Mh_FiBRZflmyTW4SAAqTshYfFfhailsf24PHZziRqLA93kjkk/s320/IMG_1160.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635715545480718162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our little gem Magnolia - it already has a bloom!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8E2-Tu5R7ggBg9RgC54FIuh6mKnxl7cj0ZntziV5MBOnV6S5U8DJ4x_oWSA4ScZ60tU4tREml62NwW5jccGB22GFOgIxT42bBORy-cS-VhBwK3QCWTnX2kcIbiyEMuG60uYjqNn81Hbc/s320/IMG_1162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635715542558967730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Front of the house with landscaping!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Okay.. these are all the pictures until after we move in and get settled. I hope they made you want to come visit us :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">L and J</span></div><div><br /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-5692554991550397592011-07-26T18:10:00.000-07:002011-07-26T19:25:28.612-07:00Night at the Museum<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">A couple of weeks ago, we went to an event at The Museum of Natural Science with our friends Emily, Jonah and Anne Marie. It was really fun! They had a bunch of food trucks outside where you could eat, and a Beatles cover band. They were even dressed like The Beatles (complete with gold, glittery jacket). Awesome. The people watching was interesting (a highlight of the evening for me was the senior citizen dance party). </span>And, to top it all off, you could look at all the permanent exhibits.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPegf8H6TyVRRpMyUAPPPFdRHK4Rg3GthyphenhyphenhTO5funNytQCt2Ktl7EUL9nEq1W3hlIgZ7XtiHo3quD-emEEWn_62JezLG3f8xpYlJqKMJIyYDzvWyln_-PpRvzkuK1Rm3TtutP-oi_2MSc/s320/IMG_1082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633834857741759074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Where the band was set up - the dinosaur room!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroHqmcJd2EQ3b_eYA1-jnW8T9TpWxGD4N8AgQSkTzl69y7kZc-SrLjSdcalIfOkMsWsuXgiDpywPwb9bO2mhNJ-FbaLcJpaJJMXHLQTwiriK3X1RmCqrKHIz61S-xA5fkt5A5ACFwIDg/s320/IMG_1085.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633834864414883634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The girls! Me with Emily and Anne Marie.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHL5oPcHXc_Bw7ySCzgAK0nrNc6tW6KJ6_1joJMiiUv2oqpbMC__nu50vd-LeQWPCm8oc050FX3yCH0IedAaKDyffQLZbjo4T2LrZbhvRawCGuherVZ7xPhSSJf9cqma62Uk-uEWfov4/s320/IMG_1086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633834871960076898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me and Lan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2RyMTd_S_WRjH9yAxl3wn86w7MVNCHyDPUp5uMispVjdnp3qLOQ-S3hpgsyKKjT781Snhv8z5GePHi4E5sKKnutHyXK89kOHDzCWbo4uXJL4ORDr_RkwWt0UUyHI-mK2DMr0jpdkhKw/s320/IMG_1089.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633834879549304850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Emily got her fortune told by Zoltar!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGZWVTphhP0_90ABrclEAw0EtJBAjaRbF_9MK-PLTUBtKJ55DKXWmmYy9b33XJX9qsc5i_jzGC4fIJd1NAaJ2N6R-JzTO1_B1q1F-4nkjYE-b1ZFh54-BEoFPgDx6xon-oHqDsgHShSM/s1600/IMG_1091.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGZWVTphhP0_90ABrclEAw0EtJBAjaRbF_9MK-PLTUBtKJ55DKXWmmYy9b33XJX9qsc5i_jzGC4fIJd1NAaJ2N6R-JzTO1_B1q1F-4nkjYE-b1ZFh54-BEoFPgDx6xon-oHqDsgHShSM/s320/IMG_1091.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633834884380340962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I'm pretty sure my friends thought I was crazy for taking this picture, but this is for my Mississippi friends. Sarah, Erin, Angela... this one is for you. One of the traveling exhibits at the museum is a Texas history exhibit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Caption - "And on the 8th day, God created this exhibition."</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, Texas...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2RyMTd_S_WRjH9yAxl3wn86w7MVNCHyDPUp5uMispVjdnp3qLOQ-S3hpgsyKKjT781Snhv8z5GePHi4E5sKKnutHyXK89kOHDzCWbo4uXJL4ORDr_RkwWt0UUyHI-mK2DMr0jpdkhKw/s1600/IMG_1089.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: left;">Okay.. that's all for now! We are in MAJOR packing mode. We're going to the house Thursday and I'll take more pics and post them this weekend.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Coming soon.... MJM/DYW Recap, House Pics, Recipes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love from Houston!</div><div style="text-align: left;">L and J</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHL5oPcHXc_Bw7ySCzgAK0nrNc6tW6KJ6_1joJMiiUv2oqpbMC__nu50vd-LeQWPCm8oc050FX3yCH0IedAaKDyffQLZbjo4T2LrZbhvRawCGuherVZ7xPhSSJf9cqma62Uk-uEWfov4/s1600/IMG_1086.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroHqmcJd2EQ3b_eYA1-jnW8T9TpWxGD4N8AgQSkTzl69y7kZc-SrLjSdcalIfOkMsWsuXgiDpywPwb9bO2mhNJ-FbaLcJpaJJMXHLQTwiriK3X1RmCqrKHIz61S-xA5fkt5A5ACFwIDg/s1600/IMG_1085.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPegf8H6TyVRRpMyUAPPPFdRHK4Rg3GthyphenhyphenhTO5funNytQCt2Ktl7EUL9nEq1W3hlIgZ7XtiHo3quD-emEEWn_62JezLG3f8xpYlJqKMJIyYDzvWyln_-PpRvzkuK1Rm3TtutP-oi_2MSc/s1600/IMG_1082.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-36230721296768670512011-07-13T15:17:00.000-07:002011-07-13T15:44:56.122-07:00Our First Anniversary :)<div style="text-align: left;">I can't believe it's already been a year, but we celebrated our anniversary on July 3. Having the long weekend was just as nice as we'd hoped!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to everyone who sent us anniversary wishes! We felt so loved (and surprised you all remembered!).</div><div><br /></div><div>We also used that weekend to visit Lan's aunt and uncle in Beaumont (we hadn't seen them since Thanksgiving), which was really fun (Lan got to go fishing with his uncle and cousins and I got to go to some yard sales and antique malls with his aunt). I requested that we come home on Sunday so we could celebrate our anniversary on the actual day, so that's what we did!</div><div><br /></div><div>For some time now, we've been planning to go to The Melting Pot (a fondue restaurant) for our anniversary. It came highly recommended from friends of ours who have eaten there, and it's easy to see why!! It's SOOO good. A little pricey, so it's definitely only for special occasions, but it's really yummy. I already want to go back :)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6dDn7T9U12kijfAYecRpciVQUY9Tl2309pQ00u9mHcI2FN2gghLA6zJ-O2pPxhe7WpOZRdI4tKM4ZFF-Q2wj6kvjT1aXJfNLvUv9Qf805usea9UW-P1Ur6ZGF8qtobHFC4usgu4mTXc/s320/IMG_1010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966055417669906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Best. Husband. Ever.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCNVnEgvgDXFOuXZ_whPqQhspxTkcde97fecp66ImViNK8BB_MkiC5XclRcpgVUqqe5WYymtxVpCtyPEFZMzNwK89sICR_HQ4dmLyubL9HQO4toM-gkrIlHuACYr-dFHfFhMZgDpWtQw/s320/IMG_1011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966057855785458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our first course - spinach and artichoke fondue. Traditional cheese fondue has white wine in it, and most have some sort of alcohol in them (for consistency and flavor), but we knew we didn't want alcohol in ours, so our waiter recommended this one. SOOO good. We practically licked the pot clean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">He made it by putting some vegetable stock in the pot, then he added some garlic, artichokes, spinach and spices, then he mixed in the cheese. We got bread, chips, veggies, and apples (sounds weird, but it was actually really yummy!) for dippers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOMJq3cp8_0KQoGlycD843ljYdDlyJe3bhX3Whyd8J7q9F6DbooTV-xQHe1uWVcmwyi4NO4D7_MWqZn_ROKH1hSqT5wwRdMxK_hENSWVOjfRNRle6FeJcropl1emb6xV67K1cYn2RF0o/s320/IMG_1012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966060757163186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Main course. Lan had a "Pacific Rim" entree with t</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">eriyaki-marinated sirloin, white shrimp, citrus-marinated pork tenderloin, breast of duck, breast of chicken and potstickers. I had the filet. And we got a table of veggies to share. Our waiter also made us stuffed mushrooms - yummy!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The way it works is you cook your meat yourself in a hot liquid at your table. We chose to fry our food. It came with 2 types of batter to dip your food in before putting it in the pot, and 5 types of sauces to put on your food when it came out. I was worried about this course, but it was fun, and the food was great!</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQU0LEjzsOwMn2M3PU6hyphenhyphen71MUmO6-gY_S5Y2r7OupJPi4B0F-qhtq6mz2EYaqTLbqhS787HAm2P-Gc2vmvJl6q_qCVKO4R4RydihjUbX7kdR6CtF05PCvOV2YcCr1Ab8PQU9pMZPbTzM/s320/IMG_1013.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966071131811538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't he cute?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVjAU9ot_6FZ0gQ04L_a0tuEV6UnchwYur2Li00m0AICzu1HhND7gmCneiccLiZDzyEfjP4JSvcBRry3oM0oky_1H3IlBZIGUMqeppSv5NX1iB03SQdDL4UvE1bxZ3ZQS0dxn7g6nJRg/s320/IMG_1014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966074509043106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Dessert. I don't want to say this was the best course, because it was all good, but this was AWESOME. I wish I had some right now. Lan is a sucker for anything turtle, so we got the turtle fondue (flambéed table side!). As you might guess, it had milk chocolate, caramel, and pecans (at the end, we ran out of dippers and Lan scooped the pecans out of the pot and ate them - "just like chocolate covered pecans!").</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">For dippers we had cheesecake, pound cake, rice krispies, banana, strawberries, brownies, graham cracker-covered marshmallows, and oreo-covered marshmallows. Like I said, it was good.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigz2N48yHcpwUx0IcCsYb5Z5j4XkBj0Bze9Ia0Ax9AS09W-lGZ9S071Vd90aFVdixZZFMUaFBMpviHHX1t4-6kTx_-I5wK-0X_DrPPP0glb0fAQLEmWisIVKL61HOgTHOQDtxMmkdSFZg/s320/IMG_1015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966916378352098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I didn't want to stop eating!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB85LUEZa2rMJqoImnzvdZUN8iRHdPWkhpzJffKftfniNKOhk2Vpn_v9ZZaDJhB6D9l57Qd0L0VOb38kS97p-Wr3s5rvEGxQDsxLLWS22SwuDZQ6eDakBpG96wprsBy8a-WXgimyDeW_Y/s320/IMG_1024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966920368213762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SL4TTz_H_L7tr6u97PzJC5Yjj9L1YyeyCPHAznvok3YLV3YCxmzZClDH9Pli-sqQNpTk25HS0H2Vp36QTWPV6G7ARPkIjI4AeKe-lf-oM1FJbkrvlRXJQ03h5iGfhGwa2Xz8B22ePjo/s320/IMG_1025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628966926228068306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The infamous wedding cake. We'd heard mixed reviews about this, so we didn't really know what to think. Especially since this cake made a long journey to get here (we had to carry it in a cooler from MS over Memorial Day weekend) and it was suspiciously wrapped by our cake guy, but it was good! </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Lan seems to notice more freezer burned taste than me, but we both think it's still good (apparently the cake guy knows what he's doing after all) and we're still eating it! We're only half way through!</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div>So, that was our anniversary. </div><div><br /></div><div>Especially in Houston, I get a lot of "you're so young to be married" type attitudes, but, let me just say, I would rather spend my young years married to Lan than be unattached any day. He is such a blessing in my life and I'm so proud to be his wife!</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll that's enough mushy stuff, and that's all for now!</div><div><br /></div><div>Up next - more recipes and house updates!</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div>L and J</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-767403479787894772011-07-10T17:30:00.001-07:002011-07-10T17:55:27.083-07:00House Update - Brick and Cabinets!<div style="text-align: left;">So, we've visited the lot twice since my last update. Lan went alone last Wednesday, and we both went with some friends on Saturday. When Lan went on Wednesday, it had been a week and a half since we were there last - and lots changed!</div><div><br /></div><div>New things Wednesday- mainly sheetrock, brick</div><div><br /></div><div>New things Saturday - cabinets, doors (except our front door, which goes in a lot later), moulding/baseboards</div><div><br /></div><div>What they're doing this week - pouring the driveway, measuring for granite, putting in tile (we're getting down to the little stuff!)</div><div><br /></div><div>We're projected to close on the house sometime between August 8 and the 15th. We're hoping for the week of the 8th because we are going to a wedding the weekend after the 15th and wouldn't be able to move until later.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGdlpTKe_t7pcB_9zUYRKVfVZTlwcS6c2lv0ltRk7pAlSQQXtftB9SDQESlYFpmeqwTrm9sXtUw4kvZSAxXHCVAhiuVr-EckD4eRUFcOgjYKBz9Jc_5LY60k-QuZ86Aywe5ZXoslIFn0/s320/IMG_1026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627887117333634962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">These were taken Wednesday - the first time Lan had seen the brick. It's starting to look like an actual house!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2QjxX_velqS2xz1la8B_TaYmKNKniON4HTO7AJLAcuYeow34Sk2YExEbR_jtLE8UMuQRbePzwaJnBJEQjzKFswkzL-BVDE86WnpAi4pGg9A8ogZoqX-WEaUor0jwrOubflsfhcAiR34/s320/IMG_1028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627887119583201794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The brick goes down about 3/4 the way - the rest is hardy siding. I think our fence will begin about where the brick ends.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2kx-k1Rtr9S-xKo30sWkLpGTnYJSU5vQlZm7URos-V61QhudtoZWrXjf4QoWqCqi9fiPQQukoy2dJU4NMp8c0Eoa3Gwk-Fb_k357F_iJN8OrphYApofzp8NJlZR8GnT0SNWm2vcyDLc/s320/IMG_1029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627887124713566050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I love this window. You've seen it in lots of pictures! This is in the dining room.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JG4gUugGGkqTkIgXJ1eox-Nh9VUbJPf2-QdBO5s2Zt-xsEJqMiJdgkBpb6ph9LNVTlGXjAdpiSWUT3UtWFh5HsBWTycDKJLx0B2MUoKHV2B6IRhq6vFQ8Smq8mQVKmmlz-7mg6lO8nU/s320/IMG_1030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627887128354141410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This is a view from the kitchen looking into the breakfast area (before the arch) and living room (after the arch).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bvmjZ2FQtNKvn-sgQzao0h1lTSIGRXAN6JTrJ6qhWL4KwWYGJmXFALm56Hddu_BgepoELh7-fpMn1ACUfJqWjplrvioybbDymlhU7Hp7syaBwbSwEFF2aVh9sJpObPRR_taHTH56THM/s320/IMG_1031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627887134161516034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">In the kitchen, looking at the pantry and into the dining room.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kcquOt1M1gv17tofRvCLqGeBRRMrG-0Kbp7c6ztet-oaValc5jq6jfPAgcHyOzGh685VuKsc7AFsAS4WKMz4COdSupB_h3ir0yM3AwJ8dLWH96ugrN-SHJ0GR6p6NlZnPcARa1fmu0M/s320/IMG_1032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627888538779019682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This is in our guest bedroom, looking into our guest bathroom. The closet is on the left.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUJ3Gvdt7qT9N2eNLpw8amj3jftOOFuSdZr-M2GPkq6cB2cecWuuPEEdnCFAOQQMDUWaL4xKRzsTlh0ncVZTJ0aTBn26Asp7s33ABZSK14qCOJypVY2-ZrtzFkp99Vff1PYkLsHrRpnI/s320/IMG_1035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627890030216954210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">In the master, looking into the master bath.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaQ1c0htGc7_9yjM1ggkb9KZVven8ldrT3w0-oZSekdSRgxUyXzYRAScZ0zZAABMzVCkl6S0PRZNQpVwSwmnOyuN2Zf51T_ecehM6hB8CJhI7Za_Njurcyv4n7JbiNQpOfD_IU84OXyw/s320/IMG_1040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627888541220320642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Standing in the living room, looking into the breakfast area and kitchen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupq1GuGkGryjszXfOTdeCuzWBdtdZ3eo6wJy7_Hcg0spR3T2B6AiudFXVkBTZDxY8-52ZuHOCz3_lvsGG2rnNgJt7lV6sTDUwMVbYZ8nThPjLQPGGmcSzprRUHO_AYR9inTqGX0Vex78/s320/IMG_1048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627888550791985202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Okay, from this point forward, we're looking at Saturday pictures. Do you notice how the brick looks different from Wednesday? They washed it this day (see the guy on the left). Basically, the mortar gets messy, so you wash it with acid to clean it up!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3uYyFYk5J0IMoKIKOkYtp8M9MTttDdfNOkw4Hbz0S7KvWTaqJAV0rxz35fm6WyVZtHAlNObxDUim5VosGgxZVLv7XpoJE_umrXR7c4p4PUYhQvfRpgNmCSoeXLjWio7OJm_pi6MeVYk/s320/IMG_1049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627888553534112818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Cabinets!! The fridge will go on the far left. The microwave will go in the space you see on the right, and the range will be underneath.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLf_gUwuTp3vyxqk2wiBz75fvVm-bVwWKEkZuQ0LYPXIVHXxCe5jXuyv7ARKhiA2I4hfK-K0VCW7RDw3v8H_SoYiWUos1-BocnEEc48xZlX_3E3C7fT8q6BO3LsH4aXVL16YP0Gkb4AzY/s320/IMG_1050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627888558671337842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">A bigger view of the kitchen. See our island!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktcErexCD2g_KmIqtHtKShAL8vOmpZYRsuYxyDGjf_EIYeX8Qz_LZqHyP4M77jvatAgy2Q4HycOGb2Rzc0qWuc6t9j5haNlmEcrUJDno4DP2K2qvsf-lqMcLAHbYl43NGVZVEGhsSQAg/s320/IMG_1051.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627890037341583106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">I wanted to get a shot of the window above the door. Our actual front door will be put in later.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgSvRmHvlE987v5EGwwFWmZzOYyD6FvIAfBtqBr6BBQZpGPq-_yAi84qTv6wjoJss5X3oJ-hkc0BkgR3b_U-S8xynncjcc0QByMC-_nzZOQuW1fb3Bp_yaMUnCM2uhODL7oAXKHu4xj0/s320/IMG_1053.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627890042602060114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Standing in the entryway, looking into the dining room at my favorite window!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eE54uvbYPH0Cg7V8Dlkb0RRnb51bKed8LAneIKPxceMhcsELQlWfuliUheXeJnJfk08x_h6WQ9M2kxONJ-kLg2EyBtk1AM0k3Y_e3-ZJyMSDWuGYIgAPjYc4FqB9v1zZj6NWqbgmlb0/s320/IMG_1057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627890049050534354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Back porch - still needs paint.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6q4uyxbbBAqsNKbt4eTRgXk9Q0MTHd4t0Owy1UmS7lxyMQX96bIGSRkM31xAR4livjz8SltauKqsceVdv_ASZc73FG9FYfdNFQnXX0p4FsDxNG9tqBMBcibAz_rMYvO7Jt4tlGgkxl4/s320/IMG_1058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627890054400438498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Master bedroom - notice that they've primed the walls, and the baseboards are in (still need to be painted).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Looking from the living room into the kitchen and breakfast area. We brought lots of friends on Saturday - Jonah and Anne Marie, Dallas and Ashlee, and Chris.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">One last pic! Only one more month!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Upcoming posts... anniversary recap, more house updates, recipes, flea market finds.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">-L and J</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-42697882411412057222011-06-28T15:08:00.000-07:002011-06-28T15:30:49.934-07:00My Cup Overflows<div style="text-align: left;">We have big news... We are building a house!</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, some fun facts about where we are moving! We're moving to Spring, Texas, to a master planned community called Spring Trails (<a href="http://www.springtrails.com/">http://www.springtrails.com/</a> - yes, the website could use an update!). I like Spring because it feels like Mississippi. There are a lot of trees (not true of some areas of Houston!). My parents were visiting last weekend (more on that later) and mom kept saying that it felt like you were in a small town - which I like!</div><div><br /></div><div>Our neighborhood also has lots of cool walking trails! It's built on a nature preserve (400 acres of forest), and there are 10 miles of nature trails in the woods. AND a pond! There's also a pool, tennis courts, and basketball courts.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another benefit of Spring is that it's close to The Woodlands, a really nice area with lots of shopping, restaurants and stuff to do.</div><div><br /></div><div>We also love our builder, Perry Homes. When we were shopping around, they were by far the most knowledgeable and helpful - and we looked at a lot of builders! They've been great since we purchased, too. We are very happy!</div><div><br /></div><div>We are so thankful that God has enabled us to do this (we are so blessed!), and we are so excited to move!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm behind on my house pictures, so from the beginning...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZH10Qtu1b9xiK5UT6jR2q_BcWCehRHSqt7k5OY66FFSOX2ZJJhrocel1CGKXPP9VhprTbo4P52YnRL4Zm9_rEgElFjbuUo0GSZ7YA2i5oR6JkX_sHU8s7BXymr_HYIUXS7M6qaF-7yc/s320/IMG_0922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623051353986804082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">We are going to be homeowners!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnQBUsYs-go6V-Jo_Q1bVTbR2v-EFeK97jihWVYkVXnSr6TjJ40NFpDYVAM9ZOAUDHmUDtZjlUOhhvYUaURFttRZ379RH6XtrbggTUvuw1gkui0wQYdERS4NFpHlFq7viyOamfOnQ-uY/s320/IMG_0914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623051345405991090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This was the Friday after they cleared the lot (they cleared the lot on Wednesday). The very beginning!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQBlppFlHf3SU40nLUtidnlB1h_A4whFxzkf_aZdWXp9AsgMAzF09j3P3Es_DFdXuzwiYcYM3mPfME5EkwbG9GKQJMGVCEH0GxJ4XiCEQKeDDD0x0qD0tpixMF0H864mYAz_6SX5oy-k/s320/IMG_0930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623051362213303090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This picture was taken right after the house was framed - a couple weeks ago when Lan's parents came to visit us.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oy1ptRCNv7AJkX0PNc98b1YNyMGnSkVkNvOEOQSHjx5S4GLs4RpwInWHBe-y1QqwRaJjlnTKTHO0KkWQ43VQNXtbn5-LfcQlS_0rVzYwcig6EByaRP0MhLIerGbNke8tRaNDSHJ0yLI/s320/IMG_0940.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623051369766929106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This will be our back door :)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXqbsyyzJm2mpAvWCJQP8ycqI_By1qrWItoWWve8HGNhXMn1m21k6xfHiX-6aLoU95y-G1z1kTEArYVMXsBLIio2yPSlw_f7yQ8MqVfNOs7VRh8ZfYOG4XtMRDIxkUs9FYWAJ9tJT-Rs/s320/IMG_0941.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623051378028366546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The front of the house (same visit as the 2 pictures above). That "Texas Outhouse" is very inconveniently placed...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTwQ11HSoEFTFu7n7CvZLgyAjoqXC4KHJ1roth18Zf5GFUSqOHA9EAKwOHSBDuMGvpEZQBCfiQRYHQ-7ECd6zWReadIMCd-0MTe4VG_dBklTy9SlutT7WcLDU5Mue-g3p23Ng86_znW0/s320/IMG_0942.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623053462549906178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Lan took these on one of his visits. He goes up a couple times a week to supervise the process. I'm glad he's making sure they are doing everything right!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIz8w1YfWPocgBh8zzOXtpE0d03vKoJ98SA7zpf9fyXO1Ehn_9mXkUiGztt1JAE2B_HBIEuoURByjYflrk8o_AIoepoxkqnUTNMzItFRIDVgCuEZX1YaRngDeUTOZQHCMfwrivVMAb7Tw/s320/IMG_0945.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623053463701236930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think this is kind of a cool picture. This is in the front of the house. The room this shot looks into is our dining room. I have another picture of this room later...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17bwZNGgg74y5YJoJIR8XuJa0T40kChLtb5_O4vFktASyrjnH7wQaGArmuRjTGKJcGO3zD-8rGYsc-h_xs3NnebqwCZKPAcQiU6T9UVUHA78cpVIxELfhw6ax-zVE2P4VVGhnATGlf7w/s320/IMG_0943.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623053471020425474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Looking through our house - Standing in the kitchen, looking into the breakfast room and dining room.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXkSv6hD10zIRbSKtUGZ6GD63F9nU8Qvr4ZC7MPo03nhgBg2FNXaUpmMPCJ9Z0-taecPlX9YhGbPlt6ny2nE6z1KTU3Eo46YGu1kiHAnIojQya-p5BgX1xLcE_iX665N_j2YwyMGTI7I/s320/IMG_0950.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623053474877920386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This was taken last week. Notice, there's no shingles on the roof yet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEils-Pk7z_d_SPvRTW3l62qDj145-4l7nxeT0vl-0dJo3oqo-NsbYzPRhPJAPskLvdsRUnoA_ksNdM25CrJPGQb3vS_f1Oz4PIMxHMjS934I6nWj7PkTS0UniX0b4YWIZXQO46QALIUOA4/s320/IMG_0960.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623053475780726770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Back porch! Our living room and bedroom look out onto the back porch. The siding you see here will be painted when they are finished.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7B8aiuGDmpq94k_OV9zFD82rteQX71-rHczIunCZq9jeF4EdPYh5W_4i2MUGaqsNkCvUK0G8Ki_VDwTMyxENVmIFUVduT7tWRFRiJO5suR9v6i2X1w2MoSSCfr_2-eM6RLNk_WXiN4jc/s320/IMG_0969.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623395827640516242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This was taken last weekend while my family was here. See the shingles! They did that last week.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm76mUHQ2SG4K1oC7jqYLYzL7dgDp4ZNgLSdRx67lvVWdLMSTyibcCvPKT74hxN7gNJ2bbE5Y4WjEVFF1pxysclGx4WC5cPkuO1Qmzq6fsYCsHgnBq4Dj0OMOHEC8c24qyQCXGZY7D2jQ/s320/IMG_0972.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623395835127244322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The window I mentioned earlier. It's in now! Notice our bricks through the window.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU7yChw2wVJVZER3p5uq3wde1Tax5J-hmX7AxiSJTY4msFwS-t5N-KFZaCvPAta9t8uxuRfrEBtsKmgn71ucYYIEqE_NB1FqHh9Kgb8CP7aJblB_Ds2ygggz5_5jk5HrHGq78ZBs2rAU/s320/IMG_0975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623395839204279234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This will be our bar in the kitchen! Our sink and dish washer will be here.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmQ7CVRDpR5-8zjh5S589kB7PecNSFXTfTHVUWdcJ_amiK3YftgXmD7NEr38qMB2i1Q4xOAtp2ixvpCvMfy0dhr28t3rnAuVKYfqQ2Uro5i87smcCwgafUvG35LEiwzh-DxrQjd-Heu8/s320/IMG_0981.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623395842665893714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This is the back wall of our living room, overlooking the back porch. These windows are a signature feature of our builder.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkIPzl-754ZHdVReA32AWhpujK4IENQBqi0Vx92MRycEaUpq_-TWw7EH-a__sJZTcN6cXTSApeCGrtjL2olj3AZaSa10Fbc3n15SFFITzr_7I6HRqwOviud3Y9Rviwgy43I_lRR-URzU/s320/IMG_0983.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623395846469318562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Front right side of the house. Looking into our garage.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lan says that they will do the sheetrock this week, and the builder thinks we'll close in early August! I'll keep you posted with updates and pictures.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Friends and family, please come visit us! We will actually have a guest room and bathroom for you now (a far cry from our 1 bedroom apartment, haha)!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Coming up - a post about my family reunion, more recipes, and house updates!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love from Houston,</div><div style="text-align: left;">L and J</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-6371139061517422522011-06-15T15:38:00.001-07:002011-06-15T15:44:23.636-07:00Pasta Salad Lan will Actually Eat!<div style="text-align: left;">Well, the title says it all. I love pasta salad. Lan is picky. So, when he asked me to come up with a healthy recipe for Saturday lunch a while back, I suggested a pasta salad. He complied, as long as we could serve it at room temp. Apparently that was his big complaint about pasta salad in general.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, I made up this recipe. This is really how every pasta salad starts, and this one is not so different than any other one out there.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Holloway Pasta Salad - 4 servings</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q_CGdNmlNDRpaWtXRrPA9DutE5A159xg1Pdm-h_Bzgdf4XMnsGsUS4eRgKDqa6ezAy7HfHY78G5FBZXSaRr243NcKoE206HeQadRtJu20R6-XraYESdmVVABe7SG0N8Le8HpS97IPlA/s320/IMG_0901.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618580394956935474" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(food styling is not my forte, unfortunately)</div><div><br /></div><div>2 c pasta, uncooked</div><div>1 c fresh broccoli florets</div><div>1 c red bell pepper, chopped</div><div>1/4 c red onion, copped</div><div>1 c tomato, chopped (1 medium)</div><div>1/2 c green onion, chopped (I used 3)</div><div>1/4-1/2 c mozzarella cheese (your preference)</div><div>1/2-3/4 c Italian dressing</div><div>2 c chopped, grilled chicken</div><div><br /></div><div>1. The chicken - we marinaded in Italian (overnight is always best) and grilled the chicken. You could season or marinade however you want</div><div>2. Cook pasta (al dente- always), and drain (don't rinse!)</div><div>3. Chop all your veggies and chicken</div><div>4. Mix veggies, chicken, and cheese</div><div>5. Add dressing slowly until you reach the amount you like (we overdressed ours when we made it- take it slow!)</div><div>6. Serve</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy! Maybe your picky eaters will eat this too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Up next - MORE recipes and an important life update. Get excited.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div>L and J</div></div><div><br /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-40817239969451230432011-06-13T15:38:00.001-07:002011-06-13T15:38:32.396-07:00Pioneer Woman Comes to Houston<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><div style="text-align: left; ">I have been promising this post for a number of weeks to a number of you (watch for it tomorrow, next week, when I get home..). Oops. Here it is, finally!</div><div><br /></div>Those of you who know me well know that I LOVE the Pioneer Woman. Her cookbook changed my life. That may be a little dramatic, but I love it! And even though Lan won't admit it, he does too, because he benefits from her tasty recipes.<div><br /></div><div>Out of all the cookbooks I own, this is the one that I cook from most often, and have tried the most recipes from. I think it's because she includes so many pictures. I like that. You should buy one! You will love it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, she just wrote a really cute children's book, and was coming to Houston for a book signing. SO, I knew I couldn't miss it. Unfortunately, it was Mother's Day weekend, so all of my friends here had plans. But Lan, being a dutiful husband, came with me.</div><div><br /></div><div>We were able to get a line ticket and leave and come back, which was handy. All in all, we waited about an hour. Not too bad!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsgagaXhJm3Xh_1GORczw_Ehlo6w7rnk_vNt5BHscvh7fp4yhwh4b1x_lgol-pE00i4kikwGJpOhnABO5vzZ6MVbz5yqdqbSS5x_FCL4HhflLftgqFrw605_iAYs1cfgWIjmPvvCahtI/s320/IMG_0893.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617471680844661762" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">The line was long!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieae8-iX76Q5fj6t4R-H6FTe28wLF6BpcLMTwk43Sk4f5CaLu30IT4aqvPP1wHby66X_j4mP68AEUQ1DaCK_5Vc6o0mymAOlgA6nxQryvcvqiHi2lIS86utXl_GAYRjlEZanfXKYDM_lw/s320/IMG_0897.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617471706555748242" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvTBEeGA9TSr3383QVPegGGkxCpSx2xdoI4VwofGJhk0p6XKPFr0mikrFQZVfk-SrNgsP4El-wYrUMO5XM-6HEII3WqwrRqHIRwt2WYTaFzNeIOfBrwHCEJVPZhlcJxwG00nHdlNnBfQ/s320/IMG_0895.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617471691630590738" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhCYsGEAJLHnPLkWhFXcY1SdjTl1qQKScW7jP1XAc0u6qJqrfSEAaPtcvOnREzxgoor0VD2Ifu-oruoj3k5v9AG8nufl5KUmtiwwNFU9z7njAHoZLCXnbuL50v_q_3P1sciN6YJKKxNI/s320/IMG_0894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617471686333698210" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">The Pioneer Woman signing my cookbook! We also got one for Lan's mom. The whole time in line, I was trying to decide what I wanted to say to her, but I froze when I got up there! I was starstruck :)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSgmk5Okz5_imFiUaMuku482XkXkRqFumWFPXjTF3oLCEhyetfpf2wxwcc_PtPseANddwRPK5ybD2lpHeAZfqYVf9p0PEOPE3NA1N6TYxWMKbDYbPpPziTbSSEyrSohNa5chtDbGF1Xg/s320/IMG_0896.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617471700377624226" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Me with the Pioneer Woman! We're practically best friends now.</div><div><br /></div><div>After we took our picture, she asked me if I came alone, so I said, no, my husband is here with me. I pointed Lan out, and Lan said, "I just came to hold the purse" (which he was doing at the moment). She said, "Aww, what a good husband he is! You should take a picture of that!" So there you go. Lan is a good husband, says Pioneer Woman :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Upcoming blog posts include lots and lots of recipes and big news! Get excited!</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div><br /></div><div>L and J</div></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-88914784076847831882011-06-08T15:22:00.001-07:002011-06-08T15:46:45.854-07:00My Best Friend's Wedding<div style="text-align: left;">So, my best friend, Sarah, got married a few weeks ago (yay!) to her soulmate, Tray. Out of all the couples I know, these two are perhaps the best suited for each other - they are so alike! Sarah and I graduated together, and became even closer friends in our early college days. We lived together our Junior and Senior years and grew even closer :) I have so many fun memories of my college years that involve Sarah!</div><div><br /></div><div>She is such a blessing in my life! She's one of those friends who always has the right thing to say, and can always, always cheer you up when you're down. I love her and I'm so happy she's my friend! May you live many happy married years together.</div><div><br /></div><div>Disclaimer - All of these pictures were generously provided by my good friend Angela (aka - my wedding weekend photographer). Thanks Angela!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dMy0xmAxjYOlgPzBLvcID7forbm6q7v1CohJi_ORRHWHgbwhpqHMKalcMQwm_F2d0MivtqWABKjkkKGVBT_11ZS3ZckjN6eClt89kRLQvt9o6FrgcSSXtQ9jsyeZJ9kkSzIdlHtU5ss/s320/Me+and+Sarah+-+Tokros.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615980027802322322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with Sarah at her bridesmaids event at Tokros! We got manicures!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqbp5xdfH1zMkKWFxdKqpKGVf4UqwPkTJ4fKpIa3okCZX4u4U9kQtnjmXB7vUEEmP7lq87djq_xI0hhfFU9YbIzXvOTQ-hr9qj4UnTfPyFmbhvgCOsfzm1qGCgTqZ5x0fIfZTiU4dpVE/s320/Me+and+Sarah+-+Rehearsal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615980038011443586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me and Sarah at the Rehearsal Dinner</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMlOxs2kiROY05AtJXlCtAHfONfG8mAgskU0FWRPhubfElTwWJxw1bCBsVTDgrTjnQ7C32Zz4v_uX-TXO-fhwLJzVpymoPaAr0gyjkO8ANJ1OAyTWSatp0-6iLa_1XiFILFTDpLvUW2o/s320/Sarah+Pre+Wedding.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615980045082405714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Getting ready the morning of the wedding</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GtJ8LZqIHASWP6bJAiMwipNy0erkLjgd_zp15fPE0CRHtGGTbSt1Hvn6WHAobUzmbK1P22sRy5ozu8agUnMPW7U_GDwvrX7zY4n9vNqTTi-s4oanYYz4fFsqiNfKdPTIxNvgyM4l-Q0/s320/Me+and+Katye.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615980054711389842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me and Katye taking a little break after pictures</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipy50y-o2Hxcvv2HWjr0Bd-PIOK1iJTDhgVbBWBPfTXfgjN15fkc4aTftpAtglSnhUn0DNW82ujeSihNyddGo6W8LEhyphenhyphenKtYqEgFXhjAPigdpAReEQCsug5Eudc9qmw4lixWDu4asAG56E/s320/Me+and+Sarah+Close+Up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615980060506343746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeamH2M332y9dLMUCWb3YCY0XPPHlcHqYT_DHIrqFEORrBPcm0_mddJaN6YhWy1MwA6Tuqxq4HYqNLoo1q1OaYdx7c0oyDsuc7kVuaZqXs6jx-MzNeFoYVYHuZZx2S5TlrLw_osUFwUsg/s320/Me+and+Sarah+Hugging.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615981429145641682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); ">Me with the bride - isn't she stunning??</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjzbbFfdbKy9VOrxPbn6SOvZkbC6t6xm_gOQSBfUFYPGytran6x8Nw11ilDplDWNLqq9wPD0OztuDNAmXjntA2sGHsqRWi1anjFwMHHRVUlsLK9vnyi77ZNZriYsoPi4JcjtfPOwUrV0/s320/Christmas+Candid+-+Wedding+Edition.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615981441983345746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">There's a backstory on this one... Several years ago, at our annual Tacky Christmas party, we took the most amazing candid picture ever (it seems that I don't have a copy, or I'd post it here). This is an attempted recreation of that photo - wedding style :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sKcVpDkG71iGA_6yvCdrs5N2cyD62beCuHQx1oVfqlIKFzoO9TQw2g2Ww43P9UAbMmZqdysfyVy-N19JvB3fIcKD4xTHpM_J2vK06O9WL9XQHZLSFXCl44brZrvs2W6kwLbUUahcNcw/s320/Me%252C+Sarah%252C+Erin%252C+Angela.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615981444813934178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">I love ya'll!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimEcB8QK69nmGPgC54uUkPOE3y85tv9zlwIEqNEDko4CfikukbUuezFxzcchx33dXi2tOl58OEvgo1pHXzxQhBmWYzsJegHBA350vCBjQo4ueb71HsgqTCxABZLWCViPP_4P8kVILUVI/s320/Small+Group+-+Pre+Wedding.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615981452429864338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">These girls are part of our small group in high school. I loved having these girls to go through junior high and high school with - I'm glad we are still friends today!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvSXOfkHLAG38TUWujCCbE62P1kklPLgmcl8f4AA2D6luYD2rxW6Bi_H7vr69uV3mCgjGc_jxigA9ayi3UF5-yU0NTMRe6tUAHMSUO4Sna9MiI7J22shVtmBl7piJkd8ffBpRe-Yaa9Sw/s320/Me+and+Lan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615981457211507890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me and Lan at the reception!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF-coX81UInlM67zuz1FasptriALNrXzqoj63nlUdq9aT0xUmRehL8x4d2FBjmMMdYpqiLL628Dvvf3imvMJyutHjHDUDKG2JEqS1VWzwJo9mOt4uzeCyhoVyjDM8cSPOd1trjpMcPDQ/s320/075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615983138063926898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me and Raysha at the reception (photo courtesy of Raysha's cell phone!)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQez-gaBiLZEqePIVYn3yE0xZB4B4ldWPaeowZucBgR5X5k6Vmpkr_rUsRTrspyq8PQ5CeFbNV6LEmcU7ymqMaU0E4lcoYmaEylAAJ7bVj4xWSNkjDf8jK7UaGywpwyqn93KsbvBxOqQ/s320/Sarah+and+Tray+Leaving.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615983145481430658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The happy couple leaving :)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Coming up for us - Lan's parents are visiting, my meet and greet with Pioneer Woman(!), my $5 dinner challenge, and future Holloway plans. Get excited.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston,</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">L and J</span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-73981040675408206492011-05-04T17:58:00.000-07:002011-05-14T07:42:35.688-07:00Newlywed Retreat<div style="text-align: left;">First, I need to give some background. We go to a newlywed Sunday School class at church. We love it! We've met a lot of really great friends through the class, and we think it's been a great blessing for our marriage. The class covers typical newlywed topics - finances, conflict resolution, needs, etc.</div><br /><div>The class hosts an annual retreat in Red Top, TX, and we have been hearing about the retreat for a while now - everyone said it was a highlight of the class, and we shouldn't miss it, so we didn't! </div><div><br /></div><div>The retreat was awesome. It was held at a really nice retreat center in the country. It was beautiful and so relaxing. We learned a lot, grew our marriage, and got to spend a lot of one on one time with our Bible Study friends and new friends!</div><div><br /></div><div>It was great fun!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzr389UpdQPK0gw2XZxSFtSxAUeG_nNcHWXkA2mHlyQWk6cHDSRoaj5Hqjw2bWBzmIbxK71R6mXip0wAOE9sbrESYuM920GVSSv4uTlt8TAtx6aIEYLpJt_uW5CkJmpHA1NofMkXqwWk/s320/101_1821.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606579668143072050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQtTt5tFGm6fkD3VKUk1LtQuGtV84GOJZb1iEAhylwTWeHGImZXVfvfOmKMaKQ84bTodAccpJVmA6wpbYSO9Uu-U0T7NigB7U3A0788DzCI7exL4Kfztsi0lzHWhR_tTBAjkKZzygN84/s320/101_1823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606579670711273746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our room! We were the second couple to sign up, so we got the second best room at the retreat center. It was huge! And could have slept a ton of people (with one regular bed and 2 day beds). Highlights of the room- king size bed and our own bathroom! Our house was the only one that had rooms with their own bathrooms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsBJGiO3d0QxHg38wZ6tsxnQ0U-yFNKgcfBu31RVCZjThdjqM-suBY6aBFqfRRs_lK-Sv3vRUyf-cum59oXedh149zcp8UwpOdIiuKhNkJ1m7CjDhrLek-L1ZOdXRshlgEzrRN2S6Kbo/s320/101_1830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606580677163316066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Our house, the garden house!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdB0QSu9UlarxR2y6WqijY5NTLqa5g0a7SVh0D66RfjPXRZVT6tjmKyW1ozZ29Y6gRVok6zvF_FPNttBai7ut8R6zu33hqZVOJFLZLAMNapRbQfdqdNnEyVJvCOQwOqZbKebngqDIiro/s320/101_1831.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606579679966755890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmMR3n_Lu5U_W6TpomoUMCY6-m1kX5i3uEp6OzgGUVzsh12f6cIh1T21OzA0Xa4ZkprZqtynfQQ4CF0IvCEsk7skPNUuYbSDmXaAmpY8xPuSl455WryijRrwrQASb8q1BweyMqItBEn8/s320/101_1832.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606580678244036306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The garden. So peaceful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffq5_zV7HeE3mZ3uZtDcXUe1_eJOAQQV5TxoTMFzydsfMsdXc6SiAesf0myosCilQaSeXbe-pfiz3HEPSMLNIXPW0w9jpXkfhF6IPT9I5piQnGlMlNpTA5U7sLlYvbx8L7AQpg68JgC0/s320/101_1829.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606580674013297778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The main house, where we had all our sessions.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezah1vXoRPLfKXTNS1J7lY2zOkgB8oORXG5HZ_iByTxdqBPo-FRSxnH4_jhXY-dvsDSvMurZjvR1hnPQmNNfbiRW3GTpVuJ13pv6TkdLhxb0m5Uj9ttk2KLtvZli_Vubvdu_an6XkbNE/s320/101_1825.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606579674706681458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Lan and I on the last day. This was a really cool vine tunnel. Very romantic!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBSv_nEvuRe_rY234m3WuJhz2TUarOvvN3Z8QyjqaxEz0uu6CeKHgDDHY9yQvKpxVBez1cGnnxlZcrxGzzt0K8wcsSyc4jDWBQunpejNTk-T0Sxx8sbjtdkYpB8P_bYOb93hozfB-Zy4/s320/101_1826.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606579673454688642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Me with our friend Christine. She and her husband, Kirby, rode with us to the retreat. They live close to us, and are so fun to be around!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">There are lots of exciting posts to come! Stay tuned :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Love from Houston,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">L and J</span></span></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5151232008110281717.post-49698389716404786552011-04-18T15:15:00.000-07:002011-04-18T15:23:40.284-07:00We Ran a 5KThose of you that have known me for a long time know that I ran cross country in high school. It wasn't my favorite thing ever, but I did enjoy the benefits that came along with it (being fit, for instance). <div><br /></div><div>When Lan and I got married, we committed to working out together 3 times a week (Lan does much more alone, I stick to the minimum 3...). Since we don't have a gym membership (not worth the money), my workout of choice is running. Lan also enjoys running (he's been an avid runner since high school).</div><div><br /></div><div>As a little extra motivation, in January, we decided to run in a 5K our church was sponsoring, benefitting Aid Sudan. We signed up, and started training (well, sort of). Neither of us care about being the fastest ones on the track, but our goal was to run the whole way without stopping (something I rarely did in high school XC). So, we ran. A lot. </div><div><br /></div><div>The race was terribly early a couple weekends ago and I'm happy to report that we both ran the whole way! Lan ran it about 30 seconds faster than I did.</div><div><br /></div><div>We both got passed by a pregnant woman running with a stroller with a small child inside AND a woman running with a double wide stroller with TWO children inside, but such is life. We ran the whole way and are happy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another goal of ours was not to finish last, which we also accomplished! We both finished in the middle of our age groups.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 5K is over now, but we're still running together. It was fun to train and work towards a goal together, and we can't wait to do it again!</div><div><br /></div><div>Love from Houston,</div><div><br /></div><div>L and J</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04938055188415759726noreply@blogger.com0