Tonight's Dinner Guest

Waiter, there's an octopus in my soup!

Field trip

Taking a turn at the potter's wheel.

Field Trip to Circle-In-A-Square Pottery

January 2012 homeschool field trip with a pit stop beforehand at Round Rock Donuts.

New marshmallow flavors!

Peppermint and gingerbread. The gingerbread is pretty intense.

New houses

This year's gingerbread houses.

Didn't look like that to us

Shippers venture out on busiest day of year - YNN - Your News Now
We went to the 78704 Post Office on South Congress this morning at 11 and had only a 3-person wait.

2011 Christmas Musical

Aaron, The Allergic Shepherd

What we learned in Spanish Class today

Jingle Bells in Espanol

And now we can't seem to stop singing the chorus:
"O, cascabeles, cascabeles, tra la la la la,
que alegria todo el dia, tra la la la la!



Oh what fun!

saved

The sweet Jewish girl down the street saved me - she's selling chocolate-filled advent calendars to raise money for her high school German Club

The Govt trying to shut down family farms AGAIN!

Farmers fear proposed new child labor rules

The clone trooper invasion

At the 2011 Chuy's Christmas Parade

The Secrets to a Perfectly Moist Meatloaf

I'm making meatloaf for the kids for the first time tonight. As usual, I'm winging it for the recipe but I thought that I'd confirm what I felt should be the appropriate cooking time and temp. I was right.

The Secrets to a Perfectly Moist Meatloaf

My recipe is based on the meatloaf that my mom used to make when I was a kid and the meatloaf that they serve at Shady Grove restaurant here in Austin. I'm using 1 lb ground beef and 1 lb ground pork, 1/2 lb cooked penne pasta, 1/2 lb cooked peas, diced carrots, and corn, 1/4 cup medium salsa, a LOT of freshly ground sea salt mix (it tastes JUST like Lawry's Salt which was my old standby for meat seasoning), some fresh ground pepper, and 2 TBS of minced garlic. No bread crumbs (that's what the pasta's for) and no egg. When it's time to serve it I'll pour some queso on top of each slice.

I think they'll like it!

Twilight

Sitting in the theater waiting for Breaking Dawn to start at midnight.

KLOVE's encouraging word of the day

Today's Encouraging Word - Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Romans 12:9 NLT

Disappointing Pho!

Took Giselle to the local Vietnamese restaurant and now eating some very mediocre pho! They use fake crab instead of "real" fish balls even. But the pork spring roll was good.

Gabrielle Swank - The Journey Continues

If you have a daughter who you are considering having vaccinated with Gardasil, please watch these two videos first and then rethink your decision.

first http://youtu.be/RamAjYlR70s
and then the one below


Thank you, and pray for strength for those suffering from the adverse reactions.

Homeschool Field Trip

Texas State Cemetery! It's really pretty cool!

Upwards Soccer Closing Ceremony

All done for another year. Thanks Coach Marty for another awesome year!!!!

The finished product!

I think the neighbors will be quite pleased with this!

Work in Progress

Painting 101 - Today's lesson is Murals