A Boy And Girl

I am so happy to be using our grill and eating outside again! Tonight I made chicken and zucchini with a feta/yogurt dipping sauce, slightly adapted from this recipe, along with some tabbouleh. It was actually cooler outside than it was in our house, and it felt great to sit outside. Finn would really like [...]

Josh and I spent Easter visiting my sisters and brother and their families in Kentucky, and we had such an amazing trip. We are aunt and uncle to four little boys, and I cherish every minute we get to spend with them. It was only a 3 day trip, but we managed to fit in [...]

We (well, mostly I) had a busy day yesterday throwing a baby shower for Josh’s brother and girlfriend and our soon-to-be niece, so we’re taking it pretty easy today. I still managed to crank out a blueberry crumb pie (and use my sweet squirrel cookie cutter from Ikea) and fill up a planter with leftover [...]

Finally, a beautiful, warm day! I was anticipating this 80 degree temperature for over a week and I’m thrilled we were actually able to take advantage of it. Part of our yard was left bare after a landscaping project that was started last summer, so today Josh and I turned the soil, raked it smooth, [...]

After a dismal first week of (trout) fishing in the area I headed back out early on a sunny Saturday morning. I brought along an old bucket full of water in hopes of stocking our own stream in our backyard. Hopes weren’t high, but I was still hoping to catch at least one, and catch [...]

Today couldn’t have been a lovelier start to the month that ushers in spring! I bought sweet smelling daffodils after work and took Finn to Jacobsburg park for a walk. It was great to be out in the sun with my pup. Come on out spring, we’re all ready for you!

Josh and I took Finnegan for a long walk in the woods yesterday, and I just have to say, he was such a good little puppy. He walked the entire time, without a leash, slightly behind us and would stop whenever we stopped. However, he made up for his good behavior by being a little [...]

Last week Josh and I went to an orchard to pick apples with a couple of friends. I had never gone before and I didn’t realize how incredibly quick and economical it is to fill an entire brown bag of apples. Our total haul was somewhere around 100 pounds and cost about $40. What a [...]

It’s so nice to finally enjoy some flowers on the morning glory vines I planted. They curled their way up the fence, even after several nibbles from local wildlife, but seemed to take forever to bloom. In my limited experience with gardening, August always seems to be the month where I finally say “Forget it!” [...]

Lately Josh and I have been bringing Jackson outside to enjoy these last few weeks of summer. He used to be pretty scared of all that open space, but he’s starting to like all the good traction he gets on the grass (compared to our slick floors) and now hops around happily. Sometimes I feel [...]