Have You Seen Me?

If you see this woman she is one year older today! Be sure to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Happy Birthday Nattie!

 

Mamma Mia!!

Bryan and I went out for my birthday a couple of nights ago. He took me to go see Mamma Mia. I am sure he would have enjoyed seeing The Dark Knight much more. So Bry, thanks for putting up with a theater of 90% women. I LOVED this movie and now the musical is on my list of things to see. Thanks everyone for making my birthday a special one! I am the luckiest 23 year old around.......to have such awesome family and friends!

Our Family Pictures

Emily Andersen was so kind to take the time to do our families pictures for us. I created a slide show of my favorites. I love candid shots. It's a good thing because Mason didn't always cooperate or he had his hands in inappropriate places! Makes for some good humiliation in years to come. Bryan and I laughed because we never had a family picture taken before Mason came, but there is one in the slide show that turned out quite nice with out him in it.....Little Stinker! So we made up for lost time too I guess. Enjoy! And thanks again Emily!

Mmmm......panadas!

I have a good friend from church (Consuelo) from Columbia. Every function we have she makes her famous empanadas. Being that I want to take some culture with us when we leave here, I asked her if she would teach me how to make them. She took the time to teach Elaine, Mallena, and I how to make them. What a labor of LOVE! They are very time consuming and delicious! When I made them with Consuelo they were awful....looking. I wanted to try making them by myself while it was still fresh on my mind, so last week for the 4th of July, I did! It was so much work, but it was so much fun. If you like to cook, it was great therapy! So, thank you Consuelo for teaching me how to make your empanadas while teaching me about your culture! Who knew I'd ever have any use for a yucca! This will be a tradition I pass on and hopefully keep it going in my own family!
The filling...Potatoes, cilantro, scallions, seasonings, peppers!


The SiZzLe.....of course they have to be deep fried!!


The finished product!


The Dip, less the mashed up avocado that goes in right before you serve it! OOOOHHH!!

Things we do at church.....

Alyssa and her friend Hailey put together this list. I LOVE this list and I think it is so cute! I thought about translating, but they did so good, I don't need to!