On track with my recipes 1, 2, 3 down...

A short while ago I gave myself a goal of preparing one meal a week from my Biltmore Cookbook in an attempt to expand on my dinner options. I am happy to report I am doing well and have kept up my end of the bargain. So far I have made fresh (from scratch)Blueberry Brioche bread, Country Chicken Soup and Blueberry French Toast. This week I will be tackling Carrot and Ginger Soup with Curried Creme Fraiche. The soup will be one recipe and the Creme Fraiche will be another recipe that actually takes two days to prepare. Once completed the Creme Fraiche (pronounced "Crem Fresh") will be able to be used as sour cream or a sweet dipping sauce for fruits if you add sugar. Stay tuned....

Responsible grandparents

If you remember a few posts ago I talked about my fake fern on my porch and how there were birds making a nest in it. Well, needless to say the eggs have now hatched and there are babies. Jon and I went and bought real ferns for our porch now that the weather is getting warmer. We hadn't realized the eggs had hatched so we carefully peaked at the nest in the fake fern in an attempt to possibly move it so we could place the real fern in its place. All of the sudden we were both taken back by the stares of two fluffy baby birds sitting in the nest. In a single instance Jon and I went from trying to decorate our porch to feeling responsible for the baby birds. We felt like grandparents since we had watched the mama bird build the nest and lay her eggs. Of course NOW we couldn't possibly move the fake fern-what if the mom didn't come back? What kind of grandparents would we be then!?!?! Needless to say, we now have six beautiful real ferns hanging from our porch and one fake one nestled in the bunch. Once the babies leave the nest we will relocate the fake fern and replace it but until then...we are carefully watching our grandbirds and making sure they are happy and healthy fuzz balls.

Nephew..oh how we love you xoxoxoxo

While the boys played with the fence, Erin, Ethan and I went to play at the Bounce House! We had a great time and I think Erin and I could have slept for days after watching Ethan run around for two hours....oh to have that energy! Uncle Jon even got up and made fresh apple juice with our juicer Saturday morning. Ethan loved to watch the apples get crushed! Grandma made a guest appearance twice that weekend (YAY!) and spent some time with Ethan while all the girls watched the guys work on the fence. Good times!

Weekend Warriors!

A couple weekends ago we had our awesome family come from NC to help build our fence. The fence was a big project in preparation for selling our house so we are THRILLED to have it completed now....thank you to everyone who helped out!