Showing posts with label Fall Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall Food. Show all posts

Saturday, December 3, 2011

The Catch-Up: Early Fall



I guess we spent Fall having too much fun because I forgot to blog about any of the things we did. Well, here are the highlights:


Event #1 Food and Friends:
While this happened often, I often did not take any pictures of our time spent with friends eating, laughing, and eating some more. But here are pics from one such occasion.

This is Brandon's Burger. It looks both awesome and scary.

This is Brandon eating the above burger.
He's a growing boy, so he DOWNED it and went back for a second!

What do you do after all that food?
Watch "The Lion King" in 3D.

Event #2 Our Annual Fall Date:

So starting last year, continuing this year, Russ and I do a day date in Austin where we hit up Cheesefest at all the Central Markets in Austin. Cheesefest is a celebration of cheese. You can taste all sorts of cheeses that have been made locally or that have been in the cheese process for years.
This year's winner: The Roaring 40's Bleu Cheese.


We also got some Pumpkin Pie Soda to wash down all that cheese:

And we ate Mongolian BBQ before the whole Cheesefest began:



We also went to look at the Whole Foods Chocolate Halloween display. It was less impressive than last year, but still fun to look at:


Event #3: I beat my friend Eric at Words With Friends.

My pal Eric is a Words With Friends genius. He wins by 200 points- at least.
Well, I won... one time.


Event #4: We saw Willie Nelson, George Strait, The Avett Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, The Dixie Chicks, and Lyle Lovett in concert.

In September wildfires were raging down here in Texas. Thousands lost their homes, pets, and everything but their families. Austin, being the Live Music Capital of the World, did its' part to help these folks get back on their feet.
There was a massive benefit concert for the wildfire victims.
Sure, Russ and I couldn't afford the $500-$1,000 seats up close. But we managed to get the $25 nosebleeds. It was an amazing night of music. I felt like I was watching a family reunion of talented musicians. Everyone played together, or hung out on the side of the stage and watched Willie play. 
And, may I just say, George Strait is a cutie? Well he is, even if he is an old man. He has really kept those good looks!







Event #6: We got toilet-papered:

We woke up to toilet papered ghosts on Halloween. 
I loved it. 
SUPER CUTE!!!



Monday, November 14, 2011

From Pinterest...


In July of last year I discovered the phenomenon of the website Pinterest, thanks to my friend Becky H. up in Utah. For those unaware of Pinterest- imagine a place where you can collect all things creative= and organize these things by holiday, theme, or subject of your choice. 

Well I had a board for our annual Halloween party, and here is how it turned out:









Pinterest: It's an addiction and an inspiration.

And check out the friends this year! The party was a hit!


Well, Russ tricked us in this one by having the camera self-time 3 shots.

Next celebration that I've used for Pinterest Inspiration:

THANKSGIVING!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Dear Fall: Come and Stay a While

Fall is my favorite season, and the first sign of fall came today.

It's September 1st.

So I'd like to roll out the welcome carpet to the fall season by blogging a little "Ode to Fall"


What is best about fall:

Fall Fashion:



Turtlenecks... YES.


Sweaters... 


Tweed coats, scarves, and hats (this is just after Thanksgiving)


Boots! (Can't really see them, but I love boots!)

Fall Food:


Cheese Fest at Central Market


French Onion Soup


Those delicious pumpkin spice kisses

Craft-fooder-noon snacks!


Cookies! It's cold enough to turn the oven back on!


And my Favorite: HOT COCOA

Fall Festivities:


Birthday Parties!


General Conference!


Our traditional pumpkin patch visit


Carving Pumpkins


The Annual JRCLS Regional Activity


Halloween!


Family Pictures!


Visitors!

I could go on and on.

Welcome Fall!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Wilde Thanksgiving 2010

Here's a view from our table. My friend Craig is taking the picture, that's why a chair is empty.


How was your thanksgiving?

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Ten Days of Gratitude- Day 2

The Fall Season.

❉ I love the fashion; I just bought this coat from Target: ❉



❉ I love the fall colors- yes we do get fall colors in central Texas: ❉



❉And let's just take a minute to ponder fall food. I have a new favorite this year: ❉


Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses
SOOO TASTY!

What do you love about fall?

Friday, November 13, 2009

Honest to Blog-I Cooked!

CHOW:
Everyone that knows me knows that I am useless in the kitchen. Well, not true, I'm good at eating in the kitchen.

The problem I have with cooking is I feel stressed to get it done by a certain time, or the amount of time it takes to cook. So... I'd rather not eat at all. I know, bad.

But I took some free time post-finals to try my hand at stirring and measuring. Here is what I made:




What: Carmel-apple Pork Chops (I don't eat chicken).
Review:
Chow: Awesome!
Russ: Tasty.


What: Mushroom and Asparagus Cous-cous with a Pistachio-vinaigrette Sauce
Review:
Chow: Like multiple flavor explosion in your mouth. Tasty.
Russ: Crunchy.


What: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (Thanks to Stacy for the recipe!)
Review:
Chow: I think I at 25. They were so good!
Russ: Squishy

Then on Sunday, the real chef in the family stepped into the kitchen (Russ)


What: Potato Cheese Soup in Bread Bowls (All HOMEMADE!)
Review:
Chow: Classic greatness. Great comfort food to recover from law school.
Russ: Subtly delectable. But the bowls were a little heavy. The soup was good.

And that's our food from last week!

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thanks

It's been a great year and we have a lot to be thankful for. Jobs, our
home, family and friends. And to top of all off I think the turkey I
brined turned out great.

Stewing

The bird is in the brine. I can't seem to just have a plain old turkey
so this year we're doctoring it up. We have most of the meal cooked or
ready to go in the oven. It should be a good day, that is if Chow
survives her 5 mile run.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

It's Canadian Thanksgiving, we celebrated Sunday with the full meal.
Really sunday was just a good time to relax after a couple days of
touring Central Texas with the moms.