St Patrick's Day

One of my favorite quotes is "There are two kinds of people: those who are Irish and those who want to be Irish."  Today we celebrated our heritage.

 I have to give my wee lass, Taryn Mackenzie, top billing because she is the most Irish of us all.

To celebrate, I looked up authentic Irish meals.  Colcannon Irish potatoes came to the top.  Basically, it is mashed potatoes with sauteed leeks, onion and cabbage.  How can you go wrong when the directions have you make a divot at the top of the mound for melted butter?  There's even an Irish song about it called Colcannon! 

We topped it off with sausages and Irish Soda Bread.

If you join us for dinner March 17th, we'll be happy to have you join us.

Our family

It snowed Monday morning with a thin blanket of snow.  Before the snow melted, Sandi (under Amber's supervision) made our snowman family.

Daddy

Mommy

Amber

Taryn (this one made me laugh)

This little guy is Olaf (pronounced Oooo-laf by Amber).  Apparently, he is a member of the family now.


 The director posing with her creation.

Budding artist

We put grandpa's table to good use the day we got it.  Amber does all her crafts and drawings on it.  It has a permanent spot by the kitchen table so she can always be apart of what is going on, and we can always admire her latest master-piece.

Silly little girl

 

So cute, I can't help myself.

Sisters

Having the girls play nicely together is sometimes a little difficult.  This is why we celebrate those special moments (literally) that no one is crying and everyone is happy.  They are so cute together!

4th of July

We had a simple 4th of July. After brunch with friends and nap time, we headed over to Lois and Gerald's for a summer picnic and sleep-over. After dinner, Gerald brought out the fireworks.  Taryn slept.

careful with the sparklers

notice the classy t-shirt

Grandma and Amber watching mommy light fireworks

mommy lighting fireworks

 

Amber captivated by the fireworks

Amber and Grandma

Where's Amber?

Saturday morning breakfast

Every week I look forward to breakfast on Saturday morning.  Typically, I cook breakfast and make lots of coffee.  The best part, though very good, is not the food on the table....