Seems Like Just Yesterday...

About 3-4 weeks before our sweet Rivers Lane was born, our friend Chris Newby and his sweet wifey were kind enough to take us out and do a maternity photo shoot with us. We had a great time: shared awesome TV quotes, thought we were going to be eaten by some sort of wood animal (it was just a donkey in the distance - don't worry...and yes, I did just say that), and he got some great shots for us. Thank you, Chris and Liand! I can't wait to print some of these for the nursery :) Thought I'd share a few of my favorites with you guys. If you'd like more info about Chris as far a pricing and availability, you can contact him through his Facebook account, if you like! :)

We'll start out with the obligatory "hand heart" photo, and go from there :) Enjoy!

Riv is on his way!

It has been QUITE a while since the last post. I figure I'm going to have to get back in the swing of posting when little man Rivers shows up in the next 6 weeks or so!

For a warmup post, I thought I'd share a few pics of my first attempt at crafting Riv's little onesies :) enjoy!

Less Is More

Hey everyone! I have a question to pose... It's been so long since I've actually posted, I hope people actually stop to see this!

I was reading an online article last week about a family in California who "lives green". They have gotten it down to a "T". They literally do not have ANY trash. Only a little recycling each week when the trucks come by. It's insane (You can click the previous link to see the article/pics).

Now, this family is a little over the top, in my opinion, but to each his own. The one thing that I LOVED that this family did, was shopping at wholesale stores for groceries where they could literally bring in their glass containers for dry goods, and not take home any packaging...

The only catch is, I have NO idea what kinds of stores DO that! Do you?? If so, let me know how we can start doing this, please! :) I'd love to not have the flour/sugar/bean/etc. wrappers taking up garbage/recycling space around here if it's not needed.

Love,

Denise

Halloween 2010

Introducing our halloween characters: Deb and Dexter Morgan from the TV show Dexter. Brother and Sister. However, in real life, they are Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter - Husband and Wife! We love this show. Don't judge until you watch a season or 5. Seriously. It sounds deranged, but it's actually brilliant.

Enjoy the photos. :)

A little sneak peak before the party :)

Deborah Morgan from Dexter (i don't quite have the "Deb" scowl down...)

okie dokie! Now we're off to party like it's 1999!

delicious find!

I just tossed together a few things for lunch today, and it was so delicious that I had to share it with you!

New Chicken Salad:

1 small red apple - chopped

1/2 chicken breast

salt/pepper to taste

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 tsp sour cream

2 teaspoons lemon juice

cut away any fat from the chicken. Then boil to cook.

Shred chicken and toss with other ingredients.

You can chill it in the fridge for about 20 minutes or you can just eat it right away (i ate it right away. I liked the mixture of the warm chicken and the cool apple).

try it! Enjoy :)

love, denise.

Who wants to dance?

I do! After listening to computer generated music for some time, I thought, hey, why don't I take a stab at it? So, for anyone who is interested, here's a new jam I worked on today. I still feel bad for not going to work out...

Hope you love it!

http://www.purevolume.com/TheRedShoeMarchTeam

go there and listen to "To Sleep..."

Making My Own Sourdough Starter

I have decided that I want to make homemade sourdough bread! For this, I will need a "starter" to...well, to get started... I could get one from a friend, but I like the idea of starting completely from scratch... SO I did a little Google-magic research and came across this website: http://www.breadtopia.com/
I watched the guy's video tutorial of making his own whole wheat sourdough starter, and I need to go buy some pineapple juice! :)

(this rye looks SOOOOOOOOOOO delicious!)

Videos of Love

it has been a WHILE! yikes... sorry, guys! I've been painting the house, gardening, cooking, cleaning, blah blah blah. Lots more excuses up my sleeve if you need them. To tide you over until the next "real" post, I want to share with you ten of our current favorite YouTube videos. Enjoy!

(in no particular order)

1. Taylor the Latte Boy (I sometimes change the lyrics to "Darrel, the Latte Man" in my head as I drive away from or towards Starbucks...) - i cannot for the life of me find a better resolution video for this, but you'll be okay. :)

2. Cutie Little Doped Up David: Is this FOREVER?!

3. Latarian The Hoodrat: Oh, Latarian...

4. And You Know What He Did?!

5. ...Hide yo' Husbands!

6. I Can Do Anything Good -- Better Than ANYone! (is this Kristen Chenoweth as a wee lass?? haha)

7. Speakers on Bl...HI!!!

8. It's Time for Daddy to Make Some Funny!

9. World's Best Zombie Interview

10. 2010 Navo Middle School TEACHERS' STEP PERFORMANCE - what what!!! (if you can't tell, I'm the one in the front (left) in the black shirts.) - I'm not sure if this link will work since it's on Facebook, but we'll try it anyhow... :)

And I will leave you all with that. Hopefully this post brings you many joys. And laughs. And stomach aches from the laughs. :)

Love, Denise and Aaron.

A New Addition??

No, folks, I am not pregnant, so just go ahead and get that idea out of your little heads... :)

BUT... we have been talking for a while about getting a PUPPY! And... yesterday we found her. She is not ours just yet...she's not available until Monday, but you can bet your sweet bottom that I will be the first one in line when they open to claim her as a POWER! :)

She is the sweetest thing EVER. No joke. She was in a cage with about 3 other dogs, who were all rowdy and play biting and all, but she just sat over in th
e little corner squished between the doggie bed and the fence. Her little tail was tucked so far between her legs, and she was trembling. I went over to pick her up, and she just snuggled right into the crook of my neck and didn't even move at all. It was definitely love at first sight - and for BOTH of us! Can you believe it?? :) I thought she would be too small for Aaron's taste, but he was the one that said she was perfect! We took her back to the Puppy Room to play with her for a few minutes, and she slowly became less frightened. She really seemed to like both of us - so snugly!!! She really just wanted to be close to one of us the whole time we were in there. She would investigate the room for about a minute, and make her way right back over to whoever was closest at that point. AND.... she didn't make a PEEP - even ONCE - the whole time we were there... definitely not a barker! :)

She is a 6 lb. Black, Brown, and White Chiuauah/Dachshund Mix, and is ADORABLE!!!! She's only about 6 months old. Here are a couple of little pics of her. We are trying to not get our hopes up for her, because there's always a chance that her owners might claim her or that someone else (please no, please no...) will also come to adopt her... If that happens, then they will just draw names from a hat... If that is the case, I don't have the same "luck" as Jeff does, so let's just hope it doesn't come to that... Oh, and as you can tell, I have definitely failed the "not getting my hopes up" part... :/ Praying that she is supposed to be ours!!! We love her already!!!

How much are you totally in love with her?! :)

white ninja = love.