I Just Call You Mine.

I was looking back through my blog posts and realized that the last time Paul and I took a picture with just the two of us in it was in February! Remember that story I shared about how you should take a picture with your child once a month, no matter how awful you think you look? Well I have set a new goal to do the same thing with Paul. He does work long hard hours and has to miss out on a lot of our fun adventures with friends and family, but we are still able to spend a lot of quality time together. He is such a great husband and father! Just last night he brought home some chicken tortilla soup for me from Baja Fresh... Yum! He is so supportive of all of my dreams and aspirations. We really are each other's #1 fan and best friend! It's true that marriage isn't always easy, but I am always so grateful when I look back and see how we have grown and been blessed by working through the hard times.

The other night I heard this song and it reminded me of Paul so I wanted to share it... (Anyone that can tell me the TV show I heard it on gets a gold star!;)

Summer Vacation

This one's for you Mom!

Sorry, Paul is missing. Somebody had to take the picture.

Visitors

Sea World - July 2009

We had a great time at Sea World a couple of weeks ago. I am so glad that my brother and his wife came to visit and gave me a good excuse to buy a season pass. E really loves the shows. I have never seen him sit so still. Am I the only one that gets emotional when watching the Shamu show? I think it is incredible!

Sneak Peek of Caden & His Mama

Full of Surprises

4th of July Weekend

Favorite Cilantro Recipes - besides salsa

My cute cousin asked what we like to use our cilantro for so I thought I would share my answer with everyone. These are the staple meals we use it in...

1. BBQ Chicken Pizza

2. Rattlers Salad - romain lettuce, pieces of grilled chicken or steak, red onions sliced, fresh corn cut off the cob, black beans (drained and rinsed), cheese, cilantro and the secret dressing is about 2/3 ranch 1/3 BBQ sauce. YUM!

3. Tacos

I guess we eat these meals a lot because I feel like I buy cilantro quite often. Yesterday I moved my cilantro plant to a larger pot and it is doing really well. I don't dare to cut any yet, but I think I am getting close.

Anybody else know of a great recipe that includes cilantro?

Homemade Bread

If you are looking for a great bread recipes, try these ones! I made the wheat bread recipe this week and it turned out SO much better than the wheat bread I made last week using the recipe in my breadmachine manual.

(FYI: I substituted one cup of white flour for one cup of wheat flour.)