Quick (brief) update :)

This blog is seriously neglected. Gone are the days when I wrote in my journal every day. But I will not give up! haha So...we are sitting at May 30th, and school is almost out for summer. Tomorrow is the last day of May, then it's June already. My goodness. It's bittersweet. The kids LOVE school, so they aren't looking forward to it, but I sure am. I love family time, and especially family time in the summer! I hope we can make summer special so the kids don't miss school too much. But they can miss it a little bit though since I do love the fact they like school. It's just weird to me. lol I remember looking forward to summer break and literally counting down the days until school ended. But anyways. Not much new around here. Tiff started going to pre-school at the end of April. She goes three days a week in the morning for three hours. She's like her brother though and would love to go all day everyday. I wish we could afford that for her, but there's only a couple more years and she will be in Kindergarten and in school all day every day for years to come. Slow down, Tiff, you're growing up too fast. Trystan too! He'll be in grade THREE in September!! Kobe is busy at school and work. He's a busy guy and works so hard for us. I'm glad it's him and not me doing that. lol I'll deal with tantrums and stuff like that any day over work AND school. Those two are just not my thing now that I have kids. We planted our garden FINALLY. We planted three cedars and three rhododendrons. We hope they survive. lol I do not have a green thumb whatsoever. Kobe does a little bit. So yeah. That is about it. Kids are growing fast and Kobe and I busy being Mom and Dad. So I guess just a little update. I will try and post more often from now on! We really do have more of an exciting life than it may seem. lol :)

Carrot Soup Recipe

I had been craving some really yummy homemade soup. Not the brothy kind, but the pureed veggies kind. We had some carrots in the fridge, so I thought we should use those and find a carrot soup recipe online. After searching I found one, made it, and LOVED it!!! I wanted to blog about it because it was that good and also an easy way to find it to make in the future. We served it with french bread.
Here is the link to the recipe:
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Recipe Success-Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken Stir-fry

I thought since what I made for dinner last night was so nummy that i should post the recipe so I don't forget (i made it up). I've made good things before and never wrote it down, so I don't remember how to make it, and that sucks! lol
So without further ado, here is the recipe for Spicy Honey Garlic Chicken Stir-fry.

Rice (I used 1 cup uncooked rice and that was plenty. Kobe had enough to take to work)
1/4 cup Ketchup
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
2 TBSPs Honey
2 heaping teaspoons Fresh Minced Garlic
4 skinless Chicken thighs, chopped
Salt and Pepper
1/2 tbsp Roasted Red Pepper Flakes
1 package quartered Crimini Mushrooms
1/2 White Onion thinly sliced and roughly chopped
1 whole Red Pepper thinly sliced.

Cook rice as normal.
Cook chicken along with some vegetable oil. Season it with s&p. When the chicken is about cooked throughout add half of the soy sauce, cook for another 30 seconds or so then add the veggies. Cook the veggies and chicken for a minute or two then add the ketchup, soy sauce, honey, garlic, and the red pepper flakes. Stir well and cook until chicken is thoroughly cooked and the veggies are crisp tender. About 10 minutes. Sauce should be thin. It makes it better so that rice can soak it all up.
Taste it and see if you need to Add more ketchup, soy sauce, honey, garlic, or red pepper flakes. I liked it sweet and spicy, almost like a hot and sour Thai soup. Different veggies can be used, but I just used my favorites and it worked out very well!!

Tiff is 3!!

I love to do these "interviews" on the kids' Birthdays; but since Tiff doesn't talk clearly yet, I will answer with what she says, and then put in brackets what I think she would say if she could talk more clearly and actually answer questions when asked LOL

1. What is your favorite color? Cars? (Pink)
2. What is your favorite toy? toy... toy...and there was some singing, too. (all of her stuffed puppies)
3. What is your favorite fruit? strawberries
4. What is your favorite tv show? Backyardigans
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Quesadilla
6. What is your favorite outfit? blue flower dress from the Gap that's too small for her but she still likes it anyways.
7. What is your favorite game?
8. What is your favorite snack? Crackers, snow peas, mini mandarins, grapes
9. What is your favorite animal? Dog and cat
10. What is your favorite song? Rainbow Song "red and yellow and pink and green, etc"
11. What is your favorite book? Her big animal books
12. Who is your best friend? her family
13. What is your favorite cereal? Cheerios
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play at the park
15. What is your favorite drink? Juice, hot chocolate, Mom's decaf coffee, chocolate milk, pop
16. What is your favorite holiday? all of them
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? All of her favorite stuffies
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? cereal, eggs
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Sushi (that's what we had)
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? She'll probably be something like a politician or dr or lawyerwith her personality LOL

As you can see most of these ended up being answered by me. She wasn't interested in answering questions. She's too busy dancing and playing. :)

Happy Birthday, Sweetie. You are loved! xoxoxo