I hope to do some more tonight! Bye for now!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
I scrapbooked!!
I have been wanting too but Joe put all my stuff away before Daniel's birthday party. It was hard to get to so I just didn't do it. But last night I pulled it all back out and put it in the dining room. I had also gone to Big Lots yesterday and found some Thickers and buttons, so that's kinda what inspired me to do a page or two. I did an 8x8 that I can't share yet, it's for a gift. Here is the page I did last night for Daniel's book.
I hope to do some more tonight! Bye for now!
I hope to do some more tonight! Bye for now!
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Hey there
Hope you all had a great 4th of July! We did! We celebrated on Friday and Saturday. Friday we had a bbq,our parents, Joe's brother and his family, and my friend Michelle and her daughter all came. We ate and walked to the park for fireworks and a funnel cake!!! We almost missed the darn firworks because the line was so stinking long.
On the 4th we had a neighborhood bike parade early in the morning. This was the second year we had it and sooo many more people turned out! It was fun. We got a little bike trailer to pull Daniel in. He loved it! In the early afternoon we headed to Joe's brother's house. They were also having a neighborhood bike parade, but much larger than ours. There were people from one side of the street to the other with bikes. It was almost hard to ride your bikes. It was fun though. We had a bbq when we got back and fireworks in the evening. It was a long day for sure! We were all super tired today. Daniel napped for 3 1/2 hours. I took an hour nap too. But we did manage to take a bike ride back to the park before dinner. We need to start exercising for my brother's wedding so we are going to ride our bikes everyday. We will see if we do! :)
I was really bad with taking pictures yesterday, it was too hard to carry the camera around and watch Daniel. Here is one with his cute cousin Hanna.
And one that is not very good waiting to go on a bike ride after dinner last night.
Ok one more thing to share. While in Oregon at my cousin's house we had coleslaw, her 17 yr old son actually made it. It was really yummy! It's supposed to be the same as KFC coleslaw and I think it's pretty close. I made it on Friday and Saturday and it was a hit! I doubled the recipe. It can be a little runny, so the second time I made it I used half the amount of milk. A few family members asked for the recipe so I thought I'd just share it here.
Finely chop cabbage.(I used the bag of coleslaw mix and just chopped it a little more) Mix in large bowl the following:
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
2 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp minced onion
Mix all ingredients thoroughly, add coleslaw, mix and refrigerate
Enjoy!
On the 4th we had a neighborhood bike parade early in the morning. This was the second year we had it and sooo many more people turned out! It was fun. We got a little bike trailer to pull Daniel in. He loved it! In the early afternoon we headed to Joe's brother's house. They were also having a neighborhood bike parade, but much larger than ours. There were people from one side of the street to the other with bikes. It was almost hard to ride your bikes. It was fun though. We had a bbq when we got back and fireworks in the evening. It was a long day for sure! We were all super tired today. Daniel napped for 3 1/2 hours. I took an hour nap too. But we did manage to take a bike ride back to the park before dinner. We need to start exercising for my brother's wedding so we are going to ride our bikes everyday. We will see if we do! :)
I was really bad with taking pictures yesterday, it was too hard to carry the camera around and watch Daniel. Here is one with his cute cousin Hanna.
And one that is not very good waiting to go on a bike ride after dinner last night.
Ok one more thing to share. While in Oregon at my cousin's house we had coleslaw, her 17 yr old son actually made it. It was really yummy! It's supposed to be the same as KFC coleslaw and I think it's pretty close. I made it on Friday and Saturday and it was a hit! I doubled the recipe. It can be a little runny, so the second time I made it I used half the amount of milk. A few family members asked for the recipe so I thought I'd just share it here.
Finely chop cabbage.(I used the bag of coleslaw mix and just chopped it a little more) Mix in large bowl the following:
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
2 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tbsp minced onion
Mix all ingredients thoroughly, add coleslaw, mix and refrigerate
Enjoy!
Thursday, July 02, 2009
final Oregon post
Day 7: Saturday - my grandma's ("Nagymama" in HUngarian) memorial
Saturday morning we woke up and left my cousin Chris' house and drove about 2 hours toward Salem, OR. We didn't go into Salem but right before we got there we turned at the Saintam SP? River. This was my grandpa's favorite fishing spot, at least one of his favorites. It was a little rainy on the drive over but it was just cloudy when we got there. We had lunch when we first got there and the guys went fishing of course. After we visited and such we decided to do what we came to do, spread both my grandparents ashes. It was very emotional for me, if you know me I'm a cry baby!! haha But seeing a bag with both their ashes was not pretty! My dad and uncle each did one grandparent. We said a prayer and talked about my grandparents and what great people they were. Also we would not be here if it wasn't for them escaping Hungary more than 50 years ago, really a neat story. So here are some pictures of the day.
This is all of us walking back to our cars, but just about here we saw a man fishing. When he first walked by he wasn't having any luck he said but this time he was pulling in a huge fish! We all thought my grandpa gave him good luck!
It was a great day and a great way to remember them both. They both loved Oregon and their wishes were always to have their ashes spread here. Some didn't agree with it but that's what they wanted.
Most of my family headed home but my Uncle Joe stayed with my family and the guys went fishing. They wanted to try their luck. But nothing! So we headed back towards my aunts' house. We made one stop, can't remember the name. It was really green and beautiful! The guys hiked to a spot to fish. Daniel, my mom and I stayed behind. Here are a few pictures.
The guys came back just in time, it starting to rain, so we headed home. We got back late and started packing for the drive the next day.
Day 8: Sunday
On the road again!!! We left my aunt's house at 5:30am. My brother's also left at this time but on a flight! We only stopped for gas and food. We made it home at 8:30 that night! We were beat! The next day we slept in and even took naps! We were sad to leave Oregon but happy to be in our own beds! Joe really loved Oregon, and we really want to go back again soon.
Saturday morning we woke up and left my cousin Chris' house and drove about 2 hours toward Salem, OR. We didn't go into Salem but right before we got there we turned at the Saintam SP? River. This was my grandpa's favorite fishing spot, at least one of his favorites. It was a little rainy on the drive over but it was just cloudy when we got there. We had lunch when we first got there and the guys went fishing of course. After we visited and such we decided to do what we came to do, spread both my grandparents ashes. It was very emotional for me, if you know me I'm a cry baby!! haha But seeing a bag with both their ashes was not pretty! My dad and uncle each did one grandparent. We said a prayer and talked about my grandparents and what great people they were. Also we would not be here if it wasn't for them escaping Hungary more than 50 years ago, really a neat story. So here are some pictures of the day.
This is all of us walking back to our cars, but just about here we saw a man fishing. When he first walked by he wasn't having any luck he said but this time he was pulling in a huge fish! We all thought my grandpa gave him good luck!
It was a great day and a great way to remember them both. They both loved Oregon and their wishes were always to have their ashes spread here. Some didn't agree with it but that's what they wanted.
Most of my family headed home but my Uncle Joe stayed with my family and the guys went fishing. They wanted to try their luck. But nothing! So we headed back towards my aunts' house. We made one stop, can't remember the name. It was really green and beautiful! The guys hiked to a spot to fish. Daniel, my mom and I stayed behind. Here are a few pictures.
The guys came back just in time, it starting to rain, so we headed home. We got back late and started packing for the drive the next day.
Day 8: Sunday
On the road again!!! We left my aunt's house at 5:30am. My brother's also left at this time but on a flight! We only stopped for gas and food. We made it home at 8:30 that night! We were beat! The next day we slept in and even took naps! We were sad to leave Oregon but happy to be in our own beds! Joe really loved Oregon, and we really want to go back again soon.
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