A new table!

So I want a new nice dining table!  The one we had was nice but it was bulky yet not big enough to fit an extra few seats at for company... My plan, to make a new table for us! Something like a farm table!

The start was me drawing up some plans and pricing wood downtown... Wood is more expensive here in Japan, however I priced our tackle to be about $100 who j is an awesome price for a farm table!

We bought wood last weekend (10 Jan)...

Today (18 jan) I started measuring, cutting and putting it together!

I can't wait to see my finished table! Can you?

A gluten free New Year's Eve 2013

We had a blast!  I was in the kitchen as soon as I got off work early at 2 up till it was time for the party at 7...

I made a gluten free pie crust to make spinach pie with!

I also made a Yule log! My favorite!!

And we had an assortment of veggies, fruit, meat, veggies, chips, dips, and homemade salsa!

It was a small get together wrung lots of kids!  I'm pretty sure the kids out numbered us adults!

While the kids played nicely (not killing each other) a few of us adults played spades!  I had never played till then, and I guess I picked it up alright because Scott and I racked up the points and won quickly! 

I enjoyed the night! 

Happy New Year everyone!!

Christmas time!

So our Christmas was great! The kids got lots of great stuff... Some of which I want to play with!

I think I had a lot of fun too!!

A lost tooth

So I'm a little late in posting this.. Atreyu lost a tooth 2 weeks ago now.  Lost it while eating ravioli.  He lost a tooth before his big brother! Wow!  The tooth fairy left him $1.

Pumpkin Dutch Apple Pie Awesomeness

So everyone has that dilemma... Pumpkin pie or apple pie... My thought, why not both! But wait... That's too much pie... Well not if you make them into only one pie, right?

I gave it a try... I made apple pie filling and pumpkin pie filling... Halved each... And put it together in one pie crust... Made a crumble for the top, and baked it!

The end result... It was great! We all enjoyed it!  I will keep my new recipe for future pies.

Ryder is getting big

So Ryder had his well baby visit and is growing great! 10 lb and 5 oz... 23.5 inches long... He's at the 19th percentile! Growing baby!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Ryder says he's not sure about this yet... Lol... But he looks so cute in his outfit!

Here's all of the kids together! 

And the elder children look pretty snazzy too!!

Merry Christmas everyone!