Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas 2012


Merry Christmas and a very happy new year from our family to yours! Reef is having a blast playing with all of his new toys!


Thank you Auntie Shayna and Andrew!







Kindle Fire HD Thank you grandma and pop!




Thank you Nana and Grandpa for the i phone Laser tag and 360 Flame bike!



















I need gloves! Frozen fingers :)

Friday, October 26, 2012

Quick and easy Fall inspired soup

Today is just a beautiful and colorful Fall day in Tennessee, I am feeling a little under the weather so instead of making the normal chicken soup I wanted to make something that had a lot of heat and what I came up with was this quick and easy hearty Fall soup inspired by the colors of Fall.

Total prep time 5 min
Total cook time 15 min

Start with 1 package of Pacifica organic roasted red pepper soup for your base

add....

1 can organic white beans
1 can organic black beans
1 can organic garbanzo beans
1 can sliced nacho jalapenos
1 cilantro to taste ( I use the Organic squeeze tubes)
1/2 jar organic salsa of your choice
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cups Mexican rice
to taste: cayenne pepper, red pepper flake, paprika in my case Lot's of these ingredients I like it SPICY!

All of the beautiful colors of Fall in one soup!

garnish with organic blue corn tortilla chips, fresh shaved carrot, avocado, shredded cheese, or sour cream.
Happy Fall from my front yard to yours!

Friday, October 19, 2012

Fall adventures


Reef found many turkey feathers along a trail in the woods

possibly a raccoon print in the mud

natural back lighting


an old stairway down the mountain side in Tennessee

North Carolina side of the Smokey Mountains

Beautiful Fall! The trees reminded me of a bag of Skittles


twists and turns through the Smokey Mountains