More MKB

got to take more pics of sweet Mary Kate :) she makes the cutest faces!

MKB & fam

Took some photos of precious Mary Kate today. It was too sunny out, but some of the pics turned out cute! We'll have to take some more when the sun's just right. You can click on them to view them larger.

love the way she's looking at Grandpa :)

Beautiful Betsy!

cutie patootie Anna Grace

Veggie Stew

So doing campus ministry, Chris and I work a lot at night. Hence, I don't have much time to cook. So, I'd been trying to think of something that would give us a big quantity but would reheat well. I ended up concocting this "soup" (it's actually super thick).

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
2 cans diced tomatoes (undrained)
1 little can sliced mushrooms (drained)
2-3 zucchini/squash chopped
Bag of frozen mixed vegetables (I think mine was about 18oz.; mine had lima beans, peas, green beans, corn, and carrots)
Tomato juice (regular size juice container)
1 or 1.5 cup dry Macaroni pasta (I used whole grain)

Directions:
- brown ground beef with whatever seasonings you want, then drain the fat
- place ground beef, canned tomatoes, mushrooms, squash/zucchini, mixed vegetables in a large pot
- pour about half a normal container of tomato juice and then the rest water until the liquid covers about 1 or 2 inches above all the ingredients (or more depending on how thick you want the soup to be)
- Put seasonings on top (I just put italian seasons, tony chacheres, and pepper)
- Stir everything together
- Cook covered boiling until squash/zucchini are cooked through (I think I let it boil about 20-30 minutes)
- Put in the dry macaroni, and cook covered til macaroni is done (my box of pasta called for 6 minutes, but it took a little longer because the soup is so thick)

It's great with cheese on top and crackers! You could easily take things out or add whatever you wanted. I've already made it twice. It did great reheating on the stove or microwave with a little bit of added water.

New lens

My new 50mm lens came in the mail yesterday. I've already taken a few photos in our backyard...

It's good at blurring the background (because it has low aperture settings). I'm still learning :) It's going to be good for portraits... all I need is people to take photos of!

2 years

Today two years ago I married my best friend and husband. It's crazy to think it's been two years already... it seems like it has gone so fast. Yet, at the same time, we've experienced a lot together over the past two years that make me feel we've been together much longer.

We celebrated this Friday with a nice dinner in Savannah and a stay at the Westin. It was a relaxing time with good food: fried shrimp, steak, sourdough bread, Leopold's ice cream, Zunzi's, and cupcakes... YUMMY

The Ferry

Cool ferry lights

River House Seafood

We just sat in this square for a while enjoying the trees and people watching.

Cupcake Emporium: Coconut, Red Velvet, and Chocolate Chocolate

Enjoying cupcakes

Model pose

We had a lot of fun trying to find the Forrest Gump bench(sadly, we failed because neither of us thought to use our smartphones to look it up) and searching for letters to make up our last name around Savannah.

My new hobby

This summer I realized that I didn't really have any hobbies or activities I enjoyed... and that needed to change! So, I decided that I would try my hand at photography. I took these with a borrowed Dslr, but am getting one soon so I can learn how to take photos. These were just all taken on the auto setting. You can click on them to see them bigger.