Acquiring Mouths Want to Know-or- Things you didn’t like as a child that you love now. And yes, we got lots of delicious vegetables, a few 6 packs, stinky cheeses. Some favorite recipes were Sebastian’s Roasted Beet and Blood Orange Salad with Spicy Green taken from his favorite food blog 101 Cookbooks, Al’s spinach salad, and Giacomo’s broccoli among many others. We’ll will start getting better at the voting next week as I intent to start a fun graphic with a running total. Miah and I made some delicious corn dogs, as I was not a corn dog fan as a child. We used Alton Brown’s Corn Dog recipe which was deep fried deliciousness. Make sure you dry out the dogs well if you are going to do this recipe. We used the Applegate Turkey Hotdogs to make them non-mammal eater friendly. yum.
We started out the weekend by celebrating Miah’s birthday. With a garage sale. We had a great time- some friends came over and we sold some things. And made a little bit of money.
Creepy Neighbor: Jason spends time looking at passers by through binoculars as Miah makes signs.
Friends Hanging Out at the Garage Sale
Birthday Cheesecake
Miah has finally reached an age when his birthday cake comes in binary. You have to read it in reverse of what you see here since I was handing it to him the other way (100000). I made a cheesecake with a pumpkin whipped cream. It was tasty. Special thanks to all who brought other delicious things to eat
The 2011 Race for the Cure Team
This morning, Miah and I set out with some awesome friends (from left to right Sonny, Miah, Christie, Dave, Silvia, Jeff, Jason and Carly) to run the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. I believe this is Team Val Halen Shrez’ 4th year racing (Miah and My Second). We dress up like 80′s rock starts with small pink shorts and try to raise some money for breast cancer research while having a good time.
Miah, Jason, and Sonny Jam
Team Van Halen Shredz on Congress
Dave, Jason, Carly and Sonny
We looked pretty awesome if I do say so myself.
I put together a very short video of Van Halen Shredz.
Donate Money to the Susan G. Komen Foundation here:
Walking up to the Greenwich Observatory for a picnic lunch/dinner.
So, for those of you who could not make it, the wedding was AMAZING!!! We’re starting to go through all the pictures from that, but in the mean time, we went on an amazing honeymoon! Thanks to all those who helped us afford it I’m going to go into more details about our days cycling through France, because I found it difficult to find good information online about cycling there prior to our trip. But, I digress…
In the beginning… there was London!
London was our city of entry and departure. Much much cheaper than flying into any other city. And when we booked the flight originally, all we knew was that we were going to Europe. Inside Europe, there are cheap airline companies, we happened to find a flight on EasyJet to Montpellier the day after we arrived.
So, we got to Heathrow and our friend and Austin-neighbor Melissa (who is conveniently in London studying), came to the airport to greet us. We refilled the Royal-Wedding Oyster cards that Jette and Justin kindly lent us (we’ve got them for you, don’t worry) and headed out on our journey.
After stopping by our hotel (and getting a free upgrade) we set out for a day of London fun. Melissa had planned our day for us. First a stop at Marks and Spencer to get some delicious food, then a walk to Greenwich Park. This was great choice since it offered a beautiful view of London while we ate. We had an adventure afterwards looking for a toilet, and ending up back at the observatory where we started, but otherwise the outing was all fun.
After our picnic, we visited Melissa’s “posh” dorm, and walked along the Thames, before finally calling it a night. We were grateful to Melissa for keeping us up, as we were incredibly tired once the sun went down, and Miah and I both adjusted to the time change pretty much immediately because of this.
If you are going to use the google to help direct you, then use the address 156 martin ranch rd, McDade Tx 78650
http://g.co/maps/f7vba
If you want turn by turn directions, well here they are
From austin:
1. Get on 290 headed east.
2. After you pass Elgin, it’s about 10 miles to the turn, take a left on loop 223/waco rd. You’ll know you are getting close when the highway comes back together and a center turn lane appears.
3. Take a right at the stop sign.
4. Take a left on to Marlin St., It should be the 3rd left.
5. Drive until it deadends, and take a left onto a dirt road.
6. The wedding venue is the second drive way on the right.
7. The camping/party venue is the third.
We’ll be celebrating out at the ranch all night, a tent is highly recommended and if you have extras let us know.
As a huge part of our lives revolves around potlucks, our wedding will also be potluck style.
Because of point two, we’re not too worried if you bring a friend(s).
Loose Non-Binding Wedding Day Schedule (that is mostly correct)
2:00 – 6:00 – Show up at ranch. Set up your tent. Help set up. Play games. Bouncy House. Hang out.
We’re going one road leading to the ranch about 10 minutes before the ceremony so if you are cutting it close take the first entrance (map to follow)
6:15 – Wedding
7:00 – Mingling, finish setting up tent, set our your food, start eating
Let the Celebrations begin
Sunday at 9:30 – we’ll provide breakfast tacos materials – well looking for some cooks, so if you think your up for the job, let us know.
What to Bring
Tent
Food item for potluck
Camping Chair
Sleeping Bag
Toiletries
Change of Clothes
Flashlight
Extra Drinks (if you want, we’ll have lemonade, tea, water and some NXNW Beer)
Friendly dogs are welcome as well (there’s no fence on the ranch)
Attire
Nice Casual – Jeans are OK – Bring Something More Comfy if you Want
(there might be active games later in the evening so you might want tennis shoes)
Probably no heels – you’ll sink
Could be cold or hot – we won’t know until the morning of, and even then it could change, (hot, cold, rainy or dry) We’ll have a tent, but in case of rain, we’ll all get wet.
Jacket (nights can get cold even if the day is nice.
