Sunday, June 21, 2009

Sushi!

A few weeks ago Luke and I finally got all the tools and ingredients we needed to make sushi! It turned out pretty good. We made California rolls with crab, avocado, carrots, and cream cheese. It was a lot of fun and we've done it again since then. I'm planning on making it a regular meal this summer. Yummy, light food for hot weather. Here are some pics:






First step: Spreading the rice





Second Step: Putting on the meat (imitation crab)





Step Three: vegetables




Luke!




Photo Op!






The almost finished product





Step Four: Cutting the sushi (the hardest part)




It kinda fell apart on me.




All done and ready to eat!


Friday, June 19, 2009

Summer?

Okay so I realize it has been years since I've posted anything. Sorry! I'm finally done with school, survived the stress of classes and finals and came out with a 3.5(87, Almost a 3.6 I might add). This was my lowest GPA of the year which sucks but it's hard to get as good of GPA when you're only taking 3 classes (as opposed to the 50 music ones I usually take). Luke finally won the GPA battle with a 4.0 though (who gets that in college, really?). Anyway I moved out of my dorm and came back home last Wednesday.
I was so excited to get home before the baby was born, especially since it was due June 5th, the friday before. Jen was supposed to be induced that day but the hospital was full (scary as that is) so it was a no go. She finally went in Thursday afternoon after 2 long days Ms Kailey (pronounced ky-lee) Madison was born on Saturday at 8:48 a.m., 6 pounds 4 ounces and 19 inches. She was, and still is the most beautiful baby ever, surprise surprise, and everyone is in love with her. Jen is healing up nicely and Kailey, after being hooked up to a machine for 2 days because of jaundice, is healthy as ever.
After leaving the hospital Luke and I left for Ellensburg. We had to move all his stuff from his house in Eburg to Cle Elum, for his summer job. Luke's friend Mondo and I helped get all his stuff loaded up and transferred to Cle Elum, where Luke and I got everything moved in. When we left that evening it had started to rain and there was some intense thunder and lightening happening. By the time we got to Dairy Queen, where we ate, we were caught in the biggest rainstorm I have ever experienced. The dash from the car into Dairy Queen alone got us soaked. The streets were flooded within minutes and we decided instead of waiting it out, we should probably get out before we got stuck. By the time we were ten minutes out of town we were out of the rain and looking at blue skies. It was crazy while it lasted though.
Luke works Tuesday through Friday and gets Saturday through Monday off. He started last Tuesday and is coming home today, thank goodness. I've been dying without him. He works from 6 to 4:30 which gives us 4 and a half hours to text or talk before he goes to bed, which may sound like a lot, but considering we don't just sit there talking the whole time, it's not. I'm dying without him and I'm so excited to see him tonight. It's definitely the high point of my week. Aside from seeing Kailey of course. Speaking of which, here are some pictures:






A little over and hour after she was born



First day home!




On the way to the doctor!





Sleeping, as always.






My favorite baby girl




She does, as you may see in these pictures sleep A LOT. She's a very good sleeper, so good that it's extremely hard to wake her up to feed her. She is becoming more aware however and is showing us her pretty blue eyes more (one eye is a little bit brown and the other is blue so I'll let you know how that one turns out).
It doesn't really feel like summer yet, probably because I haven't started working at the fruit stand yet. I'm still wearing jeans! That never happens. Just goes to show how much time I'm spending inside. It hasn't really seemed that hot though. Anyway, Hopefully the fruit stand will open soon and I'll be able to get my tan on :).