Akedo Titans Tournament - Ezra Style

Mom: So, my kids are growing up too fast. We are away from them too much every day, all 4 of us at different schools. Ezra doesn't invite people into his world often so when he does we show up. We participate in the tournament, we make a video, and we make sure he knows that we want to be invited back!!
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Akedo Tournament - Ezra Style

Cuisinart 3 in 1 Pizza Trial

Finally got around to trying out the pizza maker part of my Cuisinart 3-in-1. @cuisinart

Convert old grill into roll-away tabletop for Cuisinart 3-in-1

Convert old grill into roll-away tabletop for Cuisinart 3-in-1 Pizza Oven Plus @cuisinart #cuisinart #cuisinartbbq

Watch for another post on using the pizza oven part of this grill!

Vanilla Extract Revisited - One Year Later

These made some nice Christmas gifts along with some vanilla sugar!

Gone Camping...Tytus in Boy Scouts

 

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Lyon Family Farms | Family Time

We had a great day at Lyon Family Farms.

 https://www.lyonfamilyfarms.com

SERVE - Proud of Tytus learning to serve in community!

Two Saturdays out of the month we work with local "serve" opportunities to help out in our community. Last year I decided Tytus was mature enough to start helping out. It's a great time for both of us and we enjoy spending time together cooking. Sure, we do other things, but since this is our passion that's where we are the most utilized. We usually prepare and/or cook for both the people serving and the community we are in.

Come and put your skills and talents to work...we'll see you there!

https://servehuntsville.org

http://www.friendsof400.com/

Easy Home Pickle No Recipe

Use leftover pickling liquid in your favorite pickled products to make your own pickled vegetables without needing more containers or ingredients for pickling liquid. Just bring your vegetables!

Quick Calzones!

 The Boyz and I make some Calzones using premade store bought dough.

Serve - Love Your Neighbor!

Every 1st and 3rd Saturday Tytus and I volunteer our cooking skills to serve our community. With 2 different groups. 

We have grilled hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken...On gas grills, charcoal, and smokers. 

Sometimes we setup assembly lines and make packed lunches with some of the best sub sandwiches available anywhere! 

On cold days we like to make chili or one of my favorites, white chicken chili. We make this with chicken quarters smoked and pulled. And then made in a big pot on a propane burner. 

I have included two links below if you'd like to check out areas to serve in the Huntsville / Madison area. The groups do car mechanics, bicycle mechanics, landscaping/yardwork, painting, all kinds of construction, art and any kind of fun projects with the kids. And this is not an exhaustive list! - Come serve! (Not just cooking)

ServeHuntsville.org

Friendsof400.com

Stephanie's New Job

After a grueling 3 years working in the ER (and through a pandemic) Stephanie has landed a new job! School Nurse! This will definitely help with our family dynamics and childcare issues. Which will also save us some money. And who doesn't need to save some money? (especially lately!!!)

Because of this, I have also created a few new t-shirts for her to be able to wear to work. Now the last one I made for her when she first started in the ER (the leopard print one) and it has been a best seller along with Tie Dye being trendy again. The retro vintage Nurse one is also HOT right now! To check out all the designs follow this link to my TeePublic store... https://bit.ly/NurseDesign

On TeePublic they have a few different things available like stickers, more cell phone cases, buttons, magnets, laptop cases, journals...

Ezra Karate!

Earlier this year Ezra decided he wanted to take karate. We were quite surprised! But he loves to go and has been sticking with it for a few months now. He has even made a few stripes and one belt. 

We are pretty sure he is taking it for the wrong reasons (to beat up his older brother). But we love it for all the right reasons: discipline, routine, practice, taking responsibility... Improving his motor skills. 

Grandma and grandpa got a great punching/kicking stand for him to practice on. Observe the master at work!