CSA and Catching Up

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, you should see if you have a CSA in your area. We just got our first box of produce from ours. Since we're right here in the middle of some of the world's best farmland, and since I'm working with the agriculture industry now, we have decided to take advantage of it and support it. We will get a box of produce every two weeks, like the one below. The majority of it is organic, and all of it is grown locally. This week's box included Guajillo chilis, organic baby cauliflower, organic celery, organic golden beets, organic grapefruit, organic cabbage, organic romaine, organic tangelos and organic chard.

That brings us to chard, red chard, specifically. No one in this house has had it until tonight. And, until tonight, I had never used puff pastry, nor had I ever handled chard. I sautéed the chard in balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic and black pepper. Then I put it in puff pastry with some feta cheese. It was very, very tasty. We will definitely have it again sometime.

Cady is doing well, we love her new doctor. She is over her bout with pnumonia, thankfully. She's back to sleeping through the night, too. We think her issues are of all things...allergy related. She is taking an allergy/asthma medicine, and is on a breathing treatment twice daily. She is having a good time and learning a lot. We are starting to potty train, feel free to share your tips!

We just booked a trip to Alabama and Ohio, we are looking forward to seeing everyone this summer.

Happy New Year

We had a great bike ride on the trail today! Looking forward to doing it again soon. Happy new year everyone!

Pumpkin Fun

We went to the pumpkin patch last night to get a pumpkin for Halloween. Cady had so much fun running around and picking out pumpkins.

Catching up again...

Yesterday, Cady went in for surgery. She had her adenoids out and tubes put in her ears. We hope this will help alleviate the constant ear infections.

In other news, I finally broke down and got an iPad, so now there is no excuse for me not to keep up with the blog! I just need to figure out how to post pictures.

Catching Everyone Up...

Since the last time we posted: we've closed on our condo, had a visit from GG and Grandpop, moved all of our stuff up to the new place, signed a contract with a property manager to manage the house in Southern California, found a tenant for that house, and been back to the doctor for ear infections twice.

We're on another round of antibiotics and have an appointment to meet with an ENT next week. We're hoping he can recommend something to stop these ear infections. Most likely, it will mean tubes. We'll keep you posted.

Here's Cady in the midst of unpacking. Luckily, she thought all the boxes and paper were a lot of fun. That worked out well because there were A LOT of boxes, and A LOT of paper. We're taking it all to the recycler. We're there so often bringing loads of cardboard and paper, the recycling guy recognized Dan at In-N-Out when we were there for a burger.

Here's Cady putting money into her piggy bank, which she LOVES to do. She likes the sound the coins make when they drop into her pig.

This is Cady's new room. It turned out almost like we had planned. I was hoping for a white canvas slipcover, but for the sake of just getting it done, I got this one at Target. It's functional, but not ideal. Maybe when we get around to painting the dresser, we'll get around to the slip cover as well. It beats that ugly fabric on the couch though! If you come to visit us, this is where you'll stay. It pulls out to the most comfortable sofa bed we've ever felt!

Fun at the Park

We took Cady to the park today, the weather was beautiful, and she had such a good time (so did we)! She loved the swing, and going down the slide with her dad. We'll be going back often, especially since it looks like we'll be getting our condo.

15 Months & a Visit from Uncle Ron & Cousin Jake

Cady celebrated her 15-month b-day with her Uncle Ron and cousin Jake. We spent Saturday at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, doing the 17-Mile Drive, and walking around Carmel.

Here we are by the lone cypress.

Here's Cady, enjoying the view of the Pacific along the 17-Mile Drive with her little dog.

Having fun at the aquarium, at entrance to the very cool, new "Open Sea" exhibit.

Cousin Jake showing Cady some fish.

Uncle Ron and Jake taking Cady through one of the exhibits at the aquarium.

We had such a great time, and hope we get to see you all again soon!