Yay for photoshop and food!

Hello out there in IE land! This is a semi-recent picture of Rachel in my absolute favorite outfit of her's. I just love those Pooh-bear ears. I can't stop picking her up and kissing her, which annoys her to no end, let me tell you. Amy wouldn't let me post until she had photoshopped some of the photos (I procured her a copy of Photoshop CS5) So here we go.


Our whole family (Bella included) made the trek out to Arizona for Christmas. Rachel and Bella loved it - lots of space and secure play areas make for happy critters. Here's the little pooper scooting around mom & dad's tile area, muffin tins in hand.

And here's Grammy, stealing her little munchkin, and brainwashing her into believing her name is Rachel. Madness I tell you, don't soil my pooper! (Pun intended)
And here is our little goober giggling as her Papa tickles her. (My forearms don't have that much hair) That's partially masticated cheerios in her mouth, in case you were curious. :) Christmas was terrific, and we all had a great time. I've been having a blast cooking with all my new tools (on my comfy low impact floor mat) and playing the games dad got me. I also have a new favorite shirt from Amy. "Guns don't kill people... Magic Missiles do." What can I say, my wife knows me. (And yes, I'm a geek)

Per Jenny's suggestion I decided to Blog about some of our more interesting/tasty meals - but I'm lazy - so I'll just do so here, rather than making another Blog. Last night we had Curried Pork, with a Hot Curry mixture from Penzey's Spices (Not that cheap supermarket Curry) With a little butter, the zest and juice of 1 small orange, and edamame (hulled) along with red bell pepper and sliced mushrooms. It was served over rice made with a touch of honey and butter. All in all, it was very tasty, and the Curry flavor was very mild and played well with the orange. By mild I mean not overly Curry-ish, as it was actually somewhat spicy. Sorry mom. I had originally wanted to use Cashews, but Amy couldn't find them at the store - so I substituted with the edamame, which was still quite tasty.


Well that's it for now, tomorrow is new years eve, so I will wish everyone a happy new year. New years day some of Amy's family are coming over, and we're going to start up a Star Wars based role-playing campaign, which I am very excited about, as I love Jedi. I'll post again on Sunday, with more photos of Rachel, food, and other grist for the mill.