the makeover

Abuelo turns 80!

We just got back from a wonderful weekend with the family. Here are some pictures from the birthday celebration. We enjoyed great food, good times, and laughter with the family. It was so nice to see everyone.



Abuelos Tony y Dolores

Tony's son Mark made a Squirrel piñata for the occasion.

How cute is this???

Presto

Just some pics of Presto.. I think it's so funny how he sleeps!

"hey mom, why'd ya wake me up?"

Bountiful Harvest

As summer draws to a close, I find myself with more tomoatoes than I can handle. After some encouragement from Tonya Sue and my sis I decided that yes, "SO Cal" I am going to can.
The great thing about this is that we can enjoy our wonderful fruits this winter. We ended up with 10 jars of lovely tomato delight. Borat might say "Success!" Can't wait for next year.

Supper Club # 3 Cena español

Martin and Nicole were our hosts this month. Another wonderful meal with friends.
Drinks:
Sangria
Appetizer:
Artichoke Tomato dip, quince paste, bacon wrapped figs with an assortment of Spanish cheese.
Starters:
Yellow Tomato Soup
Watermelon, avocado, tomato salad
Main Dish:
Halibut-in-Hazelnut-Romesco-with-Potatoes
Dessert:
baked bananas and baked apples

Enjoying some apps and wine spanish style!

Martin Cooking up the main dish

Brett being silly

Another fun evening!

August Birthday Fun..

Drew, Drewdawg, Reverend.. Happy Birthday Drew!

Nothing like a cold Stone Brew to start the party..

Jon, showing mad skills on the pink fixie...

Martin and Steve showing us how to be sytley in the cycling caps

Ta Da! the group ready to ride to T-Brew

And they're off... Andy looking good in the lead

Rolling into T-Brew for the celebration!

Chillin and Grillin with Rod's homemade goodness

Another fine evening to grill. Our friend Rod sent us some of his homemade rub. All I can say is move over Bobby Flay, Rod's spice rub ROCKS!!!! http://rodsroasted.com/

The spice rub is smokey, spicy and yuuuummmy.. I am drooling just writing about it. Thanks Rod!

You can take the Hoosier out of Indiana but you can't take Indiana out of the Hoosier

The summer months are truly spectacular in the Midwest. The birds sing, the fields green and bountiful, the firefly's come out to wink at dusk. The best thing about home are all the wonderful people I know and love. When I go home, I can feel God's touch everywhere.

This was Steve's first adventure to the great state of Indiana! We met him at the airport in style, the Cruise master rolled up with Snoop Dogg bumping and a vehicle full of smiling faces so happy to have him there. Oh, and a cold Stella :)

Steve got the full experience, we rode 4 wheelers, watched firefly's, lit fireworks, enjoyed a concert in a barn with 200 locals, road road bikes with Mom and Court, walked up to the home we grew up in, took a tractor ride with Dale, and had Sunday Dinner at the Stephen's house. Here are a few picks from our adventure. Ron, thank you for getting the Tour so we could watch every morning! We will post more pictures via a gallery soon.. Love you all and miss you tons, can't wait until next year.

Dale, Kim and I at the part-ay

The stage in the barn. Christmas in July was the theme of this party

Road Kill Bill and Amy....

The after party, fun to be had, laughs and more beer!

Oh the silly fun we have. Who said you can't canoe on land? Bob is a genius

A lazy morning for the bisc and his daddy

The bisc needed some daddy time this morning. He was just so cute we couldn't make him get down.

the tomatoes are coming... the tomatoes are coming!

They keep on growing, they must be close to 6.5ft tall now. We let the neighbors know they could feel free to pick any that grow on their side of the wall. We'd also bring them some too.








Ta Da! World meet our first fruits :)
We are getting some beautiful heirlooms, yellow romas, and yellow cherries. They are so good, pretty soon we'll have our hands full and will need to try canning them.

Another fine meal...

I picked up this wonderful cooking magazine called "Clean Eating". I was very impressed by all the recipes and use of fresh foods. We decided to try this delicious pork chop marinated with balsamic, honey, and rosemary served with grilled peaches. We thought we'd try a Rose we got from Palmina winery. It was very tasty and not sweet at all which was surprising. Another culinary success!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to all the Papas out there. We spent our morning with the kids (Magnus and Presto). Here we are right after a run with Magnus. Hope everybody takes time out to celebrate and have a relaxing day! Enjoy, Molly and Steve.

Friday Supper Club

Thanks to all for coming to the 1st Friday Supper Club dinner.

Our hosts were Molly and Steve.

Dinner was big fun and very tasty. Thanks to everybody's creative input and precise execution of the dishes.

Everybody had a relaxing good time.

Marty was a friend to all dogs.

Jon had a bit too much fun!

And CA spends a special moment with her longtime friend.

The rest of the photos can be found here:

http://gallery.me.com/stefo36#100182

Thanks again, looking forward to the next one! Molly and Steve

Holy Garden!

Sis- can you believe the size of these plants? It's only June!

The picture below is 2 weeks ago, the one above is today. I am going to have so many tomatoes! These are the biggest plants I've ever grown. Very excited.