Engrish Muffins

Yep, fresh, home made English Muffins. They are like $1.50 for four, and I am always wary of ingredients, so I gave this recipe(sans eggs) a try, and here is the result!



very yummy, and you can see the steam coming off of them still!

Noh!

As I was saying my prayers this morning, and ignoring Clark starting to wake up, I started thinking wouldn't it be cool if it snowed, so I prayed for snow. Then as we are coming down stairs Masaki tells us that it started to snow while he was running! Oh how wonderful! It eventually started to rain in the afternoon and it is now all gone, but it did snow!

Clark was so excited, he kept asking to open the window to look at the 'noh' all day long. We did go out for a walk in the morning, but that only whet his appetite. Poor kid is going to be so sad when there is no snow tomorrow morning.

Daddy & Mommy

Yep, he's switched from dada to Daddy and mama is slowly becoming Mommy. We are super stoked. Oh and his two word sentences are increasing...woot!

He also learned a cool trick from cousin Tenna...he started to pretend to be a dog this evening. He started crawling around and saying wan wan wan. It was really cute.

Oh and some pictures of our cinnamon roll experience. We saw the post on Pam's blog, and I HAD to make some that same day. Ours were ok, and we don't have a good frosting recipe...so oh well.

More Crafts

I discovered some pictures of a few more things I made for Christmas. All of the girls got smocks so they can play and paint and not get their clothes all messy(or just want to look cute). Clark of course needed a backpack for the plane trip, and since the store ones were too expensive or ugly, so when a friend down the street suggested I make one, I took her up on the idea. He liked it and sometimes didn't want to take it off, but more importantly we could carry extra toys and snacks in there.

Enjoy...btw, smocks were patterns, backpack was free hand.

Andi's smock


Gracie's smock


Tenna's shirt


Clark's Pack

Brownies for the Goddesses

Yep, I got an allrecipes email about brownies and just had to make them. Thankfully Kim & Co. had posted a nice looking brownie recipe a while back and Queen Scarlet had hooked me up with some much needed extract, so I got down to quick business. They are in the oven now. Can I just say the batter itself was DIVINE! I added some chocolate chips to the batter and I'll skip the frosting. I am really excited!


Yes they are good...but a bit more like cake...too much baking powder...doh!

Plus Masaki took a sick day for a painful back. His shoulder is WAY too tight because of the 4 international flights and cold weather. Luckily he was able to find a chiropractor and it seems to be helping a bit.

Oh and some pictures that wouldn't upload last night.

...and Sarah, ditto! I can't wait to hang out more next time we are in town.

Finding Nemo was on...can you tell?


Looking at fish pics on the computer


Oh, and since we were super touristy in LA...the fountain by Grauman's Chinese Theater

Food this week

In an effort to help my friend Katie, I'm going to try to post what I make for dinner every week. My menu may not be all that helpful, but we'll at least give it a shot.

Monday - Buffalo wings, carrot sticks with ranch and baked potatoes with cheese. We had cinnamon rolls for dessert
Tuesday - Curry(Japanese with potato, carrot and chicken...man did I want some eggplant in there too, grr) and rice
Wednesday - Spaghetti (spinach, onion and ground beef added to the sauce)
Thursday - Teriyaki yellow tail tuna, rice and kimchee. Masaki will have curry udon(udon noodles, with curry added to the soup)
Friday - I'll let you know. I'm thinking probably lentil soup, though chili would be good too.

I know there are blogs out there where people post their weekly dinner menus...anyone know where those are?

Breaking the Silence

I've been too exhausted from travel and dealing with jetlag (not so much mine, as Clark's) and cleaning the house to post, but now the house is MOSTLY done, Clark went back to sleep after being up for only an hour last night, and I've eaten some good old fashioned fish again, so we are good to go(except I still need to wash the dishes...dang.

Anyway, fun highlights from the trip
Being asked if Clark was adopted because he looked part asian(WHAT?!?! can I not be the white part??)
Getting stopped in LA
Staying at a fairly nice hotel in LA for the distressed travel discount....sweeeeet
Getting free upgrades on our rental car...TWICE!
Watching Tenna play peeka boo over the couch as we walk in the door

snow

Clark learning the word 'no'
Clark staring at Tenna in the tub and saying 'gone'
Time off with daddy!
Seeing the sheep around the car

Spending time in Lyman


Watching Masaki walk up to the house in Lyman wearing a dark brown corduroy jacket while carrying two guns....dang he looked sexy.
Watching Clark LOVE playing with the toddler kitchen
Getting to take care of Pam when she got sick twice(it made me feel useful)
Our 2 am trip to walmart...since we were up anyway, maybe Clark would fall asleep in the car....hahaha
Girl date to Starbucks for Peppermint Hot Chocolates....paid for by MyPoints!
Joanne's, and all that happened afterwards

Learning wizard swears with Pam from PotterPuppet Pals
Having an INCREDIBLY well behaved child for the flight from SLC to LAX all by myself.
Having an INCREDIBLY well behaved and tired child for the 2 hour drive from LAX to San Diego
Seeing the crew at Romano's Macaroni Grill
Great Grandparents
Thomas the Tank Engine...he already ran out of batteries
A child who no longer nurses for nap time
Being a tourist in LA with Dave as the tour guide

Benihana!
Getting home in one piece with Obaachan and Ojiichan ready to play even at 1am.

In other CRAZY news, Clark has not nursed for the last two nights...yeah, cerazy, and I'm probably jinxing it by posting, but I'm super excited and so are my perpetually sore nipples. He goes straight for his sippy cup...which we are gradually watering down, and he lies down right away.　　WOW!

Ok, I should wash those fishy dishes so that Masaki doesn't complain when he walks in the door. He's had a long day, and had to fly to Sapporo and back in one day(yeah think Ramen, beer and lots of snow...but he doesn't get the beer).

Oh...and lets add some pictures to this whole thing...I'll try to give witty one liners/explanations for them all...but remember, I'm not all that witty.
Our post BYU shopping trip


Here is what bobbing for marshmallows looks like


The boys chillin' in the car on the drive down to Lyman


We got some spiffy new sleepin' duds from Grandma


Recovering from JetLag