Shout out to Sarah!

OOOOH, my oldest friend, Sarah, has started a sort-of blog (I say sort of because I'm not young and hip enough to exactly know how to define tumblr).

Anyhow, she has taken to posting weekly menus + recipes. I pay her homage for being disciplined enough to do that (because I am not so disciplined).

Even though I've never before eaten Tabouli or a Falafel, I intend to give her recipes a try :)

Sarah, keep posting so I can ride your coattails!

Crossover — Almost!

I'm about to bust a gut!!!!


I worked on a styled shoot a little over a month ago, and have been doing some submitting to wedding blogs. I want to hold off showing these on the Heartland Blog, but just must share one or two .... because I'm dying to share!


I don't think I submitted either to the blog, so I don't really feel guilty about sharing these here. :)

Grilled Tilapia

Erik has made THIS recipe a few times .... and it's INSANELY good!!!! He grills it instead of cooking it in the oven, though.

It's a party in your mouth. I promise.

Cherry, dark chocolate ice cream

Ok, here's the skinny. I made this ice cream last week, and it ROCKED!

I made the basic vanilla, per instructions from my ice cream maker's manual. I then added the following:

2 c. frozen dark cherries, halved
1.5 bar dark chocolate, chopped in chunks

I would add about 1 c. of the cherries to the mixture as it's being made. Then once the ice cream maker is "done" I'd add in the other cup and chocolate.


When I made it, I added it all in, and the cherries and chocolate chunks got a bit stuck in the paddle/blade. It's still soft enough immediately after it's finished to stir in some extra goodies :)

Crossover — 2011 Fair King & Queen candidates

If you pay any sort of attention to the Heartland Blog, you'll have noticed a boatload of portraits as of late.

I photographed 14 candidates for the fair king/queen. It was a lot of work, but tons of fun because they had such a variety of ideas/locations.

Here are a few quick faves:

BAK videos

I dropped her off early, so took some videos. :)

Mom + Bike Across Kansas

Back in June, I was slammin' busy .... and am just getting the chance to blog this.

Mom beat me to a bucket list item, participating in the Bike Across Kansas.


Arriving in McPherson. She came and stayed with us ... and I dropped her off the next morning.


Sunrise .... argh! Early!


She was, of course, ready to go.


With her friend.


And her whole group.


I like the idea of a 2-person bike. I am trying to convince Dad to do this next year. :)


On the road.


More on the road.

Fr. Jeremy groups :)

The old gang after Fr. Jeremy's First Mass :)


Me + Padre.

Ceasefire?

Looks that way.

2011 Rain barrel update

I think these videos are from April .... but with the busy April/May I had .... blogging just went away.

SO, I know rain has been elusive around here (I'm actually irrigating our garden from the tap!), but thought I'd share. This year it took less than 15 minutes to set the barrels up and they were rolling!