End of Summer Blues

Here's a video of Scout dancing away her end-of-summer-blues

Shabu shabu (food cooked in broth and held with chopsticks)

Welcome Home Oka Family!!!!

Our dear friends Maria, Shane, and Baby Brooklyn (Brookie) have arrived home from their summer internship in Japan! Cedric, Scout and I are so happy to have them home. Maria was so kind and brought Scout and I a parasol to block the sun. It is black (my favorite color) with lace around the edge. We love it and feel so chic using it to block the sun. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture yet. The Oka family also brought us the traditional meal of shabu shabu. Shabu Shabu is the equivilant of our "swish swish" sound we use. So, if a person runs by in old school track pants the sound in Japan would be "shabu shabu". The dish is similar to the fondue of Switzerland. A person uses chopsticks to swish thin slices of meat and a variety of vegetables in a pot of boiling broth to quickly cook it. The cooked food is dipped in a citrus soy sauce or sesame sauce (or some other sauce) and enjoyed with rice. It was delicious and was a great way to sit around the table and catch up.



Here is random picture from last week ....
A cool bug on our recycling bag

Two of my favortie things.....well I guess three.

Andy was so kind and took the family to Park City for the Parade of Homes. We saw some of the homes his company built and we saw some of Andy's drawings being used in the actual building process. It was very cool. Cool in two ways! 1. Awsome, Bad and Radical 2. Cool enough for a scarf and jacket. Fall is upon us!

First two favorite things. Scout and Cedric enjoying Park City weather. I love this!


Other favorite thing (this one is just for today)
I made this today. It was amazing! Homemade cream puffs on nice china with fancy extras are definitely a favorite today. Bet you wish you could eat one!