Three New Things To Do With Peanut Butter

I found this great little article in one of the parent magazines I was reading with some new ideas for Peanut Butter. I loved them all and thought I should share!

1.Make a morning smoothie. In a blender, combine 1 1/2 bananas, 6 tablespoons peanut butter, 1 cup ice cubes and 3/4 cup whole milk; blend well. Makes 2 servings.
* I absolutely LOVED this. I'm talking just like those peanut butter shakes a Jamba Juice...delicious!
2. For peanut sauce to toss with rice noodles, whisk together 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter, 3/4 cup warm water, 1/4 cup light-brown sugar, juice from 1 lime and 2 teaspoons soy sauce.
* may I suggest adding some sauteed chicken pieces and cut up green onion.
3. Combine 1/2 cup maple syrup and 1/4 cup peanut butter and stir in saucepan until hot. Serve over pancakes
* BRILLIANT.
4. Or you could be like this lucky kid, and try a peanut butter facial. (And no, this is not Edison, thank goodness. If I was his mom, I'd give him some bread and tell him he was getting a peanut butter sandwich for lunch.)

Number 1!

Happy 1st birthday to our big boy Edison!
(adorable crown provided by my incredibly talented, Martha Stewart sister-in-law Chelsea!)


The king of his castle...and making sure everyone knows that he's 1 year old.

Here he is the morning of, looking sharp and dapper in his new red overalls from Grandma Fisher! For all of the squiggles this kid has, he sure doesn't mind stopping to pose for pictures. Lucky me!

Ah yes, the famous stuffing of cake in the face. It was a hit! Edison did a superb job with the frosting.

Christmas 2009

Yes indeed it was a white Christmas in South Jordan Utah.

Since we didn't really have any snow clothes for Edison, we had to substitute with a couple of things.

Nate and I took advantage of the free babysitters and stole away for a couple of dates. Very nice.

And of course, it was nice to know that Edison was at home safe and sound with Grandpa and Grandma (Edison bonded with Grandpa over story books and packets of graham crackers.)

Little did I know that Nate had Piano skills! He took the time to show Edison his stuff, and Edison showed his in return.

This picture is mainly for my Dad. I couldn't help but think about how jazzed he'd be to see geese in the snow. It's something we'd get $.25 for if we 'd spot it out on our family mountain drives.

Edison loved the two dogs that roamed the house, and even shouted "daw" whenever he saw one.



To celebrate New Years Eve, we ordered a 27" pizza. Going big for New Year.

Christmas in Honolulu

Here are the pictures of Honolulu City Lights. I tried to put them in some kind of an order...starting from the beginning of our walk at our apartment to the Honolulu Hale. I love that my front yard is decked out with Christmas lights. Oh, and I also love the fact that we can go outside and take our Christmas lights stroll in shorts and flip flops.

Here is the beginnig of our walk to see the lights. These trees are in front of Nate's work building. Edison was in awe, and kept mouthing "wow" the entire time.

Here is Iolani Palace, or the Queens Palace all lit up in Red and Green Chinese lanterns. Kind of makes me think of the Haunted Mansion at Disney Land.

Tada! And here is the Honolulu Hale (this is where the Mayor works) all decked out for Christmas.

Inside, the Hale is filled with different themed Christmas trees and also where Santa comes out to visit dressed in an Aloha Shirt.

The only Snowmen in Hawaii.

Mele Kalikimaka!

This is what Christmas is all about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXXwtFWpAI8

copy and paste the link, it's well worth your time.

Christmas time is here!

Welcome to Christmas Edison. It's going to be a happy month.

Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving Day Festivites began at the beach. Nice,warm and sunny outside, why not?

Here is Edison on the hunt for his own Thanksgiving bird.

Some good friends of ours in the ward invited us over to their family Thanksgiving, and boy was it a BIG family thanksgiving.

This Thanksgiving dinner began with Ahi Poke appetizers. Yummy.

And of course, there was all the traditional food as well...and lots of it too. We thouroughly enjoyed ourselves this Thanksgiving and were so blessed for the good friends that took us in as family on this Holiday.