Happy Valentine's Day 2015

Our Annual Valentine's Day picture:

Christmas Cards - 2014

It's that time of year again, time for our annual Christmas card.

This year we did a Coloring Book.

Take a look:

And we also included this picture:

Happy Birthday, Vernon!

It's my husband's birthday today. 5 years ago I made him a video to honor our life and times together. I made a new video this year, since, 1) We have gone on living the past 5 years, and 2) I converted a bunch of VHS tapes, so there is never before seen footage of us as teenagers. Sure, the video might be missing some of the magic of the original, as sequels often do, but it's still pretty sweet. I'm glad and lucky to have this guy in my life.

Mango Coconut Ice Cream

This was divine and super easy. (Original recipe here.)

2 cups coconut milk
1/4 cup honey
3/4 cup frozen mango chunks, divided
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
pinch salt 

 

Place the coconut milk, honey, 1/2 cup mango chunks, vanilla extract, egg yolks, and salt in a  blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into an ice cream maker and follow its instructions. About five minutes before the ice cream is finished, chop the remaining mango chunks into corn kernel-size pieces and add to the ice cream.

Hazelnut Chocolate-Chunk Ice Cream

This was alright.

Find the original recipe here.

We didn't follow it exactly though.