Merland

When grandmas away

2012-01-25T23:32:00.001-06:00

Molly's electric company dance

2012-01-23T18:46:00.000-06:00

Christmas

2011-12-06T17:30:00.001-06:00

Bad stash

2011-12-06T17:28:00.000-06:00

Planet bucket

2011-12-06T17:27:00.002-06:00

Molly

2011-12-06T17:27:00.001-06:00

Great Presentation worth the listen

2011-10-25T16:38:00.000-05:00

Sonja's first day of kindergarten

2011-09-08T16:40:00.001-05:00

First practice bus ride

2011-08-31T14:46:00.001-05:00

Getting funky

2011-08-20T20:35:00.000-05:00

Pool time

2011-07-30T11:45:00.000-05:00

Pool time

2011-07-30T11:44:00.000-05:00

New pool

2011-07-11T18:01:00.000-05:00

Ferris wheel

2011-07-05T22:01:00.001-05:00

Pony ride

2011-07-05T22:00:00.001-05:00

Pony ride

2011-07-05T21:59:00.002-05:00

4th of July parade

2011-07-05T21:59:00.001-05:00

At the park

2011-07-02T13:03:00.001-05:00

Science museum

2011-06-17T19:40:00.001-05:00

John's Improv Chicken Thai Recepie

2011-05-30T21:12:00.002-05:00

This may have been my best attempt yet at a chicken dish

1 T of dark sesame oil
1/2 cup minced onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 T of fresh minced ginger
4 chicken breasts cut into about 1" strips
4 T of Vietnamese ginger sauce
1/4 cup of rice vinegar
1 tsp kosher salt
Black pepper to taste
1 T of red pepper flakes
4 T of parsley (cilantro would be even better)
1/4 cup of peanut butter
1/4 cup of unsalted cashews
splash of very dry sherry (to keep the peanut butter from burning and getting too sticky)
juice of 1/2 a lime

So I just heated the oil on high in a non-stick pan added the onion garlic and ginger sauteed until onions are translucent. Add chicken cook until nearly done then add ginger sauce and rice vinegar, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and parsley or cilantro. Cook until chicken starts to stick together from the garlic sauce then add peanut butter, cashews, sherry and lime juice (liquid amount here is really just to keep the peanut butter from taking over you want it to be sticky and not a runny liquid so use liquids wisely). I also turn the heat down once I add the peanut butter to prevent burning the sugars in the peanut butter. Finally, I served the whole thing over a bed of spaghetti noodles that had been seasoned with a pinch of kosher salt and a extra virgin olive oil... It was super yummy. If you cook this let me know what you think.

Wedding dance 2

2011-05-07T17:31:00.000-05:00

Wedding dance

2011-05-07T17:30:00.000-05:00

Golfing sisters

2011-03-18T18:46:00.001-05:00

Putt putt

2011-03-18T18:45:00.000-05:00

Pat yer tummy and rub yer head or is that...

2011-02-02T21:31:00.000-06:00

Happy cat

2011-01-31T17:45:00.001-06:00

Sonja Skating the extendo version

2010-12-29T21:15:00.001-06:00

Sonja skating

2010-12-29T14:57:00.000-06:00

A project I was involved with at work

2010-12-06T07:53:00.001-06:00

Creativity Totem

2010-12-05T19:11:00.000-06:00

The girls going sledding with daddy

2010-11-28T15:57:00.003-06:00

My girls

2010-11-18T20:01:00.000-06:00

Banana pea

2010-11-13T15:09:00.000-06:00

Sonja

2010-11-12T12:32:00.000-06:00

Molly

2010-11-12T12:31:00.001-06:00

Molly has wings

2010-10-03T16:00:00.001-05:00

Molly's 2nd b-day

2010-10-03T15:58:00.001-05:00

Sleepy sisters

2010-08-14T07:10:00.001-05:00

Dashboard decorations

2010-08-14T07:10:00.000-05:00

Lake Vermillion

2010-08-14T07:09:00.001-05:00

More Dancing

2010-08-01T07:58:00.000-05:00

Getting down to James Brown

2010-08-01T07:51:00.003-05:00

Artist Sonja

2010-07-19T11:05:00.001-05:00

Artist Molly

2010-07-19T11:05:00.000-05:00

Molly and Elanore

2010-07-13T16:18:00.000-05:00

The girls and a friend

2010-07-13T16:17:00.000-05:00

Arboretum panorama

2010-07-04T17:44:00.001-05:00

We just love the arboretum!

Best float in whole kiddie parade

2010-07-03T19:56:00.001-05:00

Daddy decided it was an ode to fort McHenry

Bryant lake beach

2010-06-27T19:04:00.000-05:00

Biggest lake in the world

2010-06-18T20:20:00.001-05:00

Gooseberry falls

2010-06-18T09:40:00.000-05:00

Peace out two harbors

2010-06-17T17:16:00.000-05:00

Children's museum

2010-06-10T10:49:00.001-05:00

Sonja

2010-06-09T19:40:00.001-05:00

Sonja's first swing pump

2010-05-31T19:02:00.000-05:00

Robins nest under our porch

2010-05-30T14:27:00.001-05:00

Big Sister Song

2010-05-22T23:37:00.001-05:00

Family day at the park

2010-05-14T17:23:00.001-05:00

Kite flying

2010-05-14T16:13:00.001-05:00

Arboretum rocks!

2010-05-09T11:07:00.001-05:00

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T11:06:00.001-05:00

Arboretum

2010-04-09T15:50:00.000-05:00

Excelsior egg hunt

2010-04-03T10:18:00.001-05:00

Luche Libre

2010-03-29T07:28:00.002-05:00

Click here to see Janel and Sven's photos of Molly being goofy

Learning about nature

2010-03-21T17:20:00.000-05:00

Ballet

2010-03-19T14:44:00.002-05:00

Walk in the snow

2010-02-09T15:17:00.000-06:00

Sonja and Molly Dance

2010-01-28T20:14:00.001-06:00

Thank you Fargo

2010-01-16T20:00:00.002-06:00

Molly in the basket

2009-12-28T18:52:00.000-06:00

More dancing

2009-12-18T13:16:00.001-06:00

2009-12-17T07:47:00.000-06:00

Santa

2009-12-11T11:12:00.001-06:00

Molly in glasses

2009-11-15T12:10:00.000-06:00

Reading a book

2009-11-06T07:31:00.001-06:00

Sonja's Cool Trick

2009-11-01T21:34:00.001-06:00

My hippie daughter

2009-10-25T07:30:00.000-05:00

I am in so much trouble...

You'll love it at JC Penny

2009-10-21T20:58:00.000-05:00

Sonja and Molly JCPenny Molly's 1 year photos

My girls

2009-10-11T19:22:00.001-05:00

Molly's first birthday party

2009-10-04T17:13:00.001-05:00

100 photos to love and enjoy:

Molly's First Birthday Party

Molly - Let them eat cake

2009-10-04T17:06:00.000-05:00

Molly's first birthday party. She had a blast:

Molly's first steps

2009-10-01T18:05:00.001-05:00

Molly's very first steps!

Sonja Sings

2009-08-24T21:06:00.003-05:00

Jumper

2009-08-24T21:06:00.001-05:00

Got milk?

2009-08-24T21:02:00.000-05:00

: )

2009-08-24T21:00:00.001-05:00

Potty time

2009-08-24T20:57:00.001-05:00

Pouty lip nap

2009-08-24T20:55:00.001-05:00

Molly in a tent

2009-08-24T08:47:00.001-05:00

Happy Molly

2009-08-24T08:44:00.000-05:00

Play ball!

2009-08-12T06:43:00.001-05:00

Summertime Fun

2009-08-02T11:30:00.001-05:00

Sumertime Fun

Molly Pushes Truck

2009-07-30T11:36:00.001-05:00

Costco Hugs

2009-07-11T06:37:00.001-05:00

Molly Drives

2009-07-11T06:36:00.001-05:00

Cousins

2009-07-11T06:34:00.001-05:00

Molly pushes a cooler past a hippie

2009-06-30T13:02:00.003-05:00

Crazy Park

2009-06-30T13:02:00.001-05:00

Sonja Slides

2009-06-27T22:36:00.000-05:00

Molly in highchair

2009-06-26T12:36:00.001-05:00