Working Hard

I have to say the whole family has been hard at work. I have become a complete kitchen freak-cooking, baking, and such. I took a few days off work, and have been in the kitchen ever since. I'll post some of my creations later. In the kitchen, I'm somewhere in between Julia Child and Amelia Bedelia. Despite the process, the food is real good (this is why we have to exercise so much!).

Lil' J has also been hard at work.

Picture Notes:

In hand- real hammer

On head- vintage big bird hat (it was Uncle Keith's)

On face: big smile

Sadly, after this picture:

On face- knot on the head from the hammer

That didn't stop him...

Put the paci in, and kept hammerin'

After this man to man moment, Jason seemed really happy.

Then he had to come in the kitchen to do the dishes.

My husband is such a good man!

...and easy on the eyes!

Party like a Rock Star!

We had nearly 40 people at our tiny house for Lil' J's birthday party. The big 2!

I was such a great time. Lil' J was so happy to see all his very close friends and family.

Thanks for those that came to celebrate with our big guy!

Jason made this cake.

While his previous experience has mostly consisted of erotic, um, funny Bachelorette party cakes, he was the really proud of this one...as was the birthday boy.

Btw, The other cakes are quite good, too. I'm willing to send photos by e-mail, but let's keep this blog clean.

Lil' J had no issues with one candle. The other one was a collaborative effort.

While Jason was working on the other cake, I made these babies.

We had a variety of candies to decorate cupcakes.

Jason, as most know, stayed close to the candy bowls.

We had a good time, and he had a ROCK STAR birthday party!

Photos...and a few words

Rock Star

Christmas Tree Hugger

"Bro-mance"

Baby Gymnastics

 

3:30 a.m...Black Friday

Shopping Hangover

Persistence

Two. The Best of Times...The Worst of Times!

Love, The Jones Crew

Our best side

We decided to put our Christmas tree up the same night they lit the town square.

When we lit our tree Lil'J says, "Wow"

So I took a few pictures because that's how I roll....

Pose One

Pose Two (he did this himself)

Pose Three (I know, he's strange)

What do you think? What is his best side?

Btw, I know I need to cook the pumpkin from Halloween. Don't judge.

Super Dad!

Big J has had a few weeks off of work. It has been perfect timing with the weather. He has been working on our house...I'll post pictures another day.

When Jason isn't renovating our home, changing diapers, going to story time, working out, running, cleaning, making art, donating his time to charity, and cooking up some good beans...he has a day job as a muralist.

Here are some recent photos of some murals he did on campus. What a superstar!

This mural is at the University of Arkansas campus

Demensions are 9' by 16'

Another view

Another mural on campus

Demensions 7' by 12'

To See more...

http://www.artistjasonjones.com/

Vegan Pasta

Here is a new recipe we tried. Dear god it was good!

 http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=26481.0

I haven't cooked with the nutritional yeast before...but I will now!

I swear you can't tell it is tofu. It taste the same as ricotta cheese. It was really delish.

I didn't feel like pulling out my blender or food processor.

I just mashed the tofu thoroughly until it looked like ricotta cheese.

It was quieter and way less dishes to do.

I'll be honest my noodles fell apart. I made it into lasagne. I used fresh spinach.

Didn't seem to make a difference...but what the hell do I know.

If you haven't visited VegWeb, look around there is some great food on that website.

Notice that I added a few more blogs to follow.

Surprisingly, the Gluten-free blog has been my favorite so far.

Back to the kitchen...I'm baking a pumpkin from Halloween. It better be worth it, is all I'm saying.

Grease Monkey

Here is a real quick post of Halloween!

Lil' J was a Grease Monkey for Halloween!

Thank goodness because his parent's both had car trouble this week.

Happy Halloween to Everyone!

The Jones family is already sick from too much candy!

You have to know that it's the Jones way.

We are just trying to keep up with the rest of the family.