fletcher william

is adorable of course :) we've been running around with drew, laura and baby this weekend and are having a great time so far :) we've also been doing a mini photo shoot with fletcher, here's one i edited quick and dirty -- more to come!

hotlanta!

nate and i were in atlanta this past weekend for a good friend's wedding. we used to work with her in florida and it was great to see her again :) the wedding was very cool too :) ever since my own wedding, i appreciate all the small details so much more!

for the rest of the weekend, we spent our time with ashlea who is finishing up soon at georgia tech. she is a fantastic tour guide so we saw plenty of neat areas in atlanta and had a fantastic time :) the most photogenic of which was piedmont park:


we ate, we drank, nate & ashlea played guitar, we shopped, we talked -- all in all, a perfect weekend :) we weren't ready to head home on monday, but i'm sure we'll make another trip before ashlea leaves atlanta for good :)

baby, you were right all along

i'm laying on the guitar and nate's playing guitar. the chorus involves "baby you were right all along." it's a toss up as to which i find more attractive: the fact that he keeps saying "baby, you were right all along" or that he looks cute when he's singing and playing guitar :)

in other news, i'm about to build an ark! florida has been in a drought this year and boy are we making up for lost time! it's been raining for DAYS. apparently we've gotten a total of around 7 inches, and will get 7 more by saturday. the power flickered at work today too. it's been a very dramatic rain, lots of lightning and thunder and some serious rain!

salmon with maple-lemon glaze

no picture, but we had this for dinner and really liked it :) it's super easy, takes about 15 minutes!

Salmon with Maple-Lemon Glaze

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 4 (6-ounce) skinless salmon fillets
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• Cooking spray

Directions

1. Preheat broiler.

2. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add fish to bag; seal. Refrigerate 10 minutes, turning bag once.

3. Remove fish from bag, reserving marinade. Place marinade in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute.

4. Heat a large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle fish evenly with salt and pepper. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add fish to pan; cook 3 minutes. Turn fish over. Brush marinade evenly over fish. Broil 3 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.

mmm.. coconut popsicles

nate and i bought some edy's coconut popsicles at the grocery store yesterday and they are YUMMY.

i also kind of one to throw one in the blender with some malibu rum. don't judge me.

my husband is home!

he was out of town for a few days this week, it's good to have him back :)

if at first you do not fricassee... fry fry again!

so you know how i'm always blogging about these yummy recipes that nate and i really enjoyed? well i never blog about the flops. and believe me, there are plenty! if a recipe is bland, i usually just let it fade away into the sunset. and then there's the occasional recipe that's just AWFUL. looking at the following picture, you can probably guess why this one's awful, the main ingredient is there behind the finished product ;) while we were in az, we did a fun new year's with fancy appetizers and this was supposed to be my great contribution- a 'healthy' bloomin' onion. well, it wasn't. it was so gross we couldn't even eat it! everyone tried a petal... and then we threw it out. but not before we snapped a picture to immortalize it as a total flop :) i still want to try this again with different breading and see if it turns out :)

which way to the pictures?

well i'm officially caught up back through january! now just december and november to post and i'll be all current! that's progress my friends :) the picture below is from december: nate, cassie, jeff and i all went for a hike while we were in arizona for christmas :)

who do you belong to?

well we had another great weekend at the beach :) we're very lucky that nate's aunt and uncle are so generous with their place in florida :) it's one of our favorite places to be! i do get a kick out of how interested the rest of the condo community is in us and how they interview each and everyone of us given the first opportunity :) 'who do you belong to?' 'where are you from?' 'how long are you staying?'

nate's just started giving them all regular updates as we come and go :) 'we're headed out to the beach for the day!' ' we're going to dinner!' 'headed back to orlando, see you soon!' i do think it's actually kind of neat that they're all paying such close attention :) very close knit!