Kara's dive
Nikki's dive
Nikki having her lunch.
Charlie and the girls enjoying the pool.
The summer vacation ends next week - yeah for me... and yeah for them too - even though they will not admit it.....
Showing posts with label pool fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pool fun. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Last Days of Summer In The Pool
Enjoy the backyard - the last days of summer..
Kara's dive
Nikki's dive
Nikki having her lunch.
Charlie and the girls enjoying the pool.
The summer vacation ends next week - yeah for me... and yeah for them too - even though they will not admit it.....
Kara's dive
Nikki's dive
Nikki having her lunch.
Charlie and the girls enjoying the pool.
The summer vacation ends next week - yeah for me... and yeah for them too - even though they will not admit it.....
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Enchilada Sauce - July Recipes
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SEND ME YOUR FAVORITE RECIPE!!!
Great Enchilada Sauce - for the Pozole or your favorite enchiladas
9 dry pasilla chiles cleaned, seeded and stemmed
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp chicken base
2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 tbsp vegetable shortening
6 cups water
In a pot boil chiles in 2 cups of water until tender for about 15 minutes. Drain water and rinse chiles with cold water. In blender combine chiles with sugar, salt, garlic, flour, chicken base, oregano, cumin, and 2 cups of water and puree. In a large pot heat vegetable shortening, add the puree from the blender with 2 cups of water. Stir and bring to a boil and lower heat to simmer and continue stirring for about 20-25 minutes. Remove bubbles as they form on the top with a spoon and discard... ( I put in the refrigerator overnight and reheat the next day - I think it tastes better- either way it's an awesome sauce.
Below is my daughter diving in the pool today... had a great time!
9 dry pasilla chiles cleaned, seeded and stemmed
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp chicken base
2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 tbsp vegetable shortening
6 cups water
In a pot boil chiles in 2 cups of water until tender for about 15 minutes. Drain water and rinse chiles with cold water. In blender combine chiles with sugar, salt, garlic, flour, chicken base, oregano, cumin, and 2 cups of water and puree. In a large pot heat vegetable shortening, add the puree from the blender with 2 cups of water. Stir and bring to a boil and lower heat to simmer and continue stirring for about 20-25 minutes. Remove bubbles as they form on the top with a spoon and discard... ( I put in the refrigerator overnight and reheat the next day - I think it tastes better- either way it's an awesome sauce.
Below is my daughter diving in the pool today... had a great time!
Monday, June 22, 2009
How We Wash In The Pool
Another beautiful evening in Sunny California. This is the time of year Dusty - the husband/dad loves to come home and spend time in the pool with his beautiful and fun girls. I was in my office working and heard a bunch of laughter and fun and the shouts of Marco.... Polo... "oh you got me".... Bob Marley playing in the background and the dog going nuts.... Another reason - I'm loving my home....
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday Fun In Our Own Paradise
Yesterday morning started with the typical California "June Gloom". But sometime in the late afternoon - Mr. Sunshine decided to come out for a visit.... As soon as that sun popped out the bathing suits flew on... and daddy and daughters fun started... I love hearing the screaming and laughing that only summer time fun brings... I love the splashing and the dog barking.. wanting to be part of the fun..
Today was another beautiful day without a hint of gloom.. Living in Southern California in the summer time is much like a three month vacation.... jealous?
Friday, May 15, 2009
Kelly's Favorite Vacation Spot #2
Glenwood Spring, Colorado
Last summer my daughters and I took an All Girl road trip... It was awesome.. We could take as many potty breaks as we wanted too.... The girls watched their movies in the back with headphones and I listened to my "chic" books on tape....The hotel room TV only came on to watch "girl friendly" TV... no sports....no wild kingdom.. no Discovery channel, and yes no Jeopardy.... (sorry honey)
One of my favorite stops was Glenwood Springs, Colorado.. If you have not been there.... you gotta to go. We stayed at the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge. The Lodge is famous for their hot springs pool - the largest in the world.. The main pool is larger than three football fields and the temperature is 90 degrees year round.. (even in the winter snow) and the "hot" tub which also was huge is around 103 degrees... When you walk into the pool area, you are immediately hit with the smell of sulphur... but that smell either goes away quickly or I just got used to it...
Doc Holiday had heard about the hot springs and believed that they had healing powers.. unfortunately they did not for him and he passed away.. There is a short but nice hike up to his memorial close to the Lodge.
The Lodge itself is really nothing to write home about.. There is no room service, bell captain service, and no restaurant. I thought the staff was very rude and thankfully - once I discovered they were not helpful in anyway whatsoever - I just did things myself... like carry a one hundred pound piece of luggage down two stories all the way to my car.. and a cooler stocked with bottled water.... by MYSELF.... my kids sucked it up and carried their own bags....
We enjoyed going to the Hotel Denver to enjoy our meals at the Brew Pub restaurant. It had great food, great prices, and their french fries for the kids were smiley faces... Loved it.
Down the street from the Lodge is The Adventure Park... now this place is spectacular in every sense of the word... You need to take a gondola up to the top of the mountain (7100 ft up) - I am deathly afraid of heights...but the view was breathtaking... the Colorado River running down the middle of the valley below....words cannot describe.. Up at the top there are several cave tours.. You can take the regular walking tour or you can go deep into the caves with a lighted helmet and crawl through small crevices.. your choice.. We went on a walking tour in the "fairies caves". It's a great place for the kids with many attractions.. bungee jumping, panning for fossils, rock climbing, and many other things..
The restaurant had a panoramic view of the entire valley and the food was your basic hamburgers and hot dogs....at very reasonable prices..
In addition to the Adventure Park - there are some great hiking trails you can take up to lakes and waterfalls.. There is also river rafting half day and full day trips down the rapids on the Colorado River....
One funny story.... before we came to Glenwood Hot Springs - I found a web cam of the pool on the computer. I figured out where it was and made a computer web cam date with my husband. So here we are me and my two girls waving like crazy to a big spiral slide... and people walking by like we were nuts.... the husband loved it!
Last summer my daughters and I took an All Girl road trip... It was awesome.. We could take as many potty breaks as we wanted too.... The girls watched their movies in the back with headphones and I listened to my "chic" books on tape....The hotel room TV only came on to watch "girl friendly" TV... no sports....no wild kingdom.. no Discovery channel, and yes no Jeopardy.... (sorry honey)
One of my favorite stops was Glenwood Springs, Colorado.. If you have not been there.... you gotta to go. We stayed at the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge. The Lodge is famous for their hot springs pool - the largest in the world.. The main pool is larger than three football fields and the temperature is 90 degrees year round.. (even in the winter snow) and the "hot" tub which also was huge is around 103 degrees... When you walk into the pool area, you are immediately hit with the smell of sulphur... but that smell either goes away quickly or I just got used to it...
Doc Holiday had heard about the hot springs and believed that they had healing powers.. unfortunately they did not for him and he passed away.. There is a short but nice hike up to his memorial close to the Lodge.
The Lodge itself is really nothing to write home about.. There is no room service, bell captain service, and no restaurant. I thought the staff was very rude and thankfully - once I discovered they were not helpful in anyway whatsoever - I just did things myself... like carry a one hundred pound piece of luggage down two stories all the way to my car.. and a cooler stocked with bottled water.... by MYSELF.... my kids sucked it up and carried their own bags....
We enjoyed going to the Hotel Denver to enjoy our meals at the Brew Pub restaurant. It had great food, great prices, and their french fries for the kids were smiley faces... Loved it.
Down the street from the Lodge is The Adventure Park... now this place is spectacular in every sense of the word... You need to take a gondola up to the top of the mountain (7100 ft up) - I am deathly afraid of heights...but the view was breathtaking... the Colorado River running down the middle of the valley below....words cannot describe.. Up at the top there are several cave tours.. You can take the regular walking tour or you can go deep into the caves with a lighted helmet and crawl through small crevices.. your choice.. We went on a walking tour in the "fairies caves". It's a great place for the kids with many attractions.. bungee jumping, panning for fossils, rock climbing, and many other things..
The restaurant had a panoramic view of the entire valley and the food was your basic hamburgers and hot dogs....at very reasonable prices..
In addition to the Adventure Park - there are some great hiking trails you can take up to lakes and waterfalls.. There is also river rafting half day and full day trips down the rapids on the Colorado River....
One funny story.... before we came to Glenwood Hot Springs - I found a web cam of the pool on the computer. I figured out where it was and made a computer web cam date with my husband. So here we are me and my two girls waving like crazy to a big spiral slide... and people walking by like we were nuts.... the husband loved it!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Playing In The Pool and it's Cold Outside!
Okay, my kids have officially become nuts.. The sun is out and it's 10:00 AM and it's beautiful outside but it's 65 degrees it feels warmer but it definitely isn't 80 degrees and the pool is 72 degrees I just checked. So here I sit with my sweatpants, fuzzy slipper, and sweatshirt and wishing for a warm day and then I hear SPLASH and a Hugh laugh... My kids think it's summer and I caught them in action....What a great idea...to pretend it's hot outside and we need to cool off....
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