Let's try this again...

So, I attempted to return to this blog once before, and without success, but here goes another try...

First of all, one big announcement: our family has grown by one tiny member. Lincoln Danger is here! He was welcomed into the world on December 19th at 9:20 pm. We had a great, natural birth experience (notice I say great, despite the pain!) at a birth center. The only people present were myself, Lucas, our midwife, and her assistant. We had a very relaxed atmosphere and were back at home 5 hours after the birth! Lincoln is thriving and we can't imagine our lives without him!

And of course I have to share a picture of the cuteness:

Or two:


Or three:


Ok, four. But this one is food related! See, he's already helping me cook!


Since this is the first post in awhile, I'm going to keep it pretty simple. If you recall, we had planted a garden way back when. Well, unfortunately, most of it was lost in Hurricane Ike, but we did manage to eek out a couple items. Below is our largest watermelon. We actually harvested 2, but this one was our best hope. We were forced to harvest much earlier than planned due to a freak Houston snow this fall. So, the watermelon was only half-cooked. When we cut into it, the flesh was pale, pale pink. Lucas was brave enough to sample a piece, and declared it tasted like eating the rind. Yum, huh? So, our lesson learned was: plant earlier, so we can harvest earlier!



The combo below is kale and basil. The kale spent its time in the ground labeled as red leaf lettuce. It was from a seed packet of mesclun, and I had no idea how many leaf varities were in there. This one had red leaves, so I figured it must be red leaf lettuce,having had no previous experience with kale. When I harvested it, it looked and felt nothing like red leaf lettuce, so I was off to do some internet research. This led to my proclamation that we had ourselves some kale! I looked up recipes, had such great plans, washed it, dried it, lovingly placed it in a ziplock bag in the crisper...and promptly forgot about it. The next time I discovered it was much much too late (*shudders* to think about it...). So, another lesson learned: don't forget about your harvest!


Ok, I think that we are off to a good start! Let's hope I can stick with things this time around!

~Kelly