Subway sandwich picnic on Easter afternoon hike
Barton and Maggie like to help make sammiches too.
Posts Tagged ‘Food’
We heart sandwiches
Monday, July 11th, 2011Growing Boy…Help!
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Anyone want to help fund a growing boy? Tyler’s last few dinners have been:
- A foot long meatball sub, and two bowls of cereal.
- Bologna and cheese, two cups of peaches, and three bowls of cereal.
- A quisidilla, four bowls of cereal, and two packages of grips.
I’m a little concerned because: 1. the size of the meals are growing, and 2. as a result the number of trips to the store are growing. I went to the store Friday, then again today (the kids weren’t with us Sunday afternoon until this afternoon). After dinner tonight Susan had to go back to store again. I’ve known the day was coming when he would start eating like this because I remember how much I ate when I was younger, I’m just hoping this will be a passing phase for him (sure to return) and not be a constant until he is in his 20s.
So mom, I know I ate even more than this but did it start when I was 7?
Paul is pregnant!
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011We went to Sir Pizza for Mom Mom’s 88th birthday. We made Paul get his own pizza because apparently he must be in a delicate way (according to the book Stephanie and Roy got me for Christmas, A Girl’s Guide to Being a Southern Belle, that is a more appropriate way to say knocked up) because he wanted a ‘za with JALAPENOS AND PINEAPPLE. Even his grandmother disapproved. Check out the look on her face in this photo:
The unofficial start to summer
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Corn salsa with feta cheese burgers as chasers
Even the compost pail looks tasty!
Cats settled in for a long summer nap
Here we grow again…
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Our garden did not do so well last year thanks to putting it in late and a certain hungry butt, eat anything Lab named Jake. I went to an herb/plant festival left over sale today and got some things. Here are what the grown product will look like:
Germander. Paul is very excited about the possibility of this taking over the yard. Like anything non-weedy can take over our yard....
Cuban Oregano. It smells like an old school pizzeria, I love it! We are thinking of just bringing it into the house to use since Paul can't do candles or other stinky things.
Persimmon Orange
Ancho peppers. This was my surprise for Paul. He is threatening to make me eat them already though. Might have been a huge miscalculation on my part.
Striped Roman Tomato. A fun little diddy of a tomato!
Sanders Hanukkah, part 2!
Friday, January 1st, 2010
Paul and Susan on Christmas morning
This post has pictures that represent Christmas Day to New Year’s Day. Just to recap, we had 9 celebrations in 11 days. For some reason I also thought that was a good time to do a home improvement project of painting all the door knobs. Which also means the latches, screws, etc. You probably realized that. Wish I would have…
Christmas w Steph, Roy, BizNKids, and MomMom, Dec 26
Point of interest on this photo–I THOUGHT both eyes were crossed. I did a redo for Paul just now, thinking my eyes were crossed again. No such luck. My sister was like this all the time from birth and had surgery to make her normal. Perhaps I had preemptive surgery to make sure mine did not wander…EVER!
Anna--Dec 26 Christmas; celebration #9
I just love love love this photo of Anna. You get glimpses of what she will look like as a young woman, yet she still has that baby look too.
Tripp gets a robot for Christmas!
Sleepy Becca posing for pictures
The robot Tripp got for Christmas was very cool, it even danced to a Duran Duran knock off song (sounded like the song, but like they changed it to not have to pay royalties). But then it started to somewhat stalk MomMom. Kind of scared us. Rebecca was SO sleepy, but she always wants to get a good picture. And the truth still holds–sometimes the kids like the box the toy comes in rather than the toy itself!
New Year’s Eve 2009. Basic math I should have realized when I bought the sparklers: [(Sleepy kids x bad weather so they didn't get any exercise for days) x (Paul has been w said kids for 80 hours x Susan has been sick for 80 days)] x fire sparks shooting off a stick = probably not a good idea. Not to mention I had accidentally sprayed some grass (and a little driveway) with my door knob project so Tyler of course wanted to prance there w his sparklers. He was drawn like a moth to a flame. (get it–flame??)
Skinned squirrels in the refrigerator. Seriously. Ugh.
Paul took Tyler hunting w some friends and their kids. Tyler was a little loud (lucky for the squirrels), but the others were more successful (unlucky for Susan). We had 6 dead bodies in the fridge. It was like The Soprano’s. Paul made fried squirrel, scrambled eggs, grits, biscuits and squirrel gravy for New Year’s breakfast. They say that how you spend NY Day is how you spend your year. God help me.
Sanders Family Hanukkah
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009We are not converting, we are celebrating Paul, Tyler and Anna’s birthdays and Christmas! We started way back in November (about 10 years ago it seems), we had Thanksgiving and visited w my family. But that last 7 days we have had 7 celebrations. Really 7 in 6 days–tonight is a bye night. Here is the summary:
Day 1, 12/17/09: Anna’s 8th birthday. Paul and I met Robin and Jason, and of course Tyler at Rio Grande for Anna’s birthday dinner. Anna chose the restaurant–Rio G won for the 3rd year in a row. I just LOVE this picture of Anna.
Anna at her Rio Grande birthday dinner, Dec 17
Day 2, 12/18/09: Kids Family Birthday Party. Stephanie and Biz planned a party for Anna and Tyler at their house. Sandie, Brandon, Haley, Hunter and Mom Mom all celebrated with us.
Tyler had a Star Wars cake complete w light up light sabers. Anna had a doll cake complete w Barbie-like doll you lifted out of the cake before cutting.
Day 3, 12/19/09: Tyler’s 6th birthday. Before we could celebrate Tyler’s birthday, we had to play in the snow! That’s right, we had about 7 inches of snow on Friday night/Saturday morning. Then we met Robin, Jason and Lacey (their baby) at Chuck E Cheese to celebrate Tyler’s day.
Anna, Tyler and Frosty. This was after sledding off the ramp Paul built for them!
Ahhhh, my NRA reps.
Day 4, 12/20/09: Extended Sanders Family Christmas/Susan’s half birthday. OK, 1 was celebrated a little more than the other, but still…
Paul and me before starting to open presents at MomMom's.
Day 5, 12/21/09: Susan’s manager Christmas party and Cole’s Annual Christmas party.
(photos unavailable, cameras confiscated by security, paparazzi bounced from property)
Day 6, 12/22/09: Celebrated Paul’s birthday at UNC vs. Marshall basketball game!
My first time in the Dean Dome! I mean... me doing whatever Paul wanted to do for his birthday!
Paul and I are vegging out tonight. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, not sure what the plans are. Then we get the kids on Christmas Day about noon. Then Christmas w Steph and Biz, et. al on Sat afternoon! 9 events in 11 days! Whoooooo hooooooo! Keep in mind this was including 10 loads of laundry, 0 minutes of napping, 3 days of work (which included creating a plan to restructure our cardiac rehab program to make up for $96,000 worth of revenue that we cannot bill for in 2010 and 4 days of 11 state inspectors surveying our hospital), baking 120 cookies and only 30 minutes of physical activity and NO tears shed! Happy Sanders Hanukkah!
Octopus Hot Dogs
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Susan had to go to a club house dinner for her work to celebrate service awards. The kids and I decided to have octopus hot dogs and mac & cheese. These are two of Susan’s favorites so we hope she enjoyed her fancy dinner without us 
.
I love my life!
Saturday, August 8th, 2009As you know, Paul cooks dinner, not me. Tonight we had homemade corn tortillas w our chicken tacos. They were SO good. I cannot even describe it! We have enough leftovers for breakfast tomorrow…AFTER our 4 mile run. Huevos rancheros anyone?
This is a really cute picture I found on Paul’s phone when I took a picture of him on the gurney. I love my boys! Life is good.
Barton cuddled on our bed in the mid morning sunshine. This is the siren's call that lures me back to bed many times.
and the winner is…
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Option 3! The dark horse out of nowhere takes it!!! Salmon was on sale so it inspired me. Then we got the expensive kind instead. Paul made a fantastic cream sauce. We also had cous cous from the farmers market and spinach salad a dressing Paul made. Not sure what happened but I woke up 4 hours later and barfed it. It was not as nice the 2nd time.
Top of Pilot Mountain--half way done!
Something similar could be said about the ride too. Last summer I tried it and got half way up Pilot Mtn and bonked and cried. This time I was determined (see post from last week). Well, I cried again (twice), but I did finish. This was the hardest physical accomplishment of my life. Harder than the Ironman Triathlon. On the way up the last mtn, literally the last mile of the ride my legs cramped. First it was just my quads, but then my calves cramped trying to clip out as I weaved to the side to not crash. I made a small move to stretch and my hamstrings cramped. Paul rubbed out my thighs and I just stood there looking up the switchbacks that seemed to reach into the clouds like Jack and the Beanstalk. You know Paul is a man of few words… “zig zag,” he said. So I did. And I made it.
