Mini Kitchen Remodel

Have been working on some minor upgrades in the kitchen. Thought I would share some of the photos.

This was a photo "before"

New backsplash

New Faucet

New dishwasher.

Next on the list...add some hardware to the cabinets. And eventually some new counter tops.

Happy Valentines Day!!

Ben brought home a rose for Tayah and I.

The kids' valentines to their daycare friends. I was trying to get "Pop Rocks" to go with their "You Rock" valentines we made but I COULD NOT find them anywhere. I lucked out and found these "U Rock" exploding candy lollipops. Which worked well with the theme too.

Hope everyone had a nice Valentines Day!! We laid low and stayed home and made a nice dinner. Salmon Steaks, Oysters, Salad and Wine. Ben and I are going to see a concert in early March, so that is going to be out Valentines gift to each other. Welcome to Valentines Day with kids. Ben asked if we wanted to try and get a sitter to watch the kids so we could go out to dinner. I said I would rather not try and find a restaurant on Valentines day and fight the crowd. This was much more enjoyable this way anyways.

Quinoa Cakes

Link to the Recipe: 
http://thebarefootkitchen.com/2009/03/11/quinoa-cakes-with-spinach-and-goat-cheese/

Ingredients

Whole Wheat Pasta with Shrimp, Quinoa cakes, broccoli.

They were very yummy. Not too difficult to make. Would make this again for sure.

Workout Stuff

Still doing P90x 2. Things are going well with that. We are almost through week 2. It's HARD but doing my best with it. 2 days a week are Rest and Mobility, which means an hour of the stretching DVD or it says Active Rest: Bike, Hike, Run (doesn't sound like REST to me) so since I didn't want to stretch for an hour, BORING!! I added the Ballet Body series to my workouts those 2 days a week. I am really enjoying them. They are a challenge but not super challenging. It's been a great workout.

What's for dinner:
This week I made Chicken Lettuce Wraps w/ pasta salad, A Portabella Burger w/  lettuce salad, Fish w/ Quinoa and Salad.

Fashionista

Here is Tayah just before walking out the door to get on the bus for school today. She is really in love with these light up Halloween socks that our neighbor got her. I was trying to encourage her to wear them "un-tucked" but she insisted that they be worn this way so her friends at school could see that they light up. Very stylish, Tayah!! It sorta does bring you back to 1985, doesn't it?