Summer Baking

This summer was filled with many delicious baking and cooking projects!

 

M&M's Cake!

 Seattle roll

Strawberry Gardens cake

 Roast pork dinner party

 Homemade brown pressed tofu...yum!

 The finished product was similar to shitake mushrooms!

 Blackberry cheesecake as the move approaches...

 Gyoza dumplings for our going away party

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

*Mover's coming in a few days...apparently, I'm a stress-baker!*

 Movers arrive tomorrow!

Time to bake!

 Sprinkle-doodles!

Taste the rainbow

 See you in DC!

Majuro Holiday Roundup

The holiday season is upon us, and we're busier than ever! Tons of events and activities to wrap up before we head home for a month! 

 Chef Kylie - ready to help!

 Pizza delivery for Jr. Jambo kids - kommol tata!

 Opening a sake keg for the emperor's birthday!

 YUM!

 Just hanging around with Winky-Blinky today

 Tiny cookies!

 Holiday cheer!

 A frosty helper

 I don't know what this is!

 End of the island...

 Cookies!

 More cookies!

 Holiday party spread!

 #tropicalsanta

 Winky-Blinky popping up everywhere!

 Art class finals week

 PRESENTS!

Will she eat a cute carrot...?

NO!

Happy Thanksgiving!

One great thing about Majuro is that we had access to everything that we needed for a normal Thanksgiving dinner! The turkey was a Butterball and the cranberries were fresh! Even though it's a ton of work, I really love making it, and it was so fun to put it together with Autumn. To make it even better, we had family here to share it with!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Making a bunting craft with Kylie

 

A beautiful evening sky

 Pumpkin pies to donate to a community dinner

 Fresh cranberries!

 All set!

 The Barefoot Contessa's "light" cheesecake

ONLY 2 1/2 lbs of cream cheese!

 

 YUM!

Jacquelyn Visit - Part 2 - Jacq-o-lanterns!!

Happy Halloween! Today we carved pumpkins, took Kylie trick-or-treating for the first time and had tons of Halloween tricks and treats!

A magical / spooky bamboo arbor tunnel outside
Ted's Bulletin!

 US: This is fun!

Kylie: What's that awful smell? I don't like these pumpkins!

 Mini-carving

 YUCK!

 Sleeping Beauty & her pumpkin pals

 All dressed up!

 Trick-or-treat!

 Elevator-selfie!

 Baking cookies with Auntie J

Happy Halloween!

iPhone Roundup - August

Here's what Kylie and I have been up to this month (while on dry land).

 Playing pirate & princess...

...time to fight some giants!

 Playing paper mermaid dolls

 Playing soccer and volleyball in the yard

 Early morning at the airport

 Sunrise silhouette

 Morning blooms

 Finger painting time!

 Majuro is the island of rainbows

 Boat ride over crystal clear waters

 Local kids on a block of styrofoam / homemade boat!

 Kylie's preschool schedule...

...I wish this was my schedule!

 Orange donkey towing princess ball

 Still lagoon

 Homemade swing

 Still life for the art class I started teaching

 Another day, another outfit

 Cooking & baking fun!

 Kylie's first worksheets

 Good morning Mr. Lizard

Story time in the hammock