Picnic Pics

Hi All, Here are some pictures of Alaina and Addie's visit to the U.P.! We sure are having fun with them. Faith and Alaina have been playing well together and had fun at our picnic today and getting ice cream. They both enjoyed getting to see the big cow.
Faith loved pushing Alaina on the swing.

Having fun on the merry-go-round!

Smiling faces :}

Cutie Pies!!!

We had a pasty picnic at the Island in Marquette today. The weather was great {a little windy though} but that kept us cool. The girls enjoyed the playground and being together. Ice cream was enjoyed by all! Hope you are all having a great summer weekend yourself. Love, Debbie

Catching up

Here is one of the aligators from the DeYoung Zoo we went to this summer

Faith trying on a helmet out at camp

Faith was so excited to get to hold the baby monkey. Isn't the picuture CUTE!!!

Faith and RJ (Joe's nephew) running to find more animals at the zoo.

Faith petting a baby wolf

Feeding the goats

This is Joe and Faith after we went Kayaking we found a little beach and there was a train bridge Joe took the kids up there to take a look.

Faith and RJ having fun with squirt guns at Family camping with Joes family

Faith, RJ, and Joe

RJ and Faith had a great time together. They would eat all of there meals together and play and they sure had a great time together



Joe and I took a road trip one day to Copper Harbor and we went to Estivant Pines where they have some of the biggest pines in the area. It was a beautiful place and we had a blast. We had so much fun we are planning to go back in October for a long weekend when the leaves are changing.

This is Faith having fun at Bible school this summer. They had the theme of high seas adventure so they were blowing bubbles in the water to represent turbulant seas. Faith had a great time!!

I found these flowers behind grandmas house and i think they are sooooo beautiful! What great color..

We had a wild went party at work this summer and this is Faith and a few of her friends ready for the Ho Down!!!! It was a blast

Faith playing "tennis" at daycare



When Joe and i went on our road trip we would stop where ever we wanted ( it was sooo nice) and Joe saw this rock sculpture of a ship and we had to stop. Try it some time, take a day trip and pick a direction, and go, stop where you want it was a great trip and we had such a blast!
Faith watching herself in the mirror at camp.

I picked A LOT of blueberries this year!!

Faith and her baby getting ready to relax at camp
This is camp! We have spend some great times out here this summer!!
Joe and I out for my friend Tara's birthday. We had a great time!!


We have been having a wonderful summer and we have been on the go go go. Just wanted to catch everyone up on what s been going on this summer since my computer was on the fritz. But now its all good and so here are some of the pictures to go along with our adventures.

A Glimpse

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Just a quick glimpse of the wedding that I went to this weekend.  My friends Kathy and Drew were married on August 21st which is my Mom & Dad's Wedding Anniversary.  It was neat to be at a wedding on the same day.  Knowing both the bride and groom for quite some time it was difficult to know which side of the church to sit on.  Their reception was outside underneath a tent (thank goodness because it rained all day) and had a picnic theme.  It was really delightful.  Carrie was bridesmaid extraordinaire! 

Bannanna Peze - Fried Plantains

The best way to eat Pikliz is to eat them on fried plantains. It is the perfect combination of slightly sweet and spicy. They were so delicious that they were devoured before I had a chance to get a picture of the final product. The biggest challenge for me on this recipe was figuring out the best oil temperature to keep it from splattering. This was tricky with the new gas stove but after a few minutes I managed to settle the oil down and keep the kitchen from burning down!

This is the last of my Haitian Dinner Cuisine Posts. One last thing that I made was Fwuitponch (Fruit Punch). It was divine and it actually was the "dish" that took me the longest to prepare; several hours of squeezing and pressing the watermelon, grapefruits, and minolo oranges. A healthy dose of sugar was added and the fwuitponch was chilled and consumed lickety split!

Mais Moulin

Mais Moulin is a delicious corn dish.  It can also be called corn mush but I think it sounds a lot better to call it Haitian Pollenta.  It is served with avocados or with the sos pwa nwa.  I like it best with both!  It has a sweet and ever so slight nutty flavor to it.  The course corn meal gives it "good bite." 

Sweat out the onions in the butter (oops, some tomatoes hopped in while I prepared the onions).  Then add the tomatoes, paste, garlic, and thyme.  Cook them all down until they are soft.

Add water and bring it to a rapid boil

Whisk in the course corn meal. 

Isn't course corn meal pretty?

Simmer and add the coconut milk.

Voila - it's done!

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Serve warm or cold!

Sitwon Poul - Lime Chicken

Ingredients:  Lime, Honey, Garlic, Dry Mustard, Cayenne Pepper, Paprika, Pepper, Salt, Olive Oil, Fresh Basil (not shown:  Bone In Chicken Thighs)

Marinate four hours in the refrigerator.












Bake in the oven approximately 1 hour.  Serve hot and forget to take a picture until over half of them have been eaten!

Recipe compliments of http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1639,158191-245194,00.html

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