Bacon 1

Today the pork belly was skinned by Kyle and placed in bags with the brine then stuffed in the fridge. This time we are doing it all at once, a big job but we just have too many other projects going to draw it out.

This is a hint for the next job:

Snow!

Are we ready for this??!!

Kids

Just an update:
Abbie had her last running race, which she came in last and had fun!


Liam bought himself the newest nerf gun, it has a 35 round drum magazine!


Next week starts all their clubs, Spanish for Abbie and math counts and lego robotics for Liam. Gonna be busy!

Uncle Ken's pork tacos

The last time Kyle's Uncle Ken called, he told me about some great sounding pulled pork tacos he made in the crock pot. I went to get my hair done on Friday so it seemed a good time to try it out. Basically I sliced up a pork loin and cooked it in the crock pot all day with some green chilies and some enchilada sauce. I also sliced some red onion and marinated it in lime juice with salt and pepper. It was sooooooooooo good! The pork was very tender and nicely seasoned without being too spicy. But the onions really sent it over the top. They were slightly cooked by all the lime juice (and turned pink!) and went so well with the pork. Mom also made chili relenos (sp?) and we had refried beans with sauteed peppers and onions. A feast!

Angel Rocks

Valerie and I decided to enjoy the last few warm sunny days with a hike up Angel Rocks loop. The way up was tiring but the views are amazing! The way down however is hard, the trail is not really established and a good share of it is straight down and covered in fine sandy gravel. We took about 2 hours and 15 minutes and still got to enjoy the day at the top.

Fall

It is definitely fall here now, the color is so pretty. Lorna, Abbie and I went for a walk at Creamer's Field yesterday to enjoy some of the really nice weather. (Today it is cool and rainy, sure glad we went yesterday!)

Butter me up

When life gives you cheap apples, I am pretty sure you should make apple butter.