Macaroni and Cheese, Please!

Are you in the mood for comfort food too?  That's so cool that we can be twinners!

Sometimes you just need a big plate of carbs, right?  I have eaten this macaroni and cheese a thousand times and yet never made it myself.  For some reason, watching my dad make it, I always thought it was much more involved than it really is.

It really is a perfect weeknight dinner, especially when you are needing a little taste of home!

Catoctin Mountains

On Sunday, Austin and I went up into northern Maryland to the Catoctin Mountains State Park for a long day hike.  We have been a little afraid to hike here because so far it has paled in comparison to Utah, but we were pleasantly surprised by the trails through the park.

It was a nice 8.5 mile loop that had some really nice overlooks.  The best part was that it was about 10 degrees cooler than DC and most of the time the trail was far enough away from roads that you couldn't hear the traffic.  I'm sure it would be a beautiful place to visit again in the fall when all the leaves are changing too!

It's about an hour and a half outside of DC and completely worth the drive! - which is easy for me to say since I slept through the whole thing :)

Weeks 24-28

As you can tell, I have been a little preoccupied with other things besides blogging the last few weeks.  As you can also tell, I have been taking plenty of pictures during that time!  I am still doing the photography challenge and now I can give you the ones that I missed!

Week 24 - Enchanted

Week 25 - Light

Week 26 - Forgotten

Week 27 - Journey

Week 28 - Take Flight

better than a snack pack (Cream Puffs)

I remember once when I was little, my parents left town and I got to stay with my friends down the street.  One night after dinner, Mrs. Sale brought out dessert.  Any dessert would have been good but this dessert was homemade vanilla pudding with whipped cream on top!  My sisters and I still haven't stopped talking about it.

So, it's a little surprising that today was the first day that I made some of my own.

...then I put that into some cream puffs - in short, I promise this will be better than a snack pack :)

the 2nd installment

the first bundle of pictures

Here is the first sampling of pictures from Nairobi and all of the camps that we went to (Amboseli, Ol Pejeta, Ol Kinyei, and Olare Orok) - they are organized in that order, as best as I could remember.  I hope you enjoy the pictures even just a fraction as much as I enjoyed being there!

A Taster

We made it back safe and sound from our safari (well, most of us - but I will explain later) and it was even better than I could have ever imagined!

We saw almost all of the animals, including the big 5!  Plus some cheetahs and some giraffes, a bunch of zebras, and about a million wildebeest!  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get all of my pictures organized yet but here is a little taster for you.

More to come soon :)