Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

J's class had their last field trip Thursday.

The weather held off perfectly,

in between the 5 days of constant rain we didn't get 1 drop the whole time we were there.

It's a nice little Zoo.

The best part for me~I could see the Ocean peaking through the trees from the walking trail.

The day before our trip there the Tiger had 2 babies, we could see her resting under the trees but not the babies.

The Monkeys gave us a show for a few minutes.

We even got a pic of the white one.

The Porcupines where huge!

I've never seen them old & full grown I guess,

just the random straggler by the road and those are still pretty small.

We saw Penguins & Polar bears of course.
And Otters! Yes, Sea Otters like in Monterey Bay. They were so cute floating around, IMO I think they needed more kelp/seaweed in their habitat but what can I do?

I know there's way more but the pics will show a few things & of course J & L will get a scrapbook page of the trip.

Pics to come soon.

Pork Chops w/ Gingered Jasmin Rice

This was really good, super quick & a total hit.
(can be Gluten Free)

You will need:

6 chops about 1/2- 3/4 in thick
tin foil & backing sheet to fit the above

Mixing bowl & fork
1tbs soysauce (edens organic soysauce is gluten free)
1tbs canola/veggie Oil
1tbs sesame oil
1tbs sweet cooking rice seasoning
1tsp toasted sesame seeds

Rice cooker
1in piece Ginger(chopped/diced)
2cups Jasmine Rice
3cups water

Turn Oven on to High Broiler

Start your rice

Mix the liquids & seeds together
place chops on foiled pan
smear sauce onto both sides of meat
cook until golden brown starts, flip and finish off for a few more minutes

Serve Chops with Gingered Rice

I added Kimchi to my plate, Hubby ate his as is, the kids added rice sprinkles to theirs.

Enjoy!

got to be kidding, right?

But I know the Dentist isn't.

J & L both went in today for their cleanings,
we knew each would need a crown on their back bottom right molar,
what we didn't know was both actually have 5-6 cavities each!
Seriously.

Poor J already had a bad traumatic crown event when he was 3. I don't know how he'll hold up for 2 visits, one for the top fillings and one for the crown.

Today was L's first ever real cleaning and she did excellent she even sat for xrays. L is 3 now and they say they want to just put her to sleep and do all 5 fillings and her crown at once.

Oh my our copay isn't pretty, totalled up for 3 visits is tipping $1,000.

Our snowball to the visa will have to be on hold for a few pay days.

"water"pages

These pics are a few years old but they were so fun to do.
They'll be split up between each boys book & mine.

Locks of Love

Via C

11in total

Before

After

a few days of sun........

brought out our Slip n Slide!!

J & L had so much fun.

Cinco de Mayo

Uuuummmmm

I need a Margarita

Heres a few to try out, 10 to be exact