It probably seems that all we eat around here is cake, cookies, pie and more pie. While we do love cake, cookies and pie (who doesn’t!?) we actually eat a lot of salad and grilled chicken and grilled vegetables. Dave is a whiz at grilled chicken. He got that ability directly from his dad.
Recently, I decided that we needed to branch out and try cooking beef. The only beef we know how to cook is hamburger. This week I went to the grocery store and, lo and behold, rib-eye steaks were on sale. I felt better about experimenting on $20 worth of steak rather than $40 (it was a big package of steaks).
Dave found some steak rub in our pantry and fired up the grill.
I want to tag this post to the recipe section so here’s the recipe: rib-eye, steak rub, grill. 
OH. MY. WORD. Delicious. What in the world took us so long????
After I took this picture, I thought to myself that it looked kind of GROSS but I promise that it was wonderful!
What’s for dinner at your house?
Del and Cristina are an amazing couple who live near us in MD. They have pretty much “been there, done that” and have great wisdom from all of their life experiences. Thankfully, they openly share their wisdom and hopefully a tiny bit rubs off on Lana and me!
This photo was submitted by Cristina.
Carmen has never been to San Diego…but she did move recently. Lana will tell you all about it in an upcoming post. Stay tuned!
Today’s photo was submitted by NY Grandpa, who just “happens” to show up when we really need him.
Bright and early last Thursday morning, Dave and I took Hope to the local hospital for her EEG. Those of you who know us know that we don’t do bright and early too well! But, we made it to the hospital by 7:45am, Hope’s scheduled time.
We signed in and then the receptionist asked for the doctor’s order. Oops! Was I supposed to bring that? We’ve spent the past three years at Children’s Hospital and they always seem to have everything already in the system. Not here. The neurology tech said we could either wait until 9am when the neurologist came in or we could go home and try to find the paper. I vaguely remembered seeing it on top of the microwave. We drove home to find the paper.
Sure enough, I found the paper on top of the microwave so we made our second trip back to the local hospital. We arrived around 9am. The neurology tech informed us that the doctor faxed the order to the hospital 5 minutes after we left. OK, thanks. I would have preferred not to know that!
By this time, Hope was exhausted and in need of a nap. I was expecting a heartbreaking meltdown, especially when the tech said that at this age, she swaddles and restrains the child. She asked if it was OK to turn cartoons on. Sure, anything that might help! Hope was mesmerized by Word Girl. In fact, she lay perfectly still watching Word Girl and then Word World, sucking Dave’s finger during the entire 45 minute test. Ahhhh, thank you God!
When things don’t go as planned, I get really annoyed. I was annoyed that we drove all the way to the hospital and then had to drive home and then back to the hospital again. But, then, I tried to think that perhaps God used that small inconvenience to keep us out of a wreck or to allow the test to go smoothly or just to test our patience and grow our character.
We got the test results today. Normal. The best guess is that Hope refluxed and had what looked like seizures. We are extremely relieved!
Today’s photos were submitted by my younger brother (Uncle Steve), his wife (Aunt Sarah) and their son Nathan. Quite an impressive assortment!
For whom or what do you swing?
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