Uncle Ian with nephews, Willem, Arie, Skyler and Henry!
Ryan and I!
Ian and Isabella
The Girls! Christen, Sabine, Alyssa, Myself, Myka and Mom!
Some of Myka's Nutcracker collection.
Ryan and I decided to take advantage of the nice warm autumn weather and have a "family" photo taken.
I decided to make some bruschetta today. You can see how easy it is to make when you look at the following post! :)
First: start with some tomatoes on the vine, cut them into quarters and remove the seeds.
Then dice the tomatoes into small pieces.
Put these into a bowl.
Then I add a little bit of salt and pepper for flavor.
You may also add a couple cloves of garlic if you'd like, I do!
Chop the garlic up real small and then add to the tomotoes.
Then I like to add some FRESH basil. Since it's summer, I got mine from my herb garden outside.
Make sure to rinse it well and dry on paper towel.
Chop up the basil and again add it to the tomotoes and garlic.
Mix everything up and set aside for all of the ingrediants to blend together!
Now take some fresh french bread and slice into about one inch pieces.
Also, put some olive oil in a small bowl.
Arrange the bread on a cookie sheet, spread the olive oil on the bread.
Put this into an oven where the broiler has been pre-heating.
Cook until the edges of bread are golden brown.
When the bread is done, take it out of oven and top with tomato topping.
If you like you can add some parmesean cheese and put into oven for another minute.
Voila! Yummy bruschetta in no time at all! Serve to your guests on a pretty platter.
ENJOY!!
I LOVE this holiday!! This year we all gathered together at Myka and Jeff's place in Holland. We enjoyed eachothers company while sitting around eating and drinking and being merry! :) As the evening turned into night, Ryan brought out a box of sparklers for all, the kids AND grown-ups enjoyed these. Thanks Ryan!
What a night! All I can say is that my 30th birthday party was bigger and better than I ever could have imagined! With all of my closest friends and family to cheer me on, the memories will stay with me forever!
Ryan says that this is Bulgaria's version of The Tire Source!
Almost every meal in Bulgaria is eaten out of these clay pots. The fill it with a meat of their choice and then they add veggie and top it off with an egg and bake.
I thought this sign was very interesting and considering my love of ice cream, I don't think that Bulgaria is the place for me! :)
Formerly communist suburbs.
