Chicken & Feta Tabbouleh

This is a really good summer salad that I recently found. I just love it

Chicken & Feta Tabbouleh

3/4 cup uncooked Bulgur
1 cup boiling water
2 cups rotisserie chicken breast (cubed)
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup chopped English cucumbers
3/4 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup feta
1/3 cup green onions
1/4 cup chopped mint
2 Tbs lemon (we add a lot more!!)
1 Tbs olive oil
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp pepper

• Place Bulgur in medium bowl, add boiling water and cover for 15 minutes.
• Combine chicken and remaining ingredients in a large bowl.
• Add Bulgur (cool it first) and toss.

Note - It can be made before hand BUT you must add the lemon right before serving otherwise the bulgur absorbs the lemon and you can't taste it!!!!

Here is another card I made from the stamp set Animal story. It seems like it is missing something but here it is anyways.

Boating anyone???

We thought that it would be fun the try out canoeing with our kids. So I tried on our life jackets to see if they fit and this is what became of it.

I made a few mistakes. First one was tring it on right before her nap and secondly tring on a infant size!

Malik didn't seem to mind and quite frankly I think he is rather cute in it!

End the end Zia seemed ok it the jacket and that night we took the kids out on the lake. Malik just loved everything about it. He could not wait for Corom to come home so we coud go. Zia did ok for her 1st time. We have some ideas to make it easier for her next time. One of which is a life vest that fits her!!!

New stamp set

Here is a card that I whipped out really fast. It is super simple but I really like it.

I used Animal stories (new stamp set in the new SU catalog). I love the designer paper that matches.

Fresh Raspberries

Today I want and picked some raspberries with one of my friends and her kids. I always wonder how my kids will do when I try something new. I was so pleased with them both! I was able to pick about 23 pounds of raspberries (with help of course from Sarah!).

Look at all the red ones and Zia decides to pick the yellow one !?!

Malik had so much fun picking the raspberries and eating them until I think he got full and started to throwing them. I caught him stealing raspberries out of my friends tray just so he could throw them! Crazy BOY!

Here is an attempt at getting a family picture to remember our fun family outing! Notice the look on Maliks face (I took him away from playing to get the picture!).

Rasar state park

This was our 1st camping trip of the year. We made last minute plans to go camping with Corom's sister and her family. Rasar state park was one of the only options we had, so we went for it not knowing what it would be like and it was FABULOUS!

Car is packed and ready to go. (Not to mention video on!)

We are there and ready to walk down to the water.

Zia just loves to play in sand.

This was one of the best watermelons we have ever had!

Malik just loved to roast marshmallows and Zia just enjoyed snuggling up with Dad.

Just a little fun before bed!



This trip was so much fun! Ever since I was little I have always wanted to go on family camping trips and this was just the beginning of many.

Manly Birthday Callenge

I have some amazingly talented crafty friends and we had a manly card challenge. First of all I realized that I don't have any "manly" stamps so after borrowing this stamp set I was able to come up with this. And I was very pleased to stay the least.



Sorry it has been so long I feel like I have fallen of blogging world. I just haven't been able to get back into it after Hawaii and the swine flu. Not to mention that my son isn't taking naps anymore. So here is my first attempt at getting back into it. (Leah this ones for you :)!)