Happy 26th Birthday Mrs. Kari Venti!!

Today is Kari's 26th birthday! Happy Birthday Kari! I am so blessed to have such an amazing wife and mom for our children. 26 makes me think of 16 which is how old we were when we started dating. The past 9 years (we didn't start dating until 9/11/2000) have been an amazing adventure. We have enjoyed so many great moments in our life together: High School, College and now parenthood; just to name a few.

I should post some pictures of our fun memories together...I'm at the office now, so stay tuned for those pics.

Kari and Mila on a quick shopping trip a couple of months ago.

Nolan loves to party...He's ready for mama's bday (pic was from his friend Eliza's party in August)

Kari's chocolate cake for tonight.

New blog!

A couple months ago I started a new "mama blog." (Which is why this blog has been pretty dry). I have been thinking about starting a new blog for quite awhile and it has been pretty fun. It covers things like couponing, freebies, organization, twin and kid topics, food, natural parenting, creative play, sewing and crafts and who knows what else. So far it is largely about coupons, freebies, and learning how to save money. There are also some updates about the kiddos with pictures here and there.

Thus far I have included less specific personal information (like the kiddos names etc) until I decide exactly how much I want to put out there. At some point we might even go private on this site . After doing a Google search of my name and having a picture of my 9 mo. prego with twins body popping up, I wondered if I was comfortable with that. We will see what happens and I will keep y'all posted.

Please pop over and visit TwinMamaLoves.com. More features will be added soon and the option to "Follow" or something similar will be available. If you are feeling extra generous you could even add my new blog link to your "Blogroll" of friends on the side of your blog.

Monkey or Gymnast?

Nolan has found a new strength. It came about when we went for a walk on Saturday.  He thinks it's fun to "sit" when I am holding both of his hands.  He then figured out that he can pull the same move on the cube climber.

Test vid

Towel Twins

Apparently Mila and Nolan stole one of mommy's white towels while she was in the play room folding laundry...check out this clip of them being plain silly.



I also caught a quick clip of Mila and Nolan dancing to Paul and the gang at the Lee wedding last week.



Oh man, I'm lovin' the video on the iPhone 3G(s)!

Chicken Mac and Cheese

When it's mid-June, cloudy, and in the low 60's I can't help but think about things to bake. So since it feels like a fall day I decided to make some comfort food.

The recipe is pretty simple:

Ingredients:
1lb farfalle pasta (bowtie) cooked al dente
1lb shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese (not necessary)
2, 12.5 oz cans of chicken breast (we use kirkland
because it's like 1/5th the cost of anything else)
1/2 - 3/4 cup sour cream
1 - 1 1/2 cups milk (depending on your moisture preference)
1/4 cup bread crumbs
Black pepper

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Drain cooked pasta and return to pot
Mix in sour cream and shredded cheeses (reserve about
1/4 cup cheese for topping)
Add chicken and black pepper, mix well
Add milk and mix well
Spray/butter dish to prevent a mess later
Pour pasta mixture into pan and top with remaining cheese
and then bread crumbs
Cover with tin foil or glass lid and bake for 35 minutes,
remove cover and bake for an additional 5 minutes.

Enjoy,
Conrad

Disneyland

We realized that we never posted pictures from our road trip to Disneyland and So Cal. Here is big slideshow with some of our pictures. This does not even include our pics taken by the photographers in the park. We will try and post those fun pics soon also. Feel free to skip out early if you get bored (I think it is a couple minutes long).