State Fair

We took Jack to the state fair last week. (We really packed in some events over the course of 10 days: a visit to the pumpkin patch (post coming), the fair, a work trip, and a football game!)

Yeehaw!

We tried some new food (fried bacon and roasted corn) and an old favorite (corn dog). The thing I was the most excited about trying was pineapple whip. It was delicious and Jack loved it!

 

Even before the fair I had pinned a couple of pineapple whip recipes. I just knew I was going to love it. After reading through several I decided to combine a few. This is definitely a much healthier version than some of the recipes I came across. The pineapple whip at the fair was too sweet. Coming from someone with a sweet tooth that says a lot. I wanted something a little lighter.

Pineapple Whip

ingredients:
3 cups frozen pineapple
(1) 5.3 ounce package vanilla greek yogurt*
Vanilla soy milk as needed for consistency 
2 generous teaspoons of honey

(The recipes I found called for almond milk. Jack is drinking soy milk, and I decided it would work just fine. I have no idea what almond milk tastes like. I would think regular milk would taste just fine. You just need some liquid to balance out the other two ingredients being so thick.)

directions:
Combine all ingredients in a blender and pulse. It took some stopping and stirring to help the blender move along, but it got the job done. 

This made two pretty big (in my opinion) servings for Ty and I. 
I had planned to share with Jack, but the whole honey thing stopped me. Why are there so many food rules for babies??? He got a mini popsicle instead. Then, threw the biggest tantrum to date because we wouldn't give him another. He is so mistreated. :)


*I was not a fan of greek yogurt until I tried this one. It is not as tart as other brands. If you think you don't like greek yogurt, try this one!

Oooooo-klahoma

iPhone pics of why I love my state this time of the year.

December sunrises

perfect spring afternoon

Today reminded me of my college days, when the sun was shining and you grabbed your best friends and went to Boomer Lake to walk around. Ah, the good ol' days.

Today was just like that except Chesley and I were no longer in our college town, but our big grown-up city. I loaded Nuts up in the car, picked up Ches and headed to a park. The sun was shining and the trees and flowers are slowly starting to bloom.

This is the park we visited, but this picture is from last year in late April.

After a good walk in the park we headed to a Queenies for dinner. Nuts did such a good job sitting outside with us while we ate. He received a ton of attention and just loved it.

Today reminded of how much I love my city. There are parks everywhere, great little, local eateries and friendly people. I feel the winter blues melting away.

Exploring Our City

Ty and I have lived in this city for almost 2 years. There are so many things we haven't done and places we haven't seen. I have definitely seen a lot more than Ty. He needs to get out of the house (and away from the library) more. :) We (I) decided that we should start doing things around the city twice a month. So Friday night we decided to go to a wine bar downtown. Ty took a wine tasting class in college and likes to pick out wine. I do not enjoy wine, unless its a rose/pink wine, which people like to say isn't even wine. Let me get back on track here...

We picked Chesley up on our way to the wine bar and spent about 2 hours sitting around chatting and savoring our one glass each. (We are crazy people! haha!) It was a nice place with lots of tall cocktail tables and comfy seating areas. The crowd ranged from older twenties to people in their forties. We were probably the youngest ones in there. It wasn't a bad thing. Ty and I aren't really bar type people so this low key, smoke-free wine bar was much more up our alleys.

I'm not sure what we will do next in this great city. We are thinking maybe a museum. All I know is we definitely need to take advantage of the things to do and see in this great place!