Mayonnaise, Mustard, Ketchup.

So a lot has been going on this past month.
We celebrated my dad's 50th birthday a couple weeks ago and I managed not to take and photos?
What's wrong with me! :(
Our family friend did take some pictures so hopefully I'll get those soon. :)

I only have 2 days of work left...
Then I'm going to take some time off and travel.
I am sure going to miss my summer program kiddos though.
I wish them the best of luck in the next school year!

Here are a few snap shots from my cell phone.

 Swimming at South Park.

 Rolling on the Bike Trail.

 Parachute fun at Pioneer Park.

 We found this Cicada at the park the other day...

Tinkerbell hogging the remote. :)

Scobey, MT

I took a little road trip to Scobey, MT with my friend Brandi.

Here are some snap shots.

This picture cracks me up.

The start of a very intense/amazing storm.

I kept trying to get pictures of the lighting, 

but we were speeding down the highway so we could beat the storm!

This horse is heavy... 

We rode around in this sweet old ride. Thanks Brooks.

Breath taking sunset on the golf course. 

Circle, Montana

Impressive to say the least.

Settling in...

When I was traveling back to the USA my carry-on luggage was all of my precious home decor/souvenirs from Asia.

So I've found some spots in my temporary living arrangements for a few of my little treasures. 

 My little Chinese couple from Tricia. 

 My orange Thai Buddha, little Thai elephants, silk scarf from Thailand, 

hand-painted fan from Chloe, and my Buddhist prayer beads. 

 Hello handsome. I <3 Jetoy.

 I finally bought a cheap poster frame for my Andy Warhol poster. 

Thanks for sending it to me Britney!

Buddha candle (I bought it at Ross), my family thinks it smells horrible. 

My "Lucky Cat" 

Happy cat coaster

Korean Flag!

As of lately I am too lazy to take pictures on my regular camera....

Hopefully, I'll bust it out one of these days and take some pictures again...

4th of July!

It was nice to actually celebrate the 4th of July this year!

I made some chocolate covered strawberries. 

After I was done Maxine had a bit of the dipping sauce...

I think most of it got on her shirt. Opps.

This firework was ridiculous. Ha ha.

This firework was called a "Friendship Pagoda."
However, it wasn't very friendly b/c a piece shot off and hit Ashley in the leg! 

Estelle loves chocolate covered strawberries, too cute!

Harvest Church Fireworks! You can see them from my parent's deck so we had a great view.

Kinda spooky through the trees...

Hummus!

I love hummus.
However, the store bought stuff is too salty and not very tasty. 
So I got an easy hummus recipe from my sister's co-worker. 
Azhar is from the middle-east so she knows all about hummus.
Here is the recipe she gave me.

Hummus:

2 cans garbanzo beans (chick peas) drained
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cumin
4-5 tablespoons tahini sauce (sesame seed paste)
3 tablespoons lemon juice 
1/2 cup of water (add more if needed)

Directions: 
Mix all the ingredients into a food processor/ blender until it is all blended well; put into a container and pour a little bit of oil on top (traditional way) or mix in a little oil. Lastly, decorate top, I use a little cayenne pepper to give it some color.

I found that this recipe is a large batch so if you want less, cut it in half.
This recipe is kid friendly (not spicy). 
If you want to switch it up a bit you can add fresh minced garlic instead of garlic powder. Also, you can add any kind of chopped spicy peppers to give it a little kick.


I found the tahini sauce at Albertson's in the peanut butter section. :)

Retro

I have this cheesy little app on my phone called Retro Camera.

 I love this nail polish. It's called crackle glaze. 

Paint on the base color you want to show through.

 I found this nice read among some of my college text books.

I had to read some excerpts for a Philosophy class I took back in the day.

 A HUGE strawberry! Yummy.

Lounging on the hammock and drinking some cheap yet delicious wine. 

My new job is awesome. 

The kids are great and I get paid to have fun in the sun! 

I sent some letters to Korea today. :)

I need to write some more, however these are my "test run" letters.

Some of my Korean friends translate their addresses, I hope the letters make it!

Anyways, I can't complain, life is good.

Stand for Children

On Friday my class participated in HRDC's "Stand for Children" at North Park.
So here are some snap shots from the Billings Gazette.
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