Baby Photo

This is the Ultrasound of the baby at 10 weeks 5 days. The revised due date is November 16th.

If you look closely, you'll see that the baby has Michael's nose (because it's gigantic).

Killer Cousins

Recently, my dad's brother Nathan and his wife Yamina were able to adopt two kids, a boy and a girl, who are siblings. This last Sunday they had their baby blessing. These pictures are of them and other cousins who at first were riding me like a horse and later decided to attack me.


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Wildlife Trail

When we went to Fillmore for Easter, we went with Celeste and Spencer to the Wildlife Park(I've never seen any actual wildlife there, but that's what it's called) and we walked on the "Wildlife" trail. When we were younger, we used to walk to this place (it's only 4 or 5 blocks from our house) or ride our bikes there and go on the trail. You wouldn't be able to ride a bike on the trail now, but back then it was a lot of fun to ride on it.
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Let's Go Fly a Kite?

We went to Fillmore Easter Weekend, and on Monday there was a little wind so my dad and I went to the football field to fly kites. But as often happens when you bring out the kites, the wind died down to no wind.

Click here to see our futile attempts.

Holy Toledo Batman!

These photos were taken this morning (April 16th) at about 7am.

It was kind of nice to have that much snow, knowing that it will all melt very soon.

Mac & Cheese Recipe

This is the greatest Mac & Cheese in the world (courtesy of Paul Beaty):

Preparation: 25 minutes
Oven Temp: 350
Bake: 45 minutes
Stand: 10 minutes
Makes: 4 large servings

Ingredients:
8 oz dried elbow marconi (2 cups)
1/8 tsp onion powder, or ½ cup of finely chopped onion (1 medium)
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp salt
1 egg
2 ½ cups milk
16 oz shredded cheddar cheese
8 oz small cubes of cheddar cheese
Instructions:
1. Bring about 6 cups of water to a boils with 1/8 tsp of salt; add dried elbow Marconi and cook until el dente (soft yet firm). Stir after adding macaroni to ensure it does not stick to the pot or each other. May need to stir 2 or 3 times.

2. While water and noodles are cooking, add milk, egg, pepper, onion and garlic to the pan you will use to bake. Mix together.

3. While water and noodles are cooking, preheat the oven.

4. While water and noodles are cooking, add ¾ of the shredded cheese to the milk mixture.

5. When noodles are done, drain in colander. Do Not Cool With Water. Add straight to milk
mixture and stir with cheese. While mixing in hot noodles, add all cheese chunks.
6. Top with remaining shredded cheese.

Notes:

1. Some deeper cooking dishes need about 15 minutes more cooking time than shallower ones.
2. The top should start to become medium brown in some areas.
3. Some folks like larger chunks of cheese than others, I like chunks the size of my thumbnail.
4. Garlic and onion powders, rather and chopped keeps the texture focus on the macaroni and cheese (and hides them from people who do not like garlic and onions (e.g. children).
5. Glass, ceramic, or corning ware pans make a better casserole.

Wait, you mean we can't kill more babies?

This video shows an Oprah regular, Dr. Oz, telling what should be great news to embryonic stem cell advocate Michael J. Fox and Oprah. Just look at how uncomfortable Fox and Oprah are, and almost angry when Dr. Oz tells them Parkinson's can be cured within a decade, just not by using human embryos.