WOW- It's Been Awhile!

I thought I would check in as it has been awhile, how damn embarrassing my lack of posting has been over the last 6+ months!! Basically I have been busy with work, my husband's photography business (Fornear Photo, shameless plug I know) and other things in the works I don't quite feel like publicly sharing just yet.

A few things happened durring that time, first I became an Auntie for 2 of my 3 sisters to a niece Riley & a nephew Brock (both within 3 weeks of each other!)

Riley Rae

Brock Brandon

One of the other things I we did (I remembered after going through my terrible phone pictures) was that we went to a Packer game this season (their 10-0 game to be exact). It was a work event so it was both fun yet a little stressful, thankfully I work for a brewery so lots of beer was involved :-) . We aren't the biggest Packer fans mind you (we are much bigger baseball fans & love our Cubbies) but it was still a cool experience!

Matt & I on the bus to the Packer game

The one and only Lambeau Field

I do enjoy blogging and hope to continue this blog when I can here and there so please stay tuned! Thanks!!!!

Krista

Great Lakes Distillery Tour

So we took a little tour to Great Lakes Distillery today, the only (legal) distillery in Milwaukee! It was a pretty simple but cool experience. Basically the deal is the tour is free you just have to pay for your cocktails if you choose to have any. They have an awesome selection of everything from rum, gin, whiskey, vodka to even absinthe. Here are a few (crappy) shots from our adventure! Enjoy!

Spring Has Sprung.... Finally!

Yes, FINALLY! Woke up on a Saturday morning with a warm breeze blowing in the window and blue skies outside, first in a long time it seems. Took Giada on a nice walk and snapped a few picts along the way. Felt great to be outside, hope the rest of the weekend can be as nice!

Brews Day Review :: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout

The Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout is a beer that both Matt & I feel like we seem to always pass by but never have tried sadly soooooo Matt finally grabbed a bottle on his latest trip to the liquor store. From some research this beer was first brewed in the 1880's and the reintroduced in the 1980's. The flavor was great, a strong dark chocolate burst is what you get right away and then smooth yet rich and earthy roasted malts follow. Overall, great beer~ no wonder why it's been around for so long :-)

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Matt & I aren't much for always celebrating smaller holidays (ie: Valentines Day, St.Patricks Day Flag Day... you get the idea) but we have been trying to a bit more because it does make an ordinary day a bit brighter and we can have something to look forward to. Plus one day down the road when we have kids I think little things like this could be really fun!

SO I thought Cinco de Mayo would be a good day to try out a meal that I LOVE to order when going out for Mexican but have always thought it would be too hard to make at home, which is Chili Rellenos, which I happen to turn into more of a Chili Rellenos cassorole. Damn, it was soooooo good! The husband said its one of the best meals I have made in a long ass time and I couldn't agree more!

The Finished product.

Basically Chili Rellenos is egg battered chili's stuffed with cheese & such. Well, turns out with a bit of planning I can make this awesome meal at home now!! Now I now Cinco de Mayo isn't really a big thing in Wisconsin (it REALLY was when I lived in Arizona of course) but hey, it's got cheese in it so thats Wisconsiny enough, right?! Here are the rest of the photos on how I made this fun dish!

The tools for some homemade guacamole Matt made.

Charred and blistered chilis before they were pealed.

The filling: refried beans, tomatoes, garlic, onions, spices and shredded cheese.

Starting to layering everything - oh and MORE cheese :-)

The egg batter topping.

Hot bubbly yummyness, strait from the oven!! So good!

Of course we washed it down with a tasty brew!

Wisconsin on Etsy

So I love Etsy... (who doesn't)!? Well for me one of the things I happen to enjoy most is the fact that their are so many truly inspiring/talented artists of all kinds featured that are local and proud of it. I found a few Wisconsin related items that I have added to my wish list and if you are from Wisconsin or just love Wisconsin you may like these as well~ Enjoy!

Link to Wisconsin Wood Hook

Link to Wisconsin Cutting Board

Link to Wisconsin Necklace

Link to Wisconsin Wooden Teething Toy

Wausau Sunset

Takin a trip Up North for the weekend and they sky's over Wausau, Wisconsin never looked so good! We were lucky to see an amazing sunset after a crappy drive with rain and dark clouds. Sadly my non iPhone/Droid phone camera did it NO justice.