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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Fabulous Family, Flying Solo, Cashew Chicken, & Barefoot Rider

 

~~Fabulous Family~~

 

Nothing helps a person heal faster than love and support from family. Dad’s had lots of family visitors  during the past few days including my daughter Danielle, my brother Gary, my aunts Mimi, Ann and Juanita, uncles Dick and George, and cousins Pam, Jackie, and Kevin.

Here are just a few…

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Pam and Jim                                             Mimi and Ann

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Jackie and Danielle                                           Kevin          

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Dad, Mom, Me and Gary                          Gary and Me               

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          Mom’s famous Crappie                        Dad’s First Outing                       

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Gary Grill Meister                                          Porch Relaxation

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My daughter, Danielle and my brother,Gary     George and Juanita           

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I’m so blessed with this fabulous (crazy) family! 

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~~First SOLO~~

My son, Josh completed his first SOLO flight today!

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He flew SOLO in his third week of flight school at ATP in Texas! We’re so proud of him!

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~~Cashew Chicken craving~~

We made Cashew Chicken today!

Growing up in Springfield, Missouri, Cashew Chicken was a dish we ate at least once a week.  It’s become something that Springfield is now famous for.

David Leong created this recipe in 1963 and soon opened his own restaurant, Leong’s Tea House. (now closed) His recipe included a combination of fried chicken chunks covered with Chinese oyster sauce mix, a handful of cashews and chopped green onions served with white rice. 

While there are many recipes online, none can come close to the current award winning Canton Inn dish.

(worth stopping for)

We made our own tonight…

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Triple coating the chicken

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YUMALICOUS!

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~~Barefoot Rider? Really?~~

 

I thought I had seen it all until…

on my way to Nashville…

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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, he’s barefooted!

unbelievable!

(hope his guardian angel is with him)

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Until we meet again

Blessings, Kathy 

 

 

 

 

8 comments:

Janna and Mike said...

Glad to hear Dad is doing well. Yep, the motorcycle rider better hope his guardian angel is with him, saw a woman riding a bike the other day on the freeway in flipflops and shorts!

Travels with Emma said...

Oh my, that chicken looks delish! Could I get some take out?? :)

Sue and Doug said...

what a lovely family you have!..thanks for sharing..love the barefoot motorcycle guy?..can you say CRAZY!!!

Nikki said...

I think Kevin would laugh and shake his head if he saw that you had access to "real" Chinese food and chose to make it Springfield style instead. XD

I'm glad that your dad is doing better and I love that you're getting to see your family. :)

Dennis and Donna said...

Great looking family!! and the crazy ones are the best!...Dad looks fabulous!..Chicken looks fabulous...And barefoot rider looks...well, ridiculous!! Blessings right back at ya!

Kathy said...

Janna and Mike, flipflops are for the beach!
Judy, you can get it take out but once you have it, you'll be addicted to it!
Sue and Doug, thanks for the sweet compliment.
Nikki, my choice would have been Ocean Zen but I do love Canton...
Dennis and Donna, thanks for the compliment and blessings!

Happytrails said...

Congratulations on your son's first solo flight.

What a handsome and happy family. There is nothing better than family! :-)

Mike & Gerri (happytrails)

Travels with Emma said...

Thanks so much for your comment on my blog this evening. What a nice thing to say. It warmed my cockles. :)