Chili Champ

Most people who know me, know that I love to cook (I don't have much time for it these days, though). Well, about a month ago, I had the opportunity to enter into a Chili cookoff hosted by our Sunday School class and I Won! Actually, I entered the only white chili in the contest so I had a little advantage. Not to take anything from the recipe, though, because it is quite delicious! My friend, Tracy Erb, gave me the recipe so kudos to her!

Our Little Book Worm

Vimal and I love to read and we have such hope that Rachel will, too. Although we've been reading to her for quite a while now she still has a short attention span. Last night when Vimal was putting her to bed she actually crawled to the bookshelf, picked out a book and brought it back to him then promptly climbed onto his lap for him to read to her. She is so cute! She picked out two more books after that one and without pulling all of the books off of the shelf (this is her usual practice). Maybe we have ourselves a little book worm after all.

Valentine's Day Tea Party

On Valentine's Day, Rachel (and I, of course) sent an invitation to "Dada" to invite him to a tea party.

He gladly accepted and they had fabulous five minute tea party. As you can see Rachel is enjoying a cookie. Unfortunately, I can't say it's her first because she tries to eat those cookies from her tea set all of the time!

Needless to say, we all had a great Valentine's Day.

Everyday is an adventure...

... where some are more exciting than others! Our days are often filled with excitement because Rachel, our little love bug, is now 10 months old. It is often hard to believe that she is already this old. One of her favorite things right now is dancing. Anytime she hears music or even just a beat (it can be me shaking a cereal box) she starts moving. Now, that makes for some excitement. I've decided, adventure is all matter of perspective.