Lakauai {Life is Good}

I’m sure some of you have heard of Environmental Alphabet Art or at least seen these pictures.  A photographer goes out with sharp eyes and looks for the alphabet depicted by wrought iron railings, fences, trees, antennas etc.  Pretty much anything can become a letter if you look at it closely enough!  The trick is seeing the world through that filter.  I have walked down Main Street in Madison tons of times but never noticed all the letters just waiting to be captured by my camera lens!  I took tons of pictures and then realized I had a bunch of pictures of the same letters.  So, I had to go out again and really look harder for those elusive letters.  I have posted them here on my blog so that you can download them if you would like to create your own environmental alphabet art.  I don’t have all the letters yet, but am still working on it!
If you click on the images below, a REALLY large image will pop up. You can right-click on it to download it.

Caeden’s Cub Scout troop planned an ice skating event. They said that siblings could attend, so of course Lael was all in! Caeden would rather die than attend a Girl Scout even, but Lael is always up for a Cub Scout event. It’s not because she *likes* any of the boys. Thank goodness she isn’t boy crazy like some of the girls her age. A couple of the boys in Caeden’s den are in Lael’s class too, so that is part of it. I started out skating with them, but wow, it has obviously been a LONG time since I’ve skated. After going around the rink a few times my ankles were killing me! I decided to stop and just take pictures from the sides of the rink.

My Turn!  Supper Club at my house!  I decided to go with a Surf’s Up Santa theme.  It was great, I told everyone I would not let them n unless they were wearing a Hawaiian shirt or hula skirt, or BOTH!  We went all-out beachy, with seafood and such.  Since the host is responsible for the main course, I went with a Low Country Boil.  I was afraid that it would be freezing and  that Todd would freeze to death while outside cooking.  But, it turned out to be decent weather.  Everybody else brought either apps or desserts.  This was our first time to do a low country boil ourselves.  We have eaten them before, but never made it.  Super easy though!  This is the recipe we followed:

Low Country Boil

Ingredients

• Old Bay Seasoning TM to taste
• 5 pounds new potatoes
• 3 (16 ounce) packages cooked kielbasa sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 8 ears fresh corn, husks and silks removed
• 5 pounds whole crab, broken into pieces
• 4 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
• newspapers
• beer

Directions

1. Heat a large pot of water over an outdoor cooker, or medium-high heat indoors. Add Old Bay Seasoning to taste, and bring to a boil. Add potatoes, and sausage, and cook for about 10 minutes. Add the corn and crab; cook for another 5 minutes, then add the shrimp when everything else is almost done, and cook for another 3 or 4 minutes.
2. Drain off the water, and pour the contents out onto a picnic table covered with newspaper. Grab a paper plate and a beer and enjoy!

I printed off some cute photo props and pretty much demanded that everyone choose two or three and have their photo taken.  I love the way these turned out!!!