The Travis Skinny

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kveers — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:38:19 +0000

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paris, mon cherie (day one)

kveers — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:31:17 +0000

as I sit pouting after webb’s latest nap shenanigans (a half hour snooze, followed by a meltdown at the Y), I’ll relive better days by telling you about our adventures in paris. This year was our 5 year anni, the house is “completed”, we never got out pre-baby, and it was just time to do something vacation-y. We met up with our great friends the fultons, and as luck would have it, we were able to arrive at our meeting spot at the exact same moment, without the help of iPhones, etc.! I have been to paris twice already, but it was great to re-do some favorites and hit some new high spots.

Day One:

Notre Dame:

Stonework:

Gorgeous stained glass inside:

Street music on the pedestrian bridge to Ile St. Louis:

Famous ice cream on the Ile St. Louis (i had the white chocolate, delicious!):

home improvement: living room

kveers — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:28:42 +0000

our new living room is 98% looking good. i can’t remember if i showed you a before pic. i’ll try to fish one out…

anyways, welcome to the new room. pic from hall as you are turning in to the left.

going around the room, wall with fireplace, to your left:

then turning right:

larger room view:

february in review

kveers — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:57:41 +0000

i like february. january is long and cold, and march is long and almost, but not spring, and february is a fun little month in between with 2 holidays and one last potential for snow. the travis february in review:

webb and i have been sick all month. huge bummer. i have had a sinus thing for two weeks now. i am going to the doctor tomorrow. i called the nurse to see if i should come in and she said, stuffy for two weeks? YES.
we tried eating healthier this month, and had a full week of veggie dinners. Try out these recipes if you want: stuffed potatoes, spinach enchiladas, black bean veggie burgers (yum – my first veggie burger) and spinach stuffed squash boats.
webb started rolling over from front to back. but has recently forgotten how.
we got a new car, an acura mdx. we like it. lots of space in the rear for extremely easy removal and insertion of the stroller. it does look mom-ish. but with spunk.
webb loves watching TV, which we try to avoid. yesterday, he was sneakily trying to watch tv while hanging out in evan’s lap. evan turned the tv off and he proceeded to cry for 30+ minutes.
we did not go anywhere this month except a quick trip greensboro. i’m itching for some travel. so we’ll see…!

sourdough.

kveers — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:10:32 +0000

i am not the portrait of domesticity… reference my kitchen loaded with dirty dishes below:

however, now that i am going to be staying at home with webb, i am diving into domestic activities that can keep things at home interesting. project one was sourdough bread. my mom always said making the sourdough starter was the hardest part, so i attempted this first using this recipe. this turned out to be a good move because you have to let the starter sour for a week before you can make the bread. Everyone should try this, it was pretty easy. I do not have a thermometer for the warm water, so if you don’t either, here’s my tip, wait until the water is hot to the touch but not so hot it burns you, and that should be about in the right range. So then you mix everything up and just let the bowl sit on your counter for a week. Here’s my starter after one week:

I then tried to follow through and make the whole recipe in the bread machine. It was gross. So much for taking the easy way out. The following week, I used this recipe instead and did not use the bread machine. Perfection!! This bread is/was seriously delicious, see below. I followed the recipe, with the following exceptions: kneaded the bread for only 5 mins (i got bored), omitted egg and onions (egg, too complicated even though it really probably isn’t that hard, onions, yuck), and i took it out after 30 mins and it was very doughy, so I cooked it at 300 degrees for another 10 minutes. Enjoy!

goodbye truck.

kveers — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:03:19 +0000

with three people in the family now, we’re outgrowing evan’s tacoma. we don’t try to all ride in it everyday, but at least once a saturday we head to home depot with the truck… evan driving, webb facing rear in the front seat, and me spread out side to side over the jump seats in the extended cab. it’s not terrible but we’ve decided an suv will suit us better if we can sell for a good price. it’ll be sad to see it go because it has served us SO well for almost 5 years. it has been crucial during our 4 moves, countless house projects and a couple of trips off the beaten path in the mountains. we cleaned it up on saturday and took a few pics of the men in the man mobile…

my mom said they also had to sell their “thing” back when i was born as it didn’t have a/c. it may be a sad rite of passage (really for evan, let’s be honest, trucks aren’t my fav) but this face is totally worth it…

christmas tree!

kveers — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:15:56 +0000

we have been cutting our own christmas tree for a couple of years now, and this year was extra special. we spent our first thanksgiving at the travis mountain house, which has been in process for the last year or so. it was a great first holiday in the mountains, and set us up perfectly for hunting out a choose-n-cut location close to the house. evan and i led the caravan to find a tree farm, with almost no guidance, but we sure lucked out because only 15 mins down the road was a perfect frasier fir farm, with reasonable prices, a stellar tree selection, a hay ride and free hot chocolate and marshmallows! (who knew this was spelled marshmAllow?? not this girl, unil i was corrected by spell check!) a couple of pictures from the adventure follow.
the whole crew set for the hay ride:

for these we set the camera on the timer, but didn’t realize it was on timer + continuous shoot where it takes multiple pics in a row…

webb slept through it all:

introducing webb travis…

kveers — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:20:34 +0000

born at 6:45pm, november 16th. 10 days overdue and only weighing in at 6 lbs, 12 ounces and 19.5 inches long. these aren’t his cutest pics, but we’ll post more later!

room for one more.

kveers — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:58:58 +0000

the little guy’s room is ready for occupancy.

and i am sporting a proper bump at 38 weeks (that was last week). (i don’t usually look this tired, i was worn out from our secret mission.)

not clean, far from finished, but so exciting…

kveers — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:00:47 +0000

we live here. we can eat, sleep, watch tv and take hot showers. the trim’s not finished nor painted, most of the rooms are missing doors, i could go on, but what’s done is looking good. i didn’t clean up anything or attempt to stage the pictures, but i was too excited not to start sharing.