Kim's Kitchen

  Today, I spent nearly the whole day in the kitchen...and as I just finished putting away that last of the dishes, I realized that was something Kim did on a frequent basis...
  Starting with the big breakfast, bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, toast and blueberries - Andrea had dropped her daughter Lexy with us in time for the feast and we ate...shortly after I cleaned up the kitchen - the kids wanted lunch - I wanted them to have a later lunch, since we had tickets to go see the Univerisity of Arizona play Stanford in basketball this afternoon - Lexy and her brother David were going to come with and Angie was taking their cousin, Branden, so we were all going to go down together - but, when our House Representative, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot and rushed to UMC, the game was postponed until tomorrow...
So, I made the girls pasta and the boys ate quesadillas...cleaned up, took the kids outside to run Bella and then, right back in to make a new batch of marinara sauce...and hosted Angie, Andrea, Mario, David, Lexy, Breanna, Kim, Mariah and Micah for a large pasta festa!  The bambini's sure had fun, putting on a show for all of us in the hallway.  
      I have more Kimmy stories, but, feeling a little off tonight, so thought I'd share another excerpt from the journal Kim was keeping for our family...
                                                                                                                         Sept 27, 2003
   "It's 98 degrees and we are out on the 'slip 'n slide".  Tonio's taking a little rest on his bouncy seat and I'm out watching Cody and Autumn have a blast!  Cody runs full force and throws himself in the air like Superman!  No fear for the little man.  Autumn tries to imitate, but inches along on the ground yelling 'woo hoo!', cute as a button in her Elmo swimsuit.  Dave has another week to go and his new "Kohl's" department store will open.  He'll be home soon to enjoy some of these festivities.  Another beautiful, cloudless day in Tucson!"

     Although we never had a pool, Kim sure loved to get the kids out back to play on a slip 'n slide or a inflatable pool.  She'd make the kids parfaits or shaved ice as a treat.  At the home we live in now, we often take the slip 'n slide across the street to the little park, stretching our front hose across the street.  Kim liked to bring over snacks or sandwiches for a little picnic for the kids...and they sure had more room to get up to full speed over in the park.

    Well, Antonio lost a tooth today, so we'll expect a visit from the toothfairy tonight...!  It was a good day in Kim's kitchen...
 
      Love,
            Dave