Where has summer gone?

Time flies by when you are busy.  I'm not sure where the summer has gone...but who am I kidding?  It is still 90 degrees in FL...summer just keeps on going!  We have spent alot of time with family and friends the past few weeks.  We've also watched our house go up and have learned some new recipes.  Here are a few of the highlights:

Kyle, Donna, Isaac, Gabe

Gabe taught me how to make Eggplant Stacks.  They are layers of panko-eggplant,  herbed goat cheese, fresh basil and tomatoes with balsamic glaze.  Delicious!

Isaac and Gabe played a few friendly rounds of cornhole after jet-skiing two days in a row.  We were all wiped out!  Isn't the view of the pond lovely? 

The two mornings we enjoyed at Gabe and Donna's included feeding the turtles in their pond.  We feed them turtle food at first until we ran out, then switched to cat food.

Meet Caiden Matthew Lilly.  He is so handsome!  So happy for our friends Matt and Abbie and big sister Adelyn.

Princess Adelyn watching princess shows on her daddy's iPad...so nice of him to share:) 

Just look at that cute thinker...Abbie, I think we have another member of "The Pinky and The Brain" club-but this one looks like a Brain-finally!

Isaac joined me (more willingly this time) for another cooking class.  We learned the proper use of knives at Knife Skills 1.  Isaac discovered that he is a "rocker" with a preference for the Chef's knife.  I'm a "chopper" and can't use a Chef's knife to save my life!

Chef Dave nominated Isaac to be the "salt man" for our winter vegetable soup.  We also made gourmet grilled cheese.

Our lot was scraped in August.

For a couple of weeks the only sign of progress was the Port-a-poti...If you build it, they will come...

Then the foundation was laid after our lot was rezoned...apparently our lot used to be a flood plain and was never rezoned after the land was regraded...but now we're back on track.

For all of you non-Floridians...cement block is hurricane building code for first floors of homes here.  

Second story is on and the roof is going on.

Today the house had windows, a roof, and inside there was electrical work being done.   We are looking forward to moving in!