This is the first time I’ve shared a picture of myself and I have to say it’s much easier to share pictures of food. I don’t really like pictures of myself, but in an effort to get over that (this is what I look like afterall) I decided to let you all know what I look like.
Last week my family spent our vacation with my sister’s family and my parents in a rented house at Gulf Shores, Alabama. The beach was beautiful and we had a fantastic time. My mom had prepared lots of food for the week and frozen it, packed on dry ice. (See my post on vacation food for how to do this)
Here’s a picture of the cooler. The dry ice was packed on top of the food, along with newspaper as an insulator.
Our menu was similar to what we did last year. Stuffed Shells, Chicken Fiesta with Black Beans, hamburgers and hotdogs, Chicken Tetrazini, Chicken Pot Pie. My sister and her husband raise bison and they brought along some bison fillets that they grilled for us. I made mine into a salad.
We did plan one night for eating out at Lambert’s Cafe. Lambert’s is a very popular restaurant. We waited nearly an hour for our table, but it was worth it.
They had the cutest bucket of condiments on the table. I had to drag them out and take a picture.
My brother-in-law ordered frog legs. He got 5 pairs, attached at the…ummm…hip. I hear frog legs jump in the pan while they’re cooking.
My oldest daughter was put off by all the meat and food. She eats like a bird and decided to order a salad. That must be a joke at Lambert’s, because the salad was big enough to feed a family of five for a week.
We even had a visit from the tooth fairy while we were at the beach.
Definitely a good vacation all around. Thanks for letting me share a bit of it with you.
LOved the photos- I think readers like to see who we’re conversing with! I don’t know why you don’t like photos- you look great to me! LOVE the toothless smile photo.
I’m jealous! Those are great pictures.
Looks like a great vacation! Nice pic of you too. I LOVE Lamberts….there was one in SE Missouri we went to when I lived in Arkansas. After you eat one of those rolls it’s almost over, but there’s so much other good stuff to come!
Thanks for sharing:) What a nice pic of you…We are going to the Maine shore this weekend, I will use some of your tips!!! Thanks
yeah…what a fantastic vacation…..I LOVE the pic of you….It’s nice to put a face with all those fabulous recipes…..
The photos are wonderful and I love knowing what you look like – you are very young, very cute. I’m kind of with your daughter on the food at Lambert’s – there’s just sooooo much of it that it feels wrong somehow. Good, but wrong. I can’t help liking it though. Looks like a wonderful trip.
I love being able to put a face with the blog! All the pictures are great.
Love these pics – makes me hungry and happy looking at them! Glad to see such a great photo of you – now I feel like I know you:) My mom has told me how sweet both you and your daughter are! Bless you today and am glad you’re back.
Thanks for the pictures! Wow…the beach is sandy white…I’m glad you guys had a great time!
What a great idea, rent a home on the beach for vacation! And I looooove the idea of taking along pre-prepared food. I came to your site to find something for dinner. I love to cook, but sometimes, I run out of ideas, or my family decides, “I don’t want that.” We will be having frog legs soon! Thanks a lot for your help.
Great pictures.
Been to Lambert’s many times. Last time I was there, don’t remember frog legs. I’ll have to visit again soon.
It is so great to put your name with a picture. You look wonderful! Thank you for sharing all the wonderful recipes. That’s probably what I need to do at home, make a lot and then freeze the food. Making 3 meals a day at different times of the day is not my idea of great fun,unless I’m trying new recipes.
I could identify Alabama white Gulf sand anywhere! Glad you had a great time. How smart to take prepared food. We always think about it but never do that — you’ve inspired me to do better this year. Thank you!
Fun Photos! It’s nice to see you! Your family looks sweet! :0)
Great pics…including the one of you. Glad you had a fun vacation!
Pretty good post. I just found your blog and wanted to say
that I have really enjoyed browsing your posts. Anyway
I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon!
Oh I loved seeing the pictures of you and your family! Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great vacation!
congrats on your feature day at sits, looks like you’ve got a great blog here! i could take a lesson for my beach trip tomorrow.
I love that photo of you. Everything about it is perfect. So summery and fresh. Thanks for sharing, Jen
You are adorable!! Happy Sits day!!
These are great photos and I love the food pictures! I’ve been scrolling through and you have some great recipes. Thanks for sharing them. I’ll serve them up in Perth, WA! x
Visiting from SITS! Great pictures. It sure sounds like a great vacation.
Love the picture – I too much prefer to be BEHIND the camera!
Hi from N Ireland.
Oh wow, what a fun trip! Congratulations to your daughter on losing a tooth, that is always exciting! Fun photos!
Lovely picture – enjoy your SITS day!
Stopped over from SITS! Awesome photos (including the one of you). I like it when people put pics of themselves on their blogs, I like to see who I’m talking (or typing, I guess) to. Happy SITS day. Now off to plan some of my dinners this week. I like it when people tell me what to cook, makes my life at least 39% easier.
Stopping by to say congrats on the Feature today over at SITS
Your food looks delish!! Gonna poke around some more!
Enjoy today!
Congrats on your sits day! Thanks for the pics!
Have a fun SITS day!
sandy toe
Congrats on your big day. Stopping by from SITS!
Great blog…loved your picture and all the food posts…over from SITS…
You should share more pics of yourself. Congrats on being featured! YUMMY food!!!
happy SITS day! you look lovely! off to read more!!!
Visiting from SITS. I have been poking around your blog for a few minutes and already have some great ideas for meals and desserts. Yummy. Keep up the good work!
You are featured on SITs today! Wow that is awesome!
Like Kristin, I’m visiting from SITS and looking around your blog. I’ll be back for more, because I can always use new food ideas.
You look great! Congrats on your SITS day, enjoy!
Happy SITS day. I think that’s a cute picture of you, and I like the froglegs photo!
Note to self…do not read a food blog when you have yet to eat breakfast! WOW! This is great! Have a great SITS day!! : )
Hi there!
YUMMY food and you are adorable in your FIRST EVER published photo of yourself…at the beach too…wonderful!
Have a great SITS day!
Jill from The Glen
Stopping over to say hi from SITS!
Lovely time with the family! The beach is beautiful and so is your family…and that includes you! Thanks for sharing your blog and yourself.
Wow! Your food pics are awesome!!! Everything looks wonderful! And your picture of you is adorable! Congratulations on your SITS feature today!!!
We have a beach house rented this summer on the Jersey shore and I am so excited to read more about how to plan food for a vacation. Looking forward to looking around! Happy SITS day!
Congrats on being the Featured Blog today at SITS! (you are beautiful!)
Sounds like an awesome time. Love the pic of your daughter with her tooth :O)
Have a great day getting all of the comment love. Your recipes look wonderful. I will have to keep looking around.
Congrats on your sits day! Love the blog (and your cute haircut!)
Wow. I love this blog. Way to get over your issue with posting pics of yourself;-)
Happy SITS Day! I hate the way I look in pictures, too. But, you are adorable. You have nothing to feel bad about. Love the toothless photo!