we had a nice 4th of july! although the storms prevented many activities, like parades and fireworks, we enjoyed baking a tomato pie and hanging out with clementine!

recipe to follow.

ryan & gub

tomato pie recipe:

ingredients:
pie crust
3 large tomatoes sliced
1/2 onion sliced
1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
1/4 cup mayonaise
pinch basil

directions:
– preheat oven to 350 degrees
– sprinkle flour on crust & place in a pie pan
– poke holes in pie crust with fork
– bake crust @350 until lightly brown (about 10 minutes)
– slice tomatoes & onions
– layer tomatoes and onions on pie crust
– put cheese spread on top of tomato & onion layers
– sprinkle with basil
– bake for 20-30 minute
– let cool, slice and serve

clementine sporting her super cute barrette that our friend kristen made!

– ryan & gub

our friend kristen and her daughter maypop recently visited and we had a blast! we went to star provisions for lunch and saw some friends in decatur. kristen runs the store treehouse kid & craft in athens.

– ryan & gub

treehouse kid & craft

suite a, 815 west broad street
athens, ga 30601
706-850-8226

a couple of months ago we planted our summer garden! we became quite swamped with clementine shortly afterwards, however, and never got around to writing about it. well, here we go!

back in may, we spent a nice saturday afternoon with gub’s mom getting our garden ready. we weeded and prepped the soil and planted our summer crop. we planted various tomatoes, green & red bell peppers, okra, corn, cucumbers, basil and mint. we can’t wait!

more progress updates to follow!

– ryan & gub

ps…in case you were wondering, our corn is knee high by the fourth of july!

clementine went on her first drive-in adventure last weekend! we took her to the starlight six, which is one of our favorite places to go in atlanta. we figured a drive-in theater was the perfect movie atmosphere for a newborn. if she started to fuss, we could just head into our car and close the windows.

so we packed our cooler and enjoyed a nice summer family outing! we ended up seeing bridesmaids, which was hilarious. hopefully we can do this a few more times before clem gets too restless for such outings.

– ryan & gub

starlight six

2000 moreland avenue southeast
atlanta, ga 30316
404-635-1087

our friend ellen made this amazing yellow bonnet for clementine!

– ryan & gub

clementine looked super cute during her nap today!

– ryan

i made this pillow with clementine’s silhouette as a gift for ryan’s first father’s day! step by step photos below…

– gub

i’ve been enjoying my first father’s day with clementine!

– ryan

clementine is three weeks old, how time flies! she is finally starting to fill out her clothes, which is awesome. we are still not getting much sleep at night, but she sure is a cutie pie.

here are some recent photos!

– gub & ryan