Our town is having a carnival and our kids’ been talking about it all week. Chloe knew the exact operation hours and which classmates are going on what days.  So cute.:)

Chloe’s so happy she found her friends!

I hosted a ladies brunch for my friends this morning.

Bloody mary cocktail

Smoked salmon with herb butter

Strawberry tomato jam crostini with feta cheese and mint

& prosciutto and cucumber crostini with arugula mustard

Grilled asparagus with prosciutto topped with poached eggs

Baked french toast

Monte cristo strata

My breakfast plate

And we also celebrated Amy’s birthday. Happy birthday!

They settled in our lawn and made it their home. Cute.

Chloe is in the town parade walking with her daisy troop.

There she is!

Haha, Shane’s about to melt. It is HOT today.

Afterwards, we went to our kids’ all time favorite park nearby to play some more then came home to eat lunch in our backyard.

Jjajangmun for dinner.

Happy memorial day!

After we got home, we cooled off with yummy drinks.

Cheers!

We did a little hiking this afternoon in upstate NY.

Then we stumbled upon this ferry road near the Tallman Mountain park.

This was the highlight of my day… seeing them playing.

We’re grilling today for the first time this year!

I made individual watermelon cocktails for our lady guests.

Homemade strawberry tomato jam to go on the crostini with feta and mint leaves

Let the grilling begin…

Little spies…

Thank you Mun family, Tan family & Woo family for coming all the way to our neck of the woods!

Korean braised short ribs. One of our family’s fave! It took me over 3 hours to make it last night but it’s so worth it! Similar recipe here

I’ve been craving all kinds of Korean dishes lately… maybe something to do with watching too much Korean dramas late at night? Hmmm…

If I ever spot Chungmu Kimbap at a Korean grocery store, I would always buy it over regular kimbap. However, non of them really tastes like the “original” like you find them in Korea. So today I searched for the recipe and thought I would give it a try.  I even made my own radish. And I’m so glad I did. 🙂

Chloe’s daisy girl scout troop is planting flowers at the Borough Hall this afternoon.

Shane and I went to our town library while we waited for Chloe. I was getting myself a book and when I came back I found him here… in a swan chair.