Welcome to our family blog!

We visited Bridget at work last month and brought her lunch. We didn’t know we were going to see a huge spider fall from the wall,

Before Ethan turns four, , we wanted to post some pictures from his birthday party at Monkey Joe’s this past July, just before we left for our Uganda trip. He had such a great time and all his buds were there. All the kiddos were red cheeked after many many rounds through all the jumpy jumps and slides and to end the day, Monkey Joe himself paid a visit and everyone enjoyed pizza and Cars cupcakes.

This is a family favorite that originated from my sister-in-law Jeanine. My mom would make these when I was in high school and my friends would flock from miles to partake. We just made a batch this past week and wanted to share the recipe with you all. These sandwiches (and especially the mustard sauce) are truly amazing and make a great item for pitch in, appetizer, or if you want to just make your own personal rack,

*If you have any favorite family recipes you would like to share on the Hurry Home, feel free to contact us and send them our way. We have featured two recipes so far and links to them are on the new “Recipes” page. Enjoy!

Heavenly Ham and Cheese Sandwiches

-2 Bags of Rolls (King’s Hawaiian Rolls work nicely)
-8 oz. ham
-6 oz. provolone (Can also use swiss or velveeta)
-½ tsp. worcestershire
-1 ½ tbls. poppy seed
-Regular mustard
-1 tbls. dried onion flakes
-1 stick melted margarine or butter

Melt butter in pan and add: ½ tsp. of worcestershire, 1 ½ tbls. Poppy seed, 1 ½ tbls. of regular mustard, 1 tblsp. Dried onion flakes, and stir sauce and blend together. Slice rolls long ways, add ham and cheese then put rolls top back on. Put rolls in pan with sides. Pour sauce over the top and cover sandwiches with foil.

Cook at 350 degree for 15 mins. Voila!

(Download printer-friendly PDF of recipe)

Had a great time trick or treating with the kiddos last night! (See “More Candy” for last year’s adventures) This year, Ethan was a clown and Evelyn was a lion. We pulled them in their wagon, so they had a mobile oasis in between candy stops that was filled with snacks and tasty treats. Grandma saved my clown suit from when I was around Ethan’s age and she fixed it up a bit and brought it over this week for Ethan to wear. The costume Ethan is wearing is 30 years old! (minus the ruffle around my neck and the hip monkey hat) See the picture on the right of me when I wore it,

Last month I had a fun photo shoot with Ethan and Evelyn in the front yard. See the full gallery of pics below:

I just came across this picture. It’s from our wedding day five years ago and it’s one of my favorite pictures of Bridget.

Our baby girl got her first haircut last week. She did great! Check out video on Ethan’s first haircut and some pics, so you can compare their first haircut experiences

It’s Bridget’s birthday today. Happy birthday my beautiful wife!