To the park!

Today we visited Fairmont Park in Sugarhouse with Noah. We brought lots of bread to feed the ducks (I claimed it was for Noah, but it was totally for me, ducks are rad).

We went at the perfect time because there were A TON of ducklings and goslings (not to be confused with gosslins, which are on Jon and Kate Plus 8).
We lost Noah a couple times because his camo was just that good. Never again...

This is a cute goose family, we will name them the Gooselins. The goslings still had some of their fluffy down feathers. It was cute, the parents were shielding their babies from the other birds, so we could feed them. I thought it was a little overprotective, until we saw just what seagulls can do. I now fully reject them as our state birds. I don't care how many crickets they ate.... but I'll get to that later.Baby goose, he totally looks like an ostrich.Now for the wretched story of the evil seagulls. We were having a great time feeding the ducks and geese and even the occasional seagull. I looked over and saw two seagulls duking it out over something and then a seagull flying away with something in his beak. Kristo said it was a tiny duckling, but I said no way, it's just a frog. The seagull landed a few yards away and lo and behold... the stupid bird had stolen a baby duckling from its mom. I don't know if it's just because I have a kid now, but it totally broke my heart. The poor mama duck was trying to keep the seagulls away from her dying baby. I know that it's just nature, survival of the fittest... but I wanted to kick that bastard seagull as hard as I could. So boycott all seagulls! They are evil minions of the underworld!

Since that last paragraph was such a downer, here is a cute puppy who loves you to make you feel better...

Yum!

I never let Kristo use his deep fryer, so I decided to make fried chicken to make up for it. It was so so good, I had to post the recipe!

Tony's Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce -The Neely's
Ingredients

• Peanut oil, for frying
• 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups panko bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon lemon-pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• Honey Mustard, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oil to 350 degrees F.

Cut the chicken breasts into long strips and set aside.

Beat the 3 eggs in a separate bowl and measure the flour into another separate dish.

Measure the panko into a pie plate or shallow bowl and season with garlic powder, lemon-pepper, cayenne, salt and pepper.

Dip the chicken strips into the flour, the beaten egg and then dredge them into the seasoned panko.

Fry in the hot peanut oil for 6 to 8 minutes, until golden brown, and remove to a paper towel lined sheet tray. Serve with honey mustard sauce.

Honey Mustard:

• 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoons lemon juice
• Salt and pepper

Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. The sauce can be held in the refrigerator for 1 week.

Florida

A few weeks ago we went down to Florida with my family. We had so much fun and I've been so busy since we got back that I'm just getting around to posting pictures. Plus we have a million pics and it was hard for me to stop adding more!! I finally drew the line on the pictures (I'll post more later) Above is Noah at this pirate golf course in Orlando. Very pirates of the Caribbean, but not quite that cool.
At Grande Vista in Orlando they had these signs all around the lake in the middle of the property. So we went alligator hunting...No sooner did we start then a slightly drunk man sitting out on his room's balcony told us of a monster gater 10 feet long! He said that the man-eater sun bathed in the morning. The next day we found the "monster". More like 6 feet instead of ten, but still pretty freaking cool.
Noah explaining just how big the alligator was. He's totally exaggerating.
My little angel boy. Such a ham and we love him for it.
BLIZZARD BEACH!!! One of the things I was most excited for. It was sooooo fun! Only drawback, the water in the kids area was frigid! Noah wasn't a fan.
He sure looked cute in his swimmin suit though
Well that was our trip. I'll post more pictures later. Everything is going well with our little family. Noah started crawling a few days ago and now cruises around the house after Olive (our dog). Hope you all are doing well and happy!