Sacred Visions Pow Wow 2016

One of the biggest things we want to share with Haidyn is where she comes from.  We’ve always talked about raising her with understanding both cultures are equally important in her life because they make up her heritage. I don’t get to show her much her Filipino traditions here other than speaking in Tagalog or showing her some of our traditions, but I’m grateful that Waymon gets to show her some of his culture here. I’m also thrilled that I get to educate myself in his culture as well.

This year Haidyn was finally old enough to join our family in the Sacred Visions Pow Wow. I cannot even tell you how nervous I was to make her dress for this event especially because it was only a week after our move.  Thankfully everything turned out just fine.  Haidyn wore her first dress and receive the most beautiful earrings and matching hair pieces and moccasins. Haidyn had a blast being there with her family and didn’t want to stop dancing (more like running around). I had no idea I had to walk with her during Grand Entry until 30 minutes prior, but I was able to dress a little more appropriately thanks to Waymon’s Aunt and walk with Hootsee.  

Haidyn didn’t get to make it to her Tiny Tot dance due to her bedtime, but she had so much fun just being at the Pow Wow.  We’re looking forward to next year and hoping that I will be a little more prepared for next time.  I’m glad that I got to be a part of such a beautiful event with our girl.






Haidyn's Pow Wow Attire:  Simple Toddler Dress (handmade by me), Beads ( from hair pieces and moccasins by Heidi Barlese, Beadwork on hair pieces and moccasins by Myrna & Sage Dunn. 

Skinny Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Peppers

One of our favorite restaurants in town is a local Philly Cheese steak place. It’s to die for, but it’s further away from our home than it use to be L Now, we can enjoy our favorite in our home and less calories. If that’s not a win I don’t know what is. Also, Haidyn loved helping with this dish. You will be in and out of the kitchen within 30 min! 

INGREDIENTS

• 4 Green Peppers
• 1 Sweet Onion, sliced
• 1-1 ½ shaved steak (we pre-cooked ours on the grill)
• 2 Cup Shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1 tablespoon EVOO (we used coconut oil )

DIRECTIONS

1.   Heat pan up and add in coconut oil.
2.  Add in onions and sauté until they're translucent.
3.   Add in steak (ours was pre-cooked and pink so we combined onions and steak together, if you don’t precook your steak you will have to cook until steak is pink) and season with salt and pepper.
   
4.     Preheat oven to 375º .
5. While preheating prep your baking sheet by lining it with foil and greasing it .
   
   
   
6.   Cut green peppers length wise and remove seeds and ribs. ( Don’t cut off the tops like I did )
7.   Fill bottom of pepper with cheese. (You may divide the cheese amongst your peppers).
   
   
   
   
8. After the cheese, layer on the onion and meat mixture.
   
   
   
   
9. Add the last of the cheese on top of the meat mixture.
   
10.  Cook peppers for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is fully melted.
    
    
    
    
    
    

All That is Dipped is Gold

My obsession of decorating our home is rapidly coming over me. I wanted the more rustic look in our home since nothing, and I mean nothing in our home stays in pristine condition. I’ve tried and it never works in my favor, so deciding that our décor would be a little more rustic chic is perfect for us. My touch to our home is gold- literally. I love the gold dipped look in our home so much that I just about did it to everything. Can you blame me and my love for all things gold? It gives our space a little flare that’s unexpected.  Crazy how far some gold paint and painters tape will take you. I revamped our old tables and vases! 

Repurposed Bread Box to Coffee Station

My mom has a habit of buying herself new things for her home and giving me the older version. I don’t mind since it’s an upgrade in our home, but when she gifted me a stainless steel bread box she had me stumped. What the heck was I suppose to do with it? We don’t leave our bread out since it’s too hot to do that. I decided to think outside the box and turn my bread box into a coffee station!

I love that it fits in perfectly with the décor of the kitchen and more importantly it hides all the clutter in the kitchen and when it comes to coffee our counter is always a mess . We upgraded our old mug tree holder (also from my mom)  to this bread box. I re-purposed my mug tree holder too, stay tuned!