..another family reunion

August 28th, Saturday, another family reunion from my mother in-law side, some couldn't come but still another fun day for Grace, She still not get used to with his uncles, need little bit time until she give them smile. The two girls, Tori and Rayna didn't show up too, so Grace was the only little girl...
The weather not as warm as we thought, so we didn't swim at the little pool in the backyard. We go home earlier because we need to prepare for our trip to Eastern Washington. Got home at 7PM enough time to prepare (mostly) Grace's stuff. ..:))

Family Picnic

Daddy's chating with Ashley,Grace hand up! we're with Heather, left and Gayle, right On Saturday, August 21st, we had Family Picnic, one of some Summer Parties in our family. This time, the Picnic was at 'Vaux Retreat Center at Baker View Park' , Mount Vernon, Washington. This is the family from my late father in-law. We actually not sit down on the grass with picnic blanket, but the Retreat Center has kinda cottage with all the tables and chairs, kitchen with 2 big refrigerators, microwave, etc. Every family brought their favorite meals, or in here, America, we call it 'Pot Luck' Party. I brought 'Paella', Spanish Rice with Shrimps. It's about 20 people showed up, and this time we missed all Grace's cousins, because two cousins were in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and one cousin was in Virginia with his mom, visiting his mom's friend, so Grace was the only little kid and I was surprised because this time she really enjoy the party, smiling alot, clapping alot infront of those people who only once in a while she meets.

Terik Bola Daging - Meatballs with Coconut Sauce

Ingredients - Bahan
1 lb ground beef/chicken/turkey (sekitar 450 gram daging cacah)
1 inch galanga, slice ( 2 cm lengkuas,memarkan)
2 lime leaves (2 buah daun jeruk purut)
1 Indonesian Bay Leave (1 lembar daun salam)
1 cup Coconut Milk (sekitar 250 CC Santan)
1 tbs butter
2 tbs sweet soy sauce ( kecap manis)

Blend the Spices below - Bumbu yang dihaluskan
5 shallot, if big just use one - bawang merah
2 garlic - bawang putih
3 candle nuts - kemiri
1 tsp ground coriander - ketumbar bubuk
salt - garam
a little bit brown sugar (pake gula jawa, kalo tidak suka manis di skip aja!)

Mix the ground beef with the Spices, shape into balls
Campur daging cacah dengan bumbu yang sudah dihaluskan, bentuk bola
Heat the pot, melt the butter and add the raw meatballs, pour the sweet soy sauce until brown
Panaskan wajan/panci, lelehkan butter dan tambahkan bola daging tambahkan kecap manis hingga kecoklatan
Add the coconut milk, galanga, Indonesian bay leave, lime leaves
Tambahkan santan, lengkuas, daun salam dan daun jeruk purut.
Shimmer in middle-heat, give it a stir occasionally until the milk reduce and meatballs well done.
Masak dengan api sedang sambil sesekali di aduk sampe kuah mengental sesuai selera.