U.S. Courthouse, Las Cruces NM - Completed

White Construction finally got back some professional photographs of the Federal Courthouse in Las Cruces that we built, now that it has been complete since February this year. I am hoping to attend an official ribbon-cutting ceremony in July.

'Tis the Season for BBQ

Well, when isn't it the season, really? But springtime is a fine time to barbeque, and I've finally gotten around to giving my smoker a little attention this weekend. I've had a 4lb chunk of packer brisket in the freezer, so I went ahead and smoked it. It will make only about one meal for the four of us, so I needed to add something else to the smoker to make the set up / prep/ monitoring / clean-up time all worth it -and that would be the "Fatty". The Fatty is a smoked delicacy that is known to BBQ enthusiasts and I read about how to make them on a Meat Smoking internet forum I frequent. It is essentially ground meat flattened out like a big patty, then rolled up with different layers of ingredients in it. It is then wrapped by a weaved blanket of bacon slices. I thought a "breakfast-y" fatty would be good. My meat was Jimmy Dean sausage and ground round, + colby cheese + onion + hash browns + jalapenos. Once the fatty is done, it is sliced, like a meatloaf, so I am going keep the slices in the freezer and will just grab 1 or 2 when I fix a breakfast on the weekend. The "Boy" (Jack) eats almost as much as me these days so I had to factor in his "intake" of the fatty, and that son of a gun ended up being about 20 inches long.

Lily Turns 2!!

My sweet baby is a big girl now! We had banana muffins (her favorite) on the morning of her birthday, and celebrated on Sunday. She loved all her presents, some of her favorites are her Dora doll, Snow White doll, and princess dress up shoes (4 pairs!). Since Lily is not a fan of cake I made her a 4 layer ice cream pie with strawberries, bananas, and blueberries.