{"id":1501,"date":"2011-10-04T22:14:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T05:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2011-10-04T22:42:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T05:42:54","slug":"kevins-kitchenaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=1501","title":{"rendered":"Kevin&#8217;s Kitchenaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago Kevin passed the final oral and practical exam needed to earn his aircraft mechanics certification!\u00a0 It was a wonderful end to a big chapter in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve come a long way since the middle of his second semester when I posted <a href=\"..\/?p=52\">this short post<\/a> about him aceing his midterm.\u00a0 Two years of schooling, Monday through Friday evening, plus Kevin working Saturdays and Sundays.\u00a0 I can sit here and lament about how awful it was without him but I can only imagine how hard it was on him working\/going to school 7 days a week.\u00a0 And now that his final exams are done, he&#8217;s now a certified aircraft mechanic!<\/p>\n<p>So shortly after he aced his exam we went out to our local home goods store to purchase something that Kevin&#8217;s had his eye on for years to celebrate&#8230;a Kitchenaid mixer!<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>of course<\/strong> I documented his first attempt at making cookies using it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1502\" title=\"Kevin's Kitchenaid\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4467-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4467-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4467-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kevin taking his Kitchenaid out for its maiden voyage!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4469.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1503\" title=\"Kevin's Kitchenaid\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4469-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4469-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4469-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A true baker requires lots of tools<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1504\" title=\"Kevin's Kitchenaid\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4472-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4472-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4472-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lola waiting (in vain) for a bit of cookie dough<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1505\" title=\"Kevin's Kitchenaid\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4474-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4474-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4474-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mmm mmm mmm!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So I forgot to take a photo of the finished product (chewy, gooey chocolate chip cookies) but just take my word for it that they were amazing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How I love that little baker aircraft mechanic of mine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Somewhat related to Kevin&#8217;s baking&#8230;but probably not enough of a story to make into it&#8217;s own post&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For Kevin&#8217;s birthday in early September I tried my hand at making a New York cheesecake and I&#8217;m happy to report it turned out pretty darn good!<\/p>\n<p>I followed <a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\/Recipe\/chantals-new-york-cheesecake\/detail.aspx\">this recipe<\/a> to the T and we were super happy with the results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1522\" title=\"Cheesecake\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4435-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4435-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4435-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Not too shabby, eh?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4436.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1523\" title=\"Cheesecake\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4436-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4436-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4436-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Check out that golden crust, mmm mmm mmm!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1524\" title=\"Cheesecake\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4437-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4437-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4437-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The happy birthday boy<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1525\" title=\"Cheesecake\" src=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4438-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4438-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4438-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Oh how I wish we had some leftovers tonight! \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago Kevin passed the final oral and practical exam needed to earn his aircraft mechanics certification!\u00a0 It was a wonderful end to a big chapter in our lives. 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