Pausing to Catch My Breath and Give You All An Update

Here is our happy little bunch Memorial Night, 2012.  It, as always, was a great night.  We had almost 170 in attendance.  Not quite as many as we did last year, but still a pretty packed house.  We were busy with our invitations but still only managed to cover close to half of our territory.

Here is part of our bunch before the Memorial.  Two of our menfolk were off to help with parking.  We had to pick up a study on the way in, so we couldn't leave as early as we wanted to.  So, why not goof off with all that extra time.  This is what usually happens before you get a decent photo:

So goofy!  It has been a busy month, as always.  Cameron and I auxiliaried again in March.  With kids and I trading off sickness the first couple of weeks it was a very busy second half of the month.  But well worth it.  The kids had the first week of April off for spring break.  Z. and A. joined me in service and J. went off to work with his Dad for a couple of days.  Then they did some work at Aunt Carol's and over at Grandma and Grandpa's place.  Not exactly a super fun spring break but at least it was a break from school.

I didn't forget our Monday night goodies.  Here is last Monday's goodie.  Blueberry Angel Food Cake, fat free, surgar free ice cream and fresh blueberries.  4 PointsPlus

Plans are all set and we will see you all in May.  Squeeeeeee, can't wait!

Blue Potatoes Make the Prettiest Mashed Potatoes

Cameron has been working at a farm close to home.  No, he has not become a famer.  They are building a bakery and he has been working on that.  They are going to be baking organic goods made with ingredients that they are going to grow on their farm.  Pretty neat idea and I can't wait to taste the goods.  Apparently they grow a lot of different potatoes.  Yesterday Cameron came home with a bag full of blue potatoes for me.  So today we used them for garlic mashed potatoes.  So pretty.  It almost looks like frosting.  And they taste deeeeelicious!  Good for you too, blue potatoes have more antioxidants than any of the other colored potatoes.

Isn't it pretty?  One odd thing about these blue potatoes.  The potatoes are a deep rich blue color, when you cut them open they are a vibrant or dark purple.  The water they are boiled in however, is almost a teal color.  Amazing how many colors this one little veggie produces.

In other deeeeelicious food news, this week Rachel and I went over to a friends house to scrapbook.  We are swapping yummy dessert/goodie treats each week.  This is what she made for us this week:

Oh my! SOOOO deeeeelicious.  I couldn't find the nutrition information, but these were very light.  3 pointsplus each for those of you counting Weight Watchers PointsPlus points.  Thank you T!!!!!!!

Last week Rachel made these really yummy meringue cookies.  But alas, they were so delicious, they were eaten before I could take a picture.  Soooo, that means she will just have to make them again. (HINT HINT!!)

Stay tuned for next Monday's goodie.  I promise you will not be disappointed!