And the "Chopped" Champion is...

We had a really fun Family Home Evening tonight. We love the Food Network show Chopped. We decided to do our own version of chopped. We all went to the store and picked out a 'secret' ingredient. Then we paid for our groceries and came home. We then put our names in a hat. The first three names would be on one team with each of their ingredients, and the three names that were left would be on the other team with their ingredients. The rules are you have to use each ingredient somewhere in the dish, you could also make use of anything in the 'pantry/storage room.

This is what the teams and ingredients looked like: Layne (steak), Andrew (zucchini) and Katie (beef jerky) on team 1.

Team 2 was made up of Julie (Fennel), Connor (Strawberry Fruit & Grain bars) and Cole (Easy Cheese AKA cheese wiz).

We got together in our teams and made up our recipes. Team 1 made Flavor blasted goldfish encrusted steak bites with zucchini, jerky, tomato and cheese side dish.

Team 2 made a fennel, celery & mandarin orange salad with fruit & grain bar crumbles/croutons served with a cheesy vinigarette dressing.

It actually turned out really yummy. It was fun to be creative and work together to come up with something edible. None of us had ever had fennel before. It was actually quite good.

What happened last month...

It has been a long time since I have blogged. I am going to have my children write their own 'happening's'. I absolutely loved Conference. I feel so inspired and uplifted. The messages of service, love, marriage, parenting etc. were amazing. I can't wait to get the Ensign next month and reread and study the talks. On to updates: Layne and I are doing very well. Layne has been very busy at work and I am having a blast working at the school. I love the kids, they are so funny. We love going around and supporting our kids in all their activities. We just finished painting our downstairs, Saturday, with help from the kids. It was a fun activity to do together. Now we get to pick out new carpet together. The kids have really enjoyed being involved in the whole process. Andrew: I've had two tennis matches. lost one of them and won the other. I play doubles. I got a cortizone shot in my finger to attempt to fix it. General Conference was good. Thats my life right now. Connor: I am working on my Eagle Scout Project now, I am making canes for young blind kids. My basketball season with the Irish ended at 4-5 which for our first year together against teams who have been together for quite a while is pretty good. Cole: I played a basketball tournament and went undefeated,they made a bracket of the tournament and we won the championship of that also.I started soccer and that's going well.I'm in a school play coming up and I'm really not excited for that.I am having a piano recital in May and I'm playing Tarantella. Katie: I am starting soccer.My team name is the commets.I know some people on my soccer team .I have a recital coming up also.I am doing good at school .I painted my downstairs with my family while my family and I were listening to general conference.I am playing turkish march by beethoveen for my recital piece.