First New Recipe!

I made a new recipe for a barbaque we went to today after church. It was pretty good, I thought. It looks the best right after it's finished. If you let it sit for a while, the mint leave garnish will wilt.

It's a fresh pineapple salad. Take a whole pineapple and cut off the top using a pretty scalloped pattern (triangle for me). Scoop/cut out the pineapple inside and in the lid and place in a mixing bowl. Cut tops off of about 10 strawberries and halve; place in bowl. Peel and chop 1 pear and place in bowl. Chop up some fresh mint and mix mint and 1/4 cup sugar with fruit. Drain liquid and place mixture back in the pineapple.

Make fresh cream by whipping heavy cream with 1 Tablespoon sugar and place on top of fruit.

Make sugared mints by brushing 1 whipped egg white onto 3 mint leaves. Sprinkle granulated sugar on top of leaves and let dry for 3 hours. Place mint leaves on whipped cream.

Out of the Pot

Phoebe would rather eat macaroni and cheese out of the pot than from her plate!

Easter Day!

Easter Day was much more exciting than the easter egg hunt (see post below). We had 1,167 people in church (which is about twice as many as usual)! Good sermon (you can listen online, by the way, at http://ccflemingisland.com/), good music, and several kids in my class want to become Christians! Our kids are fun and lovely as usual.

Easter egg hunt

The kids and neighbor attended the neighborhood Easter egg hunt yesterday. It wasn't nearly as exciting as you think it should be. At least not from my perspective.

When company from the north comes....

.... they inevitably want to go to the beach! Even on a windy day in March. It was cold at first, but then warmed up. I got the first sunburn of the year (put on suntan lotion even if it is cold! The sun shines just as brightly!).

Cody and family!

Phillip's good buddy from college came with his family to spend a couple of days. It's always fun to spend time with them! Here are their kids mixed in with ours.

Just the girls...