Daredevil

One of the things we're growing in our garden is jalapenos. When they've been left too long they turn from green to red. That is a sign that they are spicier. Lucky goes for spicy foods. He wanted to eat a whole jalapeno, seeds and all (I will often take the seeds out for myself). I told him the red ones were spicier. He wanted a red one. O.K.

I'm not sure if he regretted it or not but it definitely affected him (not in an actual harmful way- it's still just a jalapeno). 

He looked red to me (he usually has a pretty pale complexion) and he did get the hiccups. That is a sign of something spicy getting to you.

I wonder how long until he does it again. 

Easter Days

April 19 was Hanging Out Day. I got to hang out with Jr. at another UVU event. 

Besides the lunch they provided, the also had a soda bar and candy bar. We got lots of candy. I got a lemon-lime soda with coconut and pineapple flavoring in it based on Jr.'s suggestion. Thank you, Jr. It was yummy.

At the end of the event, they had a Bingo competition. I won! I won! I won! I won a little air fryer. 

I've used it a couple times since I brought it home, both times to make mini jalapeno popper egg rolls. I love those things.

 

That afternoon we had an Easter egg hunt at home. Jet loved it. I'm sure the older kids did as well. It was fun to see Jet didn't need guidance this year like he has in some past years. He was told which color egg to look for and didn't try taking anybody else's eggs.

April 20 was Easter. We went to church and had a beautiful Sacrament Meeting then a brunch in the cultural hall afterward.

We were able to put together an Easter dinner that day. We had ham, scalloped potatoes (from a Season of Family Meal Plans, volume 2, by Jordan Page), pineapple, and resurrection rolls or empty tomb rolls.

I had everybody come help with the rolls and taught them what each part represented.

Roll dough represents the tomb. A regular sized marshmallow represents Christ's body. Dip it in melted butter then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture to represent the oil and spices used to prepare His body for burial. Wrap it up in the tomb/dough and bake about 20 minutes. When you open the tomb, it is empty for He is risen. That's what it represents.

 

It was a nice little reminder during our dinner of what Easter is really about. Because Christ was resurrected, we will be resurrected, too. All the physical troubles our bodies go through in this life won't follow us through eternity. But the relationships we cultivate here on Earth, whether it's going to church together to learn more about our Savior or making a fun treat together, will last. What a marvelous blessing.

Father's Day 2024

We did not make Jeremy breakfast for Father's Day this year on June 16. He did request what dinner he wanted including dessert so I have a funny story to tell about his dessert.

He had gotten a recipe for root beer float pie and wanted that so I got up early to make it for him (it is supposed to be in the freezer for so many hours). I had a graham cracker crust from the store because I figured I wouldn't have the time to make a crust from scratch. Sigh. So I made the filling and there was too much to fit in the one pie crust. Ugh. So I realized I needed to make a graham cracker pie crust after all. As I was getting a recipe and making the crust, Jeremy joked that there would be too much for one pie crust so I'd have to make two crusts then I'd need to make more filling and on and on and on. Lo and behold, I ended up with enough graham cracker stuff to make two pie crusts. I ended things by filling the first homemade crust with the rest of the pie filling and putting the other homemade crust in the freezer to use for a different pie later. Ha Ha Ha.

Jeremy didn't complain and he didn't complain about the rest of his dinner, either. He had chicken enchiladas and jalapeno popper egg rolls. Yumm.

Besides the food, I printed some little booklets for the kids to fill out about Jeremy. I got them from Jordan Page at funcheaporfree.com

Of course at church Jeremy wore his Father's Day tie that Jr. decorated for him when he was in Nursery 14 years ago.

Jalapeno Dinner

January 29 was National Corn Chip Day. We don't fill the stock pot to the top any more with a seven times batch of taco soup. This year we made a double batch, though. 

The recipe calls for a can of pinto beans with jalapenos. We never do that. This year, however, we had some cans of diced tomatoes with jalapenos. I put in one of those cans and three regular cans.

I asked Jr. Jr. to pick out a bag of Fritos from the pantry to go with the taco soup. He picked Spicy Jalapeno Fritos.

Jeremy stopped by the grocery store on his way home from work to pick up some sale items and picked up a loaf of jalapeno French bread while he was there.

Ha Ha Ha Ha. So we had a jalapeno dinner.