My Life Revolves Around Food

I did not take many pictures of the big baptism weekend because I was mostly making and eating food. But here are the two main characters. They did well and were all smiles and handsomeness (that is until we realized the door had locked behind us while taking photos and it was a mad scramble to get back inside the church in time).

Oh bother...why do they have to grow up so darn quickly?

For lunch after the baptism we had Tortilla Soup, Clam Chowder, and Potato Bacon Cheese Soup with rolls and a fancy salad. For dessert we thoroughly enjoyed Fried Ice Cream (recipe at the end).

Some of the other meals included soft tacos and a baked potato bar with real bacon bits, onion, cheese, broccoli, butter, and sour cream (I haven't had a baked potato bar in years...and it was pretty good and really easy with all those people). There was also shrimp dip, hummus and pita, breakfast burritos, bagels and cream cheese, cereal, fruit, and we even made a turkey but never got to it. We had pizza instead while we watched The Lightning Thief at the Drive In. We got rained on, but it was super fun snuggling up with blankets, popcorn and loved ones.

It's funny how much our lives revolve around food. Or at least mine does. It seems all I do is buy food, cook it, eat it, then clean it up. I love the eating part, but not so much the other parts.

Anyway, here are the few snaps I took in between and during mealtimes.

Miss Squishy Cheeks was loved and adored by all of us. Here she is with Grandma.

We all spent a lot of time chasing this one.

And Mr. C got a kick out of blowing out his birthday candles, which were festively placed into his favorite food item...a corn dog.

Other than eating, we watched a little Nacho Libre to brush up on our quotes, took turns riding Sasha the Schwinn, enjoyed the fabulous weather, chatted, visited and generally had a jolly good time. I love my in-laws as much as my own family and I am so glad they all get along so swimmingly.

As promised:

Fried Ice Cream

Melt 1/2 c. butter in a pan and add:

1 c. brown sugar

7 oz. shredded coconut

1 3/4 oz. almonds

2 cups crushed Chex cereal (rice or corn)

Mix on stove top over medium heat until browned being very careful not to burn. Cool on cookie sheet. Scoop and form vanilla ice cream into balls, roll in cooled mixture and freeze in containers.

Serve with honey, caramel, whipped cream, cinnamon, chocolate, etc.

This amount will cover about one gallon's worth of ice cream.

*Because we were crazy busy, we just tripled the batch of topping and put it in a container for people to scoop onto their own bowls of ice cream. It was quick, easy and just as yummy.