My visit to the Midwest

Monday, April 26, 2010

When I arrived in Minnesota, the girls had a special greeting for their grandma.. a banner...
Macy is such a great helper. Steve and Melissa have sure taught those girls to work. Kami helps, too, when she gets home from school.

Macy unloads the dishwasher.. and knows where everything goes.

Dinosaurs stealing their french fries ...he he he .... Macy is horrified

Now a little blood for refreshment.

I just got back from Minnesota, spending time with my dar'lins... I took Macy and Kami out to McDonald's and we had fun with the dinosaurs from the kid's meal....

Melissa and Steve Fowler & Kami & Macy & Cash

JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure | Video on TED.com

JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure Video on TED.com

BYU BALLROOM DANCE COMPANY

When we lived in Yuba City, the highlight and absolutely BEST cultural event of the year was to get tickets to the BYU Ballroom Dancers' show and Especially great was to house the dancers at our home..... So Gary surprised me last week by getting us tickets to the show at the Marriott Center.... at some moments we were only ten feet away from the dancers..... COULD NOT BELIEVE our great seats... ON THE FLOOR, second row, and I sat next to the honorees of the night, Linda and Lee Wakefield... who have been directors for 35 years or so. This night was the 50th year anniversary of the BYU Ballroom Dancers... they even had about 300 of the OLD ones come out and dance.... After the GREAT show, I talked with Linda and Lee Wakefield.... one of my girlfriends from Deseret Towers in '72 was Jan Gaub, Lee's partner for many years... So good to get an update from him about her. Here is my favorite clip from the night... The Pirates of the Caribbean... MUST SEE... I'm pretty sure I saw Johnny Depp twirling on the dance floor..

Pirates of the Caribbean.mpg (42MB)

Pirates of the Caribbean.mpg (42MB)

Les Miserables

WOW.. Bonneville High School has pretty much outdone Broadway... New York can just close up shop now... I saw it twice... once with 30 students, and once with 2 dear friends (from the 3rd row).. SO GOOD!

Girls' Night Out

This was a fun night... I took 30 students to Les Miz at Bonneville High School...The cast was FABULOUS... you can't believe they are high school kids..the stage, the voices, the acting. SUPERB. These are four of my sweet girls who went with us... looks like they're having fun.

The Chocolate Fruit Basket Cake

I made this for our Shadow Mountain Bookclub that was held at my home last week... 13 guests...such a fun cake....


The recipe is from the magazine Taste of Home *******and promise me you won’t look at the nutritional/calories info at the bottom*******

Ingredients
• 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
• 1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
• 11 Kit Kat candy bars (1-1/2 ounces each)
• 2 pounds fresh strawberries
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• 1 pint fresh raspberries
• 2 tablespoons apricot preserves, warmed Fresh mint leaves
Directions
• Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using two greased 9-in. round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Separate candy bars; lightly press into sides of cake. Arrange berries on top; brush with preserves. Garnish with mint if desired. Yield: 12 servings.

How-To: To keep the cake stand clean while frosting, line the edge with 3-in. strips of waxed paper. Center the first cake layer over the strips. When finished frosting, carefully remove strips one piece at a time.
Nutrition Facts: 1 slice equals 673 calories, 31 g fat (13 g saturated fat), 57 mg cholesterol, 440 mg sodium, 94 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 7 g protein.
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Next Book Club
Book: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry




Don’t let the juvenile cover deceive you ... it is a very DEEP book. It is right up there with The Prophet by Khalil Gibran.

Good reading….. Anne