What's for Dinner?

When Barry was a kid his family had a fun dinner idea they would do sometimes. They would go to the grocery store and Barry's dad would give all of the children $1 to pick out something to share with everyone for dinner. They would each purchase their items in secret, then when they got home everyone would place the food on the table and that would be their dinner. We did that with our family on Friday. With the cost of inflation we gave each of the kids $5. This is what they came up with: pizza, pot pies, cheetos, mac n cheese, gummy snacks, pudding packs, sunny D, sunkist soda, a pomogranit, chocolate cream pie, and ice cream. It wasn't the healthiest meal, but it was one where NOBODY complained or said, "I don't like this!" We ended up with leftovers and maybe think we could have gotten by with giving everyone $4, or maybe even $3.

Have a great week!

Mindy's shots

All of the pictures from today's blog come from Mindy's camera. She obviously didn't take this one, but she likes to take pictures and was devastated last summer when her camera was stolen. I found a digital camera at a garage sale and we gave it to her for her birthday. She has been having fun taking siblings out and having them pose for her. Here are some of her shots:

I love the way she has Ben posing in this one. Just enough attitude peeks through, but he can't help but smile. Handsome just like his daddy. :-)

Mackensey is a good sister to Mindy. She is patient and kind. Mindy and Mackensey love to hang out together and very rarely fight. 

Makayla poses on a tree stump across the road from us. We watched as they logged this property this summer. A gigantic claw would grab the tree, then a very large saw would cut through the trunk. Then the claw would pick up the tree and gently set it on the pile of logs. All in about 30 seconds. Amazing.

This picture is "Awesome!" I just have to use that word because that is Marianne's favorite word this week. We took her up to the ski hill for her first time yesterday to pick up Maddy from work. We started ski school this week and every time I leave Mari begs to go skiing. So we took her up there and she watched Ben ski and use the tow rope. She said "Awesome" to about everything in site. After a bit she decided to ski as well, so she would run down the hill as Ben skied, then walk up behind him, holding onto the tow rope.

For all of you who live in California and think this is just a backdrop for a photography studio, think again. This is the real deal. The kids like to go sledding on our property and it has been a good year for that. They go sledding almost every day. 

Have a great week!