Bread Ministry Update

I have been doing Bread Ministry for about 2 months now and it is still fun.  Always an adventure because you never know what you are going to get.  One week there was zero bread.  Sometimes there is a ton of yogurt, and one week there was 20 gallons of milk.  Usually I don't get any.  This is what makes it so fun!

This is what the van looked like a few weeks ago.  FOUR grocery carts filled with nothing but bread, plus 2 more carts with cakes and produce.  Bu the end, Rylee and I were just tossing bread into the back of the van. It was insanity!  

Finally got the van loaded and were able to close the door on it all!

So much bread for people to come and get!

And bagels and english muffins and cinnamon rolls.....

And cake and guacamole and yogurt and milk!

Yikes!And more bread and rolls and cupcakes!!!

There was so much bread that day that this is what I had leftover. Probably 100 loaves of bread.  I called the missionaries and they came.  I called the lady that feeds the homeless and she came. But there was still so much left!  I called my cousin who lives in a less affluent area here and her husband came and rescued me from all the bread.  I HATE having to throw it away if no one takes it.

What's happening

Here are the photos that don't rate their own post:

Two delicious Oreo Caramel Pies, all ready to go in the freezer for Pi Day

I discovered a new pie to try for Pi Day and of course we made two and we ate one.  It was delicious!  It is an Oreo Peanut Butter Pie!

Delaney got a referral to the osteopathic clinic to get an X-ray of her hip to see if there was any visible reason for her to be in pain.  There is not.

Marian wanted to try making Ratatouille.  So she did.  First time we have cooked with eggplant!

Look at this incredible masterpiece!! It was pretty tasty too!

Selfie with my dog.

Rylee got her cast removed after wearing it for 4 weeks.  They gave her a splint to wear for 2 weeks and a follow up appointment to make sure everything was healing fine.

This snuggly boy loves scripture time, when he gets to be close to all his favorite people.

I made "Funeral Sandwiches" for dinner because we had company coming and I wanted something easy.  So yummy!

And this is the recipe, in case you need it!

Callie wanted to go run her Cross Country Course on a relaxing Saturday run, so Marian and I went with her and ran the course.  So complicated!  But it was fun.  Dan and Levi meandered around the park and Dan took this photo of us.

 

A Little Hike

One lovely Saturday morning we went for a hike.  Well, not Callie because she had Cross Country kids to get together with.  And not Delaney, because her hip hurt.  And not Rylee, because she didn't want to go.  So Dan, Marian and I went out to check out a trailhead I drive by every Monday.  I thought it was awesome hen we discovered it is the Marian Bear trail!

If it can be climbed, it must be!

Mostly the trail looked like this.  But you could loop away from this onto smaller trails that went up the canyon side. 

We took a smaller trail up the canyon side and this is what we hiked up!!  Whew!  It was tough!  And my legs were crying, and I was sweating, and it was hard work! And it was a lot of fun, once I could breathe again.

Here we are, having a good time!

 

Cross Country Callie!

Callie had a Cross Country Meet every Thursday afternoon for several weeks.  I took her to every one but the last.   And I took pictures at all of them.  Just because I could.  This isn't all of them, but this is my girl and she was awesome!

It was a tough race season for her but she showed up every practice and to every meet and did her best and I'm so proud of her.  

 

Marian's Senior Photo Shoot

Another lady in the Ward with a senior hooked me up with a photographer.  The photographer wanted to scout out a new location for photos, and she gave us a great deal to be her guinea pigs. Marian decided she was willing to sacrifice her sleep and skip seminary to hit the time slot she offered, so we drove out to the beach at 7:30am on a Friday morning. 

The photographer was great!  She had Marian smiling and posing and she took a lot of awesome pictures.  I just trailed after them, holding stuff.  And occasionally I took a picture of the goings ons. It was fun to have Senior Photos done. 

And here are a few of my favorites from the professional photos!