We had a Relief Society progressive dinner tonight. It was really neat and fun. We started with appetizers at one house and I fell in love with some little won ton like things- turns out it even had shrimp in it! What a coincidence I had just been talking with another person about my aversion to seafood and at the same time was eating these yummy cripy things with a cream cheese filling and they had shrimp in them... lol! Then we headed over to another house and we had yummy yummy ham with an incredible glaze on it, and funeral potato's and some green bean stuff- I'll admit, I didn't even try the green bean casserole- I was enjoying myself and I just didn't want to waste stomach space on green beans- not my favorite vegetable... After that we headed to another house for the dessert course and by then I was just about completely full, but I was able to make room for a chocolate cake with gnosh in between the layers and poured over the top- yum yum yum!!
Of course the whole thing was fun, but I really really appreciated the opportunity to get out and talk to the other women from church and the fact that it was an activity that was designed for us to socialize and just talk. We see each other on Sunday's and at other activities, but when we are trying to take care of kids and busy fulfilling our callings on Sundays there is just not much time to sit and talk and really socialize and get to know each other better. It was good for my psychi just to get the opportunity to talk with the others. Also with Rich being gone this week it was wonderful for me to get out of the house without the kids and just talk to other adults and enjoy myself for a few hours.
I got home and Alyssa had fallen asleep on the couch so instead of trying to put her in the car and load up all the kids to take the babysitter home, I felt it would be okay to just put her in her bed and allow Alex to stay home for the 10 minutes it would take to take the babysitter home. I thought he was responsible enough to sit on the couch and be there just in case she woke up- and I think that it helps him feel more responsible by knowing that I trusted him to do that (even if it was only 10 minutes).
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Hi Julie
That progressive dinner was wonderful. And just to let you know - the green bean casserole was pretty tasty. It kind of tasted like the good old casserole I make with cream of mushroom soup and crunchy onions. I think there was some cheeses in it, too. And just a reminder - I think you are SUPERWOMAN
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