Sarah Travels, Carmen Cooks, Brittany Wins!
Today was the day Sarah left for Especially for Youth (EFY). When we got up, I made a double batch of German Pancakes for breakfast to make sure everyone was full. Carmen really loved them, so I have included the recipe below:
German Pancakes
6 Eggs, 1 Cup Milk, 1 Cup Flour, 1/2 Cup Sugar, 1 Teaspoon Vanilla, 1/2 Teaspoon Salt, 6 Tablespoons Butter
Melt butter in a 11×13 pan in the oven at 350 degrees. Put the eggs into a blender and blend until bubbly. Add milk, flour, sugar, vanilla, and salt and blend until light and bubbly. Remove the pan with melted butter from the oven and pour the egg mixture into pan on top of butter. Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Cut into squares and serve with powdered sugar, syrup, jam, or in Carmen’s case, chocolate syrup. 🙂
After eating breakfast, we got Sarah all ready to go and we went and picked up Hannah Moye (Sarah’s friend who is going with her to EFY) to go to the airport. Brittany and Carmen came with us. The airport adventure for Sarah and Hannah went well. This is the first time either of them had flown without their parents (or adults of any kind). They looked like pros. 🙂 Their flight safely arrived in Salt Lake City and they called to let us know that.
After we dropped them off from the airport, Brittany, Carmen and I drove the short way up to see the Chicago Temple. Even though today was cloudy, it was nice and cool and an overall beautiful day. We talked to Carmen about what the temple is, why we go there, and how important it it is to us in the Church while we walked around the grounds for a little bit. She thought the building and the grounds were very beautiful.
At about that time, it was time for lunch, so I took the two girls to Wendys where they enjoyed double-stacks with cheese, french fries, and Carmen’s favorite – Frosties! 🙂 This time we went inside, sat down, and enjoyed the food rather than going through the drive-through and picking it up.
After finishing up lunch, we drove home. Both fell sound asleep in the van. I think they needed some rest time. There was an unusually high amount of traffic on the roads today so it seemed like it took forever to get back home. When we finally arrived, the girls were somewhat rested and ready to keep going!
Today Carmen wanted to cook dinner for us and so she tried her hand at making tortilla de patatas for the first time. This is a Spanish dish that they have all the time for lunch and dinner over there. It is like an egg and potato omelet without the cheese.
It was very good. I think that we decided it needed just a little more salt, but we enjoyed this very much! She was so excited to cook this! 🙂 You could see her excitement as we were making it. It was very cute! We’ll have to make this more often for meals. It might even be good for breakfast!
After dinner, the girls watched the movie “Inkheart” and played the Wii until it was time to go to bed. Angela played the piano for awhile as well.
Later, Angela and I joined in with the Wii as well. I won the bowling tournament, Carmen beat us all in the baseball home run contest, and Brittany beat everyone in everything else! 🙂 Brittany has had a lot of practice, though! We went to bed very tired and ready to sleep well!
