Sunday, May 13, 2018

Mother's Day 2018

Matthew cooked eggs and bacon to start of Mother's Day. Then we went for a family walk/hike through the Brushy Creek trail. I ran ahead to take this picture, then Matthew started running to troll me by not being in the picture (too slow!) and then of course everyone else started running, too.

I took the kids to Gateway Church, where they had a nice message about mothers and God's love.

I marinated lamb chops for 24h for Mother's Day dinner. (It turns out it's hard to find lamb chops -- I called four HEBs after the first one I visted didn't have them, and finally found them at Whole Foods 365.) Everyone was a fan, from the two year old to Grandpa ("best lamb chops I can remember"). Rounded it out with spiced carrots and yogurt, fresh green beans and bacon, mashed potatoes, and fresh bread. Rachel made Grandma's favorite tortellini soup and a fruit salad AND a carrot cake, and Matthew and Melissa both helped out a lot. Tommy *wanted* to help. Isaac and Corinna mostly ignored the activity in the kitchen until dinner time.

Cooking for a big group is tough. I made too many green beans and (with three full racks) not quite enough lamb chops.

This is the main table, we had to overflow to the dining room as well.

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