Good Friends... Good Food

It is no secret around here how much I enjoy cooking. I get excited to try new recipes and change things up a bit to make them my own-- tonight was no exception...

 

I had a big package of ground beef and thought hmmm... meatballs would be nice. I searched on the internet for a few recipes and shortcuts when it comes to making them and voila I had meatballs!

I added milk and an extra egg to the recipe and measured them out with an ice-cream scooper. I baked them instead of frying them which made things even simpler.

And let me tell you-- they came out so good that my kids ranted and raved and even came back for thirds.

They didn't even mind that I didn't have baked buttered bread to serve alongside the spaghetti.
Annalyn is playing clarinet this year-- just two weeks into it. She sounds great for not playing very long. I guess the couple of months she played two years ago made it easy for her to pick right back up.

This evening we went over to our friends' home for dinner.

Here is one of their dogs.

Our kids love to go over to the Lindeque's because there is just so much outside fun!
The older kids were not thrilled about coming, and I almost said they didn't have to, but John insisted. I was glad that he reminded me that we are a family and unless there is a really good reason, we go places as a family even if the older kids don't feel like it.

William was in heaven up in a tree. He absolutely loves to climb and begged repeatedly if we would let him jump out. Sorry William-- no broken legs for you.

Dennis and Lehman are the same age. Aren't they cute?

Dinner was simple, the company made it special.

We are going to miss our South African friends so much!
We came home just in time for the kids to watch Fred the Movie.

I passed.