Internet saves me

Yesterday we had a ward activity, a Musical Review. The committee planned ice cream sundaes with lots of toppings. I helped figure out the amounts, and helped buy the straawberries and bananas. I got Krispy Kreme hats and covered the wording with strips that said "Ice Cream Shoppe".
I was bringing some serving bowls and some spoons but others were getting the toppings, cutting the fruit, etc.
We were to be at the church by 5 to get ready for the 6 pm event.
at 4:00 I got a call from the chair who told me our hot fudge sauce person had forgotten her assignment. We already had some Hersheys, but we really wanted the hot fudge sauce.
So, I told her I'd find a recipe and call her back.
I had just made some hot fudge for Clyde the week before, but it used chocolate chips and I didn't have a ton of chips and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on chocolate chips. We were expecting 120 people.

So I googled 'hot fudge with cocoa' and Voila there were numerous recipes to choose from. I found one that was similar to the recipe that used chocolate chips. I had all the ingredients at hand. By 4:20 I had quadrupled the recipe and we had hot fudge! The committee chair made some also. I knew I had a recipe somewhere using cocoa for hot fudge, but it would have taken me 30 minutes to look through all my cookbooks for it. The Internet gave us the answer so quickly. What did we ever do with out internet helps in our lives before??

The musical review was so fun and the youth loved their parts, some adults participated too. Everyone was so excited that they invited all grandparents, adult children and families, and friends. There were chairs for 160, then they opened up the overflow with 30 more chairs and at least 10 - 15 people were standing. I think we fed 200!! The committee chair and I made a quick decision to use smaller bowls and only give one scoop instead of the two we had planned. It worked!! The strawberries and gummy bears ran out near the end, but everything else lasted till the end. I think the cans of whipped cream were the most popular.
We even have 1 qt of hot fudge left!!
Note to self: 12 gallons of ice cream will feed 200. (small scoops)

Burgers and Fries

Last weekend we stopped by the new In 'N' Out burger place in Orem. We needed to see what all the fuss was about and why the long lines of cars at the drive thru.
Our assessment:
burgers - were just ok, loved the big slice of tomato and leaf of lettuce. Like toasted buns.
fries - kind of dry and very short!

Then we decided to leave the rest of the fries and stop in at the third!! new burger place within a 1/2 mile of In 'N' Out and Five guys -- it's called Smash Burger.

Our assessment:
Nicer booths, decos, more upscale. Pricier burgers.
burgers - very juicy and VERY salty. tomato and lettuce ok - not as thick as In 'N' Out
fries - longer, and not quite as dry as In 'N' Out. option of rosemary and olive oil fries!

I think the Five guys fries win. Have you seen the grease on their bag of fries?

But I will go back and try a few different items at Smash Burger - maybe the smash chicken burger!

I do remember my favorite burger this summer was had at the little tiny burger place in downtown Provo -Sammy's. Delicious - only the bun needed to be toasted!

And there is one more joint in downtown Provo to try - Stumpy's!

This great work

Great video / photo essay on mothering found here.

After being with Emily for two weeks I could not contain my tears every time I thought about the great journey of mothering, love, and parenting happening in the Maryland Robinson household. Heavenly.
What a privilege to witness and memorize.