French Night

It is time for Dinner Club again. The theme was French food. The food was sooooo good. We had quiche, souffle, cream puffs, chicken (yummy), panini's, pastries, bread, couscous salad, crepes, veggies, etc. There was so much food!! I made the crepes and the brioche. The crepes were a lot of fun to make, and they taste so yummy.

Crepes
2 C. all purpose flour
1 C milk
6 T butter, melted
3 eggs
4 T sugar
1/4 tsp salt

Add all ingredients except for the milk. Add milk a little at a time until the batter is a liquid consistency. Add 3 T to a pan set on medium low heat. Swirl around in pan till the bottom of the pan is covered with batter. Cook the crepe for 1 minute until the crepe is slightly moist on top and golden underneath. Gently flip and cook for 1 more minute. Serve with fruit, jelly, whipped cream, syrup, yogurt, etc.

Chocolate Hazelnut Crepes
1 C chocolate hazelnut spread
4 Crepes
4 bananas sliced(or any fruit)
Can of cool whip

Spread crepe with hazelnut spread. Put sliced bananas down the center of each one. Roll up, and warm in frying pan for about 90 seconds. Transfer to plate and top with cool whip.

French Brioche
1/3 C warm water
1/2 tsp dry active yeast
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
3/4 C butter, softened
3 1/3 C. all purpose flour
1/4 C white sugar

1 egg white
2 T water

Combine warm water and yeast. Let sit 5 minutes. Add eggs, butter, flour, and sugar. Knead 5-10 minutes. I found that I needed a little more flour. Divide into 3 Sections. Twist each section and braid together. Let rise in warm place ( I used my oven) for 30-45 minutes, until doubled in size. Mix the egg white and water. Spread on top of bread and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Wasatch Back Legs 2 & 3

My second leg of the Wasatch Back was 8.5 miles long. I was so bummed when I found out they changed the route and made it longer. Originally the course was a small uphill with the rest downhill. After it changed I had about a mile of straight up hill, which killed me, before the downhill. I found out during that run that I needed new shoes. I did it--thank goodness. I didn't notice any of the scenery, but I bet it was gorgeous. My next leg was at 3:30 in the morning. It was 5.6 miles. The night runs are the best for me. It is so cold and I am able to run really well. I was pleased with that run. I ended on a good note, which was good. I really wish I would have trained a little better. I am definately not going to procrastinate so much next time.

Wasatch Back--Leg 1-- 5.1 Miles

I am so glad we decided to run in the Wasatch Back again this year. I can't believe we beat the BYU runners. They finished the whole relay in 17 hours. And we , well, we finished in 30 hours. So we didn't beat them, but we had a lot of fun and gained a lot from this experience. My first leg of the race was 5.1 miles and leaves the city of Logan and winds its way through rural communities of River Heights, Providence, and Millville. I started off pretty good, but I didn't feel as strong as last year. I was in much better shape last time. I still managed to finish at 10 minute miles. So it was all good. The girls before the race began
Not the best picture, but here I was getting ready at the starting line.
Lookin Good
Our van--Rob, Cathy, Mark, Me, Jace, Brian, Britt. They were such a huge support to me, and made this time a lot of fun. Thanks guys!!

ITS TIME

I can't believe the race is already here. I am so excited. It sounds like it is going to be bigger and better this year. For those of you who don't know much about the race, you have a team of 12 people who run 3-9 miles at a time from Logan to Park City. This year our team is Greg, Susan, Michael, Justin, Garrett, and Britney(their neighbor), Me, Mark, Cathy, Rob, Brian, and Brittny. It is going to be a blast. I will definately let you know how we all did.

Cooper's Day at the Park

Last weekend I took the boys to go see Indiana Jones. Cooper absolutely fell in love! He scrounged around in the dress up box and this is what he came up with.

Cooper learned how to climb this tree a week ago and was begging me all day to take him back so he could climb it wearing his Indiana Jones hat. The rest of the time at the park he was tying his whip, aka belt, around the tree limbs and swinging from it. (I think you had to be 5 to enjoy that part of the movie.) All in all it was a fun time.