Mystic, Easter & some food pics

My fantastic friend, Sue, has a membership to Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT, and we took a trip there with her on April 30th.  Our kids have known each other their whole lives, and always have a great time together. 

Look!  A Beluga whale!

The Five Amigos

Looking for frogs

David & Eli

Maddie, trying to get Patience in close for a picture

Patience!  Look at Mom!

Eli deigns to look at me for a photo

Petting a sting ray

Eli snapped this picture of me

Eli gets up close and personal with a sting ray

A few weeks before the aquarium trip was Easter.  We taught Sunday School, boy, were those kids antsy!  Maybe some of them had chocolate before church.  :)

We went to a potluck dinner at Kyle & Beth's house.  My friend, Julie, came with us (her family lives in NJ).  My mom and dad also stopped by for a bit.

One of the desserts I brought:

 Top View

(This Celebrate Plate is currently available on the Pampered Chef outlet on my website.  Let me know if you need the link!)

Friends Tanya & Warren

Friends Jon & Heidi

Jon's brother, Justin (who just last week became a first-time daddy!)

We had a fantastic time, as always.  The kids played hard & were exhausted the next day!

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Working with The Pampered Chef, I am always trying new recipes at my shows.  Why I waited so long to try this one with my family, I'll never know.  It's a Deluxe Cheeseburger Salad, and my family went nuts for it. :)  A bed of lettuce, topped with ground beef mixed with ketchup, mustard, diced onion and diced pickles, topped with shredded cheddar cheese and tomatoes.  YUM.  I just had to post a pic.

There!  Two posts in one day.  I still have some more pics to share...they'll be coming soon!