Happy Memorial Day

Memorial Day Potato Salad Recipe

This is Papa Richards' fave recipe.  We are going to our 2nd annual Memorial Day BBQ tonite and for the 2nd year in a row I am making this recipe.  It is from the Peach Tree in FBG.

10 cups peeled boiled potatoes (about 5 lbs.)
8 boiled eggs, coarsely chopped
10 ribs celery, diced
10 green onions, chopped
1 large yellow onion, diced
3 cups good quality mayonnaise (3 to 4 cups)
1/2 cup chopped pickled jalapenos
2 T. juice form jalapenos
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 t. comino or cumin
1 T. black pepper
1 T. salt

Directions:
In large bowl, combine potatoes, celery and both onions. Combine remaining ingredients and add to potato mixture. Mix well and chill several hours or overnight. Serves 24.

feeding the seagulls

Beachtime was limited on this trip.  We spent most of the morning our first day at the beach, but I did not take my camera b/c I knew we would be there 5 days, and I thought I would have plenty opporunities to take pictures.  It was very windy, and lots of seaweed as I said.  The waves were really rough, so on the last morning we tried once again and decided to at least feed the gulls our bag of white bread.  The girls became quite the bread-throwing experts and this ended up being one of their favorite times on the beach.

Texas State Aquarium

We spent the day at the Aquarium in Corpus, and had a blast. Mommy was even included in the birds of prey show and had a hawk land right above my head. There are so many things to do and touch at the aquarium, the girls loved it. Bella's favorite part of the aquarim was all of it and Landry's fave part was the dolphin show.


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Landry's

We ate at the "best restaurant" according to Landry. We found a Landry's in Corpus and she was on cloud 9 to have a restaurant named after her.  She ordered pizza, so could not get any better in her eyes.  We ate on the water and even saw a boat in the marina from my hometown.  The food at the beach is always so hit and miss, but we had a great meal of stuffed crab, stuffed mushrooms, tilapia, and shrimp this evening.

One of my favorite childhood memories at the beach is riding the ferry to Port Aransas.  This was Bella's very part of the trip too.  We even got to see dolphins in the channel. 

day 1 beach trip

For Mother's Day, Ben and the girls took me to Mustang Island. We had the best time, even though the beach did not cooperate.  There was a lot of seaweed on the beach, so we spent much of our time at the pool.  It was a great pool area, with 4 pools including one pool that was only 2 1/2 feet deep, so it was perfect for the girls.  There was only like 7 or 8 families in the entire complex, so most of the time we had the pool all to ourselves.

Grandpa Harry

This is Gigi's stepdad, Grandpa Harry.  Her mom passed away before Bella was born, so we have not seen Grandpa Harry in awhile.  He was a pilot in WWII, Korean and Vietnam Wars.  I used to love to listen to his stories, and we enjoyed hearing a couple during our recent visit.  He is the reason we got our dachsunds, Duncan and Chloe.  He had a round dachsund named Max, that we loved.  He was still his vicarious self, and it was agreat visit.

Coach Dan's soccer clinic

  We enrolled the girls in Coach Dan's soccer clinic this past month.  The girls really seemed to enjoy the drills much more than the actual game, so we thought some one-on-one coaching might help.  They loved it.  It is just what they needed to boost their confidence, not to mention special attention from their beloved Coach Dan.  We may not do the organized league again for a couple of years, but instead focus on these clinics.  They really enjoy themselves and they are not quite as competitive as their Mama so would perfer that to not be learned, for a few more years at least.

anyone?

Found this on the easel, anyone care to take a guess at who it could be?