Foodcation

Our family took a quick vacation this past week.   The theme of this vacation?  Food.  We won't pretend otherwise.  Not that all we did was eat, but it did take up a fair amount of our time.  Our first stop was the Viking Cooking School.  We attended a cookie decorating class and learned how to use fondant.  We watch a lot of the Food Network at our house, and so we were well-acquainted with this icing substitute.  Our instructor promised that this particular brand was tasty.  To our dismay, our cookies were inedible.  Oh well.  We had 3 hours' worth of fun decorating the cookies.  Also, our instructor made muffins, sandwiches, fresh lemonade, and potato chips, all of which our mother thoroughly enjoyed as she watched our progress.  It was a successful day.

That night we stopped to visit some old family friends.  This family is very special to us, and their daughter, Sarah Barry, is our go-to-gal for all things blog.  We had a wonderful afternoon at their house watercoloring, and ate at Doe's Eat Place that night.  We had heard much about this local favorite and came very hungry.  Our expectations were met, to say the least.  Though Elizabeth and Anna were sitting downhill of the rest of the family due to the sloping floor, we all enjoyed every minute of the multi-course meal.  Our dear family friend ordered hot tamales, salad, broiled and fried shrimp, garlic bread, steaks, and fries.  We felt like we were at a feast!  We loved the food, but the fellowship with our friends was just as sweet.  

Our next stop on the road trip was The Shed.  We heard about The Shed through the Food Network, and stopped for some barbecue.  It was okay, to be honest with you.  The food was nothing spectacular, but the ambiance was worth the stop.

Then we headed to the beach!  We ate at the normal seafood (and chicken tenders, for most of the girls) places.  Here are the highlights: we almost got struck by lightning, Sarah got a sunburn, Anna had a mild heatstroke, Mary Claire got flipped numerous times by the waves, and Elizabeth got a sand burn.  Mom and Dad escaped unscathed.  Dad kept his glasses from the waves for the first time in a few years.  Don't misunderstand us, we had a great time!  It was just adventurous.  But that's us!  Adventurous and hungry.

The Girls