Thursday, July 9, 2009
So SAD...
I just packed my crock pot and both pantries are empty. Looking at all the boxes stacked in the dining room, I'm SO HAPPY to have a 3 week break before unpacking!!!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
S'More fun
"Hey, wanna s'more?"
"S'more what?"
"No, no, you want a s'more?"
"I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have s'more of nothing?"
"You're killing me, Smalls! These are s'mores stuff. Okay - pay attention!
First, you take the gram. You stick the chocolate on the gram. Then you roast the mallow. When the mallows flamin', you stick it on the chocolate. Then you cover it with the other end. Then you scarf! It's kinds messy but good. Try some!"
THE SCIENCE OF S’MORES
Graham crackers, chocolate, a toasted marshmallow. What more can be said about a s'more?
Plenty, if you're asking Reginald Mitchell, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University. His specialty is combustion sciences, so he knows a good deal about marshmallows - when they're near a campfire, that is. Turns out toasting a marshmallow is actually a six-step process:
1. Swelling. As the marshmallow heats, the moisture in it expands, causing the marshmallow to swell.
2. Escape. As the moisture expands, it blows tiny holes through the marshmallow and escapes as steam.
3. Sugar rush. Depleted of moisture, the marshmallow is now a sucrose char. Oxygen in the air rushes to its surface - it's ready to burn.
4. Flame on. Oxygen diffuses from the air to the marshmallow's outer surface. At the surface, carbon reacts with the oxygen, producing a blue flame. This is called burning in the diffusion limited mode.
5. Oxidation. Simultaneously, carbon atoms grab oxygen atoms, producing carbon monoxide, then carbon dioxide.
6. Oxyinterruptus. Pulling the marshmallow from the fire and blowing it out interrupts the oxidation process. This creates soot, evidence of incomplete combustion.
Found at: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1216/n5_v198/19554054/p4/article.jhtml?term=
Each year the youth get together to look at pictures of Scout Camp, Girls' Camp, and High Adventure. In the past, we've done a fireside, but in an effort to make firesides more spiritual, we planned this for a Saturday night activity. First, all the youth and their parents and leaders (with children) gathered in the front room for a slide showing on the ceiling (it worked the best).
Then we all went outside for a roasted dinner on the fire pit. After kids were done eating, they went out to the soccer field behind our house for a little exercise! I didn't get a picture of that one because I was off on a motorcycle ride!!!
Thanks for all the prep work, YM and YW leaders! We didn't do anything but have the house in some sort of order! It was great!
I was teasing Bishop for being so dressed up. I'm glad he was able to loosen up a little bit and enjoy roasting with us! He did a fabulous fireside the next night about prayers!!! Thanks, Bishop!
Of course, what ward/youth activity would be complete without a cute picture of Annie and her buddy Brynnley?
I'm still looking to do fires at least twice before we have to leave our house. If you're interested, come on over tonight or tomorrow!!! Right, Andy? :)
"S'more what?"
"No, no, you want a s'more?"
"I haven't had anything yet, so how can I have s'more of nothing?"
"You're killing me, Smalls! These are s'mores stuff. Okay - pay attention!
First, you take the gram. You stick the chocolate on the gram. Then you roast the mallow. When the mallows flamin', you stick it on the chocolate. Then you cover it with the other end. Then you scarf! It's kinds messy but good. Try some!"
THE SCIENCE OF S’MORESGraham crackers, chocolate, a toasted marshmallow. What more can be said about a s'more?
Plenty, if you're asking Reginald Mitchell, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University. His specialty is combustion sciences, so he knows a good deal about marshmallows - when they're near a campfire, that is. Turns out toasting a marshmallow is actually a six-step process:
1. Swelling. As the marshmallow heats, the moisture in it expands, causing the marshmallow to swell.
2. Escape. As the moisture expands, it blows tiny holes through the marshmallow and escapes as steam.
3. Sugar rush. Depleted of moisture, the marshmallow is now a sucrose char. Oxygen in the air rushes to its surface - it's ready to burn.
4. Flame on. Oxygen diffuses from the air to the marshmallow's outer surface. At the surface, carbon reacts with the oxygen, producing a blue flame. This is called burning in the diffusion limited mode.
5. Oxidation. Simultaneously, carbon atoms grab oxygen atoms, producing carbon monoxide, then carbon dioxide.
6. Oxyinterruptus. Pulling the marshmallow from the fire and blowing it out interrupts the oxidation process. This creates soot, evidence of incomplete combustion.
Found at: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1216/n5_v198/19554054/p4/article.jhtml?term=
Each year the youth get together to look at pictures of Scout Camp, Girls' Camp, and High Adventure. In the past, we've done a fireside, but in an effort to make firesides more spiritual, we planned this for a Saturday night activity. First, all the youth and their parents and leaders (with children) gathered in the front room for a slide showing on the ceiling (it worked the best).Then we all went outside for a roasted dinner on the fire pit. After kids were done eating, they went out to the soccer field behind our house for a little exercise! I didn't get a picture of that one because I was off on a motorcycle ride!!!
Thanks for all the prep work, YM and YW leaders! We didn't do anything but have the house in some sort of order! It was great!
I was teasing Bishop for being so dressed up. I'm glad he was able to loosen up a little bit and enjoy roasting with us! He did a fabulous fireside the next night about prayers!!! Thanks, Bishop!
Of course, what ward/youth activity would be complete without a cute picture of Annie and her buddy Brynnley?
I'm still looking to do fires at least twice before we have to leave our house. If you're interested, come on over tonight or tomorrow!!! Right, Andy? :)Cosette's Visit
My niece came home with us from California and stayed for a month to play and help while we sold the house. Unfortunately, the camera wasn't often around while we were! These favorites are fun though - just imagine the rest!
Cosette loves to cook. We made apple pie, blueberry cobbler, strawberry and blueberry jam, zucchini bread cookies, and lots of dinners. She tried and learned to like kale, zucchini and squash raw, meatloaf, and lots of other goodies!
Her goal was to hook Emily around her pinkie, and I think that happened!
The first week Ben was at Safety Camp through the city. The last day was an award assembly, so to pass time while there was another house showing until we could go, we went to a local park. They went exploring down by the creek where Emily fell in. Since we couldn't go home, we were the family with the baby dressed only in a diaper. Great...
We had a fun HOT morning at the zoo. We all loved the baby chimpanzee!
Feeding the birds is ALWAYS the highlight of our zoo trip! Then we had to hurry back home for the plumber!
We had great fun! For some reason I don't have a good picture of "bugaboo" (ask Emily to say that; it's adorable!!!) while we did campfires, but she does that at home! Thanks for coming Cosette!!!
Cosette loves to cook. We made apple pie, blueberry cobbler, strawberry and blueberry jam, zucchini bread cookies, and lots of dinners. She tried and learned to like kale, zucchini and squash raw, meatloaf, and lots of other goodies!
Her goal was to hook Emily around her pinkie, and I think that happened!
The first week Ben was at Safety Camp through the city. The last day was an award assembly, so to pass time while there was another house showing until we could go, we went to a local park. They went exploring down by the creek where Emily fell in. Since we couldn't go home, we were the family with the baby dressed only in a diaper. Great...
We had a fun HOT morning at the zoo. We all loved the baby chimpanzee!
Feeding the birds is ALWAYS the highlight of our zoo trip! Then we had to hurry back home for the plumber!
We had great fun! For some reason I don't have a good picture of "bugaboo" (ask Emily to say that; it's adorable!!!) while we did campfires, but she does that at home! Thanks for coming Cosette!!!Happy News
1. I found my wedding ring that has been missing for about 8 weeks!
2. I won an appeal with my insurance company!!
3. Andy found our missing Zoo passes!!! (anyone up for a morning at the zoo this coming week?)
4. We have finally decided on going to law school at the University of Akron in Ohio!!!!
SAD NEWS:
*still haven't finished packing house (have 12 more days to be out with a clean house!)
*still haven't found a place for us to live in Ohio
*still don't know Andy's last day of work
*still don't know where will be living for Ben's sixth birthday which is a great source of worry for him. :(
*still tired of hearing Annie crying, Ben teasing, and Emily eating my deodorant
BETTER NEWS:
All but one of my "sad news" will be resolved in the next month!
Now, if I could just lose 80 pounds, all would be well in the world!!! Hope you are having a happy day!
~lindsey
2. I won an appeal with my insurance company!!
3. Andy found our missing Zoo passes!!! (anyone up for a morning at the zoo this coming week?)
4. We have finally decided on going to law school at the University of Akron in Ohio!!!!
SAD NEWS:
*still haven't finished packing house (have 12 more days to be out with a clean house!)
*still haven't found a place for us to live in Ohio
*still don't know Andy's last day of work
*still don't know where will be living for Ben's sixth birthday which is a great source of worry for him. :(
*still tired of hearing Annie crying, Ben teasing, and Emily eating my deodorant
BETTER NEWS:
All but one of my "sad news" will be resolved in the next month!
Now, if I could just lose 80 pounds, all would be well in the world!!! Hope you are having a happy day!
~lindsey
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