First Time For Everything

My Dad and Matthew went clamming last weekend. They sure had a fun time!!! This was not my Dad's first time clamming, but this clam in the picture below was the biggest he had ever caught. I called them the mighty clam hunters :-). We sure had some good clam chowder for the next couple days!!!A couple weeks ago, Matthew and my Dad took an afternoon off work and the three of us went golfing!!! Now I love to golf and have been golfing since I was 12, but I had never gotten a birdie until this day. Let me tell you how it went down. Par three hole. My first shot was off the green about three feet. Hit my ball with my putter hoping it would be close to the hole for a par. What do you know, my 30 foot putt went straight in the hole!!!! I couldn't believe it. I was jumping up and down, trying not to scream. Maybe the LPGA is in my future after all :-)

Easter Sader

My parents decided to host an Easter Sader this year (a.k.a. Passover Sader). They do this once every couple years and I am always amazed at the beautiful way all the elements point to Jesus Christ as our Savior. Here as a few pictures.

Matthew and I
The passover plates. Salt water in the middle. Horseradish, egg, cherosith, and parsley.

The cloth which holds the hidden matzah

The beautiful table my Mom decorated

The Master of the house seat

You have to have lots of flowers!!!

Spring Break Part 3

Matthew took Thursday and Friday off of work to bum around with me. On Friday we stayed in town and headed into Downtown Portland for lunch at the Western Culinary Institute Restaurant bleu. We had a wonderful time and highly recommend it. Five course meal for 15 dollars. This picture is Matthew looking very excited for our dinner.
First course- Smoked Salmon Chowder

Second Course- Beaf Tenderloin on a mound of polenta with a mushroom,peppercorn gravy

Third Course- I got this spinach salad

Matthew ordered the Beet salad

Main Course- I ordered sausage stuffed ravioli

Matthew ordered the Salmon

For dessert we both ordered the orange cream stuffed phyllo dough with chocolate glaze

After lunch we headed over to the Chinese Gardens

We stopped by the Tea House when we were finished and ordered some tea.

It had been a wonderful spring break. I have been able to relax and enjoy my time off. I have posted a lot of photos so make sure you keep clicking older post until you see them all!!!