Popovers...

I read about Popovers on my SIL and her blogger friends cooking blog here, that I LOVE, it's really helpful for me to try new recipes that have already been tried out or are "family" favorites.
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So days after reading about them, I found a popover pan in a thrift store for $2!!
I was super excited and have been trying to cook for my boys more and try new things. 
I couldn't wait to make them.

I had them timed out to come right out of the oven right when the boys walked in the door from work.

I served them with butter and some of our homemade jam and Mama's homemade pear honey.

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting for the verdict!!

They said they were "heavy" and "plain tasting"???

What did I do wrong?  I think they might have been a tiny bit under cooked.

But they looked and smelled soooo good.

I am not taking my picky eaters word for it this time, they just couldn't be less tasty than how they looked.

Unfortunately, I have been soooo sooo good on my weight watchers, that I didn't have any points for popovers left so I didn't try them out, I just couldn't go there, I would eat the whole pan for sure... and butter and pear honey... oh dear, those are certain triggers for me.  Maybe later on when I am a little more secure with my portion control issues.  But I AM going to try them!!

I just really wanted them to be a good thing at our house since I CAN NOT make rolls to save my life.

Basketball Jones...

 I've been going to watch my boys play in their city league basketball for the Riverside work team.

"Boys" are really funny when they play sports, all kinds of personalities can come out unexpectedly.

So I finally decided to take my camera.  Unfortunately, sports photography is not my forteit... so I spend most of the time trying to just get a clear shot of something recognizable.

Hey, that's my boy!!  Smile.

 I tried to tell him not to put any hair product on before he went and sweated because it would run into his eye... looks like he "needed' to look good over the pain after all.

Hey, some life lessons you just can't be told, you have to learn for yourself.  I am that way too.

My strong silent mysterious man's jump shot... mostly he looks awkward and kind of like an old man playing with these kids that work for him.

 I just liked this shot... lots of thoughts and emotion...

yea, I get allot of "back of the head" shots, cause I'm not quite quick enough on the trigger.

 I guess I just won't ever try to pursue professional sports photography.

I am just not willing to do what it takes to get the angle you have to have for a good shot like this.

And I get pretty distracted with little guys like this...

Go Yotes!

Saturday we tried all day to think of something to get out of the house and do as a family, but we didn't really want to spend any money.   So after an all day search, we ended up staying home.
Are we sad or what.  Definitely the winter blues have set in and sucked out all of our energy, imagination,  ambition and drive.  We are losers, but I will just pretend we are saving up to rock it this spring with lots of fun family plans!
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That evening, just before game time we got a call from some friends and they couldn't use their basketball tickets!  So perfect!  She started telling me they were to watch the women at 5:30pm and as I glanced at the clock reading 6:45pm I wondered if she had lost it?  But then she went on to say they still had the men's tickets for the 7:30pm game... I jumped all over them. 
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Then worried about how I would get my boys torn away from the tv and warm fuzzy blankets they had settled into for the night (I told you we are losers, and old... so we go to bed really early too).
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I finally convinced the boys this was such a gift and just the adventure we had been looking for ALL DAY LONG!!!    So we threw on our coats (seriously that was all I managed to do... hence my homely "look") and were off to pick up the tickets and have an adventurous night.
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As usual, it looks like I drug them there... but I promise they had a great time and went under their own power!!

To root on the Yotes!

And we saw so many friends, and our old neighbors (it was really fun to run into them) and even one of my friends and fellow bloggers boys.

At first I took some stalking pictures I was going to send to her... then I got brave enough to tell her husband who I was and ask for a real picture.  Hey I didn't want to scare her son into a "stranger danger" fit.  But then I figured if they live with a "blogger" they have to be used to having pictures taken in all kinds of strange places at strange times, and sometimes by strange people!

At the College of Idaho... woot woot!

The teenager seemed to like the time out entertainment.

A really good time was had by all!  

Thanks so much Rob and Susan for sharing the tickets with us!!!