Service Auction

OK so finally I have something to post that isn't about my kids.

So last night was one of our quarterly enrichment meetings. We did a service auction where people donate services like babysitting or home made quilts or yard work or dinner and then at that auction you can earn points for different things like 10 points if you read your scriptures today or 10 points if you exercised today. So first we served dinner and it was supposed to be outside so we were going to BBQ chicken kabobs, beef kabobs and veggie kabobs and then serve them but of course it was silly to assume we could do something outside in early June and it being western Washington it rained all day. So we made the kabobs at home and rewarmed them at the church. Also we served rice and this amazing spinach salad http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/SPINACH-SALAD-WITH-APPLES-AVOCADO-AND-BACON-104477 if the link doesn't work go to epicurious.com and type in spinach salad with apples, avocado and bacon. So I made the dressing the day before and when I tasted it I thought it was bland and I was really worried about the salad but when I ate the whole thing together it was amazing. Sooooo yummy. I don't really like bacon but I loved this salad. I thought I took a pic of the food table but I guess not. For dessert there is a yummy trifle that is popular in the ward so we served that with brownies and luckily we only needed one pan of brownies because the other suffered the casualty shown above (yes that is a footprint). Over all it was really fun. Mickey Batin was our auctioneer and she is a blast, very unconventional. We had about 32 people there so I was really happy with the turnout. I know a couple of people had to go to end of school year award ceremonies for the middle school so that is OK. Those who were there had a great time I think and I feel like it was a great success. Good food and great friends...what more could you ask for?