Osty's Ventures: A Busy Week

Lots of fun activities were on store this past week, so here is a recap. :0)

Last Sunday our nephew, Erik, received his Eagle Scout Award in Rochester. It was a special occasion for him and his family. He has worked really hard for this, so it was nice to see his efforts paid off!! Erik is the one in the middle of the three boys/young men in the picture.

Erik presented his dad, Paul, with a medal for being a parent of an Eagle Scout.

Then Darrell's sister, Patti, had the honor of adding a medal to his many other medals. She was one proud mama!!

Erik gave a very nice speech.

He spoke about one of his mentors, his Aunt Cheryl (Darrell's sister), and he presented her with a mentor pin.

A close-up of his Eagle Scout Award

After the ceremony, everyone gathered at Patti and Paul's for a celebration. Paul's family came from a couple of different states for the occasion, so we were able to get a nice photo of his side of the family.

Evan, Erik, Paul, and Patti

It was over to Heather's house on Monday night. She taught us how to make her yummy homemade egg rolls.

Mike and Heather's friend's husband is from Laos, so the recipe is from him. These are fabulous egg rolls!!

Simona was the "unwrapper" of the pastry. I was the "stuffer" and "wrapper" while Heather was the "gluer" of the egg rolls.

Looking so official :)

Heather's husband, Mike, was the official fryer for the occasion.

Don't these look yummy??!!

Heather and her daughter, Victoria, also prepared a meal to go along with the egg rolls. I brought the dessert. :) Heather's mom and step-dad also joined us for dinner.

Three generations: Heather's mom, Heather, and her two daughters, Victoria and Olivia

Snuggle time for Grandpa and Olivia

Heather showed us Mike's Big Lake basketball uniform from the late '80s while Jill decided to don this crazy blue & gold mask!!

Next was dinner and movie night at Heidi's on Thursday night.

Alison was the only one who hadn't seen The Help, but we still decided to watch it since we all read the book. We also prepared dinner with a Southern theme.

Here is Heidi making cheesy grits, a new recipe that she came across.

Deb and Alison helped with the okra and baked beans.

We opted to be healthier, so we substituted rotisserie chicken instead of fried chicken.

However...I found a new recipe that is so yummy but not one that I would classify as "low fat." They are called Frosted Cheesecake Brownies. Peter and Rachel sampled them before we even had dinner. :0)