We'll pretty much use any excuse to get together and have a party! Friday night we invited a group of friends to come over for an Olympics Watch Party. One of our friends, Meghan, is from Canada and we wanted to celebrate the Olympics with her. This is her in her official Canada Olympics mittens and scarf you saw them wearing throughout the opening ceremonies and on the sidelines during the competitions.
When I thought about what we should do for food, I kept thinking "What is 'Olympic' food?" Wednesday morning it hit me - Food from around the world. So that's what we did. Each couple/person brought something from a different country.
For an appetizer, we had Mexican chips and salsa and cheese dip. We also had Fried Plantains from Cote d' Ivoire, Africa and a great crab dip made by Meghan (she grew up in Nova Scotia which is on the Canadian East Coast).
Our main dishes were Italian Lasagna (trust me, it tasted better than it looks here, the guys were hungry and wouldn't let me get a good picture! Ha!)...
and Sauce d' Arashide from Cote d' Ivoire, Africa.
Four of our friends (all present that night) recently returned from Cote d' Ivoire and Karen made this dish. I really have no idea what all is in it except that it has chicken and a peanut butter sauce. She served it over couscous.
For our bread, we had what else but French Bread!
For dessert, we had Canadian Crepes. They were sooo good!
They decorated sugar cookies with icing and all sorts of sprinkles and candies.
And I brought a chocolate fountain which the kids thought was the coolest thing ever. Other parents brought fruit like apples, bananas and strawberries, marshmellows, grahm crackers and pretzel sticks to dip into the chocolate. I was afraid it would be a huge mess, but it really wasn't that bad.
The magazine had two tables and we had a lot of fun this year. Pictured here is Vickie (on the right) and Kacey and her husband on the left.
Kevin and I before dinner.
Audrey (my editor) and her boyfriend Rodney.
The Occasions crew (minus Susan and Brittney who decided to sit this year out.) Yes, Jonathan is our only guy - a decission he might regret now since Josh left! Ha!
And this is what it's really like in the office on a daily basis.
It was a fun night! Kevin and I also bid and won tickets to an upcome Fowler Series concert at ASU and a $50 gift card to Omar's. We were the only bidders and got it for $30. The kicker is, we didn't know until we picked up our package that it included the gift card to Omar's, we thought it was just the tickets, so we were pretty excited. Now we've got another date night planned!
Notice Lauryn's great 80's shirt as we watch the remake of "We Are The World!"
We are loving us some Winter Olympics this year!
Jace and Missy with Tyler.
Lauryn and Chloe deciding how to divide their brownie.
E.J. and Samuel playing in E.J.'s room.
