Blue potatoes

If you have been following Darren's blog lately, you'll know that he has been photographing potato harvest. One night this week he came home with a gift one of the farmers had given him. Blue potatoes. For Sunday dinner today we tried them out.
















The blue potato with skin.
















The blue potato peeled.
















Mashed blue potatoes. Darren, Kevin and I weren't hesitant to try it but Ethan was. He thought it looked like frosting and frosting with gravy or butter did not sound very appetizing to him. He finally tried it and the potatoes were gone by the end of dinner. They tasted just like white mashed potatoes. Purple potatoes with brown gravy doesn't look very pretty, however.

Family Birthday Party

Today is Kevin's birthday. Because some of my family and some of Darren's family were still here yesterday (from coming to the wedding) we decided to have a birthday party for Kevin, his cousin Carson, his cousin Luke and his Grandpa Bartholomew. It turned out to be a fun afternoon.





















Kevin hitting the race car pinata.





















Ethan hitting the pinata. I think he made the most dents but Kaitlin was the one that finally broke it all open. (I think - correct me if I'm wrong)



















Jacob trying to hit the pinata. He didn't do so well.


















Collecting all the candy. Some of the kids were really picky and, because they spent so much time looking for certain types of candy, they didn't get very much. Others just grabbed everything and got a big bag full.
















Luke, Kevin, and Carson blowing out the candles on the leftover wedding cake. Thanks Tracie and Jeff. We did the same thing after Nalani's wedding, too.















Kevin with all of his presents.
















Jacob "holding" Cameron with Grandma Clark's help.




















All the kids eating their pizza.

Tracie/Jeff wedding

Tracie and Jeff got married Friday. It was a full day of wedding/family. The weather was so beautiful until 4:30 when the ring ceremony was supposed to start. All of a sudden the wind started blowing everything away. So it was a quick move to the church house. Lots of hands make fast work and it was soon up and running. Here are a few photos of the day.
















Getting ready to cut the cake






















Eating the cake
















Darren, MaryAnn, LaCee, Rose and Ryan hanging out after the lunch.


















The Bartholomew nieces and nephews at the Idaho Falls temple. I just realized all the boys are standing up and the girls are sitting down.

















Andy, MaryAnn, Tracie, Rose, Ryan, Susan, and Gary. All of the siblings except Ben. We missed you Ben.