The Atwater Family: Happy Halloween

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! Yesterday was halloween and we had a lot of fun. The Atwater clan has a halloween party every year over at Clint's house; so we headed over there for a little while. We made scary face pizza's. Everyone else went trick-or-treating however, we just got called to activities committee in our ward a couple of weeks ago so we left and went to the Trunk-or-treat that we were in charge of. This was the first Trunk-or-treat we have ever been too. It was fun we had hot chocolate and donuts. There were a ton of people there...I would say about 1/2 of the people were inactive members of our ward who came out...which is great. It was kindof weird/but nice to be home and all done trick-or-treating by 7:15, we are usually out all night.
I over heard a girl telling her friend that a lady that was handing out candy at the trunk-or-treat would not give her a piece of candy because "your not active in our church"..I about died. Isn't that the whole point of these things is to get to know ALL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. People like that give the church a bad name. Well all in all we had a great Halloween...hope you did too!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Your kids' costumes fit them perfectly. I love Wesley in that Superman costume lol.; November 1, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Shelly said...: Cute Halloween pictures...we just got called to the Activities committee too! You'll have to share all your great ideas..that is HORRIBLE about the lady at your church..some people are SO rediculous!; November 1, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Rickie said...: Your family looks so great in their costumes. I love the first pic of Wesley. What a cute redneck. I can't believe that about the lady at your church. That's so crazy! Hey we(me, you and Shelly) should all get together for an Activities committee idea sharing night. When I come into town next time.; November 2, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Annette said...: Cute Pictures - I have a blog now.
Hope all is well; November 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM

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Salsa Recipe

Salsa Recipe--by Alicia Atwater

3-4 (14.5 ounce) cans of stewed/or diced tomatoes.
1/4 onion (I like to use red onion).
1 green bell pepper
1 lime, juiced (or you can use 1Tbsp lime/or lemon juice from concentrate).
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic salt (or one fresh garlic clove minced).
2 Tbsp white vinegar
sliced jalepenos from a jar to taste (I use about 10-15 slices...this will be pretty hot). (I also make sure I buy the hot jalepenos in a jar not the tamed ones).
3 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro (or you can use dried cilantro same amount).

Mix all ingredients into blender or food processor. Blend on low to desired smoothness. Best if you refrigerate for a couple of hours before eating.

Eclair Recipe----by Stephanie Stephens

Elair Recipe

Filling
1-5 ounce instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cup. milk
1 sm. container cool whip
4 ounces cream cheese--softened

Mix pudding, milk and cream cheese with an electric mixer at least 2 minutes and until smooth. Fold in cool whip. Refrigerate 2 hours. (For smoothest results--without lumps--mix milk and pudding together, in seperate bowl mix softened cream cheese, then mix the pudding milk mixture with the mixed cream cheese)

Shells:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sifted flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
4 eggs

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat water, butter and salt in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat to a full rolling boil. Add sifted flour all at once and stir until a dough forms and pulls away from the pan. Remove from heat and transfer dough to a mixing bowl. Allow to cool slightly. Then add eggs 1 at a time mixing until well combined after each addition. Spoon dough into 16 strips on an ungreased cookie sheet (I will grease cookie sheet slightly). Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Satiny Chocolate Glaze (from allrecipes.com)
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

In a double boiler combine chocolate chips, butter and corn syrup. Stir until chips are melted and mixture is smooth, then add vanilla. (I don't have a double boiler so I just microwave all ingredients in a glass container for about 1 and 1/2 minutes).

Assembly: Fill shells by either cutting tops off of shells and filling with a spoon or making a hole in top or side of shell and fill with a pastry bag. Then dip tops of eclairs into warm chocolate glaze. Refrigerate until chocolate is set (about 30 minutes). Cover and keep refrigerated until ready to serve. (also good out of the freezer).