Jicama Salad

So a bit ago we got a vegetable called jicama, and weren't quite sure what to do with it.  So we looked up a few different recipes, and you can see one of those above.  Mom peeled and cut the jicama into strips, and then blended that in with pineapple, carrot, cilantro, and I think there are some bits of cucumber in there too.  This is delicious.  The jicama is largely flavorless, but it absorbs other flavors around it, and adds a bit of a texture to a recipe.  Mom also used jicama in another recipe that involved peppers and lime juice, and that one was actually pretty spicy but it was also good.  We were adding jicama to our tacos too, adding a little more texture and taste to Taco Tuesday.  It's a neat little discovery!

So these spiders are relentless, which is what we learned about them last year.  You just have to be diligent about getting rid of the juro spiders.  The other spiders must be really confused right now, as the angel of death passes over them leaving them unharmed.  But the juro spiders are targets, and we just have to keep going out there with the salt weapon, which is so much more cost effective and less poisonous than the bug spray that we went through quite a bit last year.  

I was writing the "Raya and the Last Dragon" message today, and I must say I've enjoyed the four movies we've chosen for this series so much more as I watch them repetitively.  I've seen more in these than I did at the first viewing, and I believe this next message is going to be a great one at all of our campuses.  The other thing I was working on, weirdly enough, is Summer Xtreme.  Yes, we still have one campus left to do Summer Xtreme Nights, and that is the one in Orange County.  I've been sending over a whole lot of material and talking with them in California quite a bit lately.  

Free Chapel Youth is hosting another luau tomorrow, and Maddie is getting ready for that.  She's inviting some friends too.  Two of them are coming, so I imagine all three are going to have a great time.  I'm super proud of Maddie for inviting her friends so often.  It'll be a great time.

Tonight we were back in Narnia for the story of "Prince Caspian."  It's a pretty good rendition of the story, and actually very enjoyable.  Our only regret is that there's just one more of these movies.  Sure, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" doesn't stick to the book as much, but still it would have been nice if Disney had stuck with this series enough to see it through to the end.  Anyway, we enjoyed the story again.  I've been listening to "The Magician's Nephew" in the car, and am actually going through that for the second time now.  Soon we'll start writing messages for the new Narnia series, which should be fantastic fun.

We said our prayers tonight, this after reading about Constance Contraire and an attempt to figure out where she actually came from.  It's been a good book, and there's a bit of gravity to this third entry now, as there is a threat to take Constance away.  I think she's collectively our favorite character!

We were in bed after reading and prayers, quite worn out from the full day.  It was a good day though!