Food - How do you stack up with the rest of the world

My friend in Serbia sent me an interesting e-mail about how the world eats and what they spend. I found the original TIME article but I like this blog better because it is attached to a map (this is mainly because of my ignorance for a couple of the places that it mentions). So, how do you stack up? How do the Davis' stack up? Lately, we've done pretty darn well not eating out. Jake and I had to grab hamburgers last night at McDonald's since we had a late night at hockey practice. We had yummy steaks, potatoes, and salad on Sunday. On Monday we had a crockpot roast, potatoes, and carrots. I took out Brats to grill for tonight. Too much meat, I agree. We do go through lots of fresh fruit. We usually eat a bag of apples, a bunch of bananas, a carton of grapes, a carton of strawberries, a couple of cartons of pineapples each week. For breakfast the kids usually eat eggs, hot cereal, or pancakes. I usually have cold cereal, yogurt, and juice. Most days I try and have leftovers for lunch. Like today, I brought leftover quiche, and a couple of hamburger patties from last week. So, to put a dollar figure I would say that the Davis' spend about $150-200/week on food (a bit more than the folks in Breidjing Camp.

From the Gridiron to the Court of Honor

Yes, life at the Davis home (as well as most other homes with lots of kids) things are always crazy. After playing in his final football game of the season (by the way it was butt cold and rainy) we hurried over to the church for Jake's Court of Honor. No time to change, just show up in your football gear. Good job, Jake. He was awarded his Star along with a bunch of merit badges that he earned this summer. He's still trying to beat his older brother in getting his Eagle. He's on his way. He should get his Life in a few more months and could get his Eagle this summer. You better hurry up, JJ!

JJ - The Cross Country Man

JJ did cross country this year for Lone Peak. Each week he continued to get better and better. This was a picture that I took right after the finish of the race at Region. He along with three of his other buddies. Way to go, JJ! I believe his finish at this race was a PR of 18:35. Faster than I could ever do that is for sure. If I could ever run under 20 these days that would be a miracle. JJ has two more years and could easily be one of the better runners in the state if he keeps working hard.

First snow of 2007

Bring it on. The FFT (freakin' frozen tundra) is back to Highland. Luckily, the snow quickly melted but we won't see any warm days for another several months. Darn!

My 2 favorite grandmas

Even though it's been a month since I was in Denmark, I need to post this picture of Solbritt and Jenny. You would think that these two ladies stay at home knitting sweaters and baking cookies. They are so darn sweet. Nope. They are professors at the University of Copenhagen. Pretty bright ladies and VERY nice and fun to work with. I hope I get the opportunity to go back and work with them in the future.