Zucchini Brownies

My mom recently posted a recipe on her blog for zucchini brownies and I knew I wanted to try making them so when she gave me a huge zucchini from her garden I knew what I wanted to use it for! Check out her blog for the recipe, the only thing different I did was I used vanilla yogurt because I didn't have plain yogurt and didn't want to buy a big thing of it.

First bowl with dry ingredients:

Second bowl with wet ingredients and sugar:

Mix mix mix!

Shredded zucchini (be careful to not shred your finger)

Voila!

The brownies were sooo good, you don't taste zucchini and the texture doesn't change either. I didn't tell Eddie until he tried them what they were but apparently he had zucchini brownies in Italy...Haha needless to say he liked them too! 

We had left over zucchini so we made shish kabobs the following night:

Eddie's Europe Trip

Eddie recently traveled to Europe on a mission's trip with our church. It was a blessing for him to be able to go and visit the missionaries we support, and minister to them in their needs. He can tell you about his trip better than I can so here is the link to his blog where you can find out more about his trip.

I was very disappointed I couldn't go, especially since they spent some time in Ireland-my dream land :). After getting over my jealousy and sense of entitlement I committed to pray for the team, really pray for them. Not only that but since I didn't have Eddie to hang out with or take care of I had more time alone so I turned to Jesus and I knew ultimately He was the one that would take away my loneliness. I drew closer to God during this time, learning to really spend time with Him, and it is something that has lasted after Eddie's return. So if this was the only reason I stayed behind then it was a very good one. The 2 weeks he was gone were long, but somehow they went by fast also. I had lots of loving people to keep me company and I'm thankful for the family and church family God has given to Eddie and I.