Cooking Can Be Fun....

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009, was Enrichment Night. Kelli Devoe taught us how to make some of her favorite Portuguese recipes. We each brought an ingredient for our favoirte dish and had a fun exchange. I got a great stew recipe which Bob will really like and Loraine Nelson gave me her favorite "Miss Piggy" Cookie recipe. I'll let you know how that turns out. You all know how I hate to cook, but I really enjoyed learning to make something so different. Thanks Kelli.

This is the final product of two of the dishes that we learned to make. We also did noodles for our chicken noodle soup and of course we ate cookies for dessert. It was a yummy night with lots of good conversation.

More Fun With The 5th Branch YSA

Quick Impromptu Game of Basketball

Why do guys hang out around the kitchen?

" Bob the Builder"




Olympia can be very beautiful, when it's not raining and the sky is just right. One of the things on the list was a picture of a kiss. This is the "Kissing Statue" at Percival Landing (the southern most tip of the Puget Sound). How romantic....

Met some wonderful people while we were looking for things on our scavenger hunt. This is a shot up by the capital, overlooking downtown Olympia.

Fun Times With the Single Adults

What a fun nights activity. It's been awhile since we went on a scavenger hunt. While we were getting a picture of artesian water we decided that we'd get a nice cool drink....all at once.

Some of Bob's Photographs

Bippert Genealogy--Check Out the Resemblance

Frederic "Fritz" Bippert

Born: 23 Sep 1843, in Riquewihr, Alsace, France

Son of Jacques Bippert

Fred Robert Bippert

Born: 4 Apr 1877, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

Grandson of Jacques

Fred Robert Bippert Jr.

Born: 23 Mar 1920, in Moore, Frio, Texas

Great Grandson of Jacques Bippert

Robert Alan Bippert

Born: 11 August 1950, in Fresno, Fresno, California

Great Great Grandson of Jacques Bippert

Bippert Family Origin

On the left is a picture of Jacque Bippert Sr. He was born in Riquewihr, France, on March 10, 1800. He and his mother Christina, as well as his second wife Magdalene Lett and two children were the first to come to the United States.

Great Great Grandfather Jacque Bippert Sr. reached the blessed age of 94 years. He died February 10, 1894 at Castroville, Texas. "He was a fine type of the sturdy pioneer of Europe who settled in southwest Texas. After assisting to conquer the wilderness, under the stress of great hardship and danger, he lived long enough to enjoy the fruits of his early toil. His old age was marked by peace and plenty." (Johnson: A History of Texas and Texans. 1914"