chewing the wood

So we had some friends from church come over for dinner on Monday night and we had such a fun time. Jan(Yon or John said with a Y)and Leah Prins. Jan is a native Dutch guy and Leah is from England. Which is why they come to our ward. Jan and Leah are some of the most enjoyable members of our ward. We always love getting to talk with them. Brian home teaches them and forgot this month. He regularly forgets but on Sunday the 29th he remembered he forgot and in a last minute effort invited them over for dinner on the 30th and for family home evening. We played don't eat Pete with the girls. Jan was the most enthusiastic player. I think he enjoyed watching Brianna fall to her knees every time he yelled it because it scared her so badly.

As part of the fun treats for the night they brought some traditional old Dutch sweet wood. I guess it is more then just a traditional Dutch thing to chew on this sweet wood but it is an old European thing. We checked out the ingredients list and indeed this is only a stick. Nothing added. So we had our first experience to try it. It was sweet, like really sweet. It was weird. Unfortunately, it still tasted like wood. We all lasted about 5 minutes chewing on our sweet wood. Then the wood had to go away. Sometimes you just have to try it so you can say you did it. If anyone would like to request some I can bring some back to you. :-) Thank you Jan and Leah for such a fun night!

This is Jan and Leah. This is there first time with the wood also.


Brian and his stick


Chewing on his stick


Kaitlyn said the stick tasted "umm umm good."


Brianna was a bit more honest about how it tasted. Although when hers dropped on the ground she did come back and ask for another one.


Brian and Jan and Leah all together enjoying their wood.