Wonderful Weekend Away ~

We had a wonderful weekend away at my daughter and her

familys home and it is a wonder I didn't gain 20 lbs.

My daughter and granddaughter made cupcakes

for my upcoming birthday and they were the

most delicious I have ever had ~

Seriously I could have eaten every last cupcake all by

myself and left everyone else without any. lol.

Homemade chocolate cupcakes with raspberry

cream filling, raspberry frosting,

fresh red raspberries and chocolate

curls on top...delish!!

Yesterday we ate at Panera Bread for lunch.

I ordered their tomato, mozzarella and basil

sandwich on ciabatta {comes with chips},

lemonade and this amazing pastry called

cobblestone ~

{cinnamon raisin bread dough mixed with chunks

of apples and spices topped with streusel

and white icing}

I will say I only ate about 1/4 of this pastry.

First of all it was huge and

second, I thought I should be nice and

share it...:)

Then to top it off , while we were there my son-in-law

made this amazing

tomato basil bread for a bake sale and we

also got to eat a couple pieces.

It is delicious! He made up his recipe. If I tried that

it would be a disaster!

Then last night for dinner, SIL also made

chicken alfredo...

it was the best I have ever had...I think

we will keep him in the family ~

{he made the noodles and the alfredo

sauce from scratch and hubby grilled the chicken}

Along with that we had bruschetta and

a green salad. So so yummy!

I don't intend to turn this into a

food blog, but just had to share.

Mandi... if you are reading this...

please send me another cupcake.

lol

Blessings~

A Fairy Tea Party ~

I can't believe that my darling granddaughter Allysha will turn 10 years old this week. Her mommy had a fairy tea party for her and a friend on Saturday and I just had to share the pictures that she emailed to me. A lot of detail and effort went into this party and Allysha was on cloud nine! She loved it and so did her friend~ Egg salad sandwiches, fruit salad, tiny cream puffs and punch with strawberries inside...oh yes and we can't forget the mint leaves that were in the punch too~

Two little fairies taking tea together~

Her mommy made this cake too. Isn't it so pretty~

My Allysha looking so grown up...where did the years go?

You can't have a fairy party without bubbles ~

Two adorable fairies that had a day to remember. Wish I could have been there...

Blessings~