when east meets south
We have so much to be thankful for. Like a little girl. Who worked hard all morning to help fix Thanksgiving dinner. But fell asleep, just minutes before dinner was served. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all. I hope your table was filled with dreams come true, too.
Our littlest guy turned four last week. And it was good. Even though it was the third year – in a row – we celebrated his birthday with Cars. This year, we did the Cars theme… but on vanilla cupcakes. At Shepherd’s request. Clearly, he was happy with how they turned out. They weren’t all Cars themed, though. I made… Read More
This year was a bit different than last year. The ‘bit’ that was different? Was that we didn’t trick or treat. For the first time, ever. See, Chris was supposed to go out of town and be gone all weekend. And the thought of trick or treating, in the pitch black darkness? With seven fearless, costumed, small people? Left me… Read More
Almost one year ago we made a similar batch of cupcakes. To celebrate Vivienne’s second birthday. A birthday that she celebrated half a world away from us. And this year? She is with us, helping make, and eat, cupcakes to celebrate her new little sister. Not so surprisingly, the entire crew was happy to participate in making celebratory Poppy cakes…. Read More
Yes, she is. Twenty-one. So, of course, we made a cake. And licked the beaters. And prepared all kinds of other culinary delights. All favorites of the birthday girl. Pioneer Woman’s Brisket, Baby was the main course. My girl had a hankerin’ for something substantial. I’m guessing she doesn’t prepare a whole lot of brisket when she’s away at college…. Read More
For the Fourth of July, we went to a party. We don’t get invited to many of those. Being a ridiculously large family and all. At least, that’s the reason we give ourselves for lack of social engagements. So we took our merry crew and a chocolate chip bundt cake over to a friend’s house. And partied. With cupcakes, some rainbow… Read More
Looks innocent enough, doesn’t it? A plain, cardboard box? Ahhh, but it’s anything but plain. Or ordinary. It’s a box we’ve been waiting for since early June. A box that contained, within it’s six corrugated sides, a birthday gift, and a Father’s Day gift. Now through 2015. I did try to keep it a surprise until it arrived. And I… Read More
The day finally arrived. I wasn’t sure who was going to be more thrilled that today was finally here. Isabelle, because she’d been talking about her special day, nightly, for six long months. Or me, because she’d been talking about her special day, nightly, for six long months. But I couldn’t hold a candle to this girl today. She was… Read More
No. It’s still not her birthday. And yes, this is one of the outfits from Tea. Purchased for her birthday. Which is still 2 1/2 weeks away. But it wasn’t without good reason that I went ahead and busted this birthday gift out of it’s tissue paper… pre-birthday. In fact, it was for a very special occasion. She was celebrating… Read More
Today was a day we’d been looking forward to for a long, looong time. It didn’t quite turn out the way we’d planned, though. But I really don’t want to talk about why. About the massive egg hunt our church has been talking up for weeks and weeks. Filling our kids minds with visions of bouncy houses, endless supplies of… Read More