Portland

Had a wonderful week in Portland, Oregon, visiting family and friends and seeing the sights.

 

 

 

 

Dave and me with his two brothers and sister-in-law (having some Pinot Noir at a winery in the Willamette Valley).



Reconnecting with old high school friends . . . priceless!

It was a great way to get the summer started!

doodleart by Stephanie Ackerman

School's out for summer
School's out forever
School's been blown to pieces

No more pencils
No more books
No more teacher's dirty looks

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence

We can't even think of a word that rhymes
School's out for summer
School's out forever

School's been blown to pieces
No more pencils
No more books

No more teacher's dirty looks
Out for summer
Out till fall

We might not go back at all
School's out forever
School's out for summer
School's out with fever
School's out completely

Memorial Day 2011

Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

eight.

only eight.

only eight days left of school!!

ahhhhhh . . . . . . . .

Happy Mother's Day to all moms out there,
and especially to MY mom!  

Happy Easter, Peeps!

Happy Easter everyone!  We had a great day with family, a large  brunch, and lots of Peeps.

I love Peeps.  Always have, ever since I was small.  Don't know the allure of them, but I always buy them for Easter.

This year, I was intrigued by Peeps Week from Love From the Oven and other blogs showcasing Peeps.  So, with my packages of Peeps at the ready, I decided to try some new and different ideas.

First up, I tried to recreate the "dipped Peeps on a stick" I saw at Love From the Oven.  Here's what it looked like on her blog:

Here's what mine ended up looking like:

Okay, they don't look quite the same.  But they tasted GREAT (if you like a huge sugar rush!)



My next attempt was to make the "Tuxedo Peeps" from Babble.  Here's what they look liked on that site:

And here are the way mine turned out:

MUCH closer to the original than my attempt at "Peeps on a stick"!! 



To add to the Peep-a-Rama happening here on Easter Sunday, my mom brought me some packaged Chocolate-Covered-Peeps:

(Although according to one blog I read, the prepacked Peeps aren't sugar coated like regular Peeps so the chocolate will stick better on them. But if you dip your own Peeps at home, you get to put the chocolate on top of the existing Peeps that come covered with sugar already --- thus leading the the sugar rush!!!)
 
And my sister brought over some Chocolate-Mousse-Flavored-Peeps:

 

Fun times with Peeps!!   :)

Hope you had a great Easter too!