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Friday, May 18, 2012

On the Move

Audrey

These sweet girls are on the move, scooting and crawling,

bless Heather's busy little heart.

Olivia

We stopped in to give them a quick squeeze on Mother's Day and I just can't believe how big our beautiful babies are getting!

Tell me those sweet litte faces don't put a smile on yours?!?

The girls love their Grandma Joan and Grandpa Rusty as much as we do!

hehe

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Tiramisu Push Pops

This was one of the desserts I made for Paul's 50th birthday party.

Espresso soaked pound cake slices sandwiched between rich creamy layers of marscapone, cocoa powder, coffee liquor and sugary sweetness...mmmmmm.

I swear this technique for filling a piping bag has changed my life.

and of course, it's cute and fun because it's a push up pop!

Anthony and I even made a cute little stand that held the pops and the birthday bunting. The bunting kept falling sideways come picture time, and I rushed the pictures to get dessert on the table! This picture doesn't do it justice, but trust me, it was cute.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Ryan & Peyton's Shrimp Boil Engagement Party

The crab/shrimp boil theme is a popular one these days!

adorable engagement gift found on Etsy by Whitney

It's easy to see why. It's fun, festive, nicely highlights the beautiful summer'ish weather we've been having and is easy for a big crowd, which is exactly what we had Saturday night when a few couples got together to host a 40+ person engagement party for our sweet friends, Ryan and Peyton.

invite by SBdesign, check out her facebook page!

We're so lucky to have this great big group of fun couple friends, and in a completely non-West Virginia kind of way, a good amount of the group has ended up getting to be family as well!

Ryan and Peyton are truly the sweetest people and such a fantastic couple. We all just adore them- you really couldn't pick nicer people to want to throw a party for- they're wonderful!

(and as you can see, adorable!)

Peyton's sister Whitney graciously offered up her beautiful home for the party site, and she did the most amazing set up and decor. Everything was warm and welcoming,
with festive nautically touches throughout.

The rest of us pitched in with food and we had lots of it, with several great appetizers, the shrimp boil spread plus crabs, I made the jalapeno cheddar corn muffins again, and a variety of desserts, including easy breezy parfait cups that would make Sandra Lee from Semi-Homemade proud, and Southern Pecan Pie bars that were quite fabulous, if do say so myself.

Of course, the best part of the party was spending time with plenty of fun friends!

Jamie and Bernie

us!

it wouldn't be a party without a naked Macky

Bern and Ant, manning the boil like pros

Lilah-Grace, the entrepreneur

Ant and little Macky

probably the best photo of the night, 6 foot 6 Gordon manning the lemonade stand

Wonderful night with our even more wonderful friends!

Congrats Petey and Ry!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Another great party...stay tuned for pictures!

After another awesome weekend involving a great party and even better friends, there's lots to cover, photos to sort through, etc. and I'm way busy playing catch up after being out of the office all day yesterday

(Community benefit reporting seminars are not at all fun....especially when they require one to get up extra early for a Monday morning road trip. Rough way to dive back into the work week after a big weekend.)

Anyways, pics and details of the weekend to come later!