Mom's Pinning...

This past weekend we headed down to Portland for my mom's pinning. Congratulations Momma on finishing nursing school! We're proud of you, and also I'm very glad to have my mommy back. :-) She had all this time on her hands, so she spent a bunch of time with Kiki and Debris. She took them fishing, and took them shopping, and we all just lazed around the whole weekend, except for when we were going somewhere or putting a meal together.

Kiki and Debris with their fish. We ate them for dinner on Thursday night, it was great. They were so proud of themselves, and it was delicious. Outside the college before the pinning ceremony. Dad and the girls pinning mom. :-)

My favorite picture from the weekend. My guy, his guitar and coffee. It's a good way to spend a Saturday morning.

Poppa made the girls "lattes" as part of our lazy Saturday routine. They were quite pleased.

And then Auntie Ten, my Mother in Law and I worked together to put a family dinner on since it was Mom's Pinning Celebration, Kiki's Early Birthday Celebration, and Auntie Dhasa was up for a visit all in one weekend.

Kiki blowing out her candles. She saw The Neely's make this recipe on Food Network, and decided then and there that this is what she wanted her birthday cake to be. They were pretty good and she was happy. My only complaint is that they were incredibly hard to serve. We finally went with a casserole dish so they wouldn't tip and go splat.

It was a good time, and now we're home. And there's a hint of Autumn in the air. And the local fruit stands are selling new crop apples. And so approaches my favorite time of year...Yay! Have a happy week!