Celebrations

February has been an exciting month for us!

Celebration #1



On the 7th, we celebrated Granddaddy's 88th birthday at his favorite restaurant, Linda's La Cantina.  According to everyone in my family, it's the best steak in town.  I don't eat steak, so I had ravioli - it was pretty good, too.  Joseph and I got there a few minutes early to decorate with beads, balloons, and those blow-out things.  We set up a game where everyone got a door prize for coming.  The door prizes were things like: a punching Leprechaun pen, bubbles, child size football, Cinderella Pez dispenser, etc.

We had a great time catching up with family and finding out how everyone's doing!  I think Granddaddy had a good time, too!

At the end of the party, we had a delicious chocolate cake with chocolate icing between the layers and marshmallow fondant decorations on the outside.  It looked like Gramcracker and Granddaddy's dog, Daisy.  If you want a cake like this one, I suggest you check out The Flour Shop!

Celebration #2

Now if you know me, you should know that St. Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays - chocolate, flowers, pink, purple, love, friendship - who could ask for a better day in the middle of February?  Knowing that the actual V-Day would be WAY too busy for a fun date, Joseph and I celebrated on the Saturday before.  We hopped on our bicycles and rode all the way to Park Ave. to have a picnic in the park.  Now, I realize that this is only about 5 miles, but I'm not really in great shape, so this was a major accomplishment.  We stopped on our way at Jimmy Johns for subs (Turkey Toms with provolone and mayo!) on the way there. 

After lunch, we played Gin Rummy in the park and enjoyed the beautiful day.  Then, we came home, where I proceeded to take a nap until Joseph woke me up and said we could watch Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I :)  Best day ever...