Bingo and ice cream

Over the weekend we got together with some friends for dinner.  They have two adorable kids and they always get me playing games like hide and seek or dress up.  I'm like that crazy Aunt who will leave adult conversations to rough house.  I count it as cardio.

On this particular night, the kids wanted to play Bingo.  Let me tell you how long it has been since we played Bingo.  Sarah and I had a good time pretending we were little old ladies.

I won the first round.  My prize was a Reeses peanut butter cup!

Janae was the Bingo caller

Kodi was convinced he was going to win

Janae learning her letters and numbers

Bryan and Sarah rock, paper, scissors for the winning Kit Kat bar

Then we made ice cream sundaes!

 

I brought sprinkles and cherries...I ate 5 cherries

My ice cream sundae with butterscotch and hot fudge!

It's fun to be a kid again ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

My Thanksgiving was wonderful, thanks for asking ;)  And how was yours?  What was your favorite dish? 

Here's a little sampling of our busy day...

Jenni's apple and pumpkin pies

Fresh baked rolls

Boys watching football

my first dinner

Cougar alumni

2nd Thanksgiving...

Me and my Mama

(I think my Dad said something about the turkey's breasts when he took this)

Grammy and Bryan

Carving the turkey in the kitchen

Also in the kitchen...Twilight en Francais.  Obsessed much? ;)

My absolute favorite, candied yams

my second dinner

 

Bryan smiles!

Cappuccinos and pumpkin pie

I was stuffed!

Snow day!

Yesterday we stayed home for a snow day.  It started on Sunday when we were up at my MIL's celebrating Bryan's birthday.  He always complains I drag out my birthdays, but I think he did a pretty good job this year.  The snow was falling and a few people were wishing for a day off.

Juneau, wishing for a snow day.  Yep he was one of them.

Dates with goat cheese wrapped in prosciutto.  I had about 20.

Apple crisp, perfect for the falling snow.

Monday, it snowed all day long and they were forecasting a drop in temperatures so we left work early.  I'm so glad we did because the commute home took some people 5+ hours.  I've been in that before, no thank you.

And then on Tuesday, we woke up to this.

This one is always surprised by the white stuff.

Walking...and frolicing for some, in the snow.

Frisky little snow pup!

and snow covered hills

Hope everyone stayed warm!

I'm taking a break for the holiday and will be back Monday. 

 But before I go, I want you to know how thankful I am to have such wonderful readers. 

Your comments make me laugh daily, and most of all...make my day.

Why yes I am drinking wine right now...why do you ask?

I hope you have a lovely Thanksgiving with your friends and family!

Sunday night dinner

Sunday night Danielle and Stephen had us over for dinner at their new house.  It was a beautiful night, with the first snow falling.  Now we're stuck in said snow and I'm hoping it is gone by Thanksgiving.  Although beautiful, if it messes with me getting turkey...I will not be happy.

Danielle mixing up some quinoa noodles and fresh pesto

The boys playing with their iphones

Carolyn, Lily and Colby playing Legos

Baci sulking because she isn't an only child anymore

Stefanie hogging Dori ;)  Just kidding Stef

Dori reading directions to some Ikea furniture

Telling me how she really feels about me

Carolyn made these awesome gluten free Caramel-Pecan Bars

{recipe below}

When she told Dori they were gluten free

Jason finds something to cuddle

Dori works her Charm on Bryan

4th grade friends

Thanks again for having us!

Caramel-Pecan Bars Recipe

To make them gluten free, sub the gf flour blend below

Silvana's all purpose flour blend
from the book Cooking for Isaiah

6 cups brown rice flour
3 cups tapioca starch
1 1/2 cups potato starch
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons xanthan gum


Directions

Whisk together all ingredients in a large bowl. Transfer contents to an airtight container and store in a cool, dry place or in the refrigerator.
 
via Live Free, Gluten Free

Ravish on Eastlake Ave

This weekend was a busy one.  Saturday we spent all day cleaning and doing some touch up painting in the house for an upcoming appraisal.  It was all things that needed to be done anyway, so it was nice to get them out of the way.  For some reason I was always under the impression that only people with kids had grimy kitchen cabinets from those little jam hands.  I think this is from my babysitting days.  I'm sad to report that I too had grimy kitchen cabinets.  And I don't have any jam hands to blame it on.

Later we got to have some fun.  We headed to Ravish on Eastlake Avenue for some small bites with friends.  Ravish is an adorable restaurant with a great drink list and organic food.

The decor is awesome too.

Paper wall art via Flickr

Flank steak satay skewers

Brie wrapped in puff pastry with almonds and cranberry compote

Crab cakes

Amazing harvest greens salad

Bryan and my bunless bbq pork sliders and meatloaf sliders

Friends, Jeremy and Alecia

Then we headed to a wedding reception on the Lake for this cute couple.

1st dance

Cupcakes!

And an uninvited guest at the marina...he seemed more surprised to see us then we were to see him.

What did you do this weekend?