Thirty One Apron Giveaway Winner

August 22, 2010

Congratulations to Cindy who was Comment #60 for our giveaway.  Cindy wants the words Secret Ingredient on her apron.  Love it!
Cindy, please email me with your contact info so we can get your apron ordered and sent to you.
Thanks to everyone who entered.
Another big thank you to Celeste of Thirty One for sponsoring this giveaway [...]

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Finding 50}Days 218-231

August 22, 2010

This last week I was so busy showing you all my pretty photos from Paris I neglected to share my Finding 50 daily pretty with you.  So today you get two weeks worth of pretty.  The last few weeks we have truly been enjoying the prettiness of the Pacific Northwest.  It is weeks like these [...]

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St. Louie Ooey Gooey Cake and a Vintage Baby Shower

August 21, 2010

Earlier this month I hosted a baby shower for a new mom from church. Every woman who has a baby deserves a party.
  
The menu included:
Fruit salsa and cinnamon chips
Pita chips and hummus
Sun dried tomato pesto palmiers (recipe coming)
Lovely lime cupcakes
and today’s recipe St. Louie Ooey Gooey Cake.
 
For more details on the party and all the pretty decorations [...]

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Paris}Arc de Triomphe and Sacre Coeur

August 21, 2010

I am sad to say this is my last post from my trip to Europe this June.  I have loved reliving the trip while sharing the photos with you and I hope that you enjoyed it a little too!  All I can say is, I can’t wait to go back!  And I will go back!  [...]

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BBQ Chicken Salad

August 20, 2010

Earlier this week I posted a recipe for Cheesy Bread.  The picture included a salad I had made for dinner the night I served the bread – it was BBQ Chicken Salad.  I have had numerous requests for the recipe after posting the photo here and on Facebook.

It is really more of a list of [...]

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Paris}Versailles

August 18, 2010

Our second day in Paris we got up early and took the train out to Versailles – about an hour outside of Paris.  Versailles was the home of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette.
Remember how I said the Eiffel Tower was HUGE, well, Versailles is HUGE too!  Just in a different way.

There is nothing little about [...]

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Thirty One Apron Giveaway

August 17, 2010

I have a fun giveaway for you today sponsored by Celeste of Thirty One.
love a pretty apron and I know you will too. Click on over here to see the pretty apron Celeste is giving away and for a chance to win it!
I want one too!

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Cheesy Bread

August 16, 2010

I just have to start today’s post and this week out by saying I love being a mom.  I was able to spend this last weekend with three of my children and husband playing, eating and just having fun together.  Logan was home for a friend’s wedding and life is always a little brighter and [...]

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Paris}Pretty Things

August 15, 2010

Note:  Somehow this post didn’t get published – this was what we did after our visit to Notre Dame before we visited Versailles the next morning!
Notre Dame is actually located on an island in the middle of the Seine River – the Ile de la Cite. We walked around a bit and took in [...]

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Paris}Notre Dame

August 15, 2010

One place I knew I had to visit while in Paris was Notre Dame.  Built in the 1600’s Notre Dame is a beautiful and elegant lady.

The day had turned rather chilly and blustery and we even got rained on while we waited to climb the stairs to the very top of Notre Dame – over [...]

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