Birthday Party!

I turned 25 on the 23rd, but the Sunday before, my wonderful husband threw me a birthday party. It was princess themed (lots of pink and I wore a tiara). Joe was so sweet. He planned the whole thing and made all of the yummy food. At 3:00, guests started to arrive and we had a great time chatting, joking around, and eating. We ate: raspberry tartlets, smoked salmon pasta salad, caprese, white bean chicken chili, raspberry duet salad, butterfly cookies with chocolate cherry ice cream, and birthday cake from Granite Bakery (James helped me blow out the candles). It was such a great day :)


Some of the yummy food


My hubband


Birthday cake! White with strawberry filling

Halloween 11

Joe and I really like to do couple costumes for Halloween and I really loved what we did this year. I dressed up as a raccoon and Joe put together an animal control costume. The Saturday before Halloween, our neighbors hosted their annual Halloween party which is always fun. On Halloween, we did our normal thing: pumpkin pizza from Papa Murphy's, ghost pumpkins (citrus vodka, orange juice, and sierra mist), and handing out candy to cute trick or treaters. I also played around with some baking stuff and made some fun cupcakes. They were "blood" filled chocolate and I topped them with orange frosting (using my "gun" that I got at our wedding shower to make them look pretty). Then, Joe and I settled in with some Vampire wine and watched Paranormal Activity 2. I love Halloween! :)




My tail


I didn't wear my mask, but I had fun with fake eyelashes


The host of the Halloween party gave all the adults candy cigarettes




Close up of Joe's awesome castle






The "blood" is cherry pie filling