A Whole New World

S-I-G-H...That was me just taking a cleansing deep breathe from a very busy Saturday in our family of four! I never knew we could cram so much into such a small time period but we did it, and, I might add, without a single melt down by any of the small ones in tow. Blessings definitely bestowed on the parents from that angle!

Our princess, as you can see from the picture, was over filled with joy to go see her friends Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Disney on Ice. I have to admit, as I mentioned in the previous post, I was pretty excited about it too! We joined up with some of our friends and had a mommy/kiddos afternoon out. Such wonderful memories were made. Below is just a couple of pictures taken by Mommy (when I stopped long enough from watching sweet SG's reactions) and even some from what I think might be a future blogger on our hands...SG!

SG's Quote: "If Daddy were her Mater would have been his favorite!"

Full Attention

Another blessing of our day was getting to meet our new youth pastor and his precious family! God showed up and showed off is all I have to say! We are blessed. SG hit it off right away with their daughter, while E-Bug tried to steal their son's (5 weeks old) passie and bottle all in the matter of 2 minutes. Needless to say our little man is feeling MUCH better and is back to being all boy. One of our friends even commented that he thought E-Bug probably did at least 3 miles in our youth center of crawling trying to chase all the kids and get into trouble.

For this occasion, I had been asked to prepare some desserts as I mentioned in the previous post. I ended up making the following: chocolate chip cheesecake, candy corn cupcakes, trash cookies (recipe to come later this week), and my newest creation, caramel apple cheesecake with and animal cracker crust. The recipe I actually was given by my sweet mother-in-law who cut it out of a magazine that the Tennessee Farm Bureau publishes, go figure?! I read through it and made some slight changes to make it my own. You can find the recipe here. According to our pastor, "It's an award winner!"

I have to personally admit I rarely eat the desserts that I prepare. I know...weird. But deep down inside I am pretty much just an ice cream and cookies kind of gal, if that. I get such an enjoyment preparing food for others and to see how much they enjoy it! Now, that is a true blessing!

Cupful of Blessings,
Carri