Picnic at the park

The kids are on fall break this week.
Logan and I had a picnic at the park
and the weather was gorgeous!

Planted some new flowers too.
We also ate dinner outside on
the patio and had a fire.
Oh how I love the cooler weather.
~

Fall treats

Picked up a few goodies from
Trader Joe's yesterday.
Can I just say how much I
love that place.
Adorable Halloween cookies,
the cutest hand soap dispenser,
smells good too, and how awesome
is that wine bottle?
The wine sales person said it
tastes great too - sold!
(will try that tonight and see...)
Also bought four carving pumpkins
with perfect stems
and chocolate croissants.

A work of art

Cooler weather

We had a bit of a cold front come through
this past week - average temp during
the day 78. It feels soooo good!
So nice to be able to go outside and
breath the fresh, cool air.
Bought this big, happy pumpkin
at Trader Joe's, just love it's bright
orange color - it makes me happy.
~
We also put up our Halloween
decorations, watched
"It's the Great Pumpkin
Charlie Brown" (one of my favs),
and ate dinner outside.
So happy that fall is here!
~

Birthday lunch

Birthday lunch for Mom's
75th - Wowee!

Strawberry Chicken Salad:
(spinach, shredded rotisserie chicken,
strawberries, crumbled blue cheese and
candied pecans)

Chilled cucumber soup
recipe here.

Chocolate Lava cakes w/
vanilla ice cream & fresh raspberries

mmmmm!

wine glass from Napa - thanks again Kim,
love them!

What birthday is complete without
some bubbles - ?
Very tasty Prosecco.

Happy Birthday Mom!
Love you!

a few more birthday pics

Chloe being silly and Logan trying
the cucumber soup - his face says
it all... no he did not eat anymore.

21 years ago...

was our wedding day...

Today we will celebrate with a
bit of bubbly....

delicious coconut cream cake from
Arcadia Farms....

beautiful roses from D...

a toast...

herb goat cheese on crostini
with roasted peppers and
spicy sprouts - yum!

Happy Anniversary
my love!
xoxoxo

Sunday dinner

Sunday dinner with Mom & Mike

On the menu:
Honey Mustard Grilled Salmon
Orzo with herbs
Steamed sugar snap peas
and
Garlic tomatoes
~
(sorry no pictures - we were too hungry..)

dessert:
Raspberry cheesecake
in a jar

Honey Mustard Grilled Salmon
1 T. unsalted butter
1 T. brown sugar
2 T. dijon mustard
1 T. honey
1 T. soy sauce

Melt butter and mix together with the
rest of the ingredients.
Brush salmon with some olive oil, and
sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Brush honey mustard mixture on
the salmon while grilling.