It's Been a While

Once I get out of the habit of blogging, it's hard to get back into it. I'll try to blog more consistently.

Yesterday for Mother's day, we did a brunch for just our family. Since it was Mother's Day and my choice for activities, I decided I wanted to be in the kitchen helping Gerry prepare the food. Gerry is certainly more than capable, but I just enjoy being in the kitchen. We made a Fruit Salad with Honey Vanilla Yogurt (an Ina Garten recipe), Belgian Waffles (a recipe in the waffle maker package), Bacon cooked crisply to perfection, Quiche Lorraine (a Betty Crocker classic recipe), Baked Spanish Rice (a Good Housekeeping classic recipe), Classic Green Salad (Melissa D'Arabian's recipe) and Lemon Bars (made from a mix). Everything was delicious and everyone was around the table which made for a great celebration!

We chose brunch so that Stephanie and David could head back to Austin by early afternoon and so that Elizabeth and Andrew could spend time with his mom and family. Valerie, Jason and the kids ended up staying all day and Val decided she wanted Chinese for dinner so we ordered in.

We were quite impressed with ourselves since we said brunch would be at 11:00 AM and we had it all ready at 11:02. We are usually close on timing but not this close!