This weekend, Mimi and Papi (Mom and Dad Priddy) came to visit for a nice, relaxing weekend at the Mullen House. The entire weekend was absolutely wonderful with fantastic food, shopping, and a birthday celebration! The weekend started Friday with appetizers and a jewelry party for the girls and dinner in St. Mary's for the boys. Then Saturday...
Beautiful Beignets
Brandon and Elizabeth bought us some beignet mix while vacationing in New Orleans. Beignets are French doughnuts, and absolutely delicious! As you can see from the photograph below, they don't look like conventional American doughnuts, but rather square shaped and coated in powdered sugar...though Papi threw some shredded cheese over his instead. That's our Papi!
I'm a fan of the sugar myself, but either way,
we had a fantastic experience making them!
Birthday Dinner Italiano
After a fun day of shopping, Mimi, Caroline, and I returned, and I made a wonderful "Meat-Lover's Lasagna" recipe from one of my favorite cooking magazines, "Healthy Cooking". It's just a great lasagna made with sausage and ground beef, so it really is for the meat lover. Served with salad, Italian bread covered in my special blend of Italian cheeses and spices, and topped off with a slice of Dairy Queen ice cream cake, it was definitely a meal to celebrate my birthday!
And the weekend wouldn't be complete without a picture of baby Caroline...covered in chocolate and smiles!
So in all, weekend was a complete blessing. Spending much needed time with family is always a great way to finish one week and begin a new one.
"We love because He first loved us."
-1 John 4:19
Happy birthday beautiful and yes, I know it's a few days early! Hard to believe we are 28 years old and one of us is married and have an adorable baby girl! Love Caroline in pictures at least and I definitely love my Jenny!
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