Last weekend was Speed Racer's birthday! The Padre, Mr and Mrs Hokie, and even Mrs Miami and Little Miss came down for the weekend. Our house was chock full of people but we wouldn't have had it any other way.
Everyone got in on Friday and we had a great time staying up late and catching up. Saturday the boys went off for a manly pancake breakfast, and we ladies slept in and started on cooking the desert for that evening...delicious delicious banana pudding! Mrs Hokie brought the double boiler and stand mixer (so jealous!) needed for the recipe, apparently it's a Paula Deane recipe and I highly recommend it.
Yum!
Little Miss helped out a lot and was a good sport because all the ladies did was talk, talk, and then talk a little more.
But we enjoyed catching up, it had been awhile since we had all been together.
Once we got all the cooking prepped and the pudding was in the fridge, we headed into town for a ladies lunch.
With all that girl time I think Little Miss was ready for the boys return. She hung out with them outside while they got the brats and hamburgers ready. She had them wrapped around her little finger though. These next pictures of Little Miss and The Padre were all taken by Speed Racer. I saw this out the window but was mashing up ALOT of potatoes for dinner, when Speed Racer walked by with his camera and starting shooting. Great minds think alike, huh?
They were feeding this stray that has been around our house a lot. She's suffered some abuse and we keep trying to get her to come to us. She only will if you have food, and even then very hesitantly. She's very sweet and I wish we could find her a good home.
Unfortunately, this is the last picture for the night though. I had my hands pretty full for the rest of it. So after this we dug in. Speed Racer's special hamburgers, brats with sauerkraut, creamy mashed potatoes, and of course...banana pudding. The girls and I put candles in the banana pudding and had Speed Racer blow them out. Classic. Soon after that Little Miss fell asleep on the couch, while the rest of us sat around the bonfire and enjoyed just being together. All in all I think it was a good birthday, I know I had fun, and hopefully there will be many more like that to come.