Fun or flop?

This past week I have been experimenting. I am in charge of the activities and food on the Fourth of July with all of Nate's Family this year and I want everything to be awesome. The Menu and Games have been pretty easy to come up with, but dessert was eluding me. I wanted it to be BBQ friendly and fun for the kids...but also festive (not to mention something I haven't done before because where is the fun it that?!?). So I decided to try making red white and blue pinwheel cookies on sticks. This way the kind of look like the whimsical suckers you get at carnivals, but instead they are cookies! Here's how the test run turned out:

What do you think? Cute enough to be served as dessert on the 4th? ( I will also have the firecracker popsicles to help cool everyone down).



Oh, and someone decided to try and help me while I was holding the sifter full of powdered sugar....she sure smelled good!

Sorrow and Joy

To all of my more than avid fans I must apologize for my lack of blogging. The craziness of the past two months are hard for me to explain. And difficult. So instead I have chosen not to.

Things have been all over the place with family, pets, vacations, work and just life in general. I do not want to go into details, but to save confusion I will provide a little information.

Last month our beloved Norman was hit by a car and we had to put her down. It was a terrible tragedy and one I would not like to talk about anymore. Enough said.

So at this point you are wondering where the Joy comes in. Well, I am please to announce that after a very tough fight with Parvo Virus at only 6 weeks old, we have added this very sweet little one to our family. Introducing Finn Carolina Walker!




She is absolutely wonderful and we LOVE LOVE LOVE her. She loves chewing on anything and everything (especially pants while I am WEARING them!). She is doing very well with her crate training, okay with her potty training, and will sit for treats!

Nate and I are grateful to have Cami living with us for now because it means Finn spends her days terrorizing Aunt Cami instead of in her kennel.

Speaking of which, Nate is now spending his days as an intern for Dominion Power! I am so excited that he is working in his field! If you want the details you'll have to ask him. I have about a million times but never seem to retain them.....

Anyway, we've had lots of other crazy things going on, but this is all I have time for (blogging at work...oops). Hope all is well with you and yours!

Love,
Diane