Birthday Celebration

Last Sunday was my birthday, so Jon and I spent the weekend celebrating.

Saturday night we started off the festivities by going to Stoneground for dinner. Their food is fabulous and we always end up eating way too much, but it is always worth it. We ended the meal with their fabulous tiramisu.

(pics courtesy of Stoneground's website)

Sunday was a relaxing day. We had brunch and went to go see a matinee of Alice in Wonderland.

Monday we both took the day off. We ran a bunch of errands just spent the day enjoying the great weather. We went to lunch at Tony Caputos.


While there we picked up a few things from their store and got a lesson in fancy cheeses.

Once of the cheeses we picked up was this 4 year gouda. It's great.

We also got this insane cheese called Testun Folglie di Castagno. It's super sharp and we were told that it has to be made just right in order for it to turn out. Also the cheese is wrapped in chestnut leaves, which gives the cheese three layers of flavor. The stuff is insane! A little piece is all that you need.

All in all the weekend was wonderful and a much needed break from the craziness that has been life lately.

Jon's Birthday

The 11th was Jon's Birthday. As I posted earlier I wasn't able to post any pictures until now due to laptop/camera malfunction. However, Jon was nice enough to download my pictures for me and give me a cd of them.. so here they are!

For Jon's birthday there was no cake, instead I made him homemade butterscotch pudding. The whole time I was making it I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out because I hadn't done it before. I don't think I have ever tasted butterscotch pudding before so I was nervous about that too. In the end though Jon said it turned out good.

Birthday and Pecan Pie

Sunday was my Dad's birthday, so I invited my parents over for dinner. I made thanksgiving dinner for us complete with pumpkin and pecan pies. The pecan pie was for my dad - it's his favorite! It was a nice change to have them over and to cook for them.