Fire pits

I've been having lots of fire pits in my Solo Stove! Michele and Scott!

 

Mom and Dad!

 

And a special one on Christmas Eve Eve, guest starring cousin Danny!

Porch Breakfast

One of the silver linings of the pandemic has been, if you play your cards right you just might end up getting to eat a freshly cooked porch breakfast made by Dad! Always hot and delicious.

Felix and Lucy like porch breakfasts too!

Christmas Tree!

It's time to put up the Christmas tree!

Cozy.

My collection of unicorn and bunny ornaments is definitely growing!

Cheers!

Snowy Walk

It snowed! Felix and I went on a snowy walk.

 

He's so handsome!!

 

What a good boy. 

Thanksgiving Weekend Family Time

Started this morning off with a great dog walk with Little Kate and Lucy! We stumbled upon this cute Passionworks Christmas display at Armitage Park.

Kate and I stopped mom and dad's porch for a Grandpa breakfast!! The best.

That evening we had a fire pit in the front yard. Look at Felix watching for incoming guests!

Quarantine Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! This year, my family split up the work and delivered dishes to each other's households so we could all eat a complete Thanksgiving meal. I made cranberry sauce.

I also made Smitten Kitchen's Fairy Tale of New York syrup for cocktails. 

I also made Smitten Kitchen's pecan pie.

 With optional chocolate layer!

Mmmm!!!

Ooooh look at that delicious gooey inside.

Dividing up pie for pie delivery!

I also made Smitten Kitchen's (are we sensing a theme here? lol) kale and caramelized onion stuffing.

We all cooked our own bacon-wrapped turkey breasts. My first time making anything like this!

Out delivering Thanksgiving meal components!

The bacon didn't stay wrapped very well, but the turkey DID taste delicious!! It was juicy and flavorful.

Ben and I shared a special rum barrel aged kombucha. Cheers!

Yum! With Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes + gravy from Mer and Mom! So delicious.

Pumpkin pie from Mer and chocolate cake from Vana!

Solo Stove!

Introducing my pandemic splurge, the Solo Stove! This has been tempting me in ads all over the internet and I finally ordered it. It's going to be fantastic for social distancing outdoors when the weather gets cold! We had mom and dad over for dinner on Friday for its inaugural fire.

I grilled salmon skewers, and Mom made a nice salad. Felix looooves salmon, so he had his eyes on the prize.

Tonight I had Summer over for cocktail and a fire pit. I love this little stove!!

Hike at the Ridges

Today was a beautiful first day of November! We took Felix to The Ridges for a hike.

He loved it!

What a happy boy!

I love him.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Our neighborhood decided that we would go ahead and do Trick or Treat, and each house would do their best to provide candy in a safe way. Instead of having a big bowl for kids to reach into, I made little cupcake wrappers full of treats for kids to grab and get!

Joe, Jasper and Vana were a pumpkin family!

Cheryl brought a really scary T-Rex mask!

Rarrrr!! Jasper doesn't seem too scared.

It was a lovely night for Trick or Treat.

Little Kate and her friend!

Off they go.

We had a decent stream of Trick or Treaters.

Mom and Dad joined!

Felix even wore his Happy Halloween bow. So handsome.

Mer and Lucy joined us, too!

Astronaut family!

Look at Scott in his little Batman costume! And with Michele's hat!