{Iced Tea Break}

Hey there!
Welcome back ... I've missed our iced tea dates. I recently made Blondies from my Baking Illustrated cookbook. They were a little TOO good, I really need to share some with you.

Let me tell you what a wonderful weekend we had ...
It started with a relaxing Friday night at home, each of us doing our own thing {don't you love that? We're close enough to 'be' with each other without having to do the exact same activity}. I was able to get a long overdue 'sewing to-do' done::

This was for a 'hoop art' swap. I am in love with this little creation and can't wait to make many, many more.

Saturday Matt let me sleep in and I woke up to a maple bar ... Mmmmm. Then we ran a few errands and of course, stopped at Starbucks. Then home to give Daisy girl her first bath::

Later we dropped E off at G&G's and headed off to a movie & dinner date. I *heart* going to the movies ... but I *love* going to them with my sweets. Seriously, I want to be there 15 minutes before it starts so I don't miss one single preview. We saw The Lincoln Lawyer. I thought it was really good {but I may not be the best critic ... because I really just *heart* going to the movies}. And then we ate at one of our favorite places, Cafe Rio. It was BUSY. I remember thinking {as I stood in line and Matt held our table} that waiting isn't nearly that big of a deal when you don't have a child in tow.

Sunday was full of church in the morning and then another movie & lunch date. This time with Julie & Jessica. I love these two girls are not just my family, but two of my best friends. Julie really wanted to see Soul Surfer and while I was skeptical I went ... because, that's right ... I *heart* the movies. We grabbed some yummy Pollo Rey before the movie and had a nice bit of time to catch up with each other. The movie was very moving. Lots of tears. I loved Helen Hunt & Dennis Quaid.

So our weekend led into a great starting week::

• I've been busy working hard at my first 'blog event' over at Knitty Bitties.
• I've been catching up on orders and other to-do sewing. 
• We started growing wheat grass for Easter.
• I volunteered in E's class.
• Today marks 12 days until Easter so we started reading through the Easter story {from the Bible} with our "Resurrection Eggs"

Lastly I would tell you that I'm glad we had virtual iced tea as I might have infected you if you'd really come over. E came home with a worsening cough and a fever of 102.7. Here we go again.

Good thing I have a girls weekend of FOOD, CRAFT and lots of laughing to look forward too. Here's hoping we can do iced tea again next week and I can tell you all about it!

Happy Tuesday!