Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend! Oh and I hope it was much  warmer than the Thanksgiving we had here in Spokane!  Notice all the snow in the background of the pictures?! It got as low as 3 degrees last week...can you believe it?! Brrr!!! 

I baked up a few scrumptious pumpkin pies for the holiday.  Okay, pies aren't my forte, but I think they tasted pretty delicious!

Gobble! Gobble!

This is my first batch of cookies in a wonderful partnership I've formed with Empowering, Inc. Services. I'll be making cookies for this great organization for a number of special occasion in the future.  As I work toward my Master's of Social Work degree, I've been completing my practicum at Empowering, Inc. Services.  It's a wonderful place full of wonderful people and I've learned so much from my time there.  The proceeds from these cookies will benefit Empowering, Inc., the non-profit arm of EIS that promotes experiential play.

It's Party Time!

Okay, it's not really party time.  It's eleven o'clock on a school night and I should be going to bed...but there's something about these colorful sprinkles that makes it feel like a party! 

 P.S.  I apologize for going a little overboard on the pictures! Hehehe...it's late, please excuse all the silliness.

An Apple a Day

You're supposed to eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away, right?  These kind of apples count, I promise.

Boo!

I'm sorry if I scared you, but it is Halloween after all!  Can I console you with a itty bitty chocolate cupcake?!  HOPE School held their annual Harvest Party this evening.   Little ghosts and princesses running around everywhere. So cute! 

Extra Frosting

What d'ya do with some extra frosting?!  Mini-cupcakes are always a delicious option! Extra frosting? But there was no blog entry with scrumptious pink frosting, you say. Well, it was left over from a cake I made for my Aunt Sandy's birthday :)  Anyway, while the cake was great...the pictures, not so much.  So you'll just have to settle for looking at these cute little cupcakes!

Healing Hearts Northwest Wine and Chocolate Gala

Healing Hearts Northwest had another spectacular fundraiser tonight...wine tasting at Lincoln Center!  The event was full of yummy desserts, delicious wine, and hundreds of generous people making sure that HHW's next trip to Rwanda is a success!

We love you, Marlene!

This week Mission Possible held a fundraiser to support the wonderful woman who hosts us each year in Honduras.   After several years of remission, Marlene's breast cancer returned.  Having breast cancer in a developing country presents additional challenges that are hard for any of us to imagine.  Yet this woman will not let these challenges beat her.  Thank you to everyone who has helped us support the Carias family in this fight.

Sprinkle Time!

I've always loved these rainbow nonpareils!  I also love how many different names sprinkles have...jimmies...ants...I think my favorite is hundreds and thousands.

Swirl Brownies

A little bit of brownie...a little bit of cheesecake...not a bad combo, if I say so myself!