Destin Florida Vacation

We had a fabulous vacation to the Gulf Coast!  No oil on the beaches...planned to stay three days but stayed five...got a $250 gift certificate to the outlet mall for visiting...still have sand in the lining of my swimsuit, I can't seem to get it all out...very relaxing vacation...can't wait to go back to the beach!

Baby Blanket

My cousin is having a girl in November so I made her this baby blanket.  Our family has more boys than girls so it was fun to get to do a girl blanket.  I just found out last week that another cousin is having a girl and my sister is having a boy so I can't wait to make them blankies, too!

Birthday Cake

I made this double chocolate cake with white chocolate butter cream frosting for my friend's birthday.  I start my next set of cake classes in September, Fondant and Gum Paste, can't wait!

Grillin'

We've grilled pizza for a few years now but learned a new technique and love it so much we grilled pizza on Monday and Wednesday this week.  We've got lots of tips for anyone interested in trying this out.  We made margarita pizza, pepperoni & black olive, veggie, and buffalo chicken (has ranch dressing for the sauce instead of pizza sauce).  We loved them all!  This may be a weekly meal until the weather turns bad.  No, the pizza's aren't round, we haven't learned that technique yet ;)

We grilled peaches for dessert tonight and they were sinful.  Sprinkled them with a little brown sugar and cinnamon and served it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, super yummy!  I forgot to take a picture, I guess we'll have to make them again.

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

I found a new strawberry cake recipe I had to try with my Yummy Creamy Lemon frosting.  The recipe was good but I think next time I make it I'll add pureed strawberries to it.  The recipe was huge and made 100 mini cupcake and one 6" cake.  I was running out of time making the mini ones since I only have one mini pan.  We gave most of them away to friends and neighbors.  Although, there are still a few left and I think I'm going to head to the kitchen now to enjoy another one...or two.