This has been quite the busy summer season, and we are barely two weeks into July! The end of June my husband Marc and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Our sons planned a lovely
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| Unity Candle |
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| Vow renewal table |
vow renewal in our home the weekend before our anniversary. Friends and family gathered together as we relit our unity candle from our wedding, recited our vows and our Pastor prayed over us. It was truly a beautiful ceremony.
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| Wedding Hall! |
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| My sons and I, and some wine |
Afterwards, we all sat down for dinner in the family room that my son transformed into a wedding hall. We prepared the food at home. There was lots of laughter and good conversation. Food and wine flowed in a very relaxed atmosphere. Old friends caught up and new friends were made.
When dinner was over, we pushed the tables back to move around freely during dessert. About dessert, fabulous dessert! Our cake was made by my friend Yvonne Schultz aka
Herbie's Crumb Cake! The cake was yellow with a raspberry and lemon chiffon filling with white butter cream. It was absolutely amazing. We were eating it for a week and it was still fresh. I did freeze the top layer as there was just so much cake. Everyone loved it. Thank you Yvonne for this wonderful gift of cake!
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| The Cake! |
Have I mentioned the coffee at our party? If I haven't it is because it wasn't worth mentioning. As a practice, I always by whole bean coffee. But for the big urn, I bought ground coffee. I picked up a bag of Columbian ground at BJ's. Apparently, I used too much, it was quite strong; like mud. Not my best coffee making hour! But no one complained. Probably because the cake was that good!!
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| Patriotic Pie |
The following weekend was the 4th of July. We have had a lot of thunderstorms lately so bbq's were very iffy. Although we went ahead and cooked outside, we opted to eat in. In celebration of our nation's birthday, I baked strawberry-blueberry pies. One was gluten free and sugar free.
I loved the blueberry side of the pie but wasn't too keen on the strawberry side. But both pies were devoured in a matter of days so I guess somebody liked them!
Part of my anniversary gift from my husband was lots of coffee. The first one I tried was Starbuck's Komodo Dragon Blend. They describe it as herbal and complex. It was a bold cup of joe. Definitely good for that first jolt in the morning. Again, it lacked the body that I am seeking in that perfect cup, but it was good nonetheless. I enjoyed it's earthy, herbal tones.
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| The Dragon |
This past weekend we went to a lovely wedding at The Mansion in West Sayville. The son of our friend Pat was getting married. The theme was completely nautical. From the bridesmaids in navy blue to the message in the bottle on each table. It was quite unique. Each guest wrote a note and placed in a blue glass bottle with a 15 etched in the glass; to be opened on the couples 15th anniversary. As someone who has just celebrated 25 years of marital bliss, I wish them nothing but God's abundant blessings
upon their marriage! Bon Voyage!
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| "Message in a bottle" behind the coffee |
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