Michigan Weekend

The Scheers had to make an unplanned trip out to Michigan last weekend because Alex's Grandma just found out that she was sick.  She required surgery this past week so the Scheers wanted to go show their support.  They flew out Saturday morning and spent the weekend visiting family in Michigan and spending some quality time with Grandma.  The surgery went well and we are all just hoping for a rapid recovery.

   

Alex and his Grandparents

 

Hanging out at the hotel!

 

Alex and his Dad

Six Furry Years

Moo turned six years old today!  I can't believe she is so old!!  I spent all day with the birthday girl as she played with her favorite toys, ate extra cat treats, and took a long cat nap.  I'd say it was a very successful birthday.

 

Spending her birthday morning watching squirrels.

 

Napping in the covers.

 

Making it difficult to use my computer.  Birthday girls want all the attention :)

BBQ

Hilary and Shawn have an awesome backyard and in honor of the amazing Philadelphia spring weather and the completion of another rotation, they hosted a backyard BBQ.  It is Moo's sixth birthday this weekend, so I decided to make a cake and bring it to the barbeque.  Moo's favorite color is purple (she only sits in our purple chair), so a purple cake was in order.  We watched the UNC - Ohio basketball game during the BBQ and I think it is safe to say that I have scared Hilary from ever watching another basketball game with me :)  I wish I took more pictures!

 

To make Moo's special cake, I made both yellow and chocolate cake batter.  Then you pour them one at a time into the center of a cake pan.  The rings will spread out to the edge of the pan with each added dollop of batter.

 

All baked and ready to go!

 

Admiring her cake :)

 

Hilary and Shawn's cute barbeque set up!

  

Moo's special cake!

Danielle's St. Patrick's Day Dinner 2012

Danielle made us her annual St. Patrick's Day dinner last night.  We had corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and buns.  It was amazing, as usual.  I made shamrock shakes with mint chocolate chip ice cream, whiskey, and milk.  

 

Danielle and Alex with a lucky three leaf clover :)

  

In our greens!

  

Shamrock shake!

Erin Express

St. Patrick's Day is taken very seriously here in Philadelphia.  In fact, Philadelphians participate in multiple weekends of drunken Irish festivities in center city in an event called Erin Express.  For Erin Express, participants ride buses all around town to different Irish bars and raise their glasses to good ole Irish hearts.  Alex rode the Erin Express last weekend with a few friends from school.
 
Kia, Alex and Chris getting their Irish drink on.

Smile

Alex and I were hanging out with a friend last night who recently got a new camera.  It takes pictures and sends them straight to his computer, no cords or memory sticks involved!!  I thought it was really neat and our picture was pretty cute :)