WOW Wednesday

A couple of weeks ago, my daughters gave a shower for their niece Nikki, who is expecting a baby in

April.

The theme picked by Nikki was 

Baby Bears, books and toys.

The food was great.

Want to show you this dish my daughter did which is perfect for a baby shower.

Deviled egg strollers

 Make your deviled eggs your favorite way.

After filling one half egg take the second half and fit it to one end of the filled half.

Using a tooth pick place a round slice of carrot and a sweet pickle on one end of the toothpick, insert it through the top to anchor the roof of the stroller then anchor with another carrot and a pickle.

Do the same for the bottom end.

They were a big hit.

Someone pinned this to Pinterest.

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This is the first great grand that arrived in Dec. 

The shower this day was for the second great grand due in April.

Love it.

Grand Social-#2 greatgrand.

Great grandbaby #1 is

safely here and doing well.


So now is the time to start planning for the #2 great grand baby.
It is due April 7, 2014 but that will be here before we
turn around.
Baby shower for grand Nikki
in the planning.

Rather for
Maxon Otho Armani

This was taken a couple of months ago so the baby bump is bigger now but no new photo.
Expectant mom  is doing great. 


I so love planning for parties.


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JOY from past Halloweens

We don't do trick or treat at our house anymore.

The ways trick or treat is handled in our town anymore have changed things a lot.

Church groups have Trunk or Treat in the parking lots, the larger grocery stores have it in their parking lot and we have no little tykes to even do it any more.

I miss seeing them in there cute little costumes.

Our JOY comes from looking at photos of past Halloweens and remembering the fun we had.

1992 Little Nikki in her devil outfit.

She was about 3 and thought she was the Bee's Knees.
Here she is playing with the devil's tail.
 

Now she is a beautiful 24 and expecting her first baby.

One of 2 great grands we are expecting in early 2014.

One of the JOYs of our life.

The other day Nikki told me

"QMM you will soon be

Queengreatgrandmamaw."

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Scallops with watermelon and fennel

Had our annual July birthdays dinner last night.

We celebrate five birthdays in July.

Daughter Rachel

Son John

Grand Jill

Grand Nikki

Grand Dylan

John does not celebrate at this particular dinner since we call it girl's night out and Dylan is over 1000 miles from us.

 Top from left Nikki, Jennifer, Julia, Cindy, Jill

Front Beth and QMM

Julia, Jennifer and Beth are our daughters.

the other three are grands, Jennifer's daughters.

Rachel could not make it.

Missed her so, since her birthday was the 14th.

A fine dining place called

60 West in the city.

I had my usual scallops

They were served on pickled watermelon and Mandarin oranges.

Absolutely delicious

Asparagus

Fennel

Fingerling potatoes.

2 Margatinis

(Margarita in a Martini glass.)

Just a little Cheese cake.!!!!!!!!

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