WE FINALLY PASSED 60 DEGREES

Another busy weekend for me! I was hired to provide food for 40 people that
were in town for a wedding and birthday in the same family. This brunch was

the last get together before everybody left to go home. The menu included 

Smoked Salmon Quiche (x7), Broccoli Souffle, Fruit Salad, Cinnamon Rolls 

and Orange Juice.

Since I needed so many cinnamon rolls I used the recipe from The Pioneer
Woman Cooks. It makes a GOB of cinnamon rolls and I doubled that so that we 

could have a few to eat too. I ended up rolling out 3 huge batches of dough and 

filling 7 cake pans with rolls. They were delicious! The icing on top was really 

good even though I left the coffee out of the recipe simply because I didn't know

if the customer would like it. I do know they smelled overwhelmingly good in 

the car at 8:30 this morning on the way to deliver them!

Everything was well received with a huge smile and lots of "perfect, perfect!" 

Whew.

All set for a Tea Party...toasted cheese sandwich cut into bite size 

pieces, grapes, chocolate buttons and 2 little plates of doggie treats.

A Tea Party under the blanket fort with best friends and Daddy.

A Raspberry-Laced Vanilla Cake, just for us! I should have taken a 

picture of the inside of the cake once it was cut; it's really pretty with a 

layer of raspberry jam and the pink raspberry frosting in the other layers. 

The recipe is on the back of the Softasilk Cake flour box. Perfect if you need 

an impressive dessert for a few people that tastes really good. A little trick with 

butter cakes--put them in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving to firm 

them up, then pull them out to room temperature about an hour before serving.

After church the sun was shining (61 degrees!) so we decided to go out in 

the boat. The fast ferry passed us on it's way to Juneau.

We went and looked at a cabin that just came up for sale on an island.

The woodwork inside the entire cabin was really beautiful.

The woodstove keeps everything toasty and a generator charges a bank of 

batteries for electricity.

The view from the front porch--pretty sweet. Look at that ocean 

today--it was like a mirror.

Keith had surgery on his left foot this last week and is recovering for the 

next surgery on the right foot. It was scheduled for Monday, but today he 

said it may be pushed until Tuesday because of scheduling back ups at the 

hospital. He is still coveting your prayers for a successful outcome and a speedy 

healing period. Thank you for remembering him and I hope you had a great weekend

in your part of the world!