Weekend Review

Steph, Vince, and the adorable Kate came down for a quick visit. Family time is good, but the real reason for the visit was to attend the Wine and Chocolate Dessert Extravaganza in honor of Kim's birthday. More on that later. But first, pictures!

Proof that I'm the favorite aunt. We are pretty in pink. She's trying to dress like me already. She loves me! Look at her. She's practically falling all over me. She can't get enough!

And here's mom.

But my favorite picture is dad! Vince has such nice teeth. His teeth...possibly one of his finest features. By the way, the full-sized version is now my new desktop wallpaper. It's sort of like Vince is looking directly at me though my monitor. Sometimes I minimize all my application so I can look at his smiling face.

A few months ago, when Kim, her mom, and I were at the winery, we tried several wines that went deliciously with chocolate. Kim could barely contain herself at the thought of the chocolate and wine combo. So being the awesome friend I am, I hosted her Chocolate and Wine party for her birthday.

I can't figure out why nobody is smiling... I was smiling.

With all this food and booze, how could you not smile? (click to enlarge)

I provided the wine: Raspberry and Steeple Chase Red, and asked everyone to bring a chocolate dessert. We had truffles, chocolate-covered shortbread cookies, chocolate pudding cake and ice cream, chocolate and cream cheese cupcakes, chocolate-peanut butter cake, pound cake with chocolate sauce, french silk pie, and a few other desserts we didn't even cut into to. Waaaaaay to much food on hand.