Chloe’s busy making a virgin sangria for her friends this morning.

She’s putting white peach, blueberry, orange, lime juice, white grape juice, topped with frozen kiwi ice cubes.

And I made food to go with it.

I flew to Scottsdale AZ this morning for a girls trip celebrating my friend getting married next month.

Two of our friends flew here a day prior and arranged for little gift bags for all of us, including this itinerary  🙂

party planners!

They also prepared  for in-room cocktail hour.

After lunch, we headed to the pool to enjoy the hot Arizona sun.

Bride to be!

Chloe and her friend are participating Trep$ (a trendy terms for young entrepreneurs) Market place at school and they have been working very hard, learning about product development, finance, marketing, advertising and sales.

They are making “Scented Necklaces with Charms”.  An idea they came up with, of putting perfume in a little glass bottle and wearing it as a necklace. 

Them along with two sponsors/supporters working overtime…

Can’t wait to see their sales skills this Thursday!

A good friend of mine’s husband published a book so I helped her plan a celebration party in LIC. 

Soooo good to see these two!

I had so much fun hanging out with old and new friends at the event. What a fun busy week! More photos to follow…

I’m making paella with lobster, prawns and mussels as a main dish tonight. 

And Pear, walnut and goat cheese salad with maple vinaigrette

Chloe does the honor of saying Grace

Happy parents

For dessert, we are making gingerbread house

Merry Christmas!

Chloe got him slippers for his man cave.

Chloe made me a video… 

and drew me

and gave me coupons! ! !

Chloe’s card to grandpa… LoL! Cracks me up!!!

My mom, laughing reading the card.

Chloe’s card to Grandma

Chloe’s card to Shane

LOVE<3

Andrew got me a kindle! After I stopped working, I discovered my love of reading… This is great, honey!

Guests have arrived!

Shane also got a playdate.

Game plan

Three legged race

While they are out, I prepared hot chocolate & dessert plates for the cake.

Birthday cake!

Surprise!

LOVED the girls’ reactions when I cut the cake. Totally made my 9 hrs of labor making the cake sooooo worth it!

Came out better than I thought!

Let the good times continue~

We extended the party until 8pm because they were having so much fun. We ended the night with Home Alone 3.
WHAT A FUN DAY.

I’m planning Chloe’s birthday party tomorrow and decided to make her a rainbow cake. 

I didn’t realize I needed several more baking pans and mixing bowls to make 9 different layers of cake so I took out whatever bowls I could use…

Note to self: Need to buy cooling rack.

Looking good, so far…

I had a lot of fun throwing sprinkles to make it stick. 

Ready to party!