Cupcakes & More

April 4, 2011 by Aliesha

This past weekend we went up to VA to help my mom celebrate her 50th birthday. We had a really fun ladies brunch/tea and I am so excited to share some pictures with you!

We had CUPCAKES – oh, so many cupcakes!

We had raspberry…

…lemon (filled with lemon goodness)…

…and triple chocolate! (And not to sound too braggy, but they all tasted as good as they looked!)

We ate other yummy things besides just cupcakes, such as fruit, fluffy orange dip, veggies, mini quiches, ham biscuits, chicken salad sandwiches, pomegranate tea muffins, and blueberry streusel-topped muffins. Of course we had tea and coffee to drink!

Here’s a pic of me & Mom…

…Vera and her Mimi…

…and all four generations!

We decorated with tissue paper pom flowers…

…and with tulips in teapots.

I made Mom a corsage to wear.

We sent our guests home with individual cherry pies (displayed in a wicker picnic basket)!

I’ll end with one final cupcake shot…because I can’t help it! Cupcakes just might be my new favorite thing to photograph.

Have a deliciously sweet day!

March Reading

April 1, 2011 by Aliesha

I’m trying to keep up with reading, even though life is really busy right now! Here’s what I read in March (here’s January and February, in case you missed them):

Let Me Be a Woman by Elisabeth Elliot
This is a great book on godly womanhood. I would highly recommend it to engaged or newly married women, but certainly there are timeless truths in it for all women, regardless of age.

The Angel of the Opera by Sam Siciliano
This is just a fun fiction book I read (for the third time now, actually) based on the premise of Sherlock Holmes solving the case of the Phantom of the Opera. It’s a page turner and my “guilty pleasure” book, haha. It’ll probably be the only fiction book I read all year, since I find non-fiction to be more edifying in my life.

Choosing Gratitude by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
AWESOME book! I wrote a little bit about it here. There is a 30-day devotional at the end of the book which I am going to start today. I’m really excited about that, since this book has been quite revolutionary for me.

Currently, I am reading:

Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free by Nancy Leigh DeMoss (re-read; studying all year in our women’s Bible study; I’m three chapters in)
I gave a little summary of our March Bible study here.

Don’t Waste Your Life (studying for 10ish weeks in our seniors/college students Bible study; I’m nine chapters in)

What have you all been reading?