This weekend was a good one. Lots of family and food, lots of time to just chill. The festivities started on Saturday evening, with the sister’s graduation party! Actually, mom and I had prepped and shopped most of the week. Everything home-made!
Congrats, sister! (Oops I forgot to take off my apron…)
Munchies + raw veggie crudité and homemade (delicious) gazpacho.
Homemade watermelon salad, cole slaw, and pasta salad, plus a barbecue selection (burgers, chicken, salmon) on pretzel rolls.
Ice cream cake for dessert! (+ fresh strawberries and cheesecake). We were originally afraid of getting rained on, but it turned out to be a beautiful night and we were able to spend the whole time outside!
Onto today – of course, Fathers Day! I really wish I had a picture of me and Dad, but I can’t seem to find one. I need to start taking more pictures of the family. I offered to have breakfast ready for him when he returned from his bike ride.
I made Jessica’s bacon apple pancakes – Dad likes his bacon. I have lost my taste for things like this, but Dad said they were really good. I like to please people with food, it makes me happy when people like things I make. Not sure why, but it’s almost like a shared ‘language’ of sorts.
Lunch was a good one as well! We took a walk over to Floriole, our local favorite french bakery. I adore this place – even more so now that it reminds me of Europe. And there’s always something for the whole family there – from grilled cheese with ham to gorgeous fresh salads.
Salad sampler plate! Plus a bean salad because I was still hungry. Then the four of us shared two delicious desserts, but they escaped the camera. And I’m not sorry – they were too good to care.
Then, this happened.
That’s about 8-10 inches gone – I have no idea how short it will look when it’s curly again (no, it’s not permanently straight). I needed a bit of a change, it’s been about 5 years since I’ve really cut my ridiculously long hair.
The rest of the day was spent doing some errands, and hanging around the house. Ended with a nice dinner outside of mostly party leftovers, and a pea soup Mom made from market peas and fresh tarragon.
As much as I claim that they bug me, I do love spending time with my family. Congratulations, Miriam! Happy Father’s Day, Dad – I love you so much <3
No questions today – I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, and happy Fathers day to all the Dads out there. ~R
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Shorter hair looks fabulous on you! It’s always nice to have a change.
Great looking food too by the way!
Thanks, Gabby.
Glad you had a great weekend! Your hair looks great straight like that.
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Thanks, Jemma! Hope you had a great weekend as well.
LOVE the hair Rachel, it looked good before but now you are even more stunning! Glad you had a nice weekend with family
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Thank you, Tessa! I hope you had a fab weekend as well.
Your hair looks fantastic! All of the food for the graduation party looks delicious
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Oh Rachel cute hair!!! I love it! I understand the ‘need a bit of a change’ thing. I borrowed a straightener off a friend and it was kind of fun to play around with it occasionally.
Congrats to your sister as well! I can’t believe I’m going to be graduating college in january!! SCARY I feel like I just got out of high school.
I made my dad Blueberry Crisp for father’s day. I love cooking for others as well, but my mom doesn’t always let me do it.
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Thanks Hannah! Ah yes – I find it hard to believe that I’m in my last year of school as well.
[...] with the momma at our favorite french bakery, Floriole! I got a couple of salads (tasty, but a bit heavy on the oil) and a chilled carrot soup. [...]