Party

Saturday we had a party- Christmas Open House/Birthday for me

It was great fun, yummy food and we had wonderful guests.

I made a new appetizer spinach, feta and roasted red purses and

mushroom and Havarti cheese purses

I will admit the phyllo pastry is a bit of a chore-it is so thin you have to be gentle

aren't they cute though

I made up the mushroom recipe and it was a hit

we made them a week in advance and froze them, 15 minutes before the guests arrived I put them in the oven

of course I had to make labels so everyone new what was inside

Sydney helped me make all the skewers

we had two varieties

green olive, grape tomato, prosciutto and mozzarella balls

and

cucumber, feta, kalamata olive and grape tomato

then we had cookies and fudge

cranberry, orange walnut and

cherry and almond

our little man- excuse the boo boo on his cheek-boy meets train

silly with daddy

the whole spread-yummy

Me with Ashleigh- my right hand gal at work

a snapshot of the crowd before it even got crowded

dance party!

cheers- we had a great night

we feel so blessed to have such great friends and neighbors- who really are our family away from home