Better Late Than Never

On Thursday, some friends and I got together to make some chocolates. I wanted to send some to Justin for Valentine's Day, and they wanted to learn the trade. We made 3 batches of carmels and two batches of fondant (the filling for the chocolates) and dipped a lot of chocolates. It was a busy day with 8 kids running around, but it was fun too.

While we were busy in the kitchen, a couple of monsters were cooking up some trouble of their own...in my fire pit.

kisses from Christian

We made a few kinds I haven't made before...like coconut...which is going to be a regular for me every time I make them from now on, and rum, which will never make another appearance.
Here they are in all their glory.


Not everyone could stay until the end, so they missed out on the photo op.

Here is Cherelle and Trisha.I joined them and Sydnee took the pic. She did a pretty good job.

Everyone got to take some home and there were still lots to send to Justin...I hope they make it there in good shape. If not...at least you can see what they should look like Justin. ;)

I took the girls to pick out a few things to send to their dad for V-Day and to get a few new fish for our tank...we lost a couple during the holidays. On the way to the store, Charlee blew her first bubble gum bubble. She was so excited, but I think Sydnee was even more excited. She had been trying to teach Char the whole drive. It was fun to listen to them.

The bad news of the day is that we didn't get Justin's package shipped as planned. I already knew that Justin's V-day package was going to get to him late, but after getting to the UPS Store just mins after closing time, it is now going to be really late...so sad.