Birthday time

I had a birthday a while back, and Mr. GV and my mom made sure it was a well-fed one!  :) 

I slept in to find a big breakfast made for me.  We don't normally cook a breakfast-type meal, so this was a real treat.

First off, fruit that Mr. GV cut up.

And then there was this feast--tofu scramble, sausage, and walnut-battered French toast with yummy syrup and cinnamon. 

In the afternoon we headed to my mom's house, where Mr. GV did more cooking---cake and ice cream, both from scratch.  (Funny note--I told J on Skype that Mr. GV was making me a cake from scratch.  He said "Ewww......from scratch!"  Apparently he didn't know that little phrase yet, and thought the cake-making involved scratching.  lol  The mind of a 3 year old!) 

Of course there has to be a picture of mom peeling potatoes! 

Mr. GV making the frosting for the cake. 

My birthday supper---lima beans, crowder peas, corn, stewed potatoes, kraut, and cornbread.  We had a couple of riblets but decided not to heat those up. 

My yummy cake!

Spumoni ice cream with chocolate chips, cherries, and pistachios. 

It was a very nice day, and I have a couple more things to look forward to--a massage, courtesy of a gift certificate from Mr. GV, and a play put on by a local animal rescue group, which is a gift from my mom. 

 I also heard from both my sisters, my bil, and my nephew that day, plus an aunt, an uncle who shares my birthday, and my mother-in-law. 

We brought both pups with us, and Miss Macy was tuckered out and ready to go home by this point.