Cherry Boy!

I am just so in love with fruit! You think I have a lot of turtle pictures (see blog below) you should see the number of fruit pictures I have! HA! Anyway, I love cherries! Don't they look delicious! Last week I purchased some cherries, but I was afraid no one would be able to enjoy them because we had a stomach virus running wild in this house! It lasted 10 days and it included everyone....including our 91 year old Pop! Oh how fun! So this was Wednesday when, since I wasn't sick yet, decided to pull out the cherries for Shane and I. He is my child when it comes to good food! He had been bugging me to wash the cherries so I did! Then....I remembered how "unfun" cherries were with children.

Why? Well let's see:
1. They stain; fingers, clothes, anything else the child touches.
2. It looks like the above picture.after being chewed and spit out a few times...so not to swallow the pit! (clearly I was not interested in things being spit out of any one's mouth by our 4th day of stomach virus & everyone missing the toilet!)
3. I have to do the next picture!

Yes...always fun! Do they have some kind of instrument that takes the pits out of cherries? Pampered Chef must...if you know of something will you comment please!

However, when all is said and done...this makes all of that labor of love worth my time and effort! Sadly, that night...guess who got the stomach virus! Yup...that would be my cherry boy! Oh I am so thankful I can laugh about it now!

And We're Off To Hawaii...

Whew...from Ancient Greece to Hawaii, I'm getting tired just remembering the weekend! Ok, is your mouth watering? My husband is an amazing cook. Above you see marinated pork tenderloin and pineapple kebabs, chicken teriyaki kebabs, pineapple chicken fried rice, and pineapple upside down cake. We had "virgin" pina coladas to drink and we gathered outside around the fire pit to roast some marshmallows to make smores (not quite Hawaiian I know, but a big hit with the kids!)

This was our way of taking Pop to Hawaii for his 91st birthday. What fun we had....just imagine Don Ho singing in the background...."Tiny Bubbles"...and Hawaiian music throughout the house and outside as well. The smell of pineapple, coconut and garlic....I could almost hear the ocean waves crashing on the shore..it is so peaceful....it is no wonder Pop wanted to go back to Hawaii for his birthday. We had a wonderful relaxing day at our home with family celebrating 91 years of a man we all love dearly. Here are some photos to remember Pop's special day!


Here he is with his 5 great grandchildren! WOW!
And yes...here I am (out by the fire pit with Shane)....I might add this...I managed to still lose 4.6 pounds this weekend, for a total of 10.8 lbs. so far...it has been a month since joining Weight Watchers....I'm proud of myself...it has been an international food fest at my house lately!