playing dress up!

cami is going to be a ballerina for halloween.


and scooter... a little holstein cow!


aww. he doesn't love it. but he'll learn to.

and this was just too cute to pass up.

a dog walk in the park

next saturday, oct. 3 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm is the bella foundation's annual "a dog walk in the park"

http://www.thebellafoundation.org/images/dogwalk2009.pdf

we will have a booth there for greyhound rescue. stop by and say hello! :)

fall is here!!

a house full of cute pets!

a bridal shower cake.

i just cannot get enough of those little edible pearls from williams-sonoma!

my new LOVE.

greyhound cookies!

the greyhound adoption group had a garage sale on saturday, so i made these cookies for them to sell. the entire garage sale ended up netting about $1250... all of which went directly to funding vet bills, food & care for the dogs. what a fabulous success!







every time i make rolled sugar cookies i vow to never make them again. give it a week... i still have about a pound of dough left! any suggestions?

boomer & scooter play tug of war!

somehow, i found a wall hanging that combines two of my favorite things... chihuahuas and cake. etsy.com is amazing! i can't wait to get it and hang it in my pantry!

tea party!

because i have nothing better to do.

baby cake anticipation PART TWO!

i finally got the pictures to follow up with my previous post about the cake to unveil the baby's sex. if you haven't read the previous post, go check it out before you spoil the surprise... http://e-hummel.blogspot.com/2009/08/baby-story.html

hmmm....

what could it be? boy or girl?

it's a girl!!

yay!!! pink!

congratulations dale & jen!

broccoli cheese potatoes au gratin

i love experimenting! you know those boxes of au gratin potatoes that cost, like, $.98? well i had one of those and it just wasn't enough.... butturned out as a really good side with a couple additions from the pantry/freezer! and it made way more than just the potatoes would.

1 box au gratin potatoes (and milk, margarine, etc... whatever it calls for)

2 cups frozen broccoli

1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs

1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

prepare potatoes as instructed in box, but add 2 cups frozen broccoli to the mix. bake as instructed. make a mixture of the bread crumbs and parmesan cheese and sprinkle on top for the last 5 minutes of baking or so. or you can just broil it for a couple minutes... that's what i did since i didn't even think of the topping until it was pretty much done. :)

robyn... you could make this!