Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Fresh from our garden!

Sami picked a big bowlful of strawberries this afternoon. He selected all the bigger ones and suggested we dip them in chocolate.

Yum!

Sami dipping strawberries.

Sami had never used the double boiler method to melt chocolate before. He discovered it's actually easy and fun to dip things in chocolate.

Close-up of strawberry being dipped.

Strawberries cooling on wax paper.

Sunny Saturday at the Farmer's Market

Sara in front of the fountain.

Since everyone is requesting more pictures of me, I figured we'd better oblige.

Here's the side view.

Lunch at Milo's with Crystal and Jen

Milo's City Cafe

I had been chatting with some nice girls on an online pregnancy forum (think something like MySpace or Facebook for pregnant women).

As it turned out several of us live in the Portland area and we decided we should get together sometime.

Crystal & Jen waiting to cross the street.

I hadn't been to this restaurant before and wasn't sure how parking would be so I arrived a bit early. I was sitting on the bench outside when I could see Crystal and Jen approaching from a couple blocks away.

We laughed because although we've never actually met each other before, we were all at the exact same stage (25 weeks) and so easily recognizable.

I am ridiculously happy about my chocolate cake.

I surprised myself and ordered the Pulled Pork BBQ sandwich for lunch. (I like BBQ but don't usually order it unless it is beef.) It was great. The best BBQ I've had in Oregon so far.

I must have been really hungry because I ate the whole sandwich and still had room for dessert. The cake was excellent too.

Jen shows off her dessert

We thought these desserts were so cute with their umbrellas and little plastic figures.

Crystal actually took these photos - Jen and I were too busy eating. Poor Crystal was good and didn't order any dessert.

Crystal, Jen & I in the obligatory belly shot.

The angle of this is a little weird because the camera is sitting on a picnic table. Crystal took this picture using the timer on her camera. I took one with my camera too, but I think I look better in this one.

Desiree's Scalloped Spuds with Ham

Scalloped Potatoes - Yum!

My new friend Desiree loves baking and cooking too. She just gave me this great new recipe for scalloped potatoes. Haven't tasted them yet, but they smell soooo good!

Pear and Blackberry Sponge

My Double Fruit Pear and Blackberry Sponge.

Since we have so many pears in our yard and Sami just picked blackberries a couple days ago, I decided to try this recipe.

I don't have a proper sponge pan, so I figured I'd just use the big glass dish and double the recipe, but I realized after putting the fruit in that I had only two eggs... Actually I had 14 eggs but for some reason couldn't find the second box. Anyway, it's rather light on the sponge, but still looks and smells very yummy.