CookieCrazie Chatter...... Friday, April 22, 2016

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CookieCrazie's Week in Review

 

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Personal Side

Another crazie week......but an awesome week. :)
I buzzed right through the honey bee cookies.....and had a blast.

The veggie tray cookies were a huge hit at the open house last Friday.
All the cookies were eaten by the end of the event.
I'm so glad everyone enjoyed them.
And we had a great open house to celebrate the practice.

I'm going to work on cherry cookies this weekend......joy!
I've never done a specific cherry theme and I'm looking forward to it.

This is a busy time of year.....a bunch of things are coming up in our family.
Probably the biggest is my husband's 60th birthday!
(P.S. I was a child bride.....haha)
The kids and I are planning a small celebration for him.
It should be fun.

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring and all it has to offer.
I'm lovin' the sunshine AND the rain.....and enjoying all the blessings God has given me.

♥♥♥

Instagram photos for this week:

Happy Friday!

I'm taking this gluten and grain-free cookie "veggie tray" to a wellness center open house today.
Hopefully it won't be offensive to offer cookies to the patients. ;)

I've got Mom in mind this week....

Whipped up some cookies for a friend's birthday yesterday.....a nice surprise.
I love to give gifts to others.

Have a H-A-P-P-Y day!

Sunday BBQ?

 Things have been buzzin' around here.....

Time for tea?

Oh the pinkness....

I can't get a picnic out of my mind....

Spring woodland cookies from last year..... #tbt #throwback

First time using my brand new beautiful CookieBoard 
from James Spradley at CornerstoneCabinets on Etsy.
I love it!!

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Last CookieCrazie Chatter....

CookieCrazie Chatter...... April 15, 2016

First College Graduation.....Celebrated with Cookies, Of Course!

The excitement begins!

Tomorrow my son, Neil, graduates.

He is our first of five young adult children to graduate from college.

To say we're a little proud is an understatement! 

The best way I know to express my love and pride is to

decorate a special set of cookies JUST for him.

(surprise, surprise...lol)

So I did just that this week.

Here's a sneak peek of cookies

 to celebrate the weekend of festivities.

I'll share lots more details and tutorials in the coming weeks.

 For those of you who have been around this blog for a few years,

you might remember my son was in a horrible accident in Haiti.

Here's the blog posts I wrote about it:

Traumatic Week

Healing.....Check! Two Graduations....Check! Time to Relax....YEAH!

As you can see.....he is now fully recovered from that

whole ordeal. :)

 

To God be the glory.....

great things He has done. :)

Last year, Neil had the incredible opportunity

to go to Africa for a full semester

and do what he loves most.......

photography and video production. 

...on a continent he has grown to love.

I wrote from my mom perspective about him leaving:

Brrrr......It's Cold Outside!

More Winter Drink Cookies

Quilt & Sewing Collection

And then for his last birthday, 

I made him special cookies to

commemorate his wonderful experience.

December Birthdays Need Special Cookies

And now....two years after a horror in our lives,

 Neil is alive, well, and graduating from college...

a dream of his.

As I'm writing this post,

I'm chuckling.....thinking how I've just chronicled

Neil's life and times through cookies.......

but then, what would you expect from his

CookieCrazie mom? =)

We're off to celebrate an amazing young man...

I love you Neil....

and am so glad that God gave me the

privilege of being your mom. ♥

Neil's College Graduation Cookie Collection
Graduation Tassel Cookies (Tutorial)