Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Well...today was the first day of our Spring Break (yeah) and I managed to have a very productive day. The kids and I had fun today buying groceries for our first ever traditional Irish dinner. After putting away the groceries, I threw the corned beef into the crock pot and then we were off to have lunch w/ gran-dad. We ate at the Flying Fish for a late b-day celebration for me. The kids didn't get too crazy so it was turning out to be a good day!

I was so excited when Jarrod got home because I actually had dinner ready! So for dinner we had corned beef with carrots and potatoes, Irish soda bread and for dessert...Irish mint fudge brownies, made totally from scratch. YUM!! The biggest surprise is that everyone loved everything, including the pickiest eater of all time - lil' J. A big thanks to my ABF friend Jennifer for inspiring me to try something new! And another extra big thanks to another ABF friend Amy M for loaning me her kitchen aid mixer! That thing makes cookin' from scratch super easy! I puffy heart L-O-V-E that machine! :)

Alright so now for the fun part. This is for my dear friends Kristin and Cyndi who are always posting pictures of their food...

The corned beef with carrots and red potatoes

Irish Soda Bread

Irish Mint Fudge Brownie

Now...on to a more serious note. My sweet husband installed our new kitchen sink faucet tonight. Yes, somehow he was able to get the job done in 4 or 5 hours. I guess my awesome meal inspired him...or my encouragement. I was gettin' a little tired of the new problem and working around the note he posted behind the sink! Occasionally we have a tendency to get frustrated around our house and sometimes things get a little damaged.

This task proved to cause some additional frustration and during most of the installation it sounded a lot like the scene from A Christmas Story of the dad in the basement. I'm just glad that the new sink is now installed and nothing else is broken! I love my husband to death and I'm glad that he's so handy! :)