Mother's Day and Birthday Brunch

Today we hosted a Mother's Day and Birthday Brunch. My parents and Mike's mom and Step Dad came over for a warm meal topped off with peanut butter brownies. 

It was great to be able to honor them:) 

Happy Birthday Mom, Happy Birthday Dad, Happy Birthday Don, Happy Mother's Day Mom and Happy Mother's Day Hootie! 

We love you all.

So Proud of My Brother!!

Scott Bedley named 2014 Orange County Elementary Teacher of the Year from Irvine Unified School District. I'm rooting for you for state!!!

Weekend Fun!

We were at Newport Beach again this morning for a bike ride. It was windy and the surf was crazy and it was a bit cold.

But it's still amazing. I'm always in awe when I see that horizon line, the sky and the sand.

Worked on some more designs today too!

Kalua Coffee Ice Cream

This is a yummy dairy free ice cream recipe. It's mildly sweet and easy to mix up. This recipe makes enough for 3 small servings. A double recipe fits in our ice cream maker.

Be sure and grind your coffee beans really well. It might work with instant coffee-let me know if you try it like that.

Use canned coconut milk. I buy mine at Sprouts. They have their own brand of organic, full fat, unsweetened coconut milk.

We serve it with a homemade peanut butter chocolate shell topping-recipe coming soon :)

Peanut Butter Brownies

This design will post tomorrow on my 365 Hand Lettering Project but I wanted to share it here as well because so many of you have requested this recipe.

It's my variation from Elana's Kitchen Almond Butter Brownie recipe. It makes a half pan-just perfect for our family and a few friends.