I know that it has been an extremely long time since I have blogged! (My apologies.) However, I am happy to report that my daughter is now completely settled into her freshman year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a Biology major.
Before officially becoming "empty nesters", Maureen and I found a fun (and time consuming) hobby to keep us occupied until our next trek down south for a campus visit. Cookie decorating!
Prior to Em's departure for college, we threw her a little send-off to celebrate the occasion. Unfortunately, we were not successful at finding a suitable "I" cookie cutter or stencil to make these cookies perfect. So... we opted for making round cookies and, using this icing recipe, we decorated the cookies freehand.
They didn't come out quite as perfect as I would have liked, but my hopes are that our decorating skills will get better with a little more practice. Everyone at the gathering had a great time and the cookies went like hotcakes. Especially with a yard full of teenagers!
