28 January - 5 February 2015.
As part of the Punxsutawney Pilgrimage, Aunt Rachie came out to visit for a few days. As always, it was so fun having her here. Some of the highlights of her days in Normal include: dinner at Meatheads * clothes shopping at Target (with Roo our little tagalong) * seeing the AMTRAK train pass the Towanda Post Office * Sending valentines packages to friends * stocking up on car snack and ISU gear (Alex commenting on his big head ;0)) * gondola sandwich from Avanti's * cooking & baking together * prepping for Brie's 100th day of school (note for Mrs. Kauten and fun lunch) * spa afternoon for the kids * nap time with Alex on the couch * Pasta Party & Trifle * Dad surprising us with a streusel cake breakfast before Aunt Rachie flew home *
A week before Aunt Rachie came out, she & I decided that we'd do our own version of Brick Oven's pasta & salad bar for our birthday dinner. The morning of, I had the idea to tweak some of the designs I had (for your cousin Isaac's 5th pizza birthday party) to make our dinner feel even more authentic. We had 4 different pastas (fettucine, fusili, angel hair and farfalle), marinara and alfredo sauce, meatballs, garlic bread and quite the spread for our salad bar. We also had frosted glasses for our rootbeer :0) To top it off we had a twin {groundhog} trifle with two flavors: cherry banana vanilla chip and chocolate cherry brownie chunk. We had Puccini playing in the background and had such a fun time serving dad & you kids your dinner. It was a great evening and kickoff for our 32nd birthday.
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