Hubby's graduation (WARNING Picture overload)

 Hubby graduated Friday!
It's really been a very emotional time for us! A huge relief and just thrill that we get to be together more often and be a "normal" family again!

I am so proud of him! He really worked hard for this degree so seeing him finally graduate, was wonderful beyond words.


The graduation ceremony itself was a typical Brazilian one... very loud and noisy ...and long, but it's once in a lite time thing, so that made it easier to bear.

And yes, I cried...they were happy tears though :)

Here are some pictures of our special day...

Hubby & I

Cupcakes ;)

At the reception, after the graduation ceremony.

The table & centerpiece

Prince was excited that daddy graduated ;)

 And... last but not least... THE most awesome hubby and daddy ever :)

Yes, I am happy as a lark :)

Preparations...

I have been spending some  a lot of time this week getting ready for hubby's graduation party. The graduation ceremony and party are on Friday and I am getting soooo excited!


I'll let you have a sneak peek on some of the stuff that's kept me busy this week

We're having a small party after the graduation ceremony at one of our favorite restaurants, so I've been working on thrifty table decor and other little things for the party...as you can see, my ball glass jars have come in handy ;) I love these jars...you can use them for almost anything...endless possibilities!

I am really looking forward to this special party...and I am just so proud of my hubby :) He really is the best...

Sweetness for the sweetest of all!

The hubby doesn't have a sweet tooth! Definitely different from me! I love sugar...and I love chocolate. The hubby, prefers food...the filling kind of food. It can be simple, but has to be filling. Me?!?! I'd take chocolate instead...any day!
There are very few desserts that the hubby eats and enjoys...this is one of them,
Meet "Pudim de Leite Condensado", a very popular brazilian dessert.
It's super easy to make and I love to see the smile the hubby has on his face when I make this dessert just for him! It makes it totally worthwhile, even though I think chocolate would be so much better (smile)...

It takes simple, simple ingredients:

1 can sweetened condensed milk
measure in the same can some milk
4 eggs
and 3/4 C.Sugar to caramelize the pan!

1. Beat all the ingredients minus the sugar in blender...

2. In a round "bundt" pan melt the sugar over the stove top. Make sure you spread the caramel on the sides too!

3. Pour in the liquid... and bake for 40-45 minutes on a double broiler. It will look like this when it's done: (see below)

4. Let cool. Once it's cool, carefully (this is the trickiest part) turn it upside down on your serving platter. The "pudim" is soft, so if you're not careful it might break and that would just be too sad :)

The hubby likes his "pudim" cold, so I put it in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving...

So, that's the hubby's favorite dessert and I love spoiling him, so I make this quite often! After all, he deserves to be spoiled, he's the sweetest hubby ever...yes, I'm in love :)

This is what I'm looking forward to!!

Every year in June our church has a special couple's outing to celebrate Valentine's Day ( which was last Sunday).
Today is our couple's outing and we're so excited about it! We go to this amazing Churrascaria and we just have a wonderful time!!

Hubby & I on Couple's Outing 2010

And the best part...I get to have my husband to myself for a little bit :) That is so nice...and I am really looking forward to that! Daniel Bishop is babysitting for us! Thank-you, Daniel! I'm sure we will have a most wonderful time ;)
Happy, Happy Saturday!

This and That

On my last post, I mentioned about my hubby's presentation last night and that he was wearing a suit! I also mentioned that I had not found the camera to get a picture of this phenomenon :) I found the camera by the time he came home and snapped a pictures of him in a suit. Yay! He was so relieved to have this presentation done and be on vacation from school until March.

My prince charming!
I love you, Alex! I am proud of you and admire you greatly!

He wasn't able to go to work today. He woke up in the middle of the night with sharp pains in his kidney. We don't know what exactly is going on. We took him to the ER last night and they gave him some pain medicine intravenously. Then this morning, he started feeling sick again, so he's at the doctor's right now trying to have some testing done to see what's going on :( Sigh, I wish I could be there, but I don't really want to take my already sickly baby to a hospital, so I have to stay home with him!
 The little prince's hand improves every day! He now has the flu that's going around here, so he's pretty miserable. He's been running a fever, coughing and had a runny nose...poor little guy :( I have two sick men at my house! Please pray that God will give me extra strength today! Thanks!

My littlest prince...
Mommy loves you, little guy!