*Rarrrr Rarrr Rarrrr* Is it done yet???? *Rarrr Rarrrr Rarrrr drones the ice cream maker in the background*

Steffie made strawberry ice cream !!! And spent quite a while today researching ice cream recipes online too. Well, I mean, gotta try out the ice cream maker she got from Rae and Tanya. Today strawberry .... on the list for upcoming ice creams is watermelon sorbet, cheesecake, pistachio, and orange soda flavored ice cream. If you know any good ice cream recipes, send them our way. You'll have to get Steffie to explain her freezie men theory too about where brain freeze comes from.

This past weekend was a lot of fun too. I was stumped trying to figure out what to get Steffie for her birthday, so I talked to Rae and Tanya about maybe doing a spa day at the salon for her the weekend after her birthday. Since it was thumbs up for that idea, I went ahead and made appointments for all of us. She never pampers herself like that, so it was fun. Facials, manicures, pedicures, hair styles, and make-up.

Plus, since we were all pretty afterward, Rae thought it would be fun to get our pictures made. We had couples pictures and group pictures. None of us was sure what to wear, so we did some casual and some dressy. Go figure that the ones that we liked best were the casual. It was just more us. And the lady managed to get a picture that we each liked how we looked in collectively. Now I have pics of Steffie and I and the girls to send to friends and family. :-D *yay* After we went down to the farm for supper and drinks and just hanging out. Tribe time is good. We went shopping Sunday morning. I'd never went shopping in Mankato. That was fun. Lots of different shops and a good breakfast buffet with gravy n' biscuits.

Busy busy week planned this week too. We got Steffie some new sandals and some new ked-like shoes yesterday. Glad we were able to find some that she likes. We went fabric shopping today, and got fabrics to make Steffie three skirts, fabric for me a chemise, a skirt, and an over skirt. Joann's had a 10% off the entire purchase for regular priced and sale items that was just good today, so we decided to get it done early this week in prep for our sewing day planned on Thursday evening. Then, there is TIES on Wednesday night and the farmer's market on Saturday morning.

We did quite a bit of cleaning today, but more of that needs to be done too. We'll find some time to rest and breath in there somewhere. Right???

Pictures of Steffie blowing out the candles on her birthday cake.