Lori's Birthday Party

Friday night after work I went over to Mom and Dad's to see Neil and Julie. They had come down to see the family and be there for Lori's birthday party. They're so good about making trips to come see us. Kenny and I are looking forward to our next trip up to Springfield to see them and their new house.

Lori was at Mom and Dad's too and Kenny came over after he got done with Baseball Practice. So, the boys all hung out while Mom, Julie, Lori and I worked on cleaning out my old bedroom. It's become the holding space for all of us girls stuff that we need to sort and take to our own homes. Mom and Dad are so sweet to let us take over a whole room of their house with our crazy stuff *grins* We got a lot of sorting done and hopefully cleaned out some space for Mom, but we also got to talk and laugh a lot ;)

Lori mentioned that she was needing to get her hair cut and that it had been a while since her last appointment. Well....I just happened to have an appointment the next day so I gave her my appointment and paid for the hair cut as her birthday gift! What great timing!!

Saturday afternoon the whole family met at Mom and Dad's for Lori's birthday party. Since Chili's to-go had worked so great on Mom's birthday we did that again. It feels so different to order and pick up food for ten people instead of just Kenny and I *laughs*. So, Kenny and I picked up and delivered the food and we all had a great lunch. Bryce was asleep for most of the festivities. It was strange, it really seemed like someone was missing!
We had two great desserts! Hawaiian wedding cake and Lori introduced us to Mexican Cheesecake, OH.MY.GOODNESS.!! It's like a sweet gooey cinnamon roll all melty in your mouth!! We all kept going back to get "one more sliver", "just a tad more" :)
Here is the recipe if anyone wants to try it....SO GOOD! Mexican Cheesecake

2 pkg Pillsbury crescent rolls
2 eight ounce pkg cream cheese (softened)
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. butter

pre-heat oven to 350.
place 1 pkg crescent rolls flat in a greased 9x13 pan.
mix together 2 pkg. cream cheese and 1 cup of sugar until smooth. Spread mixture evenly on top of rolls.
Place 2nd pkg. of crescent rolls on top of cream cheese mixture.
Melt butter and mix with remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon.
Brush butter mixture on top of crescent rolls.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until rolls are brown.
It is better served chilled. The "filling" sets up a little better after it has cooled considerably.

We had such a fun little party!