My Weekend in Pictures, Happy Birthday Mom!

Inquiring minds want to know "what have you done this weekend?"
This meme hosted by Gattina helps you to remember what you did on the weekend.
I agree, weekends always seem to whiz by so fast, one tends to forget.
That would be a pity because they're precious moments, worth remembering.
That's why I love participate and look back on Mondays to share these moments with you.
My weekend in pictures ...



The weather was incredibly cold on Saturday, it was wet and cold, it felt like November!
We ran some errands and went to the weekly market as usual, and in the evening we pulled the barbecue a little closer to the kitchen and used it anyway! We made grilled vegetables and lamb chops and it tasted delicious.

I got up at seven in the morning on Sunday because I still needed to bake a cake for my mother's birthday.We were due at my sister's house at noon as we were invited for lunch, and after that we all gathered at my Mom's to celebrate her 79th birthday.

We had all baked something for tea, my sister Bientje baked a chocolate cake, my other sister baked an apple pie with lemon and I had brought an apple raspberry cake which is the one in front. There was also a delicious strawberry crumble and chocolate chip cookies my daughter Valerie had baked. Yum!

 

 That chocolate cake was to die for!

 Here's the Birthday Girl opening her first present, a picture of my dad with his cat.

Here is my Dad showing off his new sunglasses, a birthday present from all of us for his 80th birthday. Isn't he handsome?

After tea we had a little creative session with polymere clay. We're all into that since my daughter Valerie had taught us how to make our own jewelry a few weeks ago.

All the paparazzi were there too!

All too soon it was time to dress the table again and serve supper...

And then it was time for another present from all of us ...
The day went by much too soon, today it's a very happy memory with lots of precious moments.

These are the flowers I got from my daughter Valerie. She was one week early for Mother's Day! Beautiful eh?