Dinner With My Lovely Sarah

Let me introduce you to my lovable niece Sarah.

These are just a few of my favorite pictures of her.

They reflect the joy and happiness she has brought to our lives,

lives that are so much better because she is a part of them.

The middle picture was our first hard food meal together.

I remember the day like it was yesterday . . .

ok, maybe not yesterday, more like a month ago . . .

ok, a year ago.

Now she's 21 and we're dining at The Berghoff.

She continues to eat solid foods . . .

and the food actually goes into her mouth, not on her face.

Sarah had a Reuben sandwich with homemade potato chips.

I had sauerbraten - a name that never sounded appetizing to me, but it was delicious.

The surprising star of the meal, however, were the mashed potatoes - super yum!

She likes sparkly things that mirror her sparkly personality.

She also loves her feet and will proudly announce it to anyone who asks.

She also loves a young man named . . . what's his name, let me think . . .

oh yea, Tony!

She has an adorable purse from Franscescas.

A future hand-me-down for Autie?

And she hangs it on a pretty purse hook.

It cracks me up that she bought it and uses it!

With a purse like that hanging off the table it looks like a piece of art.

The art in the background is nothing compared to the art that Sarah creates.

Yes, Sarah is an artist and here she is working on ideas for a water color cow piece I have commissioned her to make for me! I can't wait!!!!

Creative juices are flowing . . . .

Still flowing . . .

Still flowing . . .

Creative juices?

Something is flowing here, I just don't know what.

Ciao My Beautiful Bella!