Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all mothers and soon to be mothers, but wishing a very special Happy Mothers Day to my mother, Cristy.  We had planned earlier to have Mom, Dad, and Steven all over to our house where we would cook up a brunch and spend the day together, dogs included.

What's on the menu?

-Homemade blueberry muffins with a brown cinnamon sugar crumble topping

-Fruit salad
-Homemade mini quiches; turkey bacon, cheese, green pepper, onion, and broccoli
-Mimosas - of course!

I decided to make the muffins the night before to make for an easier Mothers day morning and especially to make sure that the muffins were edible!... and boy were they! They turned out awesome, they were so delicious and moist, it was hard to just eat one as a tester, so Aaron, Matt, and I might have had a couple more...

Muffins

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

1/3 cup milk

1 cup fresh blueberries

Crumble Topping

1/2 brown sugar

1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup butter, cubed

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Grease muffin cups or use muffin liners.

2.  Combine 1 1/2 cups of flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder.  Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup.  Mix this with flour mixture.  Fold in blueberries.  Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumble topping mixture.

3.  Crumble topping: Mix together 1/2 brown sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon.  Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking

4.  Bake for 20-25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.

Aaron was able to stay and celebrate with the family for a little bit before he had to leave to celebrate with his family and mother, Happy Mothers Day to you too Laurie!!!  We sat around the table and ate some food and hung out telling stories.  Steven picked up a bouquet of roses and they were the perfect center piece, SO PERFECT that we had to take a picture of them with the cutest couple ever!

After we finished eating, we cleaned up and put everything away.  Today started out pretty gloomy but as the day went on the skies cleared up and the sun came bursting out of the clouds.  It was still pretty breezy, but it was the perfect temperature to get outside with family.  At first we talked about going down to Tulip Fest, but then we all decided to head over to The Crossings of Colonie.  

Apparently a lot of other families thought that was a good idea to go to The Crossings also, because the place was packed full of families and doggies!  My parents had never been there before and Steven had never been on any of the walking trails so we did a nice big loop around the area with both doodles; Muhka and Marley.  We all had a great walk and the doodles enjoyed the outdoor family time also.  It was the perfect ending to a great Mothers Day spent with the family.

This was one of the best Mothers Days our family has had in a really long time!  I hope all other Mothers enjoyed their special day as much as our Mother did!  Love your Mamas all!