family & birthdays

my family celebrates birthdays. usually it's done on the closest sunday to the actual birthday, and whoever is the birthday guy/gal chooses dinner & dessert. well, tomorrow is my new sister's birthday. and while she's in colorado, those of us here decided to celebrate her birthday today. so we had her favorite meal (green spaghetti) and her favorite dessert (tiramisu).

green spaghetti is not gross. it's actually a yummy spinach & cheese cream sauce. delicious. although i'd love to know what it tastes like with a good chunk of basil thrown in there, too. mmm... basil.

so the tiramisu...

yeah, none of us have ever tasted it before, so we're not sure if it tasted "right" or not. but it tasted good, that's for sure. and most of us aren't real big coffee fans. but still, it was good. i think it had too much whipped cream on it, but i can easily change that next time.

and speaking of next time - we're going to try swapping out the coffee for hot cocoa. mmm... chocolate.