Birthday Delights!

Wednesday was Andrea's birthday! We hadn't really talked about doing anything for her birthday but I wanted to do something to make it special, I know that sometimes being away from family on birthday's or other major events can be hard. I secretly had the kids make birthday cards for her and asked Yuling if she would be willing to get a cheesecake for Andrea-her favorite (I was going to pay for it but then Yuling just gave it as her gift), I was going to have Yuling get the same kind that Vanessa's mom had given us last month (with the blueberries) but she told me that she would get a different kind, the missionaries told her that it was the best that they had here (it didn't disappoint :D), we saw it at A-Mart yesterday but we were both really good and steered clear of it. Also because Andrea likes to try different crackers, cookies, chips, etc. I bought her a bunch of different stuff to try. It has been an adventure to try things, some we have liked and some not so much :D

Cheesecake Yumminess!

Oh my goodness do I have so much to catch up on (blogging and otherwise), but of course I don't start way back where I should, I start with the yummy (literally) parts :D.
Friday night we were invited to attend a concert recital of Tiffani's (Andrea tutors Tiffany and Isabelle and then Vanessa goes to Owl Preschool). The recital was beautiful and it was fun to be able to listen to good music for a couple of hours. But after wards we were on our way when Vanessa's mom mentioned that she had cherry cheesecake, we thought that we would stop somewhere and eat it, but nope she took us home and when we got out of the car she handed us this bag (from Tiramisu, a cake company) and told us that we would like it.
We tromped upstairs and of course had to open it right away and take some pictures :D, it turned out not to be cherry but blueberry instead (I wasn't super excited about that part at first, but I have warmed up t it now). Andrea was super excited because cheesecake is her favorite. (I think that I already know what I will be getting for her birthday in February)
OH MY GOODNESS! It was so super duper yummy! We each had a piece while watching the movie Friday night, another one while we were watching the movie last night and I think that we may have snuck another piece in there somewhere. If you come to Hualien I would definitely recommend the cheesecake :D

We're just a little excited/surprised to be getting cheesecake (and plates) :D

You can't really see it but Andrea thought that the little forks that it came with were hilarious.

Notice how each slice is wrapped in it's own piece of aluminum foil? Yeah I wouldn't want that job.