Graduation Caps

As you could see from yesterday's post, C has officially graduated from grad school.  He's now a masters in electrical engineering, and I couldn't be more proud of him.  As part of his graduation celebration I decided to make these little graduation caps as a special treat for him :)

I used mini Reese's as the bottom of the caps.

Ghirardelli squares as the tops. 

Red Twizzler pull and peels for the tassels.

Melt 1/4 cup of chocolate chips in the microwave and with a knife put some on the Reese's.

Place the Ghirardelli chocolate on top of the Reese's using the melted chocolate to get them to stick together.

Cut the Twizzler's into 3/4 inch pieces and stick on top of the Ghirardelli squares using the melted chocolate.

These turned out so cute and were a perfect graduation treat!  You really can't go wrong with multiple chocolate candies mixed together.  These were a hit with C and his family, so if you have an upcoming graduation, bring these crowd pleasers!

Wordless Wednesday

Big Green #2 (of 67)

What do 50 degrees, ponchos, Conan O'Brien, and President George Bush Sr have in common?  They were all present at my brother's graduation from Dartmouth College.  Yes, it was a pretty interesting (and cold) day. 

Here's my Dad all bundled up, with a nice suit and tie on under it!  This poncho was really funny because on the front it says "You deserve the very best."  For some reason my Dad wearing that made me laugh a lot, and still puts a smile on my face :)  He does indeed deserve the very best!

Conan giving us some great advice.  I thought his speech was awesome.  He was really funny for about 75% of his speech, then the last few minutes he got serious and gave some solid advice to the college grads and the audience.  You can see George Bush Sr and Mrs. Bush sitting behind him too, so cool!

So proud of you Ev!  Yes, my legs were freezing.  I came from 100 degree Texas weather and was in shock to be honest. 

After eating and warming up, we took a trip to Simon Pierce. I am really going to miss my annual visits out east, hopefully I'll have another new cool place to visit (hint hint Ev, please move to Paris.)

Don't drop it!!! It costs around $872394793389.

The view from Simon Pierce is so amazing.  I was so happy I was finally able to see it without everything being frozen, as I usually only visit in February.  It was a great end to the trip.  I will be posting more about it, but mostly about the food - obviously.  I do want to say thank you to my parents for getting everyone out there, it was so nice to be together.  I am so lucky to have such a great family, and be close with all of them.  Congrats again Ev, we're all very proud and love you a lot!

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend and enjoys the extra day off.  

Happy 4th of July!!!!!