Happy Birthday Kate!

These are "Fifteens" and are a dessert unique to Northern Ireland. I had them for the first time on Saturday at Kate's Birthday Tea. They are made of 15 marshmallows, 15 cherries, 15 digestive biscuits(like a graham cracker) and mixed with condensed milk. Then shaped into a log, rolled in coconut and placed in the frig for awhile. When they are served the log is cut into 15 pieces. Yummy!!!

Kate's (our lovely woman who heads up our special needs department here at New Hope) birthday was Saturday and she and a few friends celebrated with a true English style tea (with, among other yummies, the above pictured "Fifteens".) We ate a lot of sweets, talked, ate some more sweets and talked some more!!! It was an enjoyable afternoon and we are happy to have celebrated our friend Kate!!! The Friday night before, the David Family and our family snuck up quietly to her house and startled her with a shower of balloons and our loud rendition of Happy Birthday!!!!! We shared cake and smiles and left the balloons to decorate her house while the kids went on to our Friday night prayer meeting. (The last week of every month is a week of prayer in which we dedicate each night to prayer at the church structure. The turnout lately has been encouraging as the kids have truly enjoyed going!)

This picture is a classic!!! Benel dropped some of his cake on the floor! His face says it all!!! :)