Turning lemons into ....lemon bars

In keeping with my previous post, I've been trying to keep busy to avoid thinking about our embryo transfer coming up. Sunday I was at one of our local farmer's markets and saw these beautiful lemons. I love summer time and just strolling through the aisles of produce that line the weekend farmer markets. Just north of Detroit there are quite a few and we're blessed to have a nice one in our suburb's downtown area. I gathered a armful of these and headed home to see what I could do with them.



Thanks to a good recipe from Barefoot Contessa I turned them into this:



Sorry I don't have a better photo of the finished product, my husband and parents made quick work of them and before I could take a photo, LOL! It was the first time I had made a shortbread crust and I think it turned out pretty well. The bars held up great, and were pretty dense. In fact I think next time I'll add a little less flour to the filling and one more lemon. Although I like my bars pretty lemony.

Saturday night my parents came over to our house to watch Brynn so that we could go to a friend's wedding. The rain held off for the outdoor ceremony and it was beautiful. And my favorite part of weddings..the wedding cake was yummy too! Some people love the music, or flowers. I'm totally always about the cake. It's my favorite part of going to weddings :-) I had picked up a new dress on sale at one of my favorite stores, Ann Taylor Loft and we enjoyed the night away.



My friend and her husband and little 3 year old girl are currently on their way over to our house to visit and have dinner. They're in visiting from Arizona and it's been awhile since we've seen them. There's something amazingly comforting about visiting with old friends. I used to not know what people meant when they said a friend can feel like home - but vising with old friends who you've not seen for awhile does feel like....well....coming home. It's one of the things I'm most grateful for. Old friends I still have contact with. I feel that they're a blessing.

Seven days until transfer. By this time next week hopefully two embryos will have been transferred and hopefully one will be making a nice home in my uterus for the next eight or nine months. Little embryo...we've been waiting for you and I promise we'll give you a nice home to settle in....we just want you to hang around for awhile!