Look at how well you’re bending your knee in the counter photo!!! :) The cake looks fabulous and so does your day. Miss YOU!!

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You look like you had an amazing day. I thought it was funny that the chica getting engaged spotted the creepy photographer =P j/k Indy looked so adorable cozying up to your lil sister too

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I love that you let your dogs on the couch!! Great pics with your family. Thanks for sharing!

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The cake looks amazing :)
Happy Birthday Emily’s mom!

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just gotta say, my name’s emily too. I lived in DC for several years (columbia height/adams morgan holla!). I’m the middle of 3 sisters (oldesst is sara!), and following you in old town has been lots of fun. so glad to hear you are doing better, and totally touches my heart that you are able to connect to family right now. I’m totally rooting for you for the food blog star too; can I say that?

happy weekend :)

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One: your day looks wonderful, and I your dogs are adorable.

Two: I will get down on my knees and beg for the details of that cake. It looks fabulous and delicious.

Ps. Congrats on getting through to the next round of pfbz! I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

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Your day looks wonderful; I agree that the best gifts in life are family! ;) I LOVE that trunk you got for your end table! I’ve seen people use them as coffee tables, too and always wanted to do that but haven’t found one yet. ;)

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So sweet! No words necessary – the photos just capture the perfectness of the day. Happy Birthday to your mom!

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You truly are a lovely person Emily. Glad you had a great day!

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Hmmm, that cake looks absolutely delicious. Can ask what sort of cake it is? And maybe for the recipe? hmmm, yummy!

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I love this post, time with family is always so precious and so short! I can’t believe how much I took it for granted when I lived at home!

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What a beautiful day! The pictures tell a gorgeous story!

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You are all so happy, what a great day you had Emily!!
And that cake looks amazingly good!
Ana

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Looks like an awesome day. And that cake looks AMAZING! :D
WELL DONE on getting through to the next round of Project Food Blog!!! You really deserved it :)

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Happy birthday! The cake looks delicious!

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What a great day – I couldn’t imagine living closeby to my entire family. Cherish those moments!

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This post makes me miss my mom and two sisters. :) It looks like you are having an awesome time.

And I love that you sit on your counter. :)

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So fun to be with family and just play around town. I can’t wait for my family to come in for Thanksgiving (and then for Christmas)!

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Getting together with family is can be so much fun and it looks like you had a lot of it.

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LOVE the new trunk/side table! I always check those out at the farmer’s market, they have such a great look to them. Will you be sharing the cake recipe??

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OMG, my sister is getting engaged on the mall this weekend, but sadly that wasn’t her! That would have been so great if you had gotten a picture of them!

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So glad you have your family with you,looks like a wonderful time! Congrats on making it to next round! Yay,yippee,hooray!!!

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Sounds like you had a wonderful day with your family. How old are your sisters?

I have no idea why I just asked that! I guess I was just curious.

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I’m glad you had an amazing day! Your mom probably loved the cake!

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Hi Emily! what a lovely day. your post gave me a sense of gratitude that I have my family close by in town. I take those things for granted sometimes!

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Happy Birthday to your mom!! :-)

I absolutely love the cake stand and matching dessert plates!! Where on earth did you get them?! I’ve been searching for a cake stand, and I heart yours!

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I liked this post!! And that cake looked awesome! Glad you guys had an awesome birthday celebration!!

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Haha I think that girl was giving you the stink eye :) I wouldn’t have been able to help myself either, though. Engagements are soooo sweet!

Glad you had such a great day with the fam!!

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Aww, fun! Glad you had a great day!!

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I love the pic that looks like the blond dog (Indy?) is *totally* hitting on your sister. :)

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are you wearing a KU t-shirt in the last few pictures? how do you have any kansas connections? i’m in law school at KU.
p.s. i’m impressed with your frosting layers on the cake – i never get “enough” in the middle layer to make it look right when it is sliced.

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Beautiful day! Love baby Huey peeking out from under the blanket in the first picture. Too funny!

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Sounds like an awesome day!! Love the pics!

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Looks like you had a great time with your family. What a nice preview to Thanksgiving!

PS. I totally don’t mind helping you finish that cake :)

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This is a such a beautiful photocollage of your family weekend! It resonates with me especially as I grew up in a household of three women–mom, older sister, and me. :) I will be reuniting with them, plus my sister’s brood next week. And I will be down at the Mall myself later today.
I am sure your mom really appreciated your great celebration, too.

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Oh Emily, I am so happy you got to spend time with your family! What a great day! Thank you for sharing it!

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Ahhh, I was wondering if they could stay clear through Thanksgiving, ah well…lucky you. Time with family is the bestest time of all. I miss you guys!

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Love it! This really makes me miss my family and wish we lived closer to each other!!

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I love the doggie pictures, especially the one with the dog peeking at the cake! :)

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Happy Birthday to your mom!! It looks like you had a fun day. :)

Are you wearing a KU (Univ of Kansas) t-shirt in the photo with the candles lit on the cake? I live in Kansas and went to KU. I was just wondering what your connection to KU is?!

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how fun!

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You look so cute in your apron. :-) Definitely sounds like a perfect day!

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Happy birthday to your mom!! I love that pic of you carrying the cake- you should frame it as a Christmas gift to her!

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Aw, it looks like a fantastic day. And your GirrrlPower family is so beautiful. Casey is holding his own amidst all the estrogen, too, thumbs up. I love family days!

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What a wonderful weekend, happy birthday to your Mom! Seeing as how I live in RVA now, these photos make me miss my NOVA friends bad! I need to go visit them and hit up DC! :)

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What a gorgeous day and you and your family are so pretty together :) Glad you got to have those special gifts!

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What a wonderful day indeed! And happy birthday to your mum!

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I absolutely love the picture of your mom blowing out the candles and it looks like your pup is helping her too! Just so adorable – looked like a wonderful weekend.

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Looks like you had a great day! And, you had great weather! I am glad you enjoyed your time with your family!

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aww i love this post, family warms my heart, whether its mine or others :) hope you had a great weekend!

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What a fantastic day! So nice that your family is all together. :)

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That is some goodlookin’ cake!

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Thanks for giving us a glimpse into your day! Those types of days are always the ones you’ll remember.

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What a nice day! I hope you’ll be posting more about that cake- it looks amazing.

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What kind of cake is that? It looks delicious!

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I think that engaged girl caught you taking the picture! The look on her face is priceless!!!! And I think your dog reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally wanted some of that yummy looking cake!

Happy Birthday to your mom!

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Oh, what a beautiful day. I love that your puppies took turns loving up on your sister.

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That chest is gorgeous! I love it.

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Ah, your families so cute– glad you had a good day with them! And that cake, wow, you are quite the baker! :)

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Happy birthday to your mom! I’m so glad you were able to spend such a special day with the people you love!

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Looks like you had a gorgeous day. Happy Birthday to your mom :)

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Your cake looks fabulous, indeed, and it looks like you had a great day with your family, as well!

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I’m so glad you had a great time with your family!
I just have to say that Indy is adorable – helping blow out the candles, and chilling on the couch is so cute!!

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This is precious!

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awe i LOVE birthdays! and it looks like everyone had fun going around DC. I did an internship on Capitol Hill this summer and it was a bit too hot for me to do too much exploring.
I would definitely love to come back in the fall and walk around more without risking melting into the sidewalk!

-k
http://kalliemarie.wordpress.com/

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What a great day! Happy birthday to your mom.

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Happy BD to your Mom. Mine was Saturday.
Can’t believe you got up on that counter. Wow with your knee. Everything looks like a great delicious time. Enjoy every day to the fullest.
Blessings,
Lancaster Co Gal

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how fun!! I love the craziness of your dogs…

and that cake looks awesome!!

where do you get all your cake platters?

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Haha! I love that you captured that couple’s engagement! Watch, someone who knows them reads your blog and they will feel uber cool when they see they were a part of your post!

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I love the picture of Sarah & Indy on the couch!

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