Summer Solstice & Father's Day!

Happy Summer!  We've had an interesting week so far!  Monday night big storms moved through the metro and we lost power at about 4 a.m. It was out for roughly 12 hours (and it was 90+ degrees out), so Ella & Jolyn made a impromptu trip to Chaska for Tuesday night, leaving Jay & I sans child.  The storm - insane!  Huge trees down all around our neighborhood, landing on homes, garages, etc.  I was not expecting to see this kind of damage when I left for work on Tuesday morning - what a shock!  So, I was all worried about our food in the fridge & freezer.  I had been grocery shopping Monday night so it was fully stocked.  Thankfully, everything is fine.  But Tuesday night - it sort of felt like a weekend night since Ella wasn't around.  We went out for dinner and even rented a movie!  On a school night!  :) 

So I never got around to posting pictures about Father's Day.  We intended to go to Canterbury Park for horse & weiner dog races!  But, we were stuck in traffic for 20+ minutes trying to get from one exit to another on 169 and then it started to rain, and it never stopped, so we had to skip.  We'll try again another weekend. 

Yesterday, Summer Solstice!!  What better way to celebrate summer than with "healthier" corn dogs and cake?!?  Ella was back and Jay was going to be late, so we had some time.  First we made Corn Dog Muffins for dinner.  Um....delicious!  Ella was loving them too (whew!)  Here's a link:  HERE if you want to try the recipe.  We used a regular size muffin pan (not the mini pan). 

Then, we made Strawberry Yogurt Cake using this RECIPE.  It is fantastic. It is super moist and really a great summer recipe using fresh strawberries.  Plus - it's so pretty!  I love bundt cakes.  I haven't made one a long time, so I am just in love with how pretty it is!!  I'll be counting down the hours today until I can have a slice tonight!

See the tiny bitty slice out of the cake.  It came out of the oven at like 8:45 and after the required cooling, it was well after 9 before I could transfer it.  I had to taste it!! Hey, it was the Solstice - longest day of the year, so I think that made it okay that I was eating cake after 9 p.m. on a school night!!  :)