On Sunday 31st January 2017, we gathered a beautiful bunch of Sacha's friends and family together in Hull to celebrate the (almost) new edition to our family - also known as Button.
Sacha had spent the morning with mum having a few spa treatments at The Village and a wander around the City of Culture. Meanwhile, Holli, Isabelle, Nanna and I met up with the rest of the ladies to put the plan into action. The wonderful staff at Fudge had already set up the table with china cups and saucers and it looked amazing, they were really accommodating. However we just had the final touches to pop into place before hiding out of eye view around the table.
Everyone contributed to the day in one way or another, whether it was helping to set up, making decorations, buying prizes and favours - it was a fantastic team effort.
After months of strategic planning (so that she didn't find out), collating pretty ideas and telling a few fibs, we could finally take a deep breath and watch as she walked through the doors and into her lovely surprise baby shower.
Tears fell and cuddles were given before we tucked into a delicious Afternoon Tea with sandwiches, chocolate eclairs and scones! The food was to die for, and we were particularly impressed with the vegan dish they made Holli, complete with her very own shortbread biscuits for pudding.
You couldn't wish for a better way to celebrate a new arrival.
The venue was beautifully quaint and the staff made us feel at home. We would certainly recommend visiting and perhaps even hosting your own event there!
We can't wait to go back with Button.
I spent the majority of the day filming and taking photos because I wanted to capture every last minute for Sacha to look back on. You can see the baby shower brought to life in the the short film below.
Button is already such a well loved baby and I can't wait to meet the little one!
Enjoy, Krissie x
Sacha - I might not have been there for that one special day, but i'll never miss the rest.
A delicious Slow Cooker vegetarian lasagne to serve 6.
This recipe is Slimming World friendly and is 2 syns per portion.
INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon fry light
1 small onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
8 mushrooms, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
780g passata
2 tablespoons of tomato purée
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried basil
2 teaspoons thyme
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
10 whole wheat lasagne sheets
200g ricotta cheese
150g fresh baby spinach
DIRECTIONS
Heat fry light in a frying pan over medium heat.
Add onion, garlic, pepper and mushrooms and cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
Stir in crushed passata, tomato purée, oregano, basil, thyme, salt, and pepper.
Remove from heat.
Spread a thin layer of the sauce mixture over the bottom of the slow cooker.
Place a layer of lasagne sheets over the sauce, breaking them into smaller pieces as needed.
Spoon ⅓ cup ricotta cheese over the sheets, scooping little dollops of it to spread it out over the noodles.
Pour 1 cup of the sauce evenly over the sheets and ricotta.
Top with ⅓ of the spinach.
Repeat layers two more times: sheets, ⅓ cup ricotta, 1 cup sauce, spinach.
Then make one more layer on top with sheets, the remaining sauce, ⅓ cup ricotta, and a sprinkling of cheese of your choice.
Cook lasagne in your slow cooker on low heat for about 3 ½ hours, until lasagne sheets are tender. Let stand, covered, for 30 minutes before serving.
*Note: If you prefer to use jarred lasagne sauce, you can replace the passata, tomato purée, tomato sauce, oregano, basil, thyme, and salt with 2 jars of your favourite sauce. Season with pepper and continue with the recipe as written.
If you make this, please tweet a picture or tag me in your Instagram posts. You can find me as @Krissie_Akrill.
Mum arranged a surprise family night for dad's birthday back in November. John and I came to Hull for the night and we secretly met up in Thieving Harry's on the marina before the birthday boy arrived.
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
This is from the time my two friends (Julie and Alice) and I went to Tamper Coffee in Sheffield for lunch. They are such beauties. Enjoy,
In August (2016) I celebrated my 28th birthday and my family came over to Sheffield for the weekend to help me say goodbye to another great year. It was supposed to just be mum and dad that visited, but then Holli (older sister) decided to surprise us all too.
