A Food-Filled Holiday

Last Friday was Brazil's Independence Day, luckily for us. Luckily, because that meant that since the holiday landed on a Friday, we got to have a 3-day weekend. Needless to say, it's always super duper welcome. :) 

We started it out by feasting on roasted short ribs with barbecue sauce. Ultra fatty, but soooo good. The next evening, we took the girls to the amusement park and then had pizza. More yummy-ness. The evening after that, we made a scrumptious 3-cheese stuffed shell pasta ... divine! Oh, right, and earlier that day we'd gone out for ice-cream. On the last day of the glorious holiday weekend, everyone came over for a fun afternoon of Wii games, drinks, and my mom's heavenly food. 

Aside from the boring happenings which took place, such as studying for a test, doing laundry, etc., etc., it was a pretty nice, and definitely yummy, holiday. Our bellies are grateful. :D 

Hip hip hooray for Brazil! Hip hip hooray for good food! Hip hip hooray for people who know how to cook!

And here are a few humble pictures of the pasta: