We had a visit from our eldest daughter, Carol and her husband, David. They flew from Melbourne last week to visit us, celebrate a birthday and to do a job.
Carol has had two years off work and she is now getting back into the workforce. She has a consulting job at the Sunshine Coast Airport, so she had to come to Queensland for a few days. David had his birthday at the same time so he came to celebrate with his family, who also live in Brisbane. So we were lucky to have an unexpected visit from them.
Carol baked us a custard tart:
Carol did some work preparation:
But she had time to bake us a Swiss breakfast loaf called a Züpfe:
She also cooked David a beautiful Birthday cake and took it to his parents home:
So Glad you got a surprise visit from your daughter and husband! Looks like it was an enjoyable time, and they did some cooking! Always nice...
ReplyDeleteHope your Bill feels better now!
hugs
Donna
How nice to have your kiddies visit you. I must have missed something as I am puzzled that Carol and David now live in Melbourne.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a nice visit, happy birthday to David. The food and cakes look yummy. Great photos of you and the family. I hope Bill is feeling better. Take care, have a great new week!
The best kind of visitors: they cooked, and baked, and brought joy. Happy belated Birthday to David!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter has had two years off work and thankfully she is now getting back into the workforce. It happened to so many people during the Covid lockdowns which Melbourne businesses took very seriously. I hope her career resumes happily and the family income is stable again.
ReplyDeleteZopf looks exactly the same as the Jewish bread/challah that we eat every Friday night and Saturday lunch. I had to look up the difference and that is the use of butter in Zopf.
Always nice to see the family. I worked with a young Swiss woman who once made some bread like that - it was amazing.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos and such a surprise for them to visit.
ReplyDeleteThe cooking looks good.
I am so glad to hear they got to visit and wow, visitors who COOK, nothing could be better to me than that. it all looks yummy, the cake is beautiful. Prayers for Bill and his health issues.
ReplyDeleteThat Swiss breakfast loaf looks perfect. Never knew it was called Züpfe
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely surprise ! the Zöpfli I know too, it's appreciated in Germany too ! I am back from my cruise and unfortunatelyit was a big flop. I am more tired now, than before the cruise ! Definitively or the program was wrong or I misunderstood. I'll write later when I have recovered !
ReplyDeleteNot the best news regarding the former Swiss gentleman. Get well ASAP buddy.
ReplyDeleteWhen it warms up and I am off the routine of visiting doctors and specialists I hope
to visit Brissie in maybe September - lunch at the Sofitel won't be the same if you're
not present.
Cheers
Colin
Lovely to have a surprise visit from your family and that they are such wonderful cooks too. Your meals look fantastic. Hope your Hubby gets to feeling better again.
ReplyDeleteSue
Gosh, you've reminded me of the long gone days when a custard tart was one of my specialties. Hope Bill is recovering. A visit from young ones who pitch in and spoil you must have been much enjoyed and appreciated.
ReplyDeleteSure hope that Bill is feeling better now and hope he too was able to enjoy the wonderful family visit. How wonderful to have dinner and special treats prepared by your daughter and son-in-law, carol and David. Visits always seem to pass way too soon!
ReplyDeleteA lovely family visit :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Loving the family photos. So nice to see you all. You have a couple of gourmet cooks and the birthday meal looks scrumptious! Hope Bill feeling 100 percent by now.
ReplyDeleteI remember that Carol and David are such good bakers and cooks! Love seeing the family photos. Happy smiles all around.
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