This time, I made a "Plate of Spaghetti" cake. It was pretty cool, too. It even had real sauce (made of strawberry jam) and meatballs (brownies) to go with it! And the best part of all is I won first place! Woo hoo!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Is it Spaghetti or Cake?!
So this past weekend, our church held it's fourth annual Cake Walk Fundraiser. There were all sorts of entries this year, including a Christmas Tree, a wrapped present, a McDonald's hamburger meal, and a pair of flip flops. :) It is always very fun to see what everyone will come up with and see all of the creative minds at work.
This time, I made a "Plate of Spaghetti" cake. It was pretty cool, too. It even had real sauce (made of strawberry jam) and meatballs (brownies) to go with it! And the best part of all is I won first place! Woo hoo!
This time, I made a "Plate of Spaghetti" cake. It was pretty cool, too. It even had real sauce (made of strawberry jam) and meatballs (brownies) to go with it! And the best part of all is I won first place! Woo hoo!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Sweet summertime....
It's already the middle of July, and it feels like summer is slipping by so quickly. Where does the time go?
Oh, I know! It goes to the grocery store and the library and church and the doctor's office for another ear infection, and to softball, and to the IL's house to do laundry, and back to the store, and to the park, and to the gas station, and.... Yikes! Ha!
Actually, we've had a nice summer. :) We've spent a lot of time outdoors and at the library doing story hours, and the kids have enjoyed many Popsicles. Things are going well.
Let me update a bit about us.
Josh is currently out of town in Ohio. He got a promotion at the bank, and so he's down there currently for training. He's excited about this new position and the flexibility it will allow, and also the quarterly bonuses. :)
Tyrus is such a big kid. He starts kindergarten in the fall (actually less than a month from now at the day after labor day!) and he's getting excited. Today was the first day that I sensed hesitancy at all in him. He told me school was going to be hard - but I quickly told him that Kindergarten was going to be a lot of fun!
He went this weekend with Grandma and Grandpa K camping. He loved that! He even rode a horse, which he thought was pretty cool!
Alexis is our resident stinker! She's full of spunk and currently loves to play dress-up. She still screams when I comb her hair (I'm hoping she'll get over that soon - because I'm not stopping any time soon!) and so that's no fun. She's also learning her letters some and can recognize the letter "A" and when she sees it, she shouts out - "Look, there's my letter, mom!" It's cute.
One thing she says too right now that's not so cool is, "I will TOO!" when I tell her that she won't or shouldn't do something! UGH.
Dr. Destructive is what we call Carsten right now! His current favorite activity is to pull all the books off of the shelf and pull all of the silverware out of the dishwasher drawer. His brother and sister find this incredibly amusing, I have to say.
And me, I'm doing well. Chugging away at my Body Shop at Home business, and loving every minute of it!
Oh, I know! It goes to the grocery store and the library and church and the doctor's office for another ear infection, and to softball, and to the IL's house to do laundry, and back to the store, and to the park, and to the gas station, and.... Yikes! Ha!
Actually, we've had a nice summer. :) We've spent a lot of time outdoors and at the library doing story hours, and the kids have enjoyed many Popsicles. Things are going well.
Let me update a bit about us.
Josh is currently out of town in Ohio. He got a promotion at the bank, and so he's down there currently for training. He's excited about this new position and the flexibility it will allow, and also the quarterly bonuses. :)
Tyrus is such a big kid. He starts kindergarten in the fall (actually less than a month from now at the day after labor day!) and he's getting excited. Today was the first day that I sensed hesitancy at all in him. He told me school was going to be hard - but I quickly told him that Kindergarten was going to be a lot of fun!
He went this weekend with Grandma and Grandpa K camping. He loved that! He even rode a horse, which he thought was pretty cool!
Alexis is our resident stinker! She's full of spunk and currently loves to play dress-up. She still screams when I comb her hair (I'm hoping she'll get over that soon - because I'm not stopping any time soon!) and so that's no fun. She's also learning her letters some and can recognize the letter "A" and when she sees it, she shouts out - "Look, there's my letter, mom!" It's cute.
One thing she says too right now that's not so cool is, "I will TOO!" when I tell her that she won't or shouldn't do something! UGH.
Dr. Destructive is what we call Carsten right now! His current favorite activity is to pull all the books off of the shelf and pull all of the silverware out of the dishwasher drawer. His brother and sister find this incredibly amusing, I have to say.
And me, I'm doing well. Chugging away at my Body Shop at Home business, and loving every minute of it!
Friday, July 6, 2007
Testing the waters...
Tomorrow we meet with a realtor to look at a few houses. Whew. I'm a bit nervous because of the situation that happened with the last house we owned (lost our jobs, had to sell, took forever to sell, etc) and I don't want to get into something that's more than we really should buy.
We've been living in an apartment for the last year and a half, and before that, we lived with Dennis and Mary Lou for about two years. It's taken us this long to get back on our feet, but we're feeling confident that things are better now and that we're more sure footed and that maybe, perhaps, it's time again to buy a house.
There are four that we're going to look at tomorrow, and both Josh and I feel like if it's going to be the right thing, than it will work out - if not, we're happy staying in our apartment for a while longer.
So, we shall see.
We've been living in an apartment for the last year and a half, and before that, we lived with Dennis and Mary Lou for about two years. It's taken us this long to get back on our feet, but we're feeling confident that things are better now and that we're more sure footed and that maybe, perhaps, it's time again to buy a house.
There are four that we're going to look at tomorrow, and both Josh and I feel like if it's going to be the right thing, than it will work out - if not, we're happy staying in our apartment for a while longer.
So, we shall see.
