New Family Pics Posted

We are obsessed with family pics...

We had Kathy do a round in Jan....if I could only get them to load onto blogger. I think I've tried 6 times! and give up...

Then, we had our Portland photographer in town and we couldn't refuse another round of dressing up. Until we get the disk you can check it out here.

THANKS KATHY AND HEATHER for making our family look so good!!

thanks for the gift

Thanks to my wonderful in-laws we are having fun with dinners! I got an Italian cookbook (for Christmas) that I am LOVING! just thought I would make sure that I told them THANK YOU!

Happy Birthday Doctor Lance

Lance's pinning ceremony was last week! It's official, he can now treat the public. Congrats, babe! (10 months left!!! and yes, i am counting down every minute)

To my sweetheart,

I hope this year is quickly forgotten. NO ONE should have to spend their special day probing the parts of another (aka proctology exam). You poor baby. I hope the double chocolate cake made your day a bit better. I love you.

Here's to a better one next year,

-your love

Happy Half!

Happy Half Birthdays to Sydney and Grace! (they are special because their half birthday falls on their Daddy's birthday, and so we celebrate accordingly)

grace 3 1/2

Sydney 6 months

stats: 20 pounds and 28 inches long

She is itching to get out of her infant car seat...if only her older sister would GAIN 5 pounds (she's got 6 months). What a fun girl she is to have around! She is constantly laughing and getting her sisters riled up. And boy is she pretty!

thanks to KCPhotgraphy for the pics!!

Christmas in AZ (boy was that fun!)

christmas in portland (kind of)

The morning that Church was cancelled (the week it was supposed to be our ward christmas program), Lance and I decided to invite Santa to drop by. We figured if we were home, we may as well celebrate Christmas. Lucky for my girls, Santa stopped right on over and brought gifts, all while they were playing in their room. (Lucky for us he didn't leave very many for us to wrap so it was all prepared in about 20 minutes! ha) We had such a fun time extending our holiday season, and loved NOT taking all of our junk to AZ and then back!

more cake stuff

I had another dear friend graduate this december, but lucky for me she isn't moving (yet). Lindsay graduated with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy (and her husband is Lance's classmate). I had the honor of making her graduation cake. It was my first time carving and I had a blast! I can't wait to learn more!!! CONGRATS LINDS!!!

just a start

we ate these "scraps" for days...YUM!!

just to give you and idea of how tall this cake was. It was four cakes stacked on each other!! IT WAS MASSIVE!!!

chocolate cake, filled with chocolate ganache, dirty iced with chocolate buttercream, and topped with chocolate fondant, and PB M&M's. ohh, and I musn't forget my ingenious idea to roll up rice krispie treats and cover with fondant to make a pillow! I was so pleased with the outcome!

a therapist's couch!! LOVED IT!! I had so much fun making this. thanks to the cake boss for showing me how to steam a cake, although I used my iron instead of a steamer. AND, thanks to Lance for inspiring the buttons on the couch and for staying up night after night cleaning so I could focus on the couch. I think it took me 4 or 5 good long nights to make and assemble the completed project. I have so much to learn but am so excited for it!

THEN, after the holidays two of Lance's classmates got married, to each other. So, I had the opportunity to decorate her cupcakes. Thanks, Shannon for providing me with pics!!

I think I ended up making over 250 flowers. Hand cut and pieced together...I think this one took me about 6 hours or so....I learned A LOT doing this one!! I had some pretty edible glitter as well as the edible pearls. I think it turned out so cute! I had a few major meltdowns during this project so again thanks to Lance for all of your contributions (mostly for keeping the girls out of the kitchen for 2 days). Thanks to my cuz, Heather for all of the cake decorating tips! I am now a big fan of vodka, but wish to extend my warning for anyone trying to drive down Sandy on a Friday night after 8PM trying to find an open liquor shop...it's best to wait until saturday morning when they open at 10AM, take my word for it.

Friends eventually graduate

The thing about making friends when you are away at school is that eventually either you move away, or they do, or both. I love that we are getting closer and closer to the end but I HATE saying goodbye to dear friends!! We had TWO families graduate from our ward this past December and we had a little get-together to celebrate. We will miss you terribly! Good luck in your chiropractic endeavors!! p.s. thanks again, julie for making the cake! it was awesome!

Where to begin???

It seems as if my life has started running away from me. There has been many happenings between mid-December and now. YIKES! I have a lot of work to do. But never fear, family and friends, I will do my best to show you all the fun we have been having....

cheers!

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