Burley Dude

Can you believe that beard! He was starting to scare me :)

Wig & Hat Party

Clay and Brenda hosted a wig and hat party and Curtis and I had a blast! Thanks for a great party guys! pics

Fabulous week in NYC

Friday - arrive at 11:30pm
Saturday - work (earthquake in Chile), shop
Sunday - Calle Ocho with Mike and Phil, shop
Monday - work, girls dinner with Michelle, Anne, Krista, Sam, Jaci, and Renee
Tuesday - work, TiVo premere with Wizbeth, saw Sam's new place
Wednesday - work, musical "A Little Night Music"
Thursday - work, drinks & dinner with c0-workers
Friday - work, dinner at Carmine's with Ian and Tara
Saturday - brunch at Gabriels, Play "A View From the Bridge" with Danielle, drinks with the dodgeball clan, pics
Sunday - flew home

Fabulous trip!

Manny

I went to see the cute little Manny last night and what a sweetheart! Kori and Eddie are doing good...just tired. I'm so happy for them and can't wait to watch him grow up :-) Congrats guys!

Cake Decorating - Final

It was my last class for Cake Decorating and we were told to create whatever we want. So of course I chose to make a Seahawks cake. How crazy cool is that! I also had fun with the inside. It had a bottom level of vanilla with white chocolate chips, then a middle filling of blue icing, and then a green died cake layer. It looked so cool and perfect Hawks colors!


Candy is now trying to talk me into taking the next level....we shall see :-)

Housewarming Party

Our Housewarming Party came and went so fast but what a wonderful and fun time it was! Curtis and I were blown away with how many people came (about 60) and all the lovely thing they brought for us...thank you so much everyone!

Now I think both Curtis and I feel like we can relax. All the final touches are done around the house and we need a break. What a wonderful home we have created! I can't wait to make many more memories here!!!

Preperation for our Housewarming Party

Since I liked decorating cupcake so much i decided to make a bunch for our party. Candy and I spent hours baking, frosting, and decorating Valentine's cupcakes. We had a blast and they are so adorable! I'm getting excited for our party and of course I have a bunch of last minute touches to add.

Cake Decorating - Class 4

So I wasn't sure what to do for Valentine's Day class theme because I'm so not girly like that. I finally chose to cut out the cakes into X's and O's and then decorate them. It was super hard to ice since I cut the sides...now I see why people make all the molds for. Not my favorite decorating job.

Cake Decorating - Class 3

So I think I'm getting a little better with my decorating or its because they are cupcakes???? I really do enjoy the cupcake part for sure though :-)

Goodbye Grandma

My Grandma just passed away on July 27th at 1pm. It was a sad yet peaceful day for all of us. She had been struggling with cancer for a very long time and was ready to go be with her husband again. She lived a long and wonderful life to 94 and has left a great legacy. I'm going to miss her very much! I love you Grandma.

Cake Decorating - Class 2

Oh man, Candy and I had so much fun decorating our cakes this week. Most the class did clowns but we both did frogs instead. I might try and practice a clown later this week since I have lots of frosting leftover. How cute are the three little fat frog/toads! :-) YAH!!!!

Cake Decorating - Class 1

So my dearest friend Candy talked me into taking a cake decorating class with her and yesterday was my first class. I had to make the cake and frosting the night before and bring it with me plus all the supplies. It was a blast! My first cake wasn't too bad but I'm not so good at the trimming...need to practice for sure. I'm already starting to think about how I should decorate the next cake? I'm thinking a hawks cake is in order at some point ;-) I might need to get a bit better though. Fun times with Candy and frosting!!!

I brought the cake to work today and everyone was impressed and can't wait to see a new cake every week and eat it too!

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad

After the kids left Curtis and I picked up the house and got food ready to have my Mom and Dad over for dinner. Yesterday was my Mommies birthday and I still hadn't celebrated my Dad's birthday in October. So we did a joint birthday celebration for the both of them and we had a blast! We had hot dipping bread, salsa & guacamole dip, a huge salad with a ton of veggies, homemade croutons, squash, baked potatoes, noodles, huge fruit plate, and apple pies. We ate so much we barely had room for the desserts. Happy Birthday Mom and Dad, I love you both so much and feel extremely lucky to have such amazing parents!!!

Mia and Hugo sleepover

For a Christmas present Curtis and I gave B&K a night away in the snow. So all day Saturday and part of Sunday we had Mia and Hugo stay with us. We took them to the Seattle Aquarium, did art projects in the art room, played xbox roller ball, played outside, watched Cars, and had nummy kid food. We had a blast with them! They are getting so big and so much fun to be with. But I have to say that being "parents" for almost two days was so exhausting that when B&K came to pick them up we were ready. I love being an auntie!!!! :-) pictures

Welcome home Erik

Friday night we hosted our first little party in our new house for our friend Erik. He finished his training in New Mexico and was home for a week before he moves to Arizona to work as border patrol. We are all going to miss him. Everyone loved the house and we had a fun night playing games and cards. We got Jason hooked on our favorite board game The Settlers of Catan and he has already ordered it online. Thanks everyone for coming over! pictures