it’s 73 degrees right now. it’s been the most beautiful of days, and we took full advantage. we started our day with a visit from our small friend maya, daughter of heather, who went up to the hospital for the day to spend time with her mom. isaac and maya played for a bit, while […]
friends
rainbow cake
somehow, over the past couple of weeks, i have amassed a great deal of leftover frosting. in an unrelated story, i had promised my friend bridgette that i would show her how i get smooth (ish) frosting on my cakes the next time i made a cake. since there are really no cakes on the […]
addison’s doll
anna’s friend addison turned one last week and we were invited to her giant birthday extravaganza on saturday. i used my babysitter time with claire to go to joann fabrics and search high and low for the proper fabrics for miss addison. she’s a black and white and hot pink kind of girl, so i […]
ice cream
we met heather and her two girls for some tasty chick-fil-a for lunch (and energy expending) on tuesday. anna had her first taste of ice cream. she wasn’t really a fan of eating the ice cream. just playing with the spoon seemed to work for her though. anyhoo. here’s some shots: livy: maya: isaac (who […]
halloween, part two. (the nerd).
as once promised, here are some additional halloween pictures. i did a terrible job of capturing the festivities via digital camera, but thankfully jude was on the scene with her fancy pants camera. she captured some shots of the oldest lid kid, dressed up in his nerd costume which i had NONE of. and a […]
heather’s baby shower
Soon, heather will get on a plane to Uganda to get her baby girl. Tonight, we’ll celebrate by eating these cupcakes.
CA’s Owl
Made this yesterday for baby Charlotte, who was born a little after my own annababy, so I was a little too preoccupied at the time of the shower and birth to craft an owly creation. But, now, well now I have all the time in the world. (lie).
summer vacation friends
a few weeks ago, we headed to the park with some friends (cora and kate) whose parents (doyle and gretchen) both teach. their summer vacation was winding down, so we grabbed them while we could. isaac and cora are good pals. kate is still a little unsure about us lidboms. and anna doesn’t really care […]
bowling cake
i took another small step out of my self imposed cake hiatus today. i went to lorena’s to help her construct a 4th birthday bowling cake for josiah. this is what we came up with…