Easter Celebration

We had a great Easter celebration that included finding Easter baskets, naps, finding Easter eggs and a great meal with our friends. We are blessed to have such a great church home/family and really are excited to watch where God leads this church. We had a great time hanging out with Sue and Steve and their family on Easter. The kids had a blast jumping on their trampoline and finding eggs while we all enjoyed some adult conversation, great food and great company. What a blessed Easter. I took over the bird's nest's that I had made and everyone seemed to really like them. I really liked them too, they tasted so yummy and were easy to make!

Birthday Cakes

I am by no means a master baker...or a cake lady (although I do love to eat the stuff). But I am a person who likes to do things myself. Ask anyone that knows me well and they will agree that I'm pretty independent and crafty. I am willing to try just about anything crafty and I try to figure it out on my own. I'm not a perfectionist so this works out pretty good, most of the time! Besides I'm pretty cheap...err..thrifty, so it's much easier on my wallet to do it myself too!

So, when it comes to birthdays, naturally, I want to do it myself. I wonder why I keep hearing that phrase from my two year old....anyway, I have a great time searching the internet for ideas and tutorials and then I figure out how to make it happen. I made Naomi's birthday cake for her second birthday in October and it turned out pretty good. I couldn't think of how else to do Mickey Mouse (her current obsession) until I saw this tutorial and it just clicked and this is how mine turned out. Not bad for my first attempt and not having the correct pans!

So, for Micah's birthday I decided to use the small pyrex bowls again to get a round cake and make some baseballs. I had made Greg a baseball cake one year for one of his surprise parties but it was just a round layer cake. I think using the round pyrex bowls the ball shape was much better. Micah loved ripping into this cake and it made me so happy to see him enjoy it! I hope I get to experiement with some more fun cakes in the future! Let's not get too crazy though!

Surprise party

On Saturday night I threw my husband his sixth surprise birthday party.
Not six in one night.
Not six in six years.
But six within the ten years that we've known each other. Each one was different, with different people, different stories leading him there but each one was successful. This one was a little less dramatic but fun none-the-less. There were three people there to surprise him but we still had a great time hanging out and laughing. The night started out with Greg, his best friend Jordan, and I going out for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was nice to go out, just the three of us (it's been a LONG time since that has happened). Then we went home and had the party, and some really yummy chocolate cake. It was a fun night and I hope Greg was at least a little surprised! Happy 30th Birthday babe! I love you!I made a gift bag for Greg's present from a fat quarter of fabric and some ribbon! I think I'll do this more often, really saves from wasting more paper!N helped her daddy blow out his candles!

Simply Me

I am me. There is no one else on the earth who is me. I have many wants and desires that are similar to others but I am still the only me.

I want to home school my kids, I think...my daughter turns two tomorrow so it's not like I have to decide today.

I want to create more things using my sewing machine.

I want to paint more often.

I want to cook more often and healthier.

I want to be creative again.

I want to write again.

I want to dream more.

I want to live simply.

This is my attempt at doing just that. I hope to post about new projects that are going on, they could be meals I've cooked, cakes I've baked, skirts or other clothes I've sewn, paintings I've done, felt boards I've created. A little bit of everything that I love.

I want to have a place where I can let it all out and JUST BE ME.

Simply.

Me.