Sambo's Birthday

We had a little family party for Sam's birthday.

It's been years since I was home for Sam's Birthday.

It's good to be home!

Sam is FIFTEEN! Can you believe it? That's the age you get your driver's permit in Oregon. I just can't imagine the baby of our family cruising' around by himself.

He's good on a three wheeler, so hopefully he will be in a car too. Scary!

These kind of family pictures make me so happy, but a little sad too. There are a few (or nine) faces missing.

We missed you Ben, Cindy, Devin, Amie and all the kiddos! I can't wait until we are all together again.

Families are the best!

Happy Birthday Sam!!!

Pictures from last week

I had two cupcake orders last week. These cupcakes keep me almost as busy as Danny does!

Cherry cheese cake and chocolate peanut butter cup.

This is a new flavor. Reece's Peanut Butter cup baked in the middle and more chopped up on top! Joey said it was the best cupcake he's ever eaten. Yessss! That's what I like to hear.

Saturday was a beautiful day!

The weather is finally getting warmer, and it makes me want to sing!

Nick went golfing with his dad, and then we met up at Joey's rugby game. These games are really fun. Rugby is so entertaining, and it's just fun to watch my not so little little brother take people down! Ha ha!

Danny had a hard time understanding why he couldn't run on the field with the big guys. He spent the first half of the game trying to sneak past the ropes.

Eventually he settled for holding a spare ball.

Everyone kept saying, "there goes a future rugby player!"

Not something a mom wants to hear. At least not while watching those guys crash into each other and then go limping off the field. Sometimes they have to be carried off. Not my baby!

So this cake was an experiment (and not very successful).

I wanted to make Nick's dad an ice cream cake for his b-day, because I know he loves ice cream as much as I do! It looked pretty cute before the melting began. We still ate it.

Lesson learned:

Don't try to decorate an ice cream cake that's still kinda soft. Let it sit in the freezer over night, and then you can make it cute.

So who's birthday is next? I need to give it another try!

Mom's Birthday

We had a little birthday party for Mom.

Here are some of my favorite pictures. Thanks to Joe for being the photographer for the night!

I made some mini cupcakes for Mom to share with her co-workers.

They were chocolate with creme cheese frosting. Each one had either a peanut butter cup or Twix surprise in the middle.

I was up in the night with the pukies and could hardly get off the couch, so Ash delivered them for me.

Thanks darlin' : )!

Ashley practicing her glamour shots.

Isn't she lovely?

Who knew we had a super model in the family.

Danny was so excited to sing happy birthday (one of his very favorite songs), and eat ICE CREAM! He asks for cake or ice cream almost everyday, even though we never have it in the house.

My hardworking husband was on an out of town job, so this was a great distraction to keep me from dwelling on that! I still cry when he leaves. I wonder if I'll ever get over that.

Thank you Amie for the beautiful bouquet to complete our birthday table!

Ash and I had big plans for a fancy dinner and table scape, and the best mint chocolate chip ice cream cake you've ever tasted. BUT with me throwing up and Ash in tears from a super cranky customer at Subway, we were forced to improvise.

Chinese and Mazatlan take out (picked up by the birthday girl, woopsy)!

And all the fixin's of an ice cream cake pilled in a bowl.

It all worked out. Happy Birthday Mom!