Sunday, May 25, 2008

Fun Birthday Stuff



Here's what I got for my birthday!  CUTE!  Riley's mom made me the pretty bag, my friends had a surprise lunch for me and gave me the flowers, my sister sent some new baking tools I've been wanting (so I had to make the cheesecake with them), and a little jacket I ordered with some money my mom sent.  I had a really nice birthday!  Riley gave me some good running things I needed and some Creme Brulee ice cream, too.  Thank you everyone!

Birthday Girls

Here's Elli now that she's six!  And here I am now that I'm 20 something.   

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Elli's Cake-Pops

Elli didn't have a birthday party this year.  There were about 4 parties right close together and I just wasn't in the party planning mood.  We did go to a movie, dinner and tried to go swimming... all picked out by Elli.  (We were all in our suits and at the pool, but the lifeguards didn't have a key to get in, so after waiting for about 45 minutes, we left and let them jump with the sprinkler.)  Anyways, I saw these on a blog, Bakerella, and thought they were cute.  To be honest, I kind of persuaded Elli into picking these for her cake.  I didn't really persuade her, but I told her I found a good idea and acted super sweet and nice when I showed them to her.  She really did want them too.  They don't look as good as the ones on Bakerella, but let me just say, they were more difficult than I thought.

Rainbow

We've had some pretty good rainy days in the last month.  We drove home as it was clearing one day and saw this over the water.  It was coming right out of the water!  You could see every color in it.  Pretty cool.

Warm-ups

Here's Adam at one of his games.   The boys seem so little still, but there are some pretty good plays and each game they get better.   I think we are about half way through the season.