loVE - loVE bOOK

CuTE liTTLE ValentiNE bOOk ... just maDe for fuN !

i haVe decIdeD

thaT this YeAR ...

InstEAD of DoiNG the Usual NeW YeaRs resoluTion LiST ( that i feeL guilTY about not DoiNG or GEtting done ) I am GoiNG to Do a DifferenT liST !

This laSt weekenD jay sent me to the HiltOn to

" REST-RELAX-ReVIVE "

And let me tell ya - it WORKED !!

As I was theRE i ponderED a feW thingS - and this is onE of them ! I feeL prompTED to ...

this YeaR Take AwaY . MeaninG taKE awaY thinGS i CAn't Control and the GUILT that comes with them . TAke AWAY alwAYs Puttin soOO much on myselF ! So - FOR " My LIst " ... I am GoiNG to List 10 ThinGS ( sinCE its 2010) That i feel Like i Do PreTTY ok . MeaniNg I do cakES And have been bleSSED with that gift . So I will takE my GifTS thaT i have been bleSSED with from HeaVenlY FathER - and StrETch them , i wiLL groW them , and shaRe them MORE . RAther than the usuaL - GEt in shaPe List - im DoiNG this ONe this Year . I feeL reaLLY GreAT about it !! anD at the ENd of the Day - i will Take AWAY the GuiLT and Just ... ShaRe .

HerE aRE a Few pics of my ROOm and dinnERS at the hiltoN !

( Jay May Have to kEEP this TraditioN he Has StartED ... lol - he proB doesn't Even knoW its a traditioN Yet - But BabY - youR a smaRT BoY !! )

officiaLLY a teeNaGER

asHlyNN has turnED 13 . A TruE teenaGER - she saYS .

Here she is with her 13 laYER cakE -- ya kNow TurniNg 13 - onE muST have a 13 layER cakE .

PlayEd gamES and Had PiZZA . Then WatchED a Show . Her PartY she PlannED .

mayBE ... just a LittlE bit TMI ...

You KnoW youR husbanD is ReaLLY a gREat onE when ...

You Have HaD A surgERY and Can't Do LoTS of StuFFs .

He Cleans the Kitchen , VacumnS , dOEs Tons of LAundrY , Just gETs up AftER dinnER and CLeanS the Whole KitcheN , and manY manY moRE SupA kind THiNGs . But when He ShavES YouR arm piTS - CauSE You CAN'T reaCH theM and ITs TerriblE paiN to Try . You FiguRE he Has GOT to WIn SOME mEGA awaRD in HeaVEN !!!!

skiLLS BeyonD ...

this Child and Her aRt SkiLLs -- it BLowS my MinD ! Is she not AMAZiNG ?

sinCe DeceMbER 15th

It haS bEEn a CraZY Time . In the LasT fEW weekS roLLer CoaSTer Ride Has been the name of the gaME .

1. HaD our OldER girlS come and Bring theiR BoYS ( WeLL BoyfrieNDS ) - theY ActuaLLy came to sEE us on The 12th . We haD a BLAST and we LOVE them So vERy much !

2. Get CompletLEY CompleteLY reaDY for ChRistmAS in 10 DaYS BecaUSe i waS going to have surgerY on the 15th .

3. SurgerY for a maSS to be removED and also A biopSy on my breasT . BTW - picture below shows a little bit of blood - 4. REsultS came Back B9 ! WonderFUL newS !! BlessinG to EvERyone .

5. Try to continuE to RECoVer

6. WonderFUL husbanD takES time off work to TAke CaRe of me

7. KiDS get 2 weeKS off from school . Ashlynn Helps take CaRE of me .

8. HaVe AnothER surGerY For MoRE FemalE thinGS ... O JoYs of being a Girl :)

9. BreaST BiopsY Not healing to weLL - still in LOts of pain -- ouCHiE ouchiE

10. Went to Doc and FouND out thaT my incisioN has not closED - So BasicaLLY i now hoW a HolE in me thaT is TRyin to cloSE .

11. Try to Keep restiNG -- PAin in my BuMMmmm

12. Love MY HusbanD - he HAS gonE oVER AND BEYOND when it comes to Taking CaRe of me .

13. Love my FAmilY - My swEET aShlynn has reaLLY helpEd out alOT toO !

14 . Wish i HAd the EnerGy to CreATE or do SOMethiNG ... anythiNG ...

15 . Can'T Wait to Be done with thIs last little mile Stone of Our liVes . as I'm Sure the OthER 2 pepS living with me feeL the SaME .

JusT 15 poinTS fRom the 15th ... All Just BitS of ranDom-neSS

yuMMy-neSS

CupCakES in a Jar

... by shye

TheSe aRE one oF the nEW thiNGs i have maDe up To seLL and it's bEEn going GREAT ! i Sell them at boutiquES and dO ordERs for them - during the holidAY Week i HaD ordERs Of up arouNd 100 ... Which Was SUCH A blessiNG and So VerY wonderFUL !

ThankS to my WonderFUL BECki FOr her heLP in this CreaTion --- loVE YOU !

TheSE aRE fiLLED with loTS of yummy-neSS and YOu JUST OPEN anD eAT Right ouT of the JAr . VErY eaSY and No Baking for you :-)

mY BirThDAy ...

HeRE is the CutE liTTLe Cake / BreaKfaST That I had When i camE Down the haLL the morning of my Day . My SwEET DAughtER got up And Got it ReaDY for me .

Then Here is the AMAZING BirthDAy cakE my DeaR friEND WendY maDe for me ... DiD i menTion AMAZING !!!!




Then That niGHT We Went to CheeSecakE FactoRY for DinnERS WiTh CaroLyn and AlySSa . Fun Night ! So BasicaLLY i Had 3 diFFerenT Cake / DeSSertS that Day ... WhoOHooo ... liKe i Even neeDEd them ? hmmmmm

bliSS-FEST / FaLL 2009

I Was LuckY EnouGH to Be in the BliSS-FesT aGain for faLL . HerE are a Few Pics form Fri NighT ! SupER Fun TimE -- AshlYnn EvEn Came to haNg out with Becki ANd I . It was grEAT timES ;-)

My liTTLe ArtiST at WOrk

Soo ProuD of HER !!

DuRiNg FaLL BrEAk from School AshlYNN organiZEd to Teach a Art cLaSS . She Sent out inVitES aND maDe a ClaSS SchedulE . She haD 6 studEntS and it Was GreAT FUN ! She wAS JusT DoiNG somethiNG thaT she LOVES !! and I wAS So ProuD Of hER ;-)
GReAT joB liTTle miSS !!!

The Plan is To Do it AgaIN NoV 11th . The agES aRe from 10 -14 . If You interESTeD LEt us Know . It Will be FoR abouT 2 Hrs and the CosT is $12.00 ( incluDES noteBOOkS and PiZZA lunch ) YuMmmmY !