MASON'S 4TH BIRTHDAY!

For Mason's 4th Birthday we decided to do a little boy pajama party. If you know Mason, you know he loves to wear pajamas. In fact, during the party he changed his pajamas twice. We setup a tent with matress in it so they could "jump on the bed." We had lot's of pillow in there so we could have a pillow fight. We did the hokey pokey, read bedtime stories, and decorated pillow cases. We ate pizza, popcorn, m&m's and cake! Everyone took home a toothbrush, glow-in-the-dark bracelets, flashlights, and a bedtime story.

Here are the pictures:

The Invitation:

Party Setup:

The Tent:

The Cake:

The People:

The Presents:

Mason after the party playing with his presents Ü

CORY'S DAD PASSED AWAY

After 22 years of fighting cancer, the cancer finally won.
Terry Wesley Hardy
August 15, 1951 - July 10, 2010

God saw you getting tired
and a cure was not to be
So he put his arms aroun you
and whispered, "Come with Me."

With tearful eyes we watched you suffer
and saw you fade away
although we loved you dearly
we could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating
Your hard working hands to rest
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY MCQUADE!

OUR LITTLE COOKIE TURNED ONE!

We did a milk and cookies party. Here are the pictures:

The Birthday Boy

The Birthday BannerThe Invitation

Pictures of the Party Set up

The Cake

The Smash Cake

The People

Thanks everyone who came! It was lots of fun!

CORY'S GRANDPA DIED

We went to Delta a few weeks ago to attend Cory's grandpas funeral. Grandpa Wes was the grumpiest, funniest, toughest, sweetest Grandpa ever! We'll miss you Grandpa

Seriously, we have not ever taken a family picture since the baby has been born. This is a shot we just got on the steps while we were in Delta. I'm so pathetic, I know, when it comes to pics.

GOT MY HAIR DONE

Cory wanted me to get my hair colored like this Kelly Clarkson picture
But... this is what happened

So here is take two!
Much better!
It's been kind of fun change having dark hair.

WHERE I'VE BEEN cont...

So I got a new calling. I'm now the RS secretary and so I've been keeping busy with lot's of church duties. One thing I've done is create a monthly newsletter here's just the front side.

I've also been making invitations for people. Here are a few...

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

Where to start...

I have been into trying new things. One of those things is making fondant cakes. Here are some pictures of some of the cakes I've made.

This was for my niece's birthday I helped my SIL make

I was asked to make a purse cake for the RS birthday party. So I made a practice cake for my sister Cindy's birthday. I definitely learned a lot Ü

This one was for my neice Bailey. I made it for her blessing.

I made a cake for a my neighbor's baptism. She is 12 and I got her to start coming to Young Women when I was still in the YW presidency. She had been taking discussions at our house and decided to be baptized. I made it to match her dress

Here is the RS birthday cake. We did a purse theme, and talked about different "purse-onalities" The colors were hot pink and black. It was really fun and time consuming to make. The "RS" took awhile to cut out with an exacto knife. Yes! Everything IS fondant - even the handle.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

This is for everyone I couldn't get an address for. We hope you have a wonderful holiday!

PICTURES

Can everyone see the pictures now of my next three posts? Everyone was saying they couldn't see them. Sorry that was so annoying.

PAINTIN' TOES

My niece, Haylee, and I caught Cory in a funny mood and we were going to paint our toes but we got Cory to do it for us. He actually did a pretty good job. Of course, I forgot to take after pictures. But he painted mine blood red and Haylee's hot pink with white squiggles on it. Thanks Honey! He told us not to tell anyone but I couldn't resist.

SWEET RILEE!

I made some leg warmers for Steph's new baby and here is picture of her wearing them. Isn't she sooooo cute! She is so tiny!

MASON'S 3RD BIRTHDAY

Mason turned 3 on August 8th. I can't believe how big my boy is getting. He wanted a BATMAN birthday with a BATMAN birthday cake. Can you guess what he's into right now? So we had a little BATMAN birthday party. I'm so bad at taking pictures. Especially during the chaos of it all. I need 2 of me. One to take pictures of everything that is going on and one to be in charge and run it. So I took some after pictures. We had a big tunnel system set up out back for an obstacle course. We had a sparkler shaped as a 3 on his cake. So I got a picture of the cake after the sparkler put burn marks and speckles on the top. I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the cake. I thought it was pretty cool. I made a white cake but colored some batting black and yellow and swirled it in the mix so it had a yellow and black marble look when you cut into it. I made batman capes for all the kids and had goody bags for them to take home. I made batman candybar covers saying thanks for coming. We played a game with where I dumped a garbage bag of blown up balloons or "bad guys" and they had to use their batman moves and kill em all while listening to the theme of batman, of course. It was pretty cute to watch them. He had a fun BATMAN birthday!