Someone's Turning Five!

This is birthday party week around this place. Shelby is turning Five on Tuesday and is so excited. We had a small party yesterday and I made these ice cream cone cupcakes. I was so happy with the way they turned out. Parties are a lot of work, but I love doing it.

For those who want to give it a try.

Use a box cake mix, and make according to the directions.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full
Add the cone to the top, just pressing it slightly into the cake mix.
Bake 15-20 minutes.
Wait 30 minutes to frost.
(Next time I want to try to squeeze ice cream into the bottom of the cones) Yummy.

More to come throughtout the Birthday week.

A Fun Filled Weekend

Sometimes everything needs to be set aside and you just need to have a good time with friends. For once in our lifetime we didn't make a plan, we just enjoyed ourselves and spent time with people we don't get to see that often.

As Brandon will tell you, this sort of lifestyle is exhausting!

I finsihed the weekend by letting Shelby get her ears pierced, she is almost 5 years old you know. We also had her hair done, what excitement, I will not be able to top this weekend for a while.

Well this the first time I'm going to post a message on our blog. Thanks Anna for being the designer that you are and sharing this wonderful way to communicate and let people see into your life. I wish I had started this earlier, but I can always make excuses for why I don't have the time.

It would be nice if we could all be a princess like Shelby, but we are adults now and quickly find out that if you want a castle and fancy clothes you have to pay for them.



Brandon has the right idea. It's okay to be crabby as long as you're cute. I don't think I could get away with this for very long. Oh, to be young again.

I have to remember to have more fun. Life isn't all about work, in fact it's not about work at all. We need to enjoy every day and make sure we play.