Emily's Sock Monkey

Emily was having a very summer bored moment...and I was just finishing a cake. So I suggested she take the extra cake I baked and the extra butter cream frosting and make an Emily Original Cake. She went to my computer and looked up some ideas...then came back to the kitchen and made this! She is SO good! She really came up with the idea, sculpted and decorated the entire cake all by herself. I LOVED it!

Mackenzie caught it!

Mackenzie, after being harassed by dad for 2 weeks now, has entered a summer photo contest for the newspaper. The theme is summer. I LOVE this picture of Olivia...to me (proud mommy) it screams the best parts of summer evenings. Olivia was out watching the boys work on their bikes. (Brian and Ryan went to a class down at REI on bike maintenance...they are pros now:) she was so happy just basking in the sunshine. I love the way the kids still adore her at every moment. It is astonishing to think of the blessings this little person has brought to our lives. We love and adore her...and I'm sure she knows it. She is definitely the ruler of this house. Between mom, sisters, brother and dad she pretty much gets ANYTHING and EVERYTHING she wants....Can you imagine how its going to be at age 2 and 3? I am so grateful and thankful that she is a part of our eternal family. She has brought with her such sweet emotion and love to our household. God is good.

My Sister Rocks!

My sister is a professional photographer...and she is awesome. I have said it before and I am living it again with some of her latest pictures from our photo shoot last month. I haven't seen all of the pictures but needed a full body shot of Emily for something that she is entering. Take a look at this beautiful girl! So my idea is to have my sister fly out this spring and do Family and individual sessions on location for me and my friends...if this sounds like something you might want to participate with me in... please let me know...she is very reasonably priced and is so very talented. You can visit her blog and web sight in my link, Pretty Pictures.