Megan's 8th birthday was in October. And again, I made the cupcakes for school and the cake for here at home.

Since her birthday was on a Sunday, Gramma and Grampa came down from Waverly for pizza and cake. It was such a beautiful day, so we went outside to play.

Grampa even showed the girls that he can do a kartwheel!! Scared the rest of us to death, but they thought that was pretty cool!!

Madi's 7th birthday was in September so mom went out on a limb and not only made cupcakes for her to take to school, but also made a cake for home.

I decided to try something new and actually remembered to put the eggs in this year!! For decoration, I used m&m's and candy corn to make the tops of the cupcakes into flowers which seemed to be a hit.

Megan's Moon

Megan hasn't been feeling 100% lately

due to the surgery to remove her tonsils and

adnoids. She came to me the other night

telling me how beautiful the moon must be

outside. She could see it through the window,

but the view was partly blocked by tree limbs.

Megan asked if I could go out and take a

photo of it for her so she could see what it

looks like without the trees. So here is

Megan's Moon.

Family Inspires Work

As many of you may know, I work as a graphic designer for a family of newspapers. Sometimes I know exactly what I want, but when I can't find the pieces to make it happen - I have to go out and create them myself. These two pieces, I refer to as "Grampa's fiddle" and "Papa's hat". I thought they were kinda cool.

The fiddle was given to me a LONG time ago by

my Grandpa Dale. The hat is actually Megan's, but it reminds

me of Dad.

Remember when he wore his hat everyday -

EVERYWHERE?! : )

4th of July weekend

I love going to Waverly for the 4th of July weekend. It's a time to see people you haven't seen since the year before, picnics, bugs and family. (Try not to confuse the last two)

I don't know who had more fun, the kids or Gramma and Papa. Gramma and Papa were suppose to work on cleaning things up from the flood while I watched the kids, but it didn't really work out that way.

They started to clean things up - enough so the kids could drag out every toy in the house - and then they were sucked in by the grandkids! They even managed to get TWO trips to Kids' Kingdom, Dairy Queen and Pizza Ranch! Everyone had a good time though. I think Gramma and Papa needed a little fun time with the grandkids after so many weeks of flood clean-up.