Quick Update

After my last post I got a lot of questions. I don't know why I do that, because then I have to explain myself, and really I was just having a bad day! O.k a really bad day, but nothing too serious. Things are a lot better now and hopefully will continue to be. I thought I'd catch up on some of the things I've been up to. The first thing I missed was Ben's Valentines Day Lip Sync. They did it to "We will rock you". This was something I did at Oakdale when I was young and our group took 1st place (a proud moment in my life:)They didn't do places, but the crowd freaked out when Ben's group performed and they won the "Coolest" award. It was son fun to see him get up there and go crazy, he even jumped off the stage at the end.

Another thing going on at our house is the American Girl Doll craze. The girls got dolls for Christmas and they are constantly begging me to make clothes, bedding, and to have photo shoots with their dolls. One of their favorite activities is going to the American Girl book club at Barnes and Noble with all their friends.

This last weekend we had a baby shower at our house for Jeni and Jason. I cannot even tell you how excited I am for them to have their little boy. I am so stinking baby hungry (I have been trying to convince Tony that we need to adopt a little black baby, maybe even two). I made this diaper cake

and this bouquet that actually has three onesies, three bibs, and two hats in it.

Afterwards we had fun hanging out with Jeni and Jason. I think we probably scared Jeni when we told her how many diapers the baby will go through in a day...

or when we told Jason how much babies cost...

But I think we cheered them up when Lorin told them that he would give the baby free modeling lessons...

Just kidding! They are going to be great parents and we are so happy!
We played games the rest of the night and even though I ended up falling asleep on the couch, It reminded me how much I love having my family over hanging out.

Even my dad came over on his crutches. He is recovering nicely from his knee surgery.

We definitely missed Chad, but luckily he called that afternoon and we had a nice long chat. He is so good at checking in on me, that sometimes I forget that he is so far away.
I have been feeling the creative bug lately (love it when that happens) and will be posting some pictures of all my little projects. Let's just say I've learned how to sew and spray paint is my new best friend!