Super Cute Gift

I have worked with the Young Women at church for the past 5 years and this is what we gave the girls for their birthdays this year. They were TONS of work but I think they turned out so cute and each one was personalized the girls' favorite color, cake and icing flavor.



Here is the link to the original idea.
Cupcake Take-Along Tote

Wedding Cake Balls

Check these cuties out; made by yours truly.

Somewhere over the rainbow...

...skies are blue and Makell turned 2!! That's right, our sweet princess turned two about a month ago. We had a party in the park with a few of her closest friends. It was super duper hot but she had lots of fun. Thanks everyone for coming!

It was a rainbow themed party and here were her invitations. I did have some much cuter pictures but Nick deleted them, ugh!!

The spread. I had so many ideas for this party but being at the park limited my options. It turned out pretty cute anyway I thought.

This is where we put her presents and did the rainbow craft. It also held all her Thank You bags.

Her Thank You bags had homemade note pads, a big rainbow swirl pop, rainbow slinkies and a fun marker.

Her most favorite present, a stroller! She pushed it around ALL DAY!

This is what she was doing for most of the morning before we went to her party. Watching a movie while resting on her pink balloon. So Cute!

She loved her birthday and ran around the house all day practically screaming "Happy Birthday"! We love her to bits.

4th of July Parade

Every year my company participates in our city's 4th of July parade and I am one of the lucky ones that gets to plan the float! (not really that much fun by the way.) This year the company is celebrating it's 50th year in business and the parade theme was American Classics so we created a 50's diner for our float with our personal theme being "Celebrating 50 years in 50's style". We dressed Makell up in a poodle skirt and she walked in the parade with us. It was pretty fun and she was adorable! Making the poodle skirt was quite fun too, and easy!

The float

Nick and Makell

Makell and me

Our cutie pie

Random Moments

While camping a little while ago, we had ice cream and Makell wanted the cone. Here she is holding it side ways and being goofy. I had to eat the ice cream out for her so she could eat the cone. I guess that was all she was in the mood for.

Eating chicken nuggets while naked and sick with Hand, Foot and Mouth. (Pray your kids never get this. It is NOT fun).

Makell loves to swim. Here she is in her water wings and swim suit waiting to go to the pool. She jumps in her self and pretty much won't let us touch her once she is in the water. She just kicks and floats around with us near by and only needs us to get her out of the pool so she can jump back in. She has no fear!

Just being cute in sunglasses she insisted on taking to the bath with her.

Temper Tantrum

It is very hard to take pictures of Makell right now because she learned that she can look at the pictures on the camera and she LOVES to look at pictures. Every time you get the camera out, she runs over and says "See, see, see" until you give it to her. If you want to take a picture you have to be very sneaky.

Makell also leaves to color but only with markers. She won't really touch crayons but she will color for a long time with markers. A few weeks ago I left her alone to color and when I came to get her, I found she had colored ALL over her arm. I thought it was funny and I wanted to take a picture so I got out the camera. It was right before bed time and she was extra tired so when she asked to see the pictures on the camera and I didn't agree to her request, she threw the biggest fit. In an effort to get the shot I wanted, I got a temper tantrum instead. Take a peek:

The pouty face (Notice the lovely marker on her arm)

Throwing herself on the floor

Trying to take the camera

Running away

Calming down a bit

Right before I gave in and let her "see"


All for a picture of the marker on her arm :)

Happy 4th!

Flag cake balls anyone?