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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Ohio and Friends

This past weekend Adam and I were able to drive up to Ohio to visit Miranda and Matt, and meet their beautiful little girl Jenna. It was great to get away for a little while...even if I did drive the ENTIRE way up there. It's all good! Jenna is the sweetest little baby. Adam and I got to hold her plenty of times. Granted all she does is sleep, cry, eat, and... you know... but that's what babies do.




This is what I decided to do for their gift. I was able to get a mold of her hand to make plaster replicate for Miranda and Matt. Poor little Jenna screamed her head off, because the stuff was so cold. It didn't turn out as perfectly as I wanted it to (which I didn't find out until I got back home), but it's still precious. I hope they enjoy it for years to come.


While we were there, we saw Shannon and Brandon, along with their little ones, Alexis (4 yrs) and Abigail (7 mos). You know how kids say the darndest things? Well, Allie sure did! She was upstairs in the apartment, supposedly watching "Cars," when she came sliding down the stairs on her bottom. Apparently she had fallen upstairs. When she got downstairs, she said "I hurt my feet wrist!" What is a feet wrist, you ask? Her ankle! We all cracked up and cried about it for a few minutes. It was so cute!

We also got to have breakfast with April, Tracy, and their little boy Gabriel (11 mos). He's really cute. He's walking all over the place and picking up things we didn't know where lying around. Unfortunately, they couldn't stay too long, because they were leaving for an Idaho trip that afternoon to pick up April's son Collin. He'll be home for the school year, which I know April is very happy about.



Sunday we hung out with Miranda's family and played Masterpiece (art auction game). We used to play that game all the time as kids. It was so much fun! Especially since we hadn't played it in years. I think this was the first time we used all the characters (six). Adam, Miranda, Matt, Hilary, Mike (Hilary's BF), and me...it was great!



It was just so great to see them again. Enjoy the pics!




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Gizmo has gotten so little! She's down to 7 pounds, and she's turning 16 this year!

Jenna with her Grandpa



Look at those precious little shoes!




Thursday, August 09, 2007

Happy Birthday, the Boy!

Adam turned the big 2-7 on August 4th. He decided to make this crazy cake for the occassion. I love watching Food Network, especially the cake decorating challenges and Ace of Cakes. Adam's seen a few of the shows, too, and gave it a shot. He decided to do a hand holding a Rubik's Cube. We bought fondant since that's what decorators use. We will NEVER use it again! It's a bit hard to work with, plus it's GROSS! Luckily we covered the cake with icing first (which we made). I ended up baking three different cake mixes in order to make a cube. We still have about half the cake left. It should probably be tossed.

For Adam's birthday dinner, we went to Red Lobster. Adam ordered the Live Main Lobster. I took a bite and wasn't impressed. It was chewey...I had to spit it out. I ordered shrimp scampi and coconut shrimp bites. That's about all the seafood I can stand.

As you can see, Adam got some nice things for his birthday: a bike trainer (so he doesn't have to always ride his bike outside), Zobmondo! the "Would you rather" game, two pairs of padded bicycle shorts, and Rogain Foam (hehe!). All in all, I think he had a pretty nice day.


The craziest birthday cake of the all!

Jonathan got Adam some punching balloons, and everyone had fun blowing them up.

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