Long ago in a far away galaxy...

Okay, so I've not been in a far away galaxy (unless you count what goes on in my head), BUT it's been a long time since I've updated this silly blog. I guess since we live around our family and friends again, I don't see the need to do this blog anymore. BUT, a few family members (you know who you are) keep asking me to update this, so here it goes.......

These pics are bit out of order, and I apologize, but does it really matter?? Nope. Anyway, this first picture is us playing "Guess Who" as a family. Isaac gets really into it, for about 5 minutes, then he wants to watch me and Chris play. His favorite part is flipping the people down, even if they're not supposed to be flipped down. Oh!... and he also likes to take the game completely apart.... all the yellow holders off and all the pictures out of the yellow holders. Yay for us. I'll admit, it's pretty fun to play it with him!

Here's Isaac and his cousin Audrey over at my mom's house, during one of the big snow falls we had. They both went sledding over and over and over down the hill at the side of the house, by themselves! (sigh... they're growing up).

Me and Kate, at the reception hall for a wedding cake we delivered, at the beginning of January. The cake design was far from traditional, but it turned out to be very beautiful. Since that cake, I've stepped away from the cake business, and Kate's keeping it going by herself. I decided I needed something less stressful and less messy. I'll still help her out every once in a while, and for sure on the wedding cakes we have set up for later this year.

This next image is to show you what I decided to do with my time in replacement of doing cakes. I've started a little online shop, called Blackberry Graphics (http://www.blackberrygraphics.etsy.com) where I sell handmade magnets and printable digital graphics. The magnets are my main focus, and they're a lot of fun. All the designs are my own, meaning I design the graphics on my computer, print them, cut them out, and glue them onto the glass bead and magnet backing. I'm selling 6 for $5.00. Check out my site!!

Something new we've discovered to do with Isaac is going to the library. We'll spend some time looking at books and then we'll pick out a few movies to rent.

Well, that's about it for now. Sorry to cut it short, but I'm a busy woman!!! Tah-tah!

Halloween 09

Isaac was Thomas for Halloween this year, and he was THE cutest Thomas we've ever seen! Instead of trick or treating around neighborhoods, we went to our church's Fall Festival. Before we left, I took this quick snapshot of him. We had a lot of fun at the Fall Festival, and thank goodness it wasn't raining or freezing cold! They had all kinds of carnival games, a petting zoo, hotdogs and snacks, bouncy houses, and even pony rides! And to top it all off, the whole event is free.... even the food!! So, here he is, playing some sort of beanbag toss game. You can see how close he got. I guess he wanted to make sure the beanbag went in!
Here's Isaac and his cousin Audrey. Her dad, Chad, (no rhyming intended) is a huge Mizzou fan. So naturally, he wanted her to dress up as a Mizzou cheerleader!

Here's our family pic!

As we left, we grabbed these yummy chocolate dipped, sprinkle topped, marshmallows on a stick treat. Mmmmm. Isaac's favorite part were the sprinkles!

Isaac's 2yr picture

Well I finally got around to taking Isaac's 2-year picture. His birthday was September 24th, and it's already the end of October, so I'm just a tad late on taking care of it. :) I took all the pictures in Randy & Trish's front yard, since it's sooooo pretty with all the trees. This first one is the one that's his actual 2-yr picture. All the rest are just silly pics. Enjoy! Ahhhh!
Fishy lips!

Kissy lips.Just weird.

Isaac's 2nd Birthday Party

So, before little Isaac was born on September 24th, 2007, everyone told us that he'll grow up fast. They said to enjoy every last moment, because it'll be gone in the blink of an eye. Well, I believe you guys!! He'll officially be 2 years old on Thursday, and I can't believe how much he's grown and changed since he was born 2 short years ago. He's such a smart little guy, and lights up the room with his amazing personality. I love every little piece of him (most of the time!), and I'm so amazed that this little person started out so tiny inside of me. And to think of him being a product of half me and half Chris, is the most amazing miracle I can think of. Thank you God for giving us such a wonderful little gift!

We celebrated his birthday on Sunday, at my parents house. We had a small crowd, of about 19 people; just immediate family. I wanted a much smaller crowd than last year's combined party, celebrating Isaac's 1st Birthday and Chris' college graduation.

To prepare Isaac for the party, I've been reminding him for the past 2 weeks that on SUNDAY, he's gonna have a "Thomas the Train" party. Now, even though he didn't quite know what a "party" is, it sounded like a lot of fun. He's been watching me make the Thomas party favor cookies, make pieces for his Thomas cake, and has even seen the Thomas party invitations. Also, we taught him the Happy Birthday song (which he sang right along with everyone else at the party!). For those of you who don't know, Isaac LOVES to sing. He knows all kinds of songs and can sing them by himself. He usually sings himself to sleep at night, and it's so sweet to listen to through the monitor. Lots of times when me and him are in the car, going somewhere, he has me sing songs to him during the whole entire car ride.

So anyway, on Saturday evening, both me and Chris told him that tomorrow was SUNDAY. I asked, "do you know what happens on Sunday?!". He thought for a minute, and then his face lit up with excitement as he said "Thomas party!!!" So the next morning, when I went into his bedroom to get him after he woke up, I walked in the door, he popped up, and the very first thing that came out of his mouth, with great excitement, was "Thomas party now!!!!" I couldn't believe he actually put it together in his head that it was Sunday, and he was gonna finally have his Thomas party. He's soooo smart! I of course had to reluctantly tell him that we had to go to church first, and THEN his Thomas party. oops!

So when he finally arrived at my parents house, knowing it was "Thomas party time", it was alot of fun to see him walk in the door and see the expressions on his face as he saw all the Thomas decorations. Thomas was everywhere. The saddest part of the whole day was when it was all over and we had to clean up. Who knows what next years theme will be for his party, but I only hope he gets just as excited, if not more.

Here are some pics I want to share:

These are the Thomas cookies I made. They took me a few day to make, but I had a lot of fun doing them. I'm really proud of the way they turned out.

Here's his Thomas cake. I handmade everything aside from the red ribbon and Thomas train topper. My sister Kate baked the cakes. The top tier was lemon cake with lemon curd filling, while the bottom tier was white cake with strawberry cream and chocolate ganache filling.

Another shot of the cake.
A closeup of James' face. I drew the black details with an edible ink marker.

Here are some pics of all the family at the party. This first one is of my mother in law (aka Memoo) and my sister in law Tiffany.

Here's the kids eating their lunch. There's Isaac, his cousin Maggie, and his cousin Audrey.

Here's my dad, my sister Kate and my brother in law Chad. They look like they're having WAY too much fun.

Okay, there's a lot of names to list for this one. There's my mom in the top left background and my grandma Heberling standing by the fridge. Around the table, from left to right, is Chris, his grandma Jean's boyfriend Marshall, Chris' grandma Jean, Chris' mom Jean, Chris' uncle Jimmy (standing) and Chris' stepdad Johnny.

This is everyone from the previous picture, in addition to Chris' aunt Sharon on the far left, and her two girls Stephanie and Madalinn.

Here's my grandma Heberling and my mom eating lunch in the dining room.

Here's a cute family pic, as we ended the happy birthday song. There's cute little Isaac clapping and saying "yay!"

Taking a few swings at the football pinata.

Collecting his pinata candy for me...um, I mean for Isaac. Rrrrrright.

Me and Isaac opening his birthday presents together. Surprisingly he sat and opened all of them, without getting distracted once.

Checking out his new tool set.

Saying cheese by all his cool new presents. Thank you everyone!

Its been a while

I apologize for not updating our blog in forever. I've been superdeedooperly busy with mine and Kate's new cake business, Sophisticaketion. It's a lot of fun doing the cakes and stuff, but it sure has made our lives a little bit more crazy. It seems like God is really blessing me and my sister with all of our 'cake business' needs, so it's hard to complain about how busy my life has gotten. To see what all we've been up to, you can visit our website at http://www.sophisticaketion.com/

So onto our lives here in Missouri: this first picture is of Isaac helping me mix up some cake batter. He likes to be my big helper around the house and his Pawpaw's big helper outside in the yard. He'll be 2 in a month, which is really insane, and he's getting smarter every day.

Here's me and Chris at a Cardinals game, from a couple of weeks ago. If you feel the need to cover your eyes, go ahead. Smoochy smoochy!!!
Me, Chris and Isaac took a family day a few Saturdays ago, and went to Grants Farm. It was so much fun doing something as a family. Isaac loved seeing all the animals up close, as you can tell from this picture. Don't worry, he didn't get any farther thru the wooden fence than this.

Here we are feeding a bottle to the baby goats, at Grants Farm. It was a little intimidating for him, so we each took turns helping him hold the bottle.

This was our trip to Target, and the checkout lady gave each of us a sticker. Isaac thought it was pretty cool that we each had a sticker on our hands.

So that's about it for pictures. As far as details about our lives here, things are going well for us. Chris is enjoying his job, and me and Isaac met him for lunch yesterday, which was cool. He showed us his desk and we got to meet the people he works with. They all thought Isaac was SOOO Cute, of course!!! And Chris let Isaac sit in his chair, play with his keyboard and mouse, and write on some of his postits. If he only knew how cute he is!!!! So anyway, we're hoping to start looking for a place of our own soon. I'm not sure if we'll be able to afford to buy a house, so we might have to rent something.....boooo. Oh well, whatever happens, happens. It's pretty apparent that God has everything under control, so I'm just gonna trust Him. We're enjoying our stay at Chris' dad and stepmom's house, but eventually we gotta leave. They've been so welcoming to us, and things couldn't have worked out any better. They keep telling us that they're gonna miss us when we move out, but we all know they're REALLY gonna miss Isaac.

So that's it for now. Tah tah!

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Here's mine and Kate's first non-family cake order, that we delivered last weekend. We're so proud of it, and already have a few other orders booked during this next month; a wedding and a 50th birthday party. Here's me and Isaac at Grants Farm, from a few weeks ago. We went with Chris' sister Melissa, her fiance David, and Isaac's cousins Maggie and Ian. We had soooo much fun, and I can't wait to go back!
Here we are feeding the goats from a bottle. Isaac wasn't too sure about it, but he didn't mind us holding the bottle together.

Last weekend we had a slipnslide set up in the front yard, while Maggie and Ian were over. Maggie LOVED it, but Isaac hated it, as you can tell from the sad tormented look on his face.

He was much happier standing out of the water, but didn't mind getting in the little pool at the end of the slip n slide.

Our new website!!

Hey everyone! Aside from a few minor tweaks I need to make, mine and Kate's cake website is up and running...woohoo!!! If you want to check it out, it's http://www.sophisticaketion.com/

Not to confuse you, but the logo on the site says "sophisticakes", and I need to replace it with the correct logo, which says "sophisticaketion". The name sophisticakes was already taken, and I didn't realize it until it was a bit too late. So, I just wanted to clear that up.

Anywhoo, please tell your friends and family about us. Thanks a lot everyone!