So much to be THANKFUL for!

We were blessed this Thanksgiving with having some of our family with us. Kyle and Mandy came up for the week!  We had a WONDERFUL time together!!!!!

 One day we visited Uncle Micheal's farm - always a treat!!!

None of them wanted to be pig farmers when they grew up.....

Little Miss enjoyed her ride!

 Best Buddies!

We went shopping one day and bought the girls little glasses from the dollar store - they were a big hit all week!

 Found a beaver dam.....

 Explored a cave......

 

Found a little critter.........

Ran out some energy.......

More exploring......

 In general, had a grand time!

 Saturday Jeremy and Trelanie came over with their family and we had a tea party for the kids.  We made cupcakes and let them decorate them with icing.   Yes, even Keith helped with the icing!!!!! :D  Kyle played it safe and took pictures. HA!!

Little Man sneaking some icing.

Way cool!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND MAKING OUR WEEK SO SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!

Ashlyn turned ONE, Daddy turned THIRTY-ONE and a few extras.....

The last couple of weeks have been a whirl wind of  craziness fun-ness! 

We've had birthdays, weddings, baking, baking, baking and more baking.  I figured up and last week, I decorated 21 cakes all together!  Whew!!!!!  I am VERY grateful for a husband that helps me and a God that gives me strength and help every time I need it!!!!!

This picture does not have anything to do to with cakes, wedding, or birthdays, but I thought it was hilarious!!

Don't you love the fashion statement?? :)

 I was asked to make a wedding cake for a dear lady that was getting married in our church.  Now mind you, I do not claim any kind of cake making skill and the only ones I have done, except for a shower cake and a graduation cake, is our kids birthday cakes.  But I felt like I wanted to help her out, so I agreed to make it for her.  I am SO SO thankful for God's help!!!!!  My friend Heather came over Friday and gave me a helping hand, too.  Keith kept the kid out of icing and clothed and fed - thanks, Honey!!!! :)

 Not the greatest lighting for the picture above....

Megan was the flower girl in the wedding!  She did a super job and I was SO proud of her!!!!  She was waiting to get her picture taken.

Ashlyn turned ONE!!!!!!  My how this last year has flown by!!!!  Keith turned Thirty-one two days later, so we had a double party! We were invited to have dinner with another family, so we just took our party with us. :)

 Okay, I was really trying to make a cup cake, but somehow this turned out more like an icing hut! :/  Oh, well, she didn't care and it tasted just the same, I suppose. :)

 Keith shot this nice doe this morning!!!  He brought home 40 pounds of meat for the freezer!!!!!! :)

Thanks for checking in on us.  I hope you have a BLESSED Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Megan Turns FOUR......

Megan turned FOUR years old last Monday the 7th.  It's so hard to believe!!!


We named her Megan Joy and she runs true to her name.  She brings so much JOY to her little world and those around her.


For her birthday, she wanted a blue angel cake.  So I tried to make her dreams come true.


It sure wasn't perfect and certainly not one of the best cakes that came out of our kitchen, but Megan loved it!!

 

I just made the angel a "shaw" :D Instead of trying to make some kind of clothes for her out of icing -  much easier that way!!!

 Happy four year old!!!

 Blow out the candles!!

 We celebrated a couple of days early because Grandma and Papa were here.

 Okay, now the real secret.   I just bought a couple of angel food cakes and stacked them and put the doll in the center and covered with the fondant.  We sliced up the angel food cake and had it with strawberries! 

Perfect, easy and mighty tasty!!!!!!

 We enjoyed Grandpa being here for a few days!!  THANK YOU, Grandpa, for coming.

 Thanks, Grandma and Papa, for your visit.  We enjoyed you being here. :)

 On her actual birthday, we took Megan to Dairy Queen for ice cream.  What a treat!  She opened her present from Grandma and Grandpa - and wore her princess crown the rest of the day. :)

A huge puzzle from Grandma and Grandpa.  Megan LOVES puzzles!  Thank you, Mom and Dad!!!

What a fun few days we had celebrating her birthday.  She woke up the day after her birthday and told me she didn't feel like she was four.  She still felt like she was three. :D  I don't exactly know what she was expecting.  (I'm usually happy when I wake up the day after my birthday and don't feel any different. ~ha)

Megan Repost

Today is Megan's birthday and I do have current pictures to add, but I love this post about her so much, I thought I'd post it again. :)

Enjoy!

We have this beautiful little girl in our family we call Megan. She is "one of a kind" and I wouldn't trade her for the world. She can play alone just fine and likes to have tea parties all by herself. But sometimes she likes to think she can "run with the big dogs."

In her little mind, she should be able to do everything her big sister and brother do...

She is always so proud when she accomplishes a challenging task...

When her older siblings decide they need to make tracks and leave her behind, she does pretty good about staying with them...

Except for the small fact that she is very easily distracted...

When she realizes they are far ahead and turning the bend in the trail, she tries calling out to them..

Being the loving older siblings that they are, sometimes they stop and listen and wait for her.....and sometimes they don't.

So she kicks it into high gear and races after them again...

After much sweat and panting, she finally catches up.

Who wouldn't want a 2 year old helping them throw rocks in the creek?

But soon she gets distracted again and doesn't notice that her "elders" aren't anywhere in sight...

So she beats it back to the barn...

Only to get distracted again along the way...

Soon she decides that there is more to do in life than keeping up with her older brother and sister and tries her balancing act on a tractor rut...

She never let's life keep her down..

She just jumps up and tries something different. Like walking IN the rut...

Yes, much easier...

For this moment in time, she has completely forgotten that she even has an older brother and sister and is enjoying walking to her own little tune...


What would our world be like if we didn't have this girl we call Megan?