Baby Shower Cupcakes

I made these for a baby shower. The order was for a mix of chocolate cupcakes and yellow cupcakes all with cream cheese icing. Decorating was up to me...yay! I've been wanting to do cupcakes with cookies on top for some time...so here was my chance. I made tiny sugar cookies with a baby theme, decorated them and used them as cupcake decorations.

The baby's name is Alexis...hence the "A" on some of the cookies.

I was so excited about those cookies! I think I just love little things.

Here's a closer look:

Baby's name done in tinted white chocolate
Baby bottle with initial
Yellow ducky
Baby carriage
And because they are just so darned cute....here they are all together again

Tiny The Cat

This blog post is dedicated to the cat I love!

Tiny was my Mom's cat...he lives with us now. He looks like an ordinary yellow cat, but he's the funniest cat I've known. I'm not positive he knows he's a cat. He meows for us to open the pool gate for him even though he has ways of getting in. He thinks its ALWAYS dinner time. He'll follow us around like a dog. Lays out by the pool - in a lounge chair! Joins me and Frank when we sit by the pool. Sits up like a person. Is the star of a computer game - and I'm serious, it's called Tiny's Adventure.

Today we found him sitting up in one of the patio chairs and of course I snapped a pic. I decided he deserved his very own blog post.

Sleeping in box w/wood cutouts		Sitting up
Curled up in a planter - and Jeremiah		Watching a movie w/me and Jess (looking like a little old man)
Today's Pic		Tiny's Game

Jessi's My Little Pony Cake

Well, I was wrong...Jessi had a My Little Pony Cake for her 1st birthday, not her 2nd. She suggested I scan pictures of that cake in and post them since I just remade the cake for Kason. So, here they are Jessi. And just in time for your birthday coming up. Wow! This was 21 years ago, seems like yesterday. Nothing like a walk down memory lane...........

Here's a picture of the cake:


And here you are in Aunt Kathy's lap:
You were soooooo adorable!

My Little Pony Cake (Old School)

My niece's little girl's birthday (now that's a mouthful) was coming up and she (my niece) asked me to make the cake - a little last minute if I might add. Kay, if you're reading this - last minute was ok. :) Anyway, we settled on a My Little Pony cake. I haven't used that pan since Jessi was 2 and she's about to turn 22! I dug it out, washed it up and was ready!

I think it turned out cute - I mean you can't go wrong with a pink and purple pony - I don't care who you are. I just wish I could master the writing part. My writing on cakes always looks sloppy to me.

This is Kason smiling for the camera...she doesn't smile that way all the time....just for the camera. ;)
Yum...chocolate cake with cream cheese icing....Kason likes the cake.

Graduation Party

Today, we had a graduation party for Jessi. It was supposed to be a pool party, but the weather had other ideas. We had 30 people and it got fairly loud but it sure was fun! Some of my aunts came that I haven't seen in a while and that made it extra special. Jessi said I did too much, but I think she was pleased.

The graduation cap pop idea came from Bakerella. They really turned out cute. At first, nobody would eat them because they were so cute. Funny.

I made the cake and as soon as I had finished decorating it, Frank messed up a corner. No worries. A little icing and its all good. I wasn't even upset (and for me - I thought that was real progress). All fixed and ready to go in the fridge - oops - the fridge door started closing on me - I messed up the very same corner - worse than before. I'm out of the plain icing - all I have left is a little bit of black and red. This time there were tears - but only about 3 or 4 (still progress on the uptight scale if you ask me). I repaired as well as I could and got that sucker in the fridge!

Jessi and Blake graduated from UGA. Billy graduated with his masters from North Georgia. All on the same day.

Graduation

Our baby graduated from UGA on Saturday. We are so proud of her! She graduated Cum Laude with a degree in finance from the Terry Business College - with honors I might add. Did I mention that we're real proud? ;)

With no more children in school, we are now entering a new phase in our family. I think I'm feeling a bit nostalgic right now. I didn't cry at graduation and I'm not exactly sad...yeah, I think nostalgic is the right word. I definitely feel blessed.

Jessaroo - way to go!!!!!!!!!!

Lizards and Graduation Cookies

Frank called, "Nancy, you gotta come out here and see this!" I was amazed at how close the lizard allowed me to get!


Yesterday we went to the Edwards' for a graduation party for Blake. Here's the cookies I made for that. Blake and Jessi pitched in Friday night to get them finished.