Meet Oscar!

What do you get when you mix a Ken doll, a saucer and gold paint?!

An Oscar of course!!! As part of a recognition program at work, I would like to introduce you to Oscar (Outstanding Superstars Committed to Achieving Results)! He was a quick project last night that is sure to have the office in laughs and asking questions... Mission Accomplished!!!

I want to send a special thanks to Chris for always supporting my zany ideas and whipping out the drill to a short notice project any time I ask! (Even when it starts with my stripping a doll and he gets a little nervous!) He's a real trooper and I'm so lucky to call him mine!

Girls' Day!

Last Saturday, I had the privelge of taking a girls day with my mom and my bridesmaids! We went to South Dakota and looked at all kinds of dresses!


We tried on Wedding dresses, Bridesmaid dresses and even put Tiana in some Prom dresses! By the end of the day we were ordering the bridesmaid dresses! I can't wait until they get in!

Tiana was such a sport, and let us put her in all kinds of Prom dresses; we had a great time with this "puffy" monster! I gave the all the girls the jackets I made for them as an "official" invite, but I will save the back of the jacket as a surprise for the wedding day!

DaShawn's Police Car

Catching up on some late posts... Above is the joyous reaction (while still a little crosseyed) I got when DaShawn opened up his Police Car for Christmas! All he wanted was a garbage truck and a police car... so Santa got the truck and Kelli got the car!

The rest of the evening was filled with smiles, hugs and plenty of police pursuits and captures! Love you Baby Jim, you make my heart melt!

First cake from scratch...

Just wanted to share... I made my first cake ever from scratch! Chocolate cake with buttercream frosting, dyed pink! Have a wonderful week!

Christmas Gifts

As many of you know, the one thing I hate about Christmas is gifts! I don't like that the season now days seems to be centered on the giving and receiving of gifts... BUT I have to say that this year I received some pretty great gifts that should be acknowledged!


First, on Christmas morning I got engaged! The only thing that I truly wanted for Christmas!!!



Also, I received a wonderful KitchenAid Mixer! Not on my Christmas list, but something that Chris and his mom think may help in my liking of cooking... see I'm not a huge fan of cooking, but I love to bake!

This weekend, in my attempt to avoid laundry, I decided to give it a test drive. One speed bump... I don't have all the ingredients to make anything from scratch! So the first recipe created in the beauty was instant pudding!

I still think it turned out great! Now off to the grocery store to purchase some basic ingredients, Hershey's Cocoa Powder, Crisco, and Cake Flour... On another note, I need to thank Chris's dad for the lovely new laptop that I am blogging on! Totally love it, I've missed having a 10-key!!!

Procrastinating...

Hi All! Long time no update! Alrighty, well I have been procrastinating this week! I was snowed in and working from home on Thursday and Friday... last night Chris said that we need to take down the Christmas decorations... this is always a sad time for me. I love decorating for Christmas, besides traditions, it is my favorite part of the season.

I decided to get busy with other chores in hopes that Chris will forget! Thought I would take a few photos to share, before he catches on and they need to come down. Happy belated Christmas everyone! Look for another update tomorrow!!!

Season Updates

Alrighty, lets do some updates! I have gotten lots of emails and phone calls about what is happening lately, so I figured I would fill everyone in! Work is chaotic at this moment, but hoping to get a couple of slower weeks here at the end of the month. Chris is doing great, hiding away behind warm doors for the past few days, hoping that I don't ask him to put up or haul down any more Christmas decorations. We have been spending lots of time around family and friends which makes for a joyous season!

Pictures... we have been so busy lately, that I have just become more and more scatterbrained. For example, we made Christmas Cookies last weekend, I remembered to take a picture half way through and then nothing... Cookie Exchange at work, one picture and then nothing... and to top it off, I took them on my camera with no memory card inserted, so now I have to track down my little camera cable... ugh, I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

Ruger is getting ginormous! She loves the snow, but hates the cold... I can tell she is thinking of spring already. So let's see...

Yes, we are still alive.

Yes, we are doing great and enjoying the season.

Yes, I will be back to blog soon.

And no, I don't have a ring yet!