The faces of Karlee......

Happy Valentines Day

Here's hoping that everyone has a great Valentines Day!! Mandy wrote it best about what the "true" meaning of Valentines day is here!!

Karlee has been sick with a horrible cold that included a double ear infection so we have been spending a lot of time at home trying to get better!! I was bored and decided to try my hand at some Valentine goodies!!


First up was Valentine Petite Fours!! MckMama gave me this idea in this post!! They were very tasty and very easy to make!!

After making those, I decided to try my hand at decorating a cake with fondant!! I bought some supplies and got to work while Karlee was napping!! This was my first time ever decorating a cake and only my second time working with fondant (first was making the Valentine Petit Fours)!! I thought it turned out good which really made me happy beings I secretly dream of being Ace of Cakes or Cake Boss or something like that in my next life!!

Karlee had her Valentines Day Party at daycare on Friday and from the pictures, it looks like she had a good time!!

Hope today and every day, you are surrounded by the ones you LOVE!!

Punxsutawney Phil

So I guess he......

...was right cause we woke up to this today!!
...MORE snow!!

Blog Makeover

What do you think of the new blog look?? I won a blog makeover from an amazing designer!! Her name is Mandy and let me just tell you a little about how amazing she is!! She has three a personal blog that she chronicles her and her husbands adventures...I usually get a good laugh when reading her blog!! She also has a website that I have talked about before called Survival Mode Parent!! It is where you can sign up as a volunteer to help other families in your area that have a child(ren) in the NICU or PICU!! Having been in the NICU, it is a great organization and a much need organization!! Visit the page and sign up today!!



& this is her last website (along with also working full-time)!! She does blog makeovers and not just any blog makeovers but blog makeovers where a portion of the cost you pay goes to a charity of choice for the month!! Right now she is supporting the National MS Society so now until April 30, 2010, 20% of everything you spend at Blogs by Mandy goes to The National Multiple Sclerosis Society. If you are ever in the market for a blog makeover, please check out Blogs by Mandy!! She is sooooo easy to work with and does amazing work!!

Where Dreams Come True.....

**I am reposting this cause I just realized that it never made it out of a draft the first time when I posted it here!!

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Here are a few pictures from our Disneyland trip!! It was an amazing, once in a life time trip!! Karlee had the most amazing time and really was a very lucky little girl!! She got to go to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and get her hair, nails and makeup done like a princess for her birthday!! She also got to have a birthday party with Pat-E-Cake!! The day of her birthday, we met an angel named Cheryl that absolutely fell in LOVE with Karlee!! We saw her various times through out the day with the characters!! The next day after Karlee's birthday we went to Toon Town's morning madness!! As soon as we entered the gates, the first person we saw was Cheryl again!! Her and Karlee had a little reunion hug and then Cheryl completely made our whole trip...she asked us if we would want to be in that mornings show!! What that meant was that we would get brought on stage and get a certificate from Mickey making us the Honorary Family of the day!! It was AMAZING!! The fun didn't stop there for Karlee though!! Amazing Cheryl had some more tricks up her sleeve and Karlee ended up getting to hold Pluto's hand and then Donald's hand and walk across the park and then....the icing on the cake.....she got to hold her Mickey's hand and walk through his house with him!! HOW AMAZING!!! We were truly blessed to have met Cheryl and thank her for the great care she took of us and the great things she did for us!!

We are already planning our next trip back!! Next trip will be in October so we can go Trick-R-Treating there!!! We are already counting the days!!

When Life Hands You Snow.....

When life hands you snow....

......You make snow ice cream!!

....Pink snow ice cream to be exact!!

....2 quarts of fresh snow...Mix in a cup of sugar, a teaspoon of vanilla and milk until it reaches the consistency you want!!

.....& then ENJOY!!!

Smile

My baby girl is growing up but she still has that AMAZING melt my heart smile!! Absolutely LOVE it!! :-)

Merry Christmas

Merry CHRISTmas!! Love to you all!!

Mike, Kandis & Karlee