Happy Valentine's Day!

When I got home from work my sweet hubby had roses, a box of chocolates and this "I LOVE YOU" balloon. I shared my chocolate and enjoyed my flowers...and Ace really enjoyed the balloon! He literally stood my the counter and whined until we figured out what he wanted was the balloon. When we finally put it down lower on the ground he just stood there looking at it. Eventually he started jumping up and really playing with it. I got a great video of it so I'll try to post that later too! He is seriously, the cutest, funniest, most lovable puppy ever!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone, hope it was a good one!

Cutie-Pie-Cupcake

Mom and I picked up a cupcake magazie/book on one of our many trips to JoAnn's. It has inspired us (along with many cupcake shows on TLC) to make cute cupcakes! These ones were my favorites so far...simple but cute!
I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but it's a chocolate cupcake, with light pink frosting, with white pearl sprinkles on top!

Super Bowl Sunday...

Without question our household was pullin' for the Greenbay Packers! Ben was ready for the game before church, and made sure his nephew was ready too. He made sure Landen was going to wear his Packers shirt from Uncle Ben. And boy was he pround to be wearin' it! He made it very clear that the "Packers are going to win because I'm wearing my shirt!" Before the game Ben taught him the whole "GO PACK GO..." bit. Unfortunately...like every weekend, I had homework to do, so while Ben watched the game I studied. After the first touchdown of the game (made by the Packers) our phone rang...it was Ben's lil Packer fan calling for Uncle Ben with the following message "Woohoo...GO PACK GO PACK GO PACK!" We also go a follow up phone call after the BIG WIN "They won Ben, Packers won...they didn't give up! Woohoo!" It's good Ben has recruited someone to pull for the Packers with him...even if he is only 3!

Beautiful sunrise

Ben having the artistic eye that he does...informed me the other day how beautiful the sunrise was...I was getting ready for work and couldn't be bothered (or knowing me, didn't have time) to stop...so he captured it for me! How great is our God?

Out with the old...and in with the new!

After trying to grow my hair out for nearly 6 months...I decided it was time to stop fighting with it every morning and chop it off! I went from spending 20 minutes on okay hair to 10 minutes on cute hair! Believe it or not...this makes EVERYONE in the house happier! Thanks Heidy for always givin' me great hair!

Night Class...really?

I am officially back at school two nights a week. To say it keeps me busy is an understatement, but I keep reminding myself that it is only for a short time! By Spring of 2012 I will have earned: National Boards Certification, Masters in Literacy, Reading Endorsement, and my ELL Endorsement. There will be nothing more to go to school for...except maybe my PhD...and I'm not thinking about that for now! Our weekends are pretty much filled with Ben watching football while I read at the kitchen counter! I have learned the hard way to limit my reading to 2-3 hour spurts...I tried 6 hours and woke up with a very sore neck that is still not any better!
Needless to say, unless Ben takes up blogging (which is not likely) the blog may suffer a teeny tiny bit. I am going to try to keep up with at least one blog a month to keep everyone up to date, but I make no promises. I hope that everyone is enjoying the beginnings of 2011!

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it's 2011 already? Where did the year go? Ben and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on the 20th, it seems like time is just flying by! We are looking forward to a great 2011, and can't wait to see what God has in store for us!