For Aunt Emily: the many faces of Sisaye

For Aunt Katie: New Outfit

A Mini-Break

I took the last week off of work and traveled to Minnesota to see Aunt Katie. Along the way and along the way back, I stopped in South Bend to see the kiddos. I'm always so impressed to see how quickly they grow. Sisaye held a toy up to me and said "Hep me this!" which is absolutely adorable and amazing. And D and I played "slam dunk!" and did many chest passes. He gets more fun all the time. I only wish that I lived closer to all of my sisters:(. We just have too much fun. Here are a few pics from the trip, although sadly - Kate and I never took any of us!! Boo.

Cake Class.... Check.

During the month of February, I took a cake decorating class at one of the Michael's stores here in town with three other girls from work. I think I seriously underestimated the art of cake decorating. It has been a lot more work than I anticipated and I am happy to say that - while I enjoyed learning a new skill and spending time with friends - the class is finally over. For some reason, I attracted the attention of the very nice instructor who ... just didn't seem to care for me very much:). At one point, she yelled at me to sit up straight (CAKE class...right?) and on the last day she announced to the class that "Jennifer's being difficult over here" - this is AFTER I've told her repeatedly that my name is Julie. After she says this, the girls (again who I work with) chime in with "tell us about it - we have to put up with her everyday":). And then all of them started calling me "Jen". Ba ha ha. We are still giggling about it. I put a pic here of my final masterpiece. Now, the true test will be next week when I try to make Em's birthday cake. (On a side note - after I made my roses and complained about how terrible they were, Emily looked at them and said, "I would be PROUD to have these on my birthday cake!!:)-) Just one of the many reasons I'm glad we're roommates:).

Cuddlers and Sleepers

Why is the little Missy such a snuggle bug?

Oh... Joe!!

Joe came to visit me and Em a couple of weeks ago. Highlights: a band at the casino, a visit at U of L (I tried to be objective) and a night of bowling. I totally got my butt kicked. Oh well. Thanks for visiting Joe! We miss you already! Next please...;)

Epic Sledding

Clearly, with 8" of snow... Em and I can have some serious sledding now. The last pic is miss M snuggling afterwards. Please note the very large third space/seat at the end of the couch. She had to be squeezed in between the two of us. Little dog...