Mini-Marathon ... Check.

Emily and I both ran the mini-marathon this past weekend. All of our hard work was finally put to the test. We started out with trash bags and styrofoam visors on due to the rain. It was a light to medium rain for the first four miles and then the sky cleared a little and we even saw a little sun. The last nine miles were all dry. We lost ten minutes waiting at a porta potty and actually ended up running into some random lady's house. Thank heavens for good samaritans. We ended up splitting up at the 10 mile marker but I think we both felt remarkably well and kept our own paces. Good job, girls. Next up: Warrior Dash on June 20th. Standby. (I added the after party pics as well here).

Aunt Emily's Birthday Cake

I tested my new cake skills today: Voila!!

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?