Fun February creations

I got to make a small cake for a wedding themed "Murder Mystery Dinner". I learned that even if the top layer is a small one, you STILL need dowels inserted in the cake. It was collapsing on itself and I had to take the top layer off before the dinner was over. Oh well, it still looked nice. And tasted yum-EE! Almond sour-cream white cake with Wilton's buttercream icing and raspberry filling.

April is patiently waiting for me to finish making her a wall-hanging for each month of the year. She loves decorating for any and all holidays! Here is the February one. (the only other one I've done is Christmas...still have a long way to go!)

The haircut

Over the holidays when we were in California, Aunt Aimee cut bangs for my hair and Lisa was so funny--when she first saw me she said I looked weird. But then she started saying she wanted a haircut, so this week she finally got her wish. She kept emphasizing that she wanted it to her shoulders, but I really wanted to see it dramatically shorter ( I know I probably won't have any say whatsoever about her hair within the next few years so I better enjoy it now, right?) so I got Aimee to go just above the shoulders. I love it! Aimee cut it just so the back naturally flips under and has more body...so pretty. I have a lot of fun playing with Lisa's hair when she'll let me ( although just before this picture I burned her ear with the curling iron--ouch! I felt so bad, but she forgave me a lot faster than I expected)

Lisa also LOVES any kind of art project, so I am always trying to find fun things to make with her. Thank goodness for the internet and all the ideas I can find on there. The challenge at this point is finding projects where she can do most of the creating, instead of me just taking over and making it for her. But she really got into making there bracelets. Kinda makes me feel justified in keeping my stash of scrap-booking and sewing leftovers, too! :)

Crazy Fun

Just cause we have some crazy fun times around here...

Crazy hair day!

Crazy hair 2

Crazy eyes

Crazy panties on head

Crazy eating toy

I just love Lyra's face here

Crazy sisters!

Awwww...

The girls

Awww...

So glad when daddy comes home!

Lyra talkin'

Having a nice visit with Lyra. She also has taken to yelling/screaming at her toys when she plays with them. They just won't cooperate and get into her mouth sometimes. I like how you can hear Ryan reading to Lisa her bedtime story in the background, too.

Laughing Lyra

I love trying to make Lyra laugh. This is the best I've been able to record so far. Lisa actually makes her crack up pretty good sometimes. As much as it is occasionally frustrating that Lisa will not leave Lyra alone, I can see already that Lyra thinks Lisa is great fun.

Four months old

Here is a picture of Lisa at four months--I love this picture because she looks like, "Whatchyou talkin' bout, girl?! Oh no you dittnt!

And here is Lyra at four months!

They looked so similar to me when they were first born, but now their differences are really starting to show. I love my girls!

A few more Christmas pictures

We got to spend a lot of good time with friends and family on this trip.

At Don and Diana's in Sparks with Bart and Amy's kids--Ashley, Jolene and Logan.

Davin was NOT cooperating for a picture so I decided to post his funny face anyway. ;)

He seemed to have a magic touch to get Lyra to sleep...just when she was getting tired I would hand her to him and off she'd go!

A special visit from Peggy, Emily and Jeff Barrow. Such good friends to my mom and our family. It was good to see them.

Good times with Karl at the Terry home