Family Tree Cake

Swim Lessons

Eli is learning how to swim. I was actually able to barter a cake for some private lessons in my brother's pool a few doors down. Here is Eli on his 4th lessons, this is the big day that he finally went under the water!

SUNGLASSES

Sooo ingenious!

So let me explain what is happening here: Eli is a GENIUS! haha.... I bought a new outdoor porch light at Amvets and brought it home for Kris to install. He kept dropping the screws into the bark and we were having a heck of a time finding them. So our little Eli went into the house, and came back with tissue paper and laid to over the bark and then put some ontop to hold it down from the wind. He told his Daddy this should work, so if you drop the screws they will fall on the tissue paper! And sure enough-Kris dropped another screw and we found it fast! hahaha.... I LOVE how creative my bug is!

Just the 3 of us!

I am THRILLED to have recieved this picture this am from one of my best-friends-Miranda! We rarely get a photo of the 3 of us! LOVE IT! and most of all Eli's face and hair!

PLAY-DOH

Eli and Kris were playing play-doh last night and Eli started putting the play-doh on his face! It was funny!

My Matching Boys

We took Eli to the old Poway Park to ride the train. He had a blast! Here is a pic of my 2 boys-matching :)

Cake Contest-2nd Place:)

Today I entered my 1st cake contest, held at http://www.rozsweetartstudio.com/

I came in 2nd place and am thrilled! Take a peek at my competition, most of these cakes are made from students in cake classes at the studio.

FIRST PLACE-Terry

2nd PLACE-ME

3rd PLACE-MARINA

THIS CAKE COLLAPSED....

Treehouse for contest

I am entering this into a cake contest tomorrow at : http://www.rozsweetartstudio.com/
This cake is a bit over 2 feet tall!

circus/carnival cake

Bird nest baby shower cake

Fairy Castle Cake

Visit with The Woolseys

So how funny is this? The Drurys went to go see one of our best-friends The Woolseys a few weeks ago. Christy had Casey in December:) Anyhow, we happened to wear the same shirt!

Holy first Communion Cake

This is now one of my personal favorites:

Luau Cake

Cheeseburger Cakes

I taught a little class to my nephew Noah and his friend Jacob (and Eli). Here are some pics:

Crawdad's tank

Cute Picture of Eli and Daddy after they just cleaned the "lobsters" tank:

Special Snack Tray

Got this idea from Michele at http://michellesjournalcorner.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-05-03T00%3A08%3A00-07%3A00

This is a special snack box that we keep in the car for Eli. FUN, GREAT idea!

We planted a garden:

We turned Eli's sand/water table into a garden:

Haircut for Eli today

From this:

To this:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing his forehead and ears! But it only last a few weeks and his hair grows right back out!

Mother's Day Gifts I made this year

Idea from: http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/piesbakedintinyjars/

I made a few more than those pictured, but got the idea here: http://craftstylish.com/item/39212/how-to-recycle-magazines-into-jewelry . This is cute, fun and eye cathing and just as about as "GREEN" as I get!

I made about 10 of these guys...Idea from : http://www.craftstylish.com/item/45744/how-to-turn-a-soda-can-into-a-spring-flower-brooch . I have been wearing them for about a week and have gotten TONS of compliments! I LOVE it.

I cant find the link where I got the idea for these fancy clothespins. Wish I had made more!

Idea from http://foldingtrees.com/2008/08/flower-week-tissue-paper-carnations/