Yummy!!

Throughout the year, but especially during Christmas, I find myself in the kitchen making all kinds of desserts (I am sure like a lot of you). Yes most of the time it is some type of cake for someone, but I also like to stick to those "Never Fail" favorites. One of those favorites of everybody' is the fruit pizza. I had never seen this dessert until a few years ago my sister-n-law brought over for a barbecue we were having. Everybody raved about it, so I got the recipe and have been stealing it ever since. (Thanks Julie) I mix the recipe up just slightly by doubling the sugar cookie crust so it is nice and thick. I have made these for almost every event we've gone to, and sometimes it's even requested. This year, one of the managers in Wilbert's office asked if I could do a number of them for the clients they serviced. Here is a smaller version of the fruit pizza.

The light parade

Right around Christmas every year, APS puts on a light parade. This was the first time the kids had seen it, so they were excited to see all of the lights. Here are a few pictures from that chilly night.

Christmas cont.....

Here are a few more pictures from Christmas morning at home with the boys, and then later in the day with the whole family at my moms.

Yes, that's newspaper. The night I pulled all of the toys to wrap, I ran short of wrapping paper. I don't think the kids even noticed!

Could you tell Aiden still likes Batman??!!!!!

Christmas 2009

Ugh.....once again it has been a while. So now it's time to play catch up. I am apologizing now for the number of posts on one day, what can I say, I haven't blogged since Christmas. I am sure, like you can imagine, life's been busy.

Christmas was great this year, it's great every year but when you're prepared months in advance, it's REALLY great. Target does their mark down in the toy section, a few times a year, and this time I really took advantage. I was very patient, and waited for the toys to become 75%, and then loaded up. I ended up getting a few cart loads of toys, and spent less than $5 per toy. I was proud of myself, what can I say...easily pleased! There still happens to be a negative to all of this positive.....now we have so many stinking toys!!! It took days after Christmas to organize everything, find a spot for everything, and then eventually put it all away. It was great though, the kids enjoyed it, and that's all that matters.

Here are a few pics from Abuelitas on Christmas Eve...

Aiden is still into Batman, so he was a LITTLE excited about this from Tia Sariah and Tio Manny
I made tutus this year for all of the girls, here's Mariah. (a little wrinkled from the box)

No, that's not a girl, that's Elam. He's sitting with his Tia and cousin.

Aiden playing his guitar he got from his Abuelitos.

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree

So we put up our Christmas tree this year on Thanksgiving day. Which I think will soon become our tradition, it gives us something to do during the day while we wait to go to our family gatherings. Anyway, that just means that I am a little, a lot, late in posting. (What can I say, what's new?)

Here are the boys on Thanksgiving morning, helping decorate the tree.

Square + Offset

I have been doing a lot of cakes off and on, but never seem to post them, or remember to take a picture. (It gets a little chaotic sometimes) This cake was done for a wedding two weeks ago. They wanted something simple with a red ribbon, and square. Those were the only requirements. So here it is. A 3 tier square, offset vanilla cake, with red ribbon, red and yellow roses, and a simple design.

Flowers, tutus, and other girly stuff!

Ok I have to admit something. Whenever Will and I meet someone for the first time and they see we have two boys, they usually ask "Are you guys pushing for a girl?" or "Boys, ugh, don't you wish you had a girl?". I usually respond, "nope, love boys, could have 10 more before I have a girl". I know that's really bad, but I really enjoy having boys in the house, I guess I can't compare, but I love the activeness, sports, rough housing with dad....etc. But back to my confession, there are few and certain times that I wish I had a little girl. Like I have said in the past, I love being creative or copying others creativeness and passing it off as my own. And there are sooooooooo many things for girls out there. I have come across soooooooo many things I would totally make if I had a girl to create for. And it would be a good excuse, because now I just create for my sisters or nieces, and Will just thinks it's a waste of money (I can see where he is coming from). I just wish there were more things for boys out there. Boys can't wear flowers in their hair, well Elam can (only inside the house, and because he has the cutest blonde curly locks), or tutus, or bandanna dresses. Ugh, I can go on for days. I guess I need to be more creative and think of some boys' stuff. In the meantime, back to flowers and tutus!!