McKenzie's Farewell/Early Birthday Party

McKenzie wanted to have one last hoorah with her friends before we leave the island. Especially since we will be leaving just before her birthday. Nick promised her an early birthday party, so she decided she wanted to have some girlfriends over for a sleepover.

Nick was brave enough to take them all out to eat (with Trevor) to the Officer's Club on base for Mongolian BBQ.  Then from there, they headed down the road to Tiki Island for miniature golf and bumper boats.

Nick sent me pictures throughout the evening from his cell phone.  I stayed home with Addison and Tyler. 

McKenzie was nice enough to let Trevor come along for the night.  All her little friends just adore him, and you KNOW he loves their attention.  

Nick survived the evening and the girls are still going strong now at 10:20PM.  As I'm typing, I hear the constant giggle of 4 6th graders back in her bedroom. I think it's going to be a LONG night.

Tomorrow is a full day of bouncy house water slide.... oh yeah.  There will be more pictures tomorrow!

Pee-Pee Tee-Pee

Have you seen the latest and greatest MUST HAVE of baby items? May I introduce to you, the "Pee Pee TeePee"...

It's a cloth 'tee pee' that you place on your baby's 'pee pee' so that you don't get sprayed while changing their diaper! Ask Nick... we should have gotten this much sooner!

I got some the other day and tried them out.  Most of the time he doesn't pee during the diaper change, but when he does, it's nice to have it... except today, when he shot the tee pee right up in the air. Which led to a crazy wet mess all over mommy's arm! Whoops!

They need to add this to the label:
DOES NOT WORK WELL UNDER PRESSURE.

Here is another picture of Tyler chillin' in the swing today with accessories by Addi.

What a womanizer!

Ugly Angel Cake

My last cake of the weekend!  I am so happy with how it turned out!

 The CO and his wife asked me to make the cake for their Change of Command.  We are saying goodbye to the Hagan's and hello to the Pecina's. 

I'm posting this ahead of time so it will publish during the change of command today at 4:00.  Don't want too many sneak peaks! It is just shy of 2' x 2'! It's a big one!

GO UGLY!

Go Hawkeyes!!!

We woke up yesterday morning to the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game on TV!  So, the kids wore their approriate attire that day...

And it was a GREAT game! GO HAWKS!!!!

The Hawks were doing so great, we even had time to do some snuggling:

(photos courtesy of McKenzie)

And then we even snuck in a quick nap, knowing the Hawks would still be kicking some Cyclone booty when we woke up:

My little man is already 6 1/2 weeks old... and GROWING strong!!!

Busy cake weekend...

We've had a busy weekend so far.

Yesterday we went to Wyatt's 2nd birthday party! He had a Thomas the Tank Engine themed party.  I made the cake and we had a super fabulous time!

Once we got home, it was time to start on my next cake for this weekend.  It was a baby shower cake and the gal that ordered it sent me a picture of what she wanted. I was so excited to make it! Presenting... Baby Rump Cake:

The Ladners' came over for some Iowa Pork Chops and a few rounds of Rock Band COUNTRY after the birthday party and we had a blast.  I've never decorated cakes with such great entertainment in the background before. It was awesome!

Tomorrow is the Ugly Angel Change of Command.  We are getting a new CO, so the change of command is the official ceremony where they switch out commanding officers.  I am making the cake for that as well.  I will post the picture of that once its done.  Can't wait!

Hallway Closet Doors

Nick has been working the past couple days to get the doors installed in the hallway. We took out the original ones because they were busted up pretty bad and needed to be replaced. They were also custom and very tall... so the past three years, I've had cheap green curtains hung up... temporarily.  Which turned out to be some what permanant until today!  We just need to paint the headers he put in and they will be finito!

 

Nick admiring his work...

He just left to go get some trim pieces he had to order and then it's off to the next item on the list... McKenzie's bathroom pocket door! More pictures to come!

Addison: Lizard Catcher

With her older brother and sister off at school, Addison is left to catch the dangerously wild lizards in the backyard on her own.

Today, her attempts and bravery were caught on camera (thanks Daddy!).

She first spotted the lizard sunning himself on the playground in the backyard and grabbed her.... uh.... grabber without hesitation.  Notice how she sneaks up on the reptile with ease...

Unfortunately, the lizard was one step ahead of her and hopped out of reach...

An action shot (and another miss)

 

Addison changed her strategy... her closest attempt yet!!!

Did Addison every catch the lizard?

Not today... but she is still a lizard catching diva in our book!!!