A fun baby shower for miss Khloe!

I have LOTS AND LOTS of friends that are pregnant...  This means, LOTS AND LOTS of baby showers...  Today was Julie and Khloe's turn!  Jessica and Kati did an awesome job with the shower...  and I was lucky to get to help out with the treats!!  You can read all about the decor/party on Jessica's party blog!
as usual there are  a lot of pics...  then again how could there not be?  thanks for sharing yours Jessica!  :)

Isn't this zebra clothesline adorable, I thought so...  and it was complete with a handmade little beanie that our friend DeBran made!!  so so cute!!  :)

The treat table...  LOVE, LOVE the way the cake looked...  I think this one is really one of my favorites!  :)

...Pretty fresh flower centerpieces....  :)  I LOVE this flower, such a cute color!!  :)

Kati made these YUMMY and oh so cute cookies....  :)

...and I made the cake!  :)

...and the cupcakes!  :)

...the "other" treat table...  you really can NEVER have too many!!  ;)

They had a delicious lunch spread...  croissant sandwiches...

....veggies, muffins, and lots of salad's....  Perfect for a sunday lunch!

....the girl's, playing a game....  ;)

...time for a group shot...  Prom pose anyone??  ;)

haha!!  why not??  ;)

The hostesses with the mostesses and me!!  :)

digging thru our purses for a game, and eating...  nothing wrong with that!!  ;)

This picture made me laugh...  She was all alone out there, ready to eat...  I joined her shortly after...  we take our food seriously!!  haha!!  :)

Jessica brought out this good looking dessert plate...  and YES!  all the treats were just as good as they looked!!  :)

Time for cake....  :) 

getting ready to cut it.....  :)

Thank you Jessica for taking this picture!!  Looks yummy!!  :)

...and a few more!!  ;)

"visiting" around the cake!!  ;)

Me and Miss Julie, the momma to be!!  :)

I hope  you enjoyed your baby shower and treats Julie!!  and I can't wait to meet Miss Khloe in Person!!  :) 

Happy 30th birthday Gaby! :)

My little sister turned 30 today!!  YIKES!  typing that just confirmed the fact that I am old!  ;)

She requested birthday cupcakes for her celebration, so I went ahead and baked her up some!!  ;)  My mom helped me make the toppers...  cute huh??  I LOVED the way they turned out!  :)

Happy Birthday little sister!!  WE <3 YOU!!!  :)

Mike set up a dinner celebration at BJ's....  :)  The turnout was GREAT! 

The birthday girl with a cupcake and her birthday wine glass...  Great thinking Misty!!  :)

Cousin's for Life!!!  I think that's what Liza said??  haha!!  ;) 

...and the birthday pizzoki arrived a little while after we finished eating and talking!  ;)  I've always thought those things were so cute!!  ;)  I LOVE Owen's smile in the background... :)

The girls!  :)  Smile everyone!  :)  Haha!  Looks like Violette wants NOTHING to do with our picture!  ;)

Gaby and the kiddos!  LOVE this picture!  :)

Gaby and some of her BFF's... 

Look at the cute momma to be!!  :D 

Gaby and Ka'cee!  :)

Gaby and M!

This picture cracks me up!  Bella actually requested it, and then pretended like she wanted nothing to do with it!  kids.....  ;)

...and then she said we needed to take one with "daddy,"  and THAT'S the smile I was looking for!!  ;)

The rest are phone pics!  ;) 

The BIRTHDAY girl again!  she looks excited to be turning 30.... NO??  ;)

We lined up the cupcakes down the middle of the tables...  and that was absolute torture for the kids...  ooopppsss...  I said we should of just let them eat one or two??  ;)

mmmm..... a mojito and cupcakes...  that's my kind of night!  BJ's has the BEST mojitos....  If you've never had one, you totally should!  :)

Happy to you sister!!  :)

I hope you had a wonderful birthday!!  Here's to wishing you AMAZING 30's!!  :)

My reward..... ;)

After two and a half REALLY long weeks full of holidays and work, with only 2 days off somewhere in between, I finally had a weekend off!!  A WHOLE WEEKEND!!!  OMG!!  I never get weekends off unless I request them..  This one was a "gift," ok maybe not a gift, but the schedule worked out in a way that they HAD to give me the weekend off...  YIIPPEEE!!!  It's what kept me going for the last day or 2...  ;)

And it was the PERFECT weekend to have off, my sister turned 30 on the saturday and we were having a baby shower for my friend julie on sunday..  which meant LOTS of baking for me!! :)  so that's how I relaxed on my weekend off, I baked and celebrated!!  :)  AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!  :)

these pictures came from my phone...  I will upload the better looking one's from the camera on their "special" blogs!  ;)

Happy 30th birthday cupcakes...  :)

....and there was a special cake for miss Kloe too!!  :) 
Here's the "before" picture....  ;)

...and the "still putting it together," pic!!  :)

...Making the crowns that were going to top the cupcakes!!  ;)

...and I ended up making a BIG one to use as a "centerpiece" for the cake!  :)
...and the final product....  pictures aren't bad for having come from my phone!!  ;)
and the FINAL product!!

 I don't know why, but I think this is one of my favorites!!  :)

....and cupcakes, it was definitely a weekend filled with cupcakes!!  lots and lots of cupcakes!  ;)

Here's to hoping that 2012 brings me more of these "surprise" WHOLE weekend off's......  ;)

Happy New Year's Eve/Day!!

New Years E vE,  this year I spent it with my sister, and our friend Bee, and the kids...  Mike's grandpa was still in the hospital, and Mike was staying with him tonight, so Gaby and I were going to make it a movie and pizza night...  :)  sounded good and relaxing to me!  ;)  We ended up at Bernadette's house where we made it a wine and Wii dance night!!  :)  it was fun, and tiring, I took a nap, they took pictures, I danced, we ate, we talked, we played with the kids and we even got to watch fireworks...  ;)  and we documented it all with our camera phones!!  ;)  gotta love technology these days!

Here's our Happy New Year picture!  :)

There were LOTS and LOTS of fireworks!  :)

...and I was at work bright and early on New Years day...  I started the year off with this AMAZING coffee, compliments of Robert....  I don't even really like Caramel, BUT he said I looked like I may need to try some today...  and I think he was right...  It was AMAZING...  He really is the BEST coffee maker I've ever met!!  ;)

....and when I came home from work I was greeted with this....

HOMEMADE PAELLA....  YUMMM...  thanks mom,  it was a GREAT way to bring in the new year, with yummy food!!  :)

I LOVED this saying that Bee had at her house....  So I borrowed it...  It's a GREAT reminder!!  :)

Here's to hoping everyone had a terrific New Years Eve, we sure did....  And now we are all ready for the new year!! 

Bring on 2012, we're READY!!  :)