The Farris Family Reunion

Last weekend we went to my mom's family reunion.  I have felt really badly since the boys were born, I had not been.  So this year I made it a point to go.  I'm so glad I did.

 If I hadn't have gone, I wouldn't have had the joy of playing bingo after lunch. :)

 The boys slept through bingo.  That was good.  I could concentrate better.  I had to keep a close eye on my cousin, Chad.  He was cheating.

 My favorite Great Aunt Thelma won the big chocolate candy bar that everyone wanted.

I love my Aunt Thelma.  She let me stay with her once in preparation for a cooking show. (Yes, I said cooking show...don't laugh)  She let me use her kitchen.

She thinks my boys are cute.

And now we are caught up.  I did have so much more to post, but since my computer crashed and ate all my pictures, we will just have to have a retake of the lake/ Sea World Weekend.

Dr. Suess Birthday Party - Happy 2 and 1/2!!

My computer Crashed!  I'm afraid that I have lost all of my pictures.  Thankfully my dear friend, Keva, saved me by giving me her pictures from the birthday party. 

I think everyone had a blast.  I know I did.

 The Cat in the Hat and Cindy Loo Who

Thing 1 (Heath)

 Thing 2 (Hunter)

 My sister's kids came as 1Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, and Blue Fish

 Pin the Heart on the Grinch

Pinata` Time!



I realized how special our friends are when they walked in the door of the party.  They actually dressed up for a 2.5 birthday party.  We had a Grinch, Cindy Loo Who, all the fish, a family of Sam I Am, a Fox in Sox, Star Bellied Sneetches, and a handful of people who bought t-shirts just for the occasion.  You are all so special.

Pre-Party Prep

I have some great friends who came and helped (taught) me decorate the cookies and cup cakes for the boys party.  Together, we had searched so many blogs and found so many cool ideas that we couldn't decide which ones to use, so we did it all!

My main input was the actual baking of the cupcakes and cookies. I think we had enough.

My sweet friend, Keva, helped with the cupcakes.  We rolled fondant and played for hours.  It was so much fun.

I have a weakness for fondant.

Star-bellied Sneetch Cupcakes

 I finally got tired of rolling fondant and just decided to ice the last few cupcakes.

 Then our friend Ollie came over and taught me how to use Royal Flood Icing.  It was super cool, too.

 Here was our special little helper.

 Green Eggs and Ham cookies

 After we finished decorating the cookies, we had fun playing around with the icing on the cupcakes.  In case you are wondering, flood icing works just fine on cupcakes too.

Coming up next, the party!