Summer 2008 - Part 3

California Baby! At the airport... after really long flights. Our planes landed within 20 minutes of each other... so we all left together...

Dude, this was so neat... We went to Hunington Beach right after we left the airport. It has a really long harbor on it... everyone fishes off the sides! This guy caught this I think it was called a Guitar something. I asked the guy if I could touch it, I bent down, and it flipped out and it's tail went all over my feet! Talk about moving fast... yup the fat lady moved.

Phil and I at the harbor. Kyle says you usually can see at least 20 miles of ocean... it was so foggy you couldn't see 200 feet! I could have washed my hair it was so damp. Gross!
Beautiful scenery....
Getting to see Tasha for the first time. I ran up the stairs, and she ran down... so precious. We screamed... a true side of our family.

Friday night, after the tour of the Phillips residence... we went out to Mexican. There were a ton of us, but it was a blast.

Phil and I... and him being his silly self.
Saturday morning we went to................... Hollywood!!! Traffic was gorgeous!
It amazes me how thier landscaping is so different than ours...
Our best friend during the trip. Verizon Navigator!
N'uff said.
I can now say... I've been there!!! We were coming down the hill from seeing the Hollywood sign... and this was on the side of the road. Like a foot away from me in the car. So we stopped and took a picture. Phil was amazed there was a wolf, in the middle of Hollywood.
mmm hmmm...

The first star I saw on Walk of Fame. It was the best one for me to see... I have TONS of pictues of stars... very neat to be there!

The beautiful bride and her hubby Josh. Aren't they cute?
Being a cake lady... Had to take pics of the cake table!
After a long night of partyin... Us the the newlyweds!
Cinnamon rolls that Phil and I found at a place called Chocolate Cafe. They were amazing! We went and did devotions and spent time together in God's Word before spending the entire day with family... it was perfect.
Me and Tash. I bawled like a baby saying goodbye. She is one of the neatest people you will ever meet. I can't wait for her to bring Josh to Illy!

Phil and I at the wedding...
Dinner on Sunday night... at Soup Plantation. It was yummy! Tiff, Me & Teddy... Look at my skin compared to thiers!!! My allergies were killing me!
Phil at the beach...

Absolutely Beautiful.

I'll share more pics later... hope you enjoy!

Summer 2008 - Part 2

July 2008July 4th ... at the riverfront. Fun times :)
Kaiden and his cute self... getting so big!
All of our families were together for a weekend... we sang a ton. It was fun. Here is my beautiful niece Audrey... isn't she adorable?!?!?
A better picture of my first fondant cake :)

Summer 2008 - Part 1

Anniversary Trip - June Me... on a mistle.
This is at a park up by Chicago. My father speaks very highly of it. It was pretty neat... I can remember the name, but I don't want to butcher the spelling...
Phil and I by the main house. Again, of the park I can't spell.
One of my favorite places to eat... and wouldn't you know... it was in Schaumburg!!! Just to show how much I LOVE this place? Our trip was from Thursday to Sunday and we went there twice.
Our hotel room. It was a suite and it was flipping awesome. It helped that I'd adore to have my house decorated like this!

This was the living room, and the tv turned to either the bed or the couch. And the couch was so comfy!!!
Medival Times
Phil has always wanted to go here... we did :)
Had to have this picture in here... we died laughing.
We went miniture golfing. They had two courses. We did the first, and I beat Phil. So of course we had to play the second course and I won that one too. And who is the golfer in our family? And just in case you're wondering... he was keeping score. And we recounted.

We also went to one of Phil's favorite places... Shedd Aquarium. All I'll say is... it will be a while before we go back. The experience was horrible. We ended up paying 30.00 to park for 3 hours and were treated like you know what.
Chocolate... the love of my life.

We went to the "chocolate factory" also a bad experience... lol I expected them to be making chocolate! Complete oposite! Still fun tho... Leaving Chicago...

Phil and I after a long day... but happy to have achieved 4 years of wedded bliss... I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with this guy... he's my everything.

:: My Parents in Cali! ::

I don't have my pictues on the computer yet, but it's pretty darn easy to put one on that is sent to your phone! ;-) I'll have mine up soon... but I wanted to share this one of my parents... they are still there and will be until the 9th of October. My Aunt has lived out there for like 25 years, and this is thier first time out to see her. They are making good use of thier time! They are sight seein like crazy! Hope you enjoy the pic... more of us and the trip later!

::Lookin cool... :)::

Just wanted to show you this pic :) I'm not much of a necklace person... but I thought this was cute :) And, it shows my kinda new hair style. I'm getting brown put in tomorrow! Yay!

Happy Monday! Pray for me... work is crazy and we are getting ready for California on Thursday!!

Update coming when we get back... Hope all is well with everyone!

:: Medium Well ::

I like my steak Medium, but Medium Well is how I'm feeling lately. We've had alot going on in our lives, and staying busy should be our middle names! It's good that we are busy, except my house doesn't stay nearly as clean as I'd like it to. But Phil says it's lived in, and that's how he likes it. I have such a wonderful husband :)

I've been sick for the past week and a half with a serious head cold. And it has stunk. Seriously. I'm so over being sick! I'm on the winning side of it now, so that is great.

Work has been iffy. You never know if it's going to be a good day, or a bad day. Some days I wish all I did was work an assembly line or something like that so it was the same thing every day! But, I wouldn't get paid near what I do now. And that keeps me stinkin my hands back in and diggin a little deeper.

We are going to California in two weeks! I'm so flipping excited to be going away, and to be flying again! It's a very short trip for my cousin's wedding. We'll fly out on Friday, and fly back on Monday. I think we are leaving after spanish class on Thursday though, and getting a hotel in Indy, which is always fun.

Phil's birthday is a week from today. He'll then know what it feels like to be 25. It's old.

This weekend is crazy busy. I am having a card shower for my cousin at 10:30, then our Secret Sister revealing at 3:00 then onto the Pumpkin festival! Yeah! I can't wait to taste that Pumpkin Ice cream... it's to die for. MmMmMmMmMmMm......

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I'm trying to think what else I need to update on...

Oh, I'm having a out patient test done tomorrow morning. Pray for me.

Today is 9-11. Can you believe it's been 7 years? I remember everything about that day. Pray for the families of the people lost... it has to be hard for them...

Okay, I think I'm done rambling. Oh, I got a new background :) Do you like it?

Pictures!

Finally! Pictures! :) They are from my phone... so they aren't the best quality... but you get the idea! EnJoY!My latest creation... Wilson from the "Home Improvement Show". This was done for a lady in our church who works in an office. The boss' son worked over the summer, and whenever something would start happening or a deep conversation, this guy would come and watch over the cubicle like Wilson does. So... therefore... a goodbye cake for Wilson. (credit to my husband for making the nose :))
This was my very first try at using fondant. I didn't think I did too bad! And man, where my hands sore from kneading! Fun and different tho!
We had our church picnic last weekend, and Mrs. F wore these sunglasses. I told her I had to take a picture because I had never seen sunglasses that were that ugly! She just laughed. (resembles the Phantom doens't it?)
Here's us girls, bein us :) I love you guys!
And the best picture for last... this is Kaiden! Isn't he getting so big!?!?! He is very much more talkative now... and loves to laugh! I was tickling his chest with his foot... he loved it!

More to come later... Oh, and just in case you don't know..................

My birthday is in four days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm saving all my money for my Cuisinart mixer!!!

I'm just dying to stop using my hand mixer when I make cakes! :)

Thanks for stoppin by!

Sisters

Hello all: Things are nice n' busy here :) I wanted to share a picture with you... Nom and I at church last night :) We kinda matched with our bright colored shirts, with white accents :) I love you Nom!

August Ramblings...

Okay, so can you all believe that it is August already?!?!? I can't! However, this is the greatest month in the whole entire year. It's my Birthday Month!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup Yup, in 26 days, I'll be celebrating my birthday! I absolutely LOVE. No, seriously, I LOVE my birthday. So, for everyone that is around me... start expecting reminders!!!

This month we have alot going on! This past week I made a Noah's Ark cake, (pictures to come) which turned out really cute, and my sister loved it, which made it even better! We have a tract attack this Thursday, then Phil and I are goin fishing/camping this weekend! (hopefully if the weather cooperates) Opey is gone this Sunday, him and Renee are in TN on vacation. So I'll be teaching his class. So this Sunday will be busy... but when are Sunday's not busy?!?!?

My dad had a very long day yesterday... Oh, I know what I'm going to do... I'll copy the email that my mom sent to everyone... Here it is:

Just to let some know - Preacher (Steve) had a cardioversion done today - suppose to be done at 7:00 am, but delayed due to wrong info given to the cardiologist and him not getting to the hospital till 8:20 am - by that time, the anesthesiologist had been called to an emergency, so the procedure wasn't done till 12:00 noon - They tried twice to shock his heart back into a normal rhythm - but didn't work either time. When he started to come out of the anesthesia, he couldn't lift his legs, arms, had terrible chest pain when he tried to talk, and sever pain in his back between his shoulders. Cardiologist called a stroke specialist right away and he was right there! He checked everything - then ordered a cat scan to see if there was any bleeding on the brain - I noticed when he returned from his cat scan, he was looking some better - Every test turned out okay - All they can say is he must have had some reaction to the anesthesia - cause as time went by, little by little he could lift his legs, then his fore arms, then his finger to his nose. At first, if he lifted his arm off the bed at all, he could only hold it there for 2-3 seconds, then drop to the bed. He finally was allowed to drink some water, then he ate a banana, muffin, then peanut butter and crackers! He was feeling and looking much better - All was concerned the procedure had thrown a blood clot. He is home and resting - They have added another medication for him to take which they say will put his heart into a reg rhythm, then he will go back in four weeks to try the shock treatment again to retain this reg rhythm, This is all what was told us when we left the hospital about 4:30 pm The cardiologist is putting Steve in contact with a doctor who specializes with the electrical part of the heart, which is where his trouble is - Atrial Fibrilation - As far as we know, from previous testing, his plumbing is fine. He has another EKG on Thursday, and sees the cardio doc. Will try to keep you updated - Thank You for your prayers - We were hoping and praying it would work the first time, but the Lord knows. We love you all! Mrs. Kathy
Ps 28:7

So needless to say, yesterday was a long day... but God took care of everything. Speaking of my dad... right before he went for his procedure, he had Mom and Nom and I come to his side... and he said he's taking us out on a date this month!!! He even looked at me and said he'd gotten permission from my husband! lol That's my dad! I'm excited about this!! I'm sure we'll have a blast, we don't have a specific date yet, but it will be in August. And he wouldn't even give us a clue as to what we were doing!!! (I'll let ya know as soon as it happens!!!)

On the 22nd of this month, I'm having a Pampered Chef partay!!!! All of the female gender are welcome!! Send me an email if you have any questions... It's at 7:00 p.m.! If you need anything from Pampered Chef, I can do outside orders too, and I believe they ship to you!

Then of course, we'll end the month with the greatest day of all... My birthday! :)

Oh, I wanted to post on here... I've started a new blog.
Lord, I believe (link)

Okay, I think that's all... :) Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! I'll post pictures soon.