More baby cookies!

Out of anything that has been ordered from me since I started making cookies, I have done A LOT of baby showers! Its one of my favorite things to decorate though b/c they always seem to come out so cute. This is an order that I made for a friend from high school. The colors were bright pink, black, and white. I also got to make some cake balls - red velvet and german chocolate!

Sam's 25th Birthday BASH!!!

I know you have all been waiting anxiously on the edge of your chairs to hear about Sam's big 25th birthday! (by "all" I mean the 10 friends and our mom's that actually read this blog!) Like any other 25 year old we went bowling! Sam might have said as we were pulling up to Main Event that he felt like a 5 year old going bowling for his birthday with his mom (aka: me) bring in the cupcakes!!! Despite those feeling we ended up having a really good time. Who knew it would be DISCO bowl night! And it was smoke free, so we did not get smoke inhalation while bowling and that is unheard of!! I can't remember the exact scores but I can tell you that my first game I ended up with a whopping 42! Let's just say it had been awhile! Don't worry I redeemed myself when we were competing and it actually counted; yes my team beat birthday boy's team...is that mean?

Side note: My last sentence reminded me of a funny story. Sam's birthday was actually on Friday and we went to eat with my brother and sister-in-law. I woke him up on Saturday though and told him that I was going to treat Saturday like it was his birthday since he had to work on Friday. Later in the day we were arguing about something (i'm sure it was really important) and he said...you can't be mad at me it's my birthday! Then I came back and said...it's not really your birthday and I CAN be mad at you b/ it was yesterday!!! Kinda like Indian giving!!!

So here are some pictures of the birthday BASH!!! Oh, I should say that yes I did bring cupcakes for Sam's party...any one that knows Sam knows that he is a BIG fan of Mrs. Little Debbie! So what more would he want on his birthday than homemade Little Mandy snacks! That's right, cream filled and everything! I also made red velvet and german chocolate cake balls. (I had an order last week, which I will share later, and had many cake balls left, so I made them fun and colorful for his birthday!)

Let the Games BEGIN!

Bring it on BOYS!! (attempt at mean faces)

Arizona Family Vacation - Picture Overload!!!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes for Sam. We had a great weekend celebrating with friends and family. I am a little behind on things I want to blog about though, so I am going to do them in order. I will post about Sam's birthday later this week! But first, a few weeks ago we took a family vacation with my family to the Phoenix area to play some golf, get pampered at the spa, shop, and just hang out. We had a great time! Since my family loves to play golf, we did a lot of golfing! The first place we stayed was called Gold Canyon which has the #1 and #2 ranked golf courses in AZ. They were gorgeous! I have no idea how they keep the grass so green in the dessert! Speaking of desert, this was the first time that I experienced the desert. I was amazed at the landscape. I have never seen anything like it before! Rock yards with cactus, rock gardens with more cactus, desert flowers...it was all very pretty in its own way. For some odd reason though every time I came near a cactus I had a strong urge to touch it!!! That is until our starter one day told us about "jumping cactus"...I was done with that and stayed away! We also had a small scorpion in our room...that too was my first experience with that and needless to say, not a good experience!!! After a few days, we then went to stay in the Phoenix area. There we went to see a spring training game at the Goodyear field (Cubs vs. Indians), ate at some fun restaurants, shopped, played tennis, and golfed some more! The guys played a beautiful course, The Phoenician, and the girls took advantage of the many outdoor shopping areas that Phoenix has to offer!

All in all it was a great trip with lots of much needed family time! We even ended the trip with a game of Thomas Family trivia that my mom made; I might not have won, but it was still really fun to try to remember all of the old memories! Thanks mom and dad for a great trip!

The guys at the Dinosaur Mountain course (#1 in AZ)

Sam and I before we teed off at the Sidewinder course (#2 in AZ)

Sam

Mom and Dad

Look at the form...just kidding, I am no pro!!!

Mom trying to get up on the green! Look how green it was!

Sam

Richard

Eating some pizza after a long day of golf and laying by the pool!

The sunsets were gorgeous; colors in the sky that I have never seen!

The girls shopping!

Goodyear Field

The monkey's at the zoo. You got to be inside the cage with the little monkeys!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!!!

Happy birthday to my sweet husband who has finally reached adulthood! I love you more than words can express; I hope you have a great 25th birthday!!!