Best Daughter in Law Award goes to...

ME!!

I met Troy in February of 2006, which means I met Lucy in February of 2006. It has taken me 3.5 years of marriage and +5 years of knowing her to finally make her a birthday cake. Seriously how rude am I?! She told me last night that she can't remember the last time someone made her a birthday cake. Now one might argue that there are plenty of others that could make Lucy a cake. And while that is true, let me remind you of the fact that up until this last summer, we were surrounded by boys...sorry men... and Tasheena lives in AZ and Jasmine just married into the family in June, so the responsibility of the cake has been mine for the last several years. I have failed her. If you have ever had a Lucy Linn McKie cake for your birthday you will understand why I am so intimidated. She is amazing.

Well this year I decided to be an adult and make her a cake. Boy did I outdo myself. Seriously impressive. I might have made up for the last few year. Maybe...

The flowers are courtesy of Amazon Fresh...Have you tried it? Amazing!

Oh did I mention that I made it completely from scratch. I'm not sure that anyone but my family will understand what a miracle this is. I love box cakes! Seriously I'm obsessed. This one turned out so well though, I might be turning over a new leaf. She requested a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and whipped cream with fresh raspberries filling. And that is exactly what she got.

5 years ago today...

Troy was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Oh yeah and he met me.

DD's Ice Skating Birthday PARTAY!!!

First I need to start with an explanation. I have 4 cousins that are brothers and the age gap is only 6 years from oldest to youngest. We call them the little boys (yes they are ranging from 23 to 17 now, but we still call them that. Whatever.). I'm not sure why it has stuck, although I understand how it got started because now we have the little girls. Madi and DD. So from here on out if you read the little girls just know that is in reference to Madison and DD. Thanks.

Now on to the point of this blog post. Madi and I got to go to KENTUCKY for DD'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! Granny Eva invited us to go along with her and celebrate. My mom tries to go out for each kids birthday. Good thing Ryan is a pilot and parents of pilots still get flight benefits... Anyway we had a great trip. I definitely think the highlight of the trip for the kids was ICE SKATING!!! They love it. Granny got the girls cute little skating outfits. They were so cute!! Madi and DD were so excited to "skate". DD wants to be Carolina Kostner when she grows up. She is going to skate so fast. Just ask her. hahaha!

Madi, Maddie, Mady, or Maddy

Troy and I would like to formally announce that we are going with the Madi spelling of Madi (ha!). Not that there needs to be a formal announce, but I am in a blogging mood so you got one. So there.

First Haircut!

About a month ago we decided Madison needed a haircut. Bad. It was a Sunday and her scraggly(sp?) ponytail was driving me nuts! Troy offered to chop off an inch or so. I jumped on it. It made a world of difference. Her hair is a cute little bob now. Adorable.

What? We are multi-taskers. Brush teeth and get your hair cut at once. Save time.

After a bath, I hear...

I Cowwd!

I'M OBSESSED!!!

(And both are available at Costco)