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Gay Pride Cake

Danielle made Keith a gay pride cake for his birthday. How freaking sweet is she? Check out how much time and effort she put into this cake.

And……………here’s Molly……………representin’………..under the gay pride flag in Keith’s office.

Posted June 22, 2010 ago at 7:34 pm.

This picture is Corey and Danielle on Easter, opening Corey’s baby box. I saved some of his shoes, his books, a file folders full of things from preschool and school, a calendar from the year he was born, the first outfit he wore (he wore it home from the hospital), his favorite pajamas and bathrobe when he was a boy, some of the little crafty things he made – just lots of the special things from when he was little.

Here is Zach wearing the outfit that Corey wore home from the hospital nearly twenty-five years ago. So sweet.

Posted ago at 10:50 am.

I dig this!

This is a sticker that my son (and many many many more Americans) put on their census envelope.

I dig the message – I don’t dig that it has to be this way.

Posted ago at 10:21 am.

For Zach….

This is a little set I made/bought for Zach for his baby shower.

The colors in the picture do this set no justice. The blanket is crocheted using Hula yarn in the color “limeade”. I big big thanks to Joanie for sending that yarn to me. It’s really beautiful and “limey” but the picture doesn’t show that. The hoodie is made with ILTY (I Love This Yarn) worsted and has crayon buttons. Joanie also addicted me to hoodies, with the Knitting Pure and Simple Easy Baby Cardigan. We will henceforth call her “Joanie, the enabler”.

Here’s a pic from Danielle that shows the limeade a little truer – still it’s brighter in person……….

The jeans were just a sweet little pair of jeans we bought for $1.00 at a resale store. The shirt I bought and then applied this iron-on applique to complete the theme……………

The picture is a little blurry but you can see that it was personalized for Zach. It was all wrapped up and I attached a box of crayons to the package. Really cute, if I do say so myself.

I also made him a t-shirt with Legos, Corey’s favorite toy in the world when he was a child – Keith’s favorite toy too. They played with them constantly – couldn’t get enough Legos in our house. Mark and I always heard “my guy” – “your guy”, as in my guy will do this and you have your guy do that – always my guy your guy.

We bought them the Lego set that goes with that picture – it’s called Lego Ville Baby Zoo.

I switched out the little girl’s face and put Zach’s face on the t-shirt. Cute kid!

In honor of Mark, the magician, I had to make a magician t-shirt for Zach also…………..

It says Caution – Magician in Training.

Here’s a pic of the star of the show – we put his name tag on his back with the cute little monkey on his bum…………

And here’s Zach with Uncle Justin and Uncle Keith after the shower………..

Here’s a cupcake tower I made for Zach’s shower – it has his name and little pics of himself in each cupcake. The flowers are from Corey and Danielle’s yard……….

And finally………..these flowers were another centerpiece………..they are also from Corey and Danielle’s yard – beautiful roses…….

Posted ago at 10:16 am.

My Dad, the farmer

These are pics of my dad at work – he’ll be seventy-seven in July and yes, he still works part-time on a farm. The first pic is him in the field…………

…………..and this pic is him on the farm, compacting the pile in the bunker – scares the heck out of me but he loves it. I went up with him one time several years ago and he took great joy in scaring the crap out of me. I was screaming – he was laughing.

Posted ago at 10:01 am.

Baby love

I love this picture!!! Me, Justin and Keith feeling Zach moving. What a special time for this family and what a joy to have Zach.

Posted ago at 9:08 am.

Danielle gets a Thorpe

My Thorpe love continues. Here’s a Thorpe I made Danielle for her birthday, with a little Carrie thrown in because she likes to model – she never met a camera she didn’t love.

Posted ago at 9:02 am.

Water anybody???

Here are Carrie and Chloe waiting for water to drip out of the tub faucet. Yes, they have a water dish and yes it has water, but they like dripping water from the faucet or the tub. Somebody spoiled them by turning on a faucet to drip every time somebody went into the bathroom.