Friday, December 28, 2012

Emerson's 8th Birthday Party at Great Wolf Lodge (11/7-11/8/12)

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The insides of the cupcakes were so bright and colorful.  The kids loved them. My completed cupcakes for the party.  I topped each one ...
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  Ryan, Emerson, and Aaron (Big E is making a wish)   One happy 8 year old :)
Sunday, December 09, 2012

Halloween 2012

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Hayden as Kid Icarus (it's a video game) Emerson as Mario (this was an unusual choice of costume since he has been Jason, the S...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Kitchen Tile

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I ordered my tile on Monday night and the boxes were on my front porch today.  I am one happy girl.  The tiles are ridiculously gorgeous!...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

My Newest Hobby (besides gestating)

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I have been taking painting classes from an awesome studio in Asheboro called The Preppy Possum (feel free to check this place out on Fac...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Kitchen Backsplash

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It's taken me forever to choose our tile for the kitchen.  I finally ordered these tiles yesterday.  The photo does them no justice a...
Monday, October 01, 2012

Isn't she lovely?

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I received my first KitchenAid mixer at 17 when I graduated high school.  My aunt Judy bought it for me.  It was white and I loved it.  A...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Concord/Charlotte Great Wolf Lodge Deal

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~*~ Great Wolf Deal ~*~  (click the link above to be taken to this awesome deal!) I have been watching the recent Groupon deal for Gr...
Thursday, September 06, 2012

First day of school-8/27/12

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Emerson-age 7 2nd Grade Hayden-age 9 4th Grade
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Sorry for my long absence

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I haven't been on here in forever and I apologize for just dropping off the face of Earth.  I have had my reasons though.  Sickness is t...
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Friday, August 03, 2012

My Birthday and an Ultrasound Surprise

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Yesterday was my 34th birthday and my family made it a wonderful day.  Clayton started off by leaving me the above surprise treats in the...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Introducing...

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one beautiful baby girl at 7 weeks, 1day gestation (lovingly referred to as Miss Thang #2). <3 My awesome IM flew in to Charlotte ...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Upcoming Ultrasound

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I have been crazy busy over the past few weeks so I haven't had much time to update.  I tend to post on Facebook more than my blog, espe...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Baseball Boys (6/9/12)

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Emerson and Hayden with their CCYA trophies Hayden's team won the championship for the 9-10 league Hayden holding the champio...
Monday, July 09, 2012

4th of July

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I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July this year. We sure did! We had a yummy lunch at home with grilled steaks, Maui scalloped potat...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Positively

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So, I have been getting faint positives since yesterday morning.  I waited until today to take a digital because my hcg was too low to se...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

2 Beautiful Little Girls

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These are the 2 embryos that I am currently carrying for my wonderful IPs.  #2 is a total over-achiever.  I know most of you don't kn...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Waiting for Embryo Transfer in CA

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Hey guys, here's a quick update on my latest surrogacy journey.  They are going to thaw the last 2 embryos that my IPs have today.  Both...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Our Home

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I never got around to posting a photo of our house after it was completed.  Our sod is coming in rather nicely.  The back is a different s...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

My Boys

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I love these two guys so much!  They are turning out to be such cool people.  When they aren't arguing, they are the neatest things si...
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Proud Mom

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I don't have any new pics to post but I do have some good news.  Both of my boys are going to the championship game this weekend!  Emers...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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Hayden sliding into home (unfortunately, he got tagged just before his feet touched the plate) Hayden just before hitting the ball (t...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Boys

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Hayden (9) & Emerson (7)-I wish I had fixed their collars but oh well. I hadn't taken a photo of the boys together in forever...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

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I have a serious love for baking breads.  It took me a long time to figure out how to be a decent baker.  Well, if I had started with thi...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Hot Cross Buns

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For Easter, I decided to make traditional Hot Cross Buns.  I had never had one before.  I can't believe how good they are!!  They are...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Monster High Cake

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I made this cake for friend's daughter a few weeks ago.  I spent hours making the colorflow decoration on top. I thought it would b...
Friday, May 25, 2012

A Flour Tortilla Tip

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I saw this idea on Pinterest so I cannot take credit for this tip of sheer genius.  It is so good that I thought it was worthy of posti...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Junior's Original Cheesecake

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I added cherry pie filling on top.  Yum! I haven't made a homemade cheesecake in forever.  I picked up a 6 pack of cream cheese f...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Wilton Advanced Gumpaste Flowers-Class 4

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Stargazer Lily Sweet Pea  I forgot to post these on here.  Better late than never, right?  The sweet pea was posted to my blog ...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Conflicted

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My boys gave me a Wolfpack tag for the front of my car for Mother's Day.  In NC, we do not have license tags on the front so we can h...
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