Going Blonde

Every time I color my hair, Neils has mentioned that he wouldn't mind me going blonde. I usually tell him that he should have married a blonde if he wanted one. But I've often wondered what I would look like as a blonde. My hair is so dark, I really didn't think it would be possible. Well, I decided to go for it this time and had my hair dresser make me a blonde. It went a lot lighter than I thought, though a little more strawberry than I had hoped. Neils loves it. I'm getting more used to it and I think I might like it too. Karen and Michael both told me I look beautiful, but they always tell me that.

I'm really looking for feedback about what people think, so leave a comment and tell me what you think of my new look. Thanks.

Karen turns 6

Karen was very excited to turn 6. She wanted a princess party with a unicorn cake... no, a crown cake... no, a castle cake. Yes, definitely a castle cake.

So mommy looked on line for some ideas and decided that I wanted to learn to use fondant so I could make a cute castle cake for Karen's birthday. A friendly neighbor who used to work at a bakery and did fondant professionally offered to teach me how. It wasn't as difficult as I'd imagined, though a lot more time consuming than I'd imagined.

Don't look too close otherwise you'll see how imperfect it really is, but for my first attempt I think it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Karen told me that she didn't like the cake she LOVED the cake. It was nice to make my daughter happy on her birthday!


It's a lot of fun and quite satisfying to learn something new. Karen was very excited and the kids both loved watching as I decorated the cake.

We had a fun party in the morning with a friend and a cousin. That night we went out to dinner with Neils' family to celebrate Karen's birthday and mother's day. She thought her birthday was the greatest! Thanks everyone for making it great!

Is he really asleep?

At night before we go to bed we like to check on Michael to make sure he has blankets on. We've often found him in strange positions, but this time was the all time craziest! This was what we saw when we walked in.

from the topand just in case you can't quite see it, from the sideI couldn't believe he was asleep, but he actually was. Amazing!

Michael thought this was terribly funny when we showed him the next day and tried to repeat it that night, though this time he wasn't asleep. Silly boy!