Build- A- Bear

Our niece Lauren's birthday is coming up so while her and her family were in town we had a party for her. I got this great cake pan for my birthday back in January and have been dying to try it.

I had to play doctor and fix the areas the batter didn't fill up

In the end we got a cute princess bear and one happy little girl.


I had so much fun making this cake and I am pretty proud of myself. I have never used fondant before or made a 3D cake for that matter. I can't wait to make another one and try out a different outfit.

Not only was the cake cute but it was yummy too. Here is Andrew enjoying his piece.

getting so big

Rosie is 12 weeks now and we have had her for 4. We just cannot believe how big she is already. Despite the mischief Rosie gets into we love her to death. Here are a few new photos of her.

The first two pictures show how big she is now. The first one was taken the 1st week we had her and the second was taken about a week ago.

Rosie loves climbing on Phil and one day she decided to do this. It looks like she is giving him a hair massage-- she did this all on her own.

Even when she is so tired she likes to be around us. This is Rosie waiting for Phil to get out of the shower.

On to other things... Phil's work has slowed down and is coming home at more regular hours (AMAZING!!). I am almost finished with my independent studies, I have scheduled test for next week and then I will be officially done with school. Speaking of school I also get to fly out to Utah in 3 weeks to walk at my graduation. I cannot wait to see all my family and friends. Phil's sister Heidi and her cute family are coming out this weekend and we cannot wait to play with our nephews and niece! That is about all that is new with us. We are loving life right now :)

Oh Rosie!

If you read the last post you will notice that we made a decision. This is Rosie, she was #3 on the right. It was so hard since there were so many cute puppies to pick from. Thanks for all of your input! Our little Rosie is so sweet, we love her to death. She is so playful, loyal, and so darn cute. She cries when her daddy (Phil) leaves for work and it makes my heart melt. We are so glad we decided to get a puppy, she makes a great addition to our little family. Rosie, we love you!

I need help deciding

So Phil and I have been looking to get a puppy and hadn't found anything until last night. I had at least six different breeders get back to us and now I don't know what to do. Here are some of my favorites. What do you think? Most of them are yorkies but the dark black ones (#5) are yorkiepoos and they are adorable too.
option #1

Option #2

Option #3

Option #4

Option #5


I think #3 and #5 are my favorites.. this is hard though :)

San Antonio

Phil got to have 4 whole days off this past weekend because they filed on time last week for work. We decided to go to San Antonio to get away from reality a bit. We had so much fun being together the whole weekend and Phil got some much needed relaxation. Here are a few pictures of our trip.

At the Alamo


At the Riverwalk


At the huge outlet mall... It's been named the 3rd best place to shop by The View (ha ha) it was awesome. I've been slightly obsessed with Betsy Johnson Jewelry lately, that is why I needed a picture by this sign. It was pretty excited to get some for a cheaper price.


We had a wonderful weekend. I think Phil is already dreading going back to work tomorrow.