CATCH Up Not Ketchup!

For memory and journaling purposes I decided I better catch up on a few things that I would have otherwise neglected to post on this little ignored bloggy thing I have because I had already posted pictures on facebook and myspace! Third time's a charm so let's try to get caught up, shall we?

My little man turned five in August! He wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese's for his birthday. This was a first for our little family and we had a pretty good time! All he asked for for his birthday was one of those laser lights with a flashlight combo thingies. It was only two bucks or so but I could not find one anywhere. Lucky for him, his grandma Jones found just what he wanted in the check out isle of wally world! I love how simple little one's requests are! No high expectations or expensive demands.. Madse has been in laser light heaven!

(When I was taking this photo, mechanical Chuck e smacked Madse in the head...It was great!)

School started insanely early this year! August 17th...yuck!

It was the ruiner of all of our carefree summer fun!

It seems that when school starts, the weather senses that and gets cooler and crisp!

Our after school routine consists of homework, chores, and just enough time for family dinner and then it is off to bed just so we can do the same thing the next day. I am glad that we are not committed to other extra activities.

Ashley is a big fourth grader and Mikie is in second grade and they are little geniuses! Little miss Mikie is one of three kids in the whole school in the gifted program this year! That makes me a very proud momma!

I decided to keep my little Madse home one more year. He has an August birthday and I would rather him be the oldest than the youngest plus he is still pretty attached to his momma and gets a bit sad when I go to the grocery store or the bathroom without him! Then there is me...I don't think my little heart could take him leaving me for kindergarten so soon. I don't like sharing, I guess. (As I write this I realize just how much I must be screwing the poor kid up! I am selfish, I know, but I can live with that!)

I also got to help my neighbor and friend with her wedding. She was getting married in preparation for her baptism. The wedding came together surprisingly well for the short amount of time we had to prepare and so many people in the ward pitched in to make it all run smoothly. Once we found her a dress, everything else fell into place. After meeting with a florist, my friend was a bit discouraged at how much it was going to cost so I convinced her that we could do it and save a ton of money in the process! I also volunteered to make the cake and do a few other things. I really enjoyed doing it, especially the cake. It was my first time working with fondant and I think I now have a new hobby! You can see some puckering in the corner of the top tier and I went a little overboard with the chocolate shavings but we just had chocolate coming out of our ears and I didn't want to waste any of it. It really is quite fun trying to get chocolate to curl up all pretty! You should try it some time!

Groom's boutonniere

Their little boy's boutonniere...I forgot the grass but it was getting down to the wire so it had to do.

Bride's bouquet

We got all of the flowers at our local grocery store and just put them together for super cheap! I wish I had better and more photos of the entire wedding but some one (most likely me) stepped on the LCD screen of my camera and it shattered. The camera still works but I feel like I am old school not knowing what kind of picture I will end up with. Ooo, which reminds me, I got a new camera as an early birthday present so I can start taking photos again!!!