V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

This year, my husband Dave, took two weeks off work for his vacation back in July.

I was ready for him to go back after the first weekend. I love him dearly, but his vacation weeks really throw off my groove!

We mostly stayed right around Erie, with an exception for a day trip to Cleveland to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We visited the TREC down on Presque Isle and went to Sara's.

Connor turned 11!

We did a movie day and saw Despicable Me (LOVED IT!) and went to Steak and Shake. This next picture is the last one of Mason's long hair - he got a haircut over vacation too, finally!

We went to Family First Sports Park and did mini golf with the in-laws another day. There are no pictures from our Cleveland trip because they don't allow pictures to be taken inside the R&R Hall, so I just left the camera at home.

We visited the Erie Zoo, after not going last year (we just couldn't fit it into our schedule last year).

There was also a bowling day in there somewhere (for the kids).

This wasn't on vacation, but I just had to share it!

There will be more cupcake pictures here again later in the week as I am making wedding cupcakes this week! Here is just a teaser ;)

Vince and Linda's Civil War wedding

I was recently asked by a good friend if I would come take pictures at his wedding. I jumped at the chance because I had so much fun with the last pictures I took for him! Why, you ask? They're Civil War re-enactors! Their wedding was held out at the Yellow House in Girard, PA during Dan Rice Days, immediately followed by a battle re-enactment. (I didn't not stay for the battle. I don't do well with loud noises!). Here are a few of my favorites that I took.

I am ordering a print of this for myself!

As you can see, I love the little details!

Thanks for reading and I'll post again soon!

Is this thing still on?

Hi! I'm still here, I promise! I've just been super busy (which is a really good thing)!

School is starting just around the corner, and this year the boys are going to be going to cyberschool instead of an actual, physical school building. We are all really excited about this!

Sookie is doing wonderful. She really is too cute for her own good, which makes it hard to scold her for being bad sometimes. She is just about six months old now and really keeps us, and Milo (our JRT) on our toes. Milo tolerates her most of the time, but lately, she always seems to have one part or another of him in her mouth - she particularly likes his ears or his tail. The one really good thing as of late is that she FINALLY figured out how to get down all of the stairs in the house. Before yesterday, she could get up the stairs, but not go down them - we would have to carry her down the stairs, earning her the nickname "The Queen". "Would The Queen like to go downstairs now?" We definitely love her more each day!

I'll use that last photo to transition into the other big part of my life right now - CUPCAKES! I finally found something that I love to do and am happy to get out of bed every day to bake! I didn't feel that way about my old job at all. I have a few weddings coming up, and I will be very happy to share those with you as I complete those jobs. I don't even really look at it as a job because I have so much fun doing it! The backdrops you'll see in the following photos are simply scrapbook papers (that I got on sale at Michaels - LOVE that store!!).

The Connor's birthday cupcakes (he's 11 now!) - Turtle mini cupcakes


"Wedding Cake" and Red Velvet minis


Fluffernutter, Chocolate/Chocolate, Snickerdoodle, Orange Dreamsicle, Cookies 'n Cream, and Wedding Cake w/ Raspberry filling minis


White Chocolate Raspberry, S'mores (with toasted marshmallow buttercream), Red Velvet, Snickerdoodle and Chocolate Peanut Butter minis

There are lots more, but you can follow any of those pictures to my Flickr to check them out!

I'll do another post soon (I promise) of Dave's vacation - he took two weeks this year) and the Civil War wedding I took pictures at as a favor to the groom!

Well, I'm off to start baking for the day - thank you for those who still peek in and I'll try to do better about blogging when I have the time!