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!

Our little Sookie...

... isn't quite so little any more!

Sookie is 5 months old now and we love her more every day (even if she has a bit of a shoe fetish, LOL!)!

Here she is the day after we brought her home with us:



and here she is just the other day!



We are doing weekly training classes along with my 4-H club and she's getting the hang of things very quickly! She just doesn't like to stand for anything, but we're working on that.

She and Milo still like to get in each others' faces, but they're getting better. He's much more tolerant of her now and they actually play together some. I've even caught them sleeping next to each other but as soon as I go to get the camera they're both up and wanting attention!

I think that's the update for now! Off to walk the pups!

Cupcake assortment.....

....and only one puppy picture this time, LOL.

This is a box of 7 dozen mini cupcakes. From bottom to top - Orange Dreamsicle, Malted Milk Ball, Pink Lemonade, Cookies and Cream, French Toast and Bacon (yes, bacon!), Ho-Ho, and Grasshopper mini cupcakes.

Funny story that goes with the Malted cupcakes - I took a box of cupcakes to my mom at work last week for her birthday, and she announced that the milk ball ones "taste just like a Whopper" (meaning the candy ball) and someone else asked "like from Burger King?!" LOVE IT!!

Just so I don't leave my other dog out of my blog again, here are both pups, eyeballing me for a treat!

Sookie (in pictures)

She's been here with us almost two weeks and has completely stolen our hearts.