The beginning of the end.....

of diapers that is.. Daniel tinkled in the potty for the very first time today.... Talk about a huge milestone!

For his sake, I'm not including a picture :)

The naked chef

makes turkey cookies for thanksgiving! Luckily her dad is good on assignments and went to several craft stores for a turkey cookie cutter and several other target stores to track down candy corn after halloween (not an easy feat) for the tail feathers.

Happy thanksgiving everyone :)

6 Years!

Today we've been married 6 years. When we got married, I had this brilliant idea that we'd come back to our chapel each year and take a picture on the steps. A "then and now" vision if you will. Well it's taken us 6 years. But I'm pleased with our little family photo shoot this morning.

Then:



and now :



Now plus two :)



And then just our two:



Special thank you to brother in law Andrew - I know it seems like taking these pics for us wasn't a big deal, but it was the realization of a vision, so it means a lot....We have so much to be thankful for in our lives, and these pictures capture truly precious moments...

Cooking, Cooking, Cooking

Since we had the whole weekend free, I somehow focused on food - I'm looking for neat new things to make for the holidays. So I tried a new cookie recipe and did a thanksgiving dinner dry run.

I'm lucky - I got help with the cooking:



And the cleaning:

Halloween, 2010

Posing on the porch:



Elmo tires out:



the witch, with vampire teeth :



Our kitty cat pumpkin :)



Daniel's first good look at pumpkin guts:

Daniel's birthday - Round 2! The real thing :)

Celebrated Daniel's Birthday yesterday with a visit from Granny and Poppy. Had a super nice day finished up with a walk around the neighborhood to see all the Halloween lights :)



Singing "Happy Birthday"




Hanging with Poppy - Daniel loves to hear him sing. I remember thinking the same thing about MY grandfather :)



Elmo cake. Original plan was elmo cupcakes but the red frosting in my dry run got a tad out of control. I decided I didn't want the 2nd birthday pics to look like a bloodbath!

Daniel's birthday - Round 1

We had a terrific day today with the Jones family, celebrating Daniel's and Bridget's birthday. Such nice presents and a lot of fun had by all :)

Birthday Boy!



Birthday Girl!



A slightly jealous, but still happy to partake in cake, big sister....



Halloween Cauldron Cake (Otherwise known as dirt cake)