KC Cakes

I have recently gotten into cake decorating. All my friends kept telling me I should start a business. So I decided to give it a shot. Check out my KC Cakes blog at http://kccakestn.blogspot.com/. If you need a cake for something just give me a call or send me an e-mail.

Today's crazy girls

I know.... two days in a row of posts from me. I hope I don't send anyone into Cardiac Arrest or anything.

We noticed Callie was pooping tonight, (red face gave it away) so we asked if she wanted to sit on the potty. She nodded, so we put her on the potty for the first time. Nothing happened, but maybe she will start to get the idea.

Karisse loves for her and Callie to match. They have a couple of pairs of matching Jammies, so she insists on wearing them at the same time. They are darn cute!!

Crazy Hair

Our girls have some crazy hair. While we were camping last week Christy dryed Karisse's hair straight. Ever since she has been begging to have her hair straight like Cinderella and Barbie. So, after bath tonight Christy used the straightening iron in her hair. It is unbelievable how different she looks with straight hair and how long it is.

Callie has some pretty crazy hair too.

Long overdue update

I have been a real slacker about updating my blog. Since my last update our lives have changed a lot. We sold our van, so we are now DEBT FREE except our house and Christy is now a stay at home mommy. Although, they don't seem to stay home much. :-) Since she no longer works at the church we are looking for a new place to worship and we are worshiping with different members of our family. Christy and I, at least, are enjoying seeing what is out there. The girls love having Mommy at home!

Here are a few recent pictures of the most beautiful girls in the world.

Karisse and Callie with their new cousin Ana. (Christy too)

Callie is a great car rider!

Karisse loves her pink car seat!

Callie loved her first Birthday cake!

Callie loved the baby she got for her birthday!

Birthday Videos

Karisse's Birthday and Camping (Callie's first Camping Trip)

My big girl turned 3 on Memorial Day! We went camping for the long weekend and had her party at the campground. Grandma and Grandpa (Daddy's parents) camped with us for the weekend. A bunch of other family came up for the party.

I will try to add some videos later!

Camping wears me out!

Changes

After much turmoil, prayer and urging from the Lord, our family is making some pretty major changes. Monday night at the board meeting Christy officially resigned as Children's Minister at Avoca.
For months now she has been feeling an extreme urging to stay home with the girls. We never thought that it was an option for us financially. We recently finished going through Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and we are almost debt free. We have our van for sale and once it sells we will only owe on our house. Since we are basically debt free we can live on my salary. We will have to give up some of the luxuries we are used to, but we decided that it is worth it.
Please keep our family in your prayers during this time of transition and if you know anyone who wants to buy a nice 2006 Honda Odyssey please send them our way.

Photo Session

We finally had another photo session with Julie Roberts last week. She has posted this one picture as a teaser. We LOVE IT!!!

First taste of baby food carrots!

Callie has started eating baby food and rice cereal. She has really started eating well. This is a video of her first taste of baby food carrots.

The Big Girl Room

Last Saturday Christy and I painted Karisse's room and set up her big girl bed. Today we put the finishing touches on the room. We added the dots, the other things on the walls and the curtains. Here are a few pictures. We think it turned out really cute.

The rectangle on the wall is just a reflection from the mirror.

Karisse LOVES her new room!!

Our Little "Santa"

Karisse was playing Santa to all of her "friends" today. First, she read them a Christmas book and then she ask them all what they wanted for Christmas. Amazingly they all wanted exactly the same things she told Santa she wants. She is soooooo cute.

Elf Yourself

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Pumpkin Patch

We took Karisse and Callie to the pumpkin patch tonight to pick out pumpkins. Callie didn't really care what she got so Karisse picked hers out for her. They each got a little pumpkin and then they got one big pumpkin to share.

On the way home we stopped and bought the face you stick in the pumpkin like a Mr. Potatohead. Karisse hates to be dirty, so we figured she would not like getting the guts out of the pumpkin. After dinner Mommy and Karisse made the Jack-o-lantern while Callie and I supervised. Karisse got rather "creative" in her placement of the facial features. I think it would definitely qualify as abstract art.

Crazy Hair

We have some crazy haired kids in this family. Check out Callie's hair do in these pictures.

Callie is getting SOOOO big and is becoming very expressive. Here is a video of Christy singing to her and Callie "talking" back to her and grinning. She has the sweetest little toothless grin!

The Little Chef

Karisse loves to cook. Tuesday when we got home from work and Grandma and Grandpa's she went into her playroom. I could hear her saying, "I'm fixing dinner" and she would talk about the different things she was fixing. Then she said need set the table. A few minutes later she told me dinner was ready and to come and eat. She is soo funny and sooo OCD. Love her, but she gets it honest.

This is what I found when I went in for dinner!

Video of the little chef in action!