Happy Happy Birthday Mon Ami!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Queenie

I'm not exactly sure how long we've been friends. I think we became friends because we each had a serious dislike for Physical Education.. and instead of taking some "serious" PE class we took Social Dance. (yes there was a class called social dance)

Here we are many years ago…

See that blacked out blob? That's me. We were having some serious conversation and instead of waiting for this photo of National Honor Society to be taken (for the yearbook) and then resume our conversation… we just kept on talking and I sat with her. I guess someone realized I was not in NHS. 😉

Here we are now.

Happy Happy Birthday My sweet friend! I love you so much!

Happy Birthday #6

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Queenie

Just because we can, and because we are living proof God is Good and because well.. we like to show the doctors and the NICU nurses that they were wrong about #6. (They said that he would have a hard time growing)

#4 and #6 the day he came home

#4 and #6 when he was one.

At 2 years

And Now…

Look at those old parents with that young baby….

Here's a couple of other posts about that #6 kid…

HERE A little about him "not growing" HERE When we brought him home from the hospital HERE

Birthday Cake= Kit Kat Cake

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Queenie

You may have figured out that #3 and #3.5 were born 16 hours apart… each year I ask them what kind of cake do they want.. This year they asked for a Kit Kat cake. I'm not really a Kit Kat kind of girl, I like Mounds or Almond Joy, maybe a Snickers.

This cake was really pretty easy to make. I doubled a devils food cake recipe, poured them into 3 cake pans to make 3 thick round cakes. Once they were cooled, I split them in half, frosted them with dark chocolate butter cream, and then pressed the Kit Kats to the side. I ran about 10 Kit Kat's through the food processor and put those crumbs on the cake.

I thought the cake was too rich, but everyone else really liked it. I think it would be better with just plain butter cream. If you ever want to make this cake, put your frosting on thick, it helps the Kit Kat's stick to the sides. 🙂