Random thoughts...

Cale was a year old yesterday...what a year it has been. I've been retired from State Farm for a year, Rett is 16 months old, and Colby is 3 years old. We've been in our new house now for almost 6 1/2 years. It's time to paint the inside walls and will be getting some tiling done in the kitchen and our bathroom (this will be a project all year long...the painting part!).


The rest of my days are filled with working 2 1/2 days a week, having lunch and keeping up with girlfriends, keeping up with my parents, wedding cakes, birthday cakes, graduation cakes, lots of projects at church including mentoring, singing, sewing, & cooking.

Going to Lincoln Christian College Women's Conference this Wednesday; it's always an inspirational day. Going to Beth's on Friday to attend her May Day Pageant at the high school. Not sure what to expect but I'll let you know later.

Really looking forward to getting away for four days the first week in May.

Easter 2009

We had a fun Easter as you can tell...Grandma put on her first Easter egg hunt. Cale wasn't really feeling good but he picked up a few eggs. We had an awesome church service Sunday morning, then we had family for dinner and celebrated John's and my Dad's birthdays. Then the egg hunt. Fun as had by all!!

April Update...

Well, it's April 6th and we had snow overnight...just hope it didn't damage the flowers coming up.

Since we took a picture of Cale and John in their "trooper hats", we had to take a picture of Rett and John.

We've been busy in March...the girls and their families have been here on the weekends. I did another wedding cake at the end of March. This one had real roses on it and I really liked how it turned out. I got to go to the Gaither concert on the 13th with a friend who got tickets for Christmas. Her husband couldn't go and I got to use his ticket!

Been to baby showers, bridal showers, attended the Mennonite Relief Sale Pancake breakfast, and finished up our taxes; 2008 was a good year and we get to give the government more money! And this past weekend, Jennifer did her first wedding cake; she did a really good job.

This month, I've got cakes for a 100th birthday, an 80th birthday, and a 1st birthday -- that one belongs to grandson Cale.

Trying to plan a little vacation getaway with my friend Ellen; we're looking at the first part of May and we're thinking of heading east to do some antiquing; and we enjoy searching for covered bridges. You wouldn't believe how many are still in existance in the United States.