More Cake

I am so relieved. I just sold another cake! It was just picked up and they loved it. Justin was such a trooper last night helping me with the cake, even into the almost-wee hours. He really got into making the map for the background. In fact, I just want to say that I have an amazing husband. He is so busy and yet he still takes time to do things like clean the kitchen, help me cook, and he even reads clothing labels when he helps with laundry! I love watching him play with Julia. And he tries hard to make sure that I feel appreciated. I feel so incredibly blessed to have him. And to think, I used to say that I didn't want to get married. I'm so glad God knew better! Anyway, enough with the gushing. (I won't start on how blessed we feel to have all of you in our lives-that's another post.) I hope you all are feeling as lucky and blessed as I am. Have a great weekend!

27 More Days!!!

Wow, this semester is flying! As the title indicates, I have only 27 more days of work until summer break-and three of those are half days with students!!!! The down side, I need to figure out where I will be working this summer. Justin has survived another round of tests and has started preparing for finals.

I think our family is finally on the road to health, again. Julia and I both have residual coughs but no more fevers. Justin's arm (seen in this picture) is also healing. The four puncture wounds are from our darling Satchmo. I accept the blame for that one. I spilled orange juice on him last Sunday (we were home sick from church). We decided to give Satchmo a bath-something we've done many times before. This time, he completely freaked out (his shrieking and crying were matched by Julia's). And he chomped on Justin's arm. I had to literally pry Satchmo's mouth open. Justin's arm was infected by Monday morning. $350 later, I'm not entirely sure why we (including Justin) still love Satchmo.

Easter was wonderful for my family. We had an Easter egg hunt before going to church with my parents. I'm not sure which Julia was more excited about-wearing her "eetiful" dress (flower girl dress) or seeing her new Aunt Abbey. Justin's dad was able to join us for Easter dinner at my parents' house (he happened to be driving through the area). Julia had another Easter egg hunt at my parents' house and gifts from Grandpa Mike. With the hunt at day care, that's three! She dyed the eggs at day care as well.

This last picture is Julia checking on her plants-three sunflower and three pumpkin. I have since killed them because they grew too big for their containers and I didn't get them repotted soon enough. But don't worry, I have already started replacements!

Anyway, hope you all are doing well! Life is starting to slow down, so I will post again soon.