Ivy & Meggie’s Birthday Party
Party for my 45th birthday and Meggie’s 47th!
Girls wearing SU sweaters
Starry Cake!
Starry Cake!
Nacho Bar
Ivy, Meggie, Party
Playing Cards Against Humanity
Meggie & Adam
Making our birthday cakes
Made 7UP cake and chocolate cakes with Meggie for our upcoming birthday party.
Meggie makes cake
Ivy makes cake
Christmas Eve Meal with Family
Sister Lindsay and brother-in-law Mike were in town for the holidays so I had them over for Christmas Eve with Mom and Jeaux. Yummy dinner, but everything was kind of on the cold side. Bad management.
Holiday cookies
Homemade tomato soup
Scalloped Potatoes Jeaux made
Cornbread Jeaux made
Garlic mushrooms!
Chicken Mom brought
Dessert plate! One of everything.
Christmas Eve group
Halloween Party 2022
I finally got to have a Halloween party again. 🙂 Friends came! I was dressed as Lapis Lazuli from Steven Universe.
Halloween desserts
Halloween desserts
My Lapis Lazuli costume
My Lapis Lazuli costume
Kari with Pumpkin
Meggie as Vanellope
Katelyn as a butterfly
Dare as Dipper
Benjamin as Luigi
Rachael in faire garb
Michael in faire garb
Rina in a flower outfit
Jeaux as Jamie
Meg with pumpkin roll
Kari with dessert
Jeaux and Dare
Me at my party
Me with Meg
Jeaux as Jamie
Party group
Meggie & Dare
Sold another short story, got another cupcake
I get myself a cupcake when I sell a short story so this is what I got to eat for selling my short story “Aquarius.”
Cookies and Dream Cupcake (for selling a short story)
Sold a short story, got a cupcake
I get myself a cupcake when I sell a short story so this is what I got to eat for selling my short story “Her Experiment.”
It’s A Celebration Cupcake (for selling a short story)
Pool time and cupcakes
My family came to band practice with us and got to much some more Hale Life confections as well as swimming in the pool. Ash legit learned to swim during this trip!
Vegan Cupcakes
Watching Ash swim
Swimmy Ash
Ash can really swim!
July 3 Barbecue
We had another barbecue after and practice! This was my dessert while lounging by the pool.
Dessert on July 3
Family time
Spent some time with Patricia, Lindsay, and Mike again–took a walk, hung out, got sushi, and surprised Patricia with early birthday cupcakes.
Blue hat, pink hat
Our album cover
We surprised P with birthday cupcakes
Enjoying cupcakes
Enjoying cupcakes
Enjoying cupcakes
Birthday Cake 2022
Meggie was here with me to celebrate our joint birthdays and we made a lemon cake together with whipped cream frosting and lemon curd in the middle. It was delicious. She is turning 46 and I am turning 44.
Our birthday cake
Birthday girls with cake
Lemon birthday cake!