Part of what I love about the girls' names is that they were both popular 100 years ago and many people with those names are now great-grandmas. Both names evoke a vision for me of sweet old ladies rocking away together on a porch. I pray Ella and Sadie will live meaningful lives full of love and will be enjoying each other on a front porch somewhere many years from now.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Sushi Party!!

I'm finally no longer full from our amazing Sushi party and thus, will post about it :-)  Amy and I split a groupon deal for a sushi party for 8 people as a birthday gift to each other.  We each invited three people and booked our date with the sushi chef and provided some drinks and appetizers and that's it! It turned out SO much better than I could have even expected-the chef was personable and skilled and cooked non-stop for us for FOUR hours.  He also taught us to make our own rolls which was fun but didn't taste nearly as good as his-my rice got overworked and gummy and it was pretty nasty.  Thankfully, he just kept the good stuff coming and we were SO full we had trays full of leftovers.  Would definitely recommend The Sushi Go Guy!

Our Gracious Hosts










Matt wasn't so happy with the sushi he made himself ;-)


This was Marissa "moaning in joy" over how good this sushi was!
Dessert Sushi with mango, strawberries and kiwi!!



Monday, July 27, 2009

Hilariously Obscene

**this post is mildly obscene and has been known to cause most men to gag (i.e. Chris and Dave Heiliger) so feel free to stop reading now if you are male or easily offended by naked cake**

So, a few months ago I came across a picture of a cake on Facebook from a friend's birthing class. I thought it was shocking but really funny and sent it to a few friends. My dear friend Jen wrote back right away saying she loved it and can we PLEASE make it for her at some point? Well, lo and behold her 3rd baby was born today!! So, a couple weeks ago a few close friends got together to celebrate the coming of the new baby and of course, we had to surprise her with the cake which I hadn't mentioned in months. Oh. My. Word. It was SO much fun to make and give this cake. My friend Erin and I spent most of the day making it but it was totally worth it! I highly recommend it for any of your more on-the-wild-side friends who are about to give birth!!


Ella helped with some parts of the cake :-)

All the cake needed for all the body parts

Erin feeling the tummy!

...and then trying it on!

It was Erin's idea to make the legs stand up (in the original cake we saw they were just laying down but we decided that was totally weak). Our lady got stirrups! Staple guns were invovled. Awesome.

All the cake laid out :-)

Coming to life!!

Icing a breast. Yes, icing a breast.

The finished product!! Notice all the personalized touches:
1)Jen has pigtails (very Jen)
2)She has purposely mismatched socks :-) (extremely Jenish)
3)She's holding a Chipotle burrito (Jen stopped there while in labor with her 1st, and I brought her Chipotle in the hospital the day after she gave birth to #2)

Erin and I were very proud of our handiwork :-)

and Jen's face was priceless!

She LOVED it!! SO worth it :-)

*in case you're wondering, Ella did see the cake and I was prepared to calmly, honestly answer any questions about birth or women's bodies that came up and seize this as an educational moment. But, she had very little reaction other than wanting to eat it. She didn't comment at all on the fact that Miss Jen was naked and when we asked her about the baby she said "the baby is just laying on the counter and Miss Jen is holding it!"

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Playdate at Jen's

I realized I've never blogged about our lovely playdates at Jen's house. Jen is one of those lovely people who is welcoming and generous and doesn't mind kids making messes or climbing all over her things (within reason). Jen has 2 beautiful little girls (L is Ella's age and C is 8 months) and they have mountains of toys that are different from ours (Jen is quite the creative toy buyer) so Ella always has a blast with L getting into everything. On this occasion Amy was sick so we took Hannah with us and the three girls played for HOURS with only a few fires for us to put out (figurative ones of course). Thanks for letting us come wreck your house Jen! We love you! (and we'll be there to do it again tomorrow!)

Jen and baby C

The girls snuck into C's crib and were in the midst of a full fledged game of "Animal Hospital" when we found them.

And of course with 3 little girls, dress up ensued.

My little disco princess diva in full costume. She walks shockingly well in heels. Oh teenage years...stay away...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A good reminder...

My wonderful friend Jen's blog post today is worth reading....I give it a hearty AMEN and hope to learn from it's sentiments...check it out here