I save the world

December 12th. I was playing in the livingroom with Calliope and Owen. Owen has his very often warn Spiderman pj's on. He was playing with Calliope then all the sudden started growling saying "I am spiderman grrrrr I am spiderman growwwwwwwwl" I looked at Owen and said, "but Owen, Spiderman is nice, he is not a monster, he is a good guy" He stopped suddenly, looked at me and said. "I save the world mom, I save the world" LOL!!! What a cutie!!!!

3 years

Each year on the anniversary of the adoptions of three of our girls, we have a big celebrations. This year was no different. We call it Adoption Day and it is a big family day full of fun!!! This year on December 8th (since the 9th was Sunday) we took all the kids and Peggy to Galaxyland at the West Edmonton mall. The kids had so much fun going on rides over and over. I took the older 4 for the first half and Chris had the younger 4, then we switched and Chris took the older 4 and I took the younger 4. Afterwards we headed to the Royal fork buffet and everyone got to each as much as they want and even have all the icecream and dessert they wanted. I figure it costs us about the same to each there as a regular family resturant and at the Royal Fork there is no limit and they get dessert and it is a more relaxed setting for our family of 10. It was a great day and I am so glad we have the family we do. Our family wouldn't be the same without each and every child and they all bring Chris and I an overflowing amount of joy.

Lynnette is 9

After the kids have their 8th birthday party, they have a choice of no party and we take them to Toys r us (or wherever they want to go) to spend $100. on whatever they want, or they can have a small pizza party with friends and they have to be incharge of the party. Lynnette decided on the money and she did well at scoring for her presents. Chris and I also gave her a blow dryer and a straightener for her birthday gift from us. Everything else in the picture she picked herself and of coarse all the others are envious!! But Lynnette is extremely nice and has been sharing them with her siblings.

Cake class coarse 3 final cake

This is my final project for my coarse 3 cake class. It is covered in fondant icing and the roses and leaves are made by me with fondant icing as well. I loved making the roses and spending time preparing everything for this cake. This is the reason I decided to take the cake classes. I wanted to learn to work with fondant better and I am so happy with my final cake. Our final class was Wednesday, December 5th and we will not take the fondant and gumpast coarse until January. I am very excited for that class aswell. I have just learned so much from taking these cake classed, I love it!!!! I have always enjoyed making cakes, but now I love it even more. I am planning on making a couple cakes for Christmas, so I will make sure to post pictures of them as well after Christmas.

Christmas concerts

Well 5 of the kids had a Christmas concert this year. On Tuesday December 4th, Zipporah, Sydney, Lynette and Abigail's classes each sang a song, and on December 5th Forrest sang with his school choir he is in. Both were really great and all the kids did so well!!!

Calliope 9 month pictures

Calliope is just growing up so fast. She started crawling about a month ago and she loves to babble. She is now pulling herself to standing and can shuffle very very slowly along the couch, though she usually gets too tired before she gets too far. hehehe Calliope has 4 teeth now. Two front teeth on the top and the two front teeth on the bottom. She loves fruit and chicken. Anything with chicken and she gobbles it up. And now that she is crawling she likes to sit by me when I do dishes or cook supper. Calliope is such a joy and we just love her so much. We are so blessed to have her in our family.

Final cake coarse 2

I forgot to post my final cake I made for my coarse 2 in the Wilton cake classes I am taking at Michaels. I love love love these classes and have just started coarse 3. I made it for Peggy's birthday. Everyone just loved it!! I was a bit surprised at how much I enjoyed making the flowers. They are made of royal icing so they are very hard, but that didn't stop my kids from enjoying them. Nothing like a hard sugary snack, I guess!!! LOL!!!