Making Cheesecake
Hayley and I made a fantastic cheesecake. It was the first time we made one completely from scratch and we didn’t even get any cracks. Hayley decided it was better than Cheesecake Factory! See more photos read more →
Photos: Art Projects
We’ve been in a very arts & crafts sort of mood! I’ll add more over the Holidays… See more photos this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print) Slideshow view (easiest to see them all) read more →
Jeff’s birthday rainbow cake
We made Jeff a great rainbow cake for his birthday a few weeks ago. Super fun to make, it turned out cute and tasted awesome. We had some good Chinese at Red Bowl that night too so I randomly took some photos of that. What can I say, I like pretty food. See more photos.. read more →
Easter Weekend
We had a great Easter with our friends. We did eggs with the same gang we have for years and then we did our joint hunt that Easter morning with the Renfroe family next door. We are really lucky to live in a neighborhood with friends we love! We worked in the yard some, went.. read more →
Photos: Hayley’s new room
We finally decided Hayley was ready to move to a bigger room, so she took Jeff’s big home office and he took her room. She decided she wanted it black and hot pink with the theme ‘punk princess’. So we got paint, vinyl decals and all sorts of stuff and we got to work. It’s.. read more →
Photos: 5th annual Gingerbread Demo Derby
We had our 5th Gingerbread Demo Derby after Christmas – we had more friends involved than ever in the creation and destruction. Christmas Eve we had family and friends over for Chinese food and the construction of the Gingerbread House, which was one big deluxe house, one small house and one little leftover kit so.. read more →
Robo-Dino!
Hayley and Jeff have been constructing this robotic dinosaur and have taken photos over time as they worked on it. It is finally done – the eyes light up and it roars and rumbles. Ahhhh fear the dino creation! See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print).. read more →
Halloween and Thanksgiving
I didn’t take many photos at Halloween or Thanksgiving. Between having a party for Halloween with Jen for the street and having the usual gang for Thanksgiving, I just didn’t pick up the camera much. A neighbor has more Halloween ones of the kids and I’ll those when I get them. Hayley went as Nancy.. read more →
Mr. Waddles is on the job!
, originally uploaded by michelle hillison. Our advent calendar aka Mr. Waddles is all fill up with tasty chocolate treats. read more →
Photos: Jeff’s birthday
Jeff turned the big 4-0 on Thursday and he wished for a nice quiet night and dinner at home. So we made his favorite dinner and even made one of his favorite desserts creme brulee for dessert – I do love my culinary torch after all. I took Hayley to swim team practice so he.. read more →