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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Happy Birthday Momma ! ! ! ! ! !


Today is Marla's Birthday.  In honor of this wonderful day I decided to do a post.  I more so decided to do this because she didn't want anything for her birthday...but I couldn't just sit here and do nothing!!

We decided to bake mommy a Happy Birthday donut cake!!  The girls were very excited!!






I let them put in all of the ingredients and then they took turns mixing all of them..


As you can see, Grace can't seem to keep her hands out of the batter.  






Of course both girls had to lick the batter when we were done!!





These molds are pretty cool.  They're made of silicon.  We used the extra attachment mold to make a reservoir to hold nothing but chocolate.

I then made them a special 4th of July lunch mainly because Marla gets a kick outta that kinda stuff.  She is the creative one in the family, but me...I just cut off the crust.  The peanut butter sandwich was cut using little star shapes.





Once the cake cooked, we took it out, filled up the chocolate (sorry but I didn't get a picture of that.  Just picture a cream filled donut in your head and that is what's pictured below).


All I did for the frosting was heat it up in the microwave so it was nice and runny and then poured it on.  Again, Grace had to have a lick.


The finished product...






I know Marla won't care to much for this part, but I let them eat a lot of the leftover chocolate.  Sorry mom, but it's your birthday and they wanted to celebrate early!!



This is Marla's kid...





Happy birthday momma, we love you so very much and we thank you for all that you do for us!!!!


(This is what we used.  I'd have layer this blog out a little better but I'm no pro like Marla!!)


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day Marla from Geoff, Parker and Grace

I will preface this quickly by letting everyone know this is only my second post.  I ask that any errors found be overlooked...

Marla, happy Mother's Day

We wanted to do our best to make your day as special as possible even though you will be coming off your third day of nights and also will not be going to sleep until after church which is something that is nuts.

For those who don't know what i'm talking about, Marla will have been awake since 3:30pm on Saturday night and will not be going to sleep until after Parker's choir recital at church this morning and after service is over.

To help brighten your day, this is what we did on Saturday while you slept...

I decided to let the girls paint paper plates 1) for just something to do because you know I struggle with trying to find things for them to do (because I'm horrible at it compared to you) and 2) to make you "flowers" (even though we didn't have enough time and the girls didn't really know they were making you flowers).












We then moved on to the one thing I knew you would love....





Parker doing an excellent job of not burning herself and pouring in the chocolate, which yes, they had eaten a lot of before doing this...




And yes dear, this is your two year old standing on a chair by a hot burner...don't think I wasn't nervous but she did wonderful





Parker wanted to try and get all the chocolate on but gave up quickly because it "wasn't working"




Yup, she's now even closer to the burner...but don't worry, no one was burned




You're two beautiful daughters wishing you a happy mother's day




The end result (with a little help from daddy)




I figured you'd like these "flowers" a whole lot more than the store-bought kind




Marla, thank you for all that you do, the long hours you put in at work, the crap you so graciously (well, sometimes anyway) take from me, the rough days with the kids, and the stress from trying to keep three kids (me included in that) in line.  You give us more love and support than we could ever give you enough thanks for.  We hope you have a great mother's day!!!


Dare to Behold

The brute the strength
The steady bow
A mother’s love
Dare to behold

Assistance in life
The shepherd’s gaze
So strong she is
So strong her face

The tender touch
A caring heart
The glare of sternness
Ne’er worlds apart

For she gives life
Always longing love
Never forgetting
Our Lord above

No back can break
Her spirit holds
A mother’s love
Dare to behold 

-Anonymous

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