Life has taken over...

Okay, so I'm not going to worry about special fonts, cute quotes, or pictures (although there are many)... I'm just going to share what life has been like for the past few months...

There are a lot of family and friends who have birthdays in June. It is always crazy busy for us. Even more so, since Ayla's birthday is June 10th.

She just finished her first year of school (Pre-k) and she was turning 5. I wanted to make a big deal out of it, so we did. You can read about it here, here, and here.

Around this time, I started feeling kinda rough...

Then July comes, with the 4th and Zach's party (here and here).

This whole time, my grandmother is battling cancer... And I'm still sick... and life keeps chugging along with work and school and everything...

Near the middle of July, we said goodbye to my grandma. Then, we went ahead with Zach's party...

Then Ayla went back to school. And then, this happened. Bryan's dad came to visit us. Then, Bryan and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary.

Bryan also got a promotion. His car broke down, so we share one vehicle. I reorganized my business. I am still working on my bachelors degree. Zach potty trained! And sooooo much more...

So that's how our summer has been. Now that the leaves are changing and the air is cooling, I hope autumn is a little less chaotic....

My Little Army Man

Alright, so life has taken over our house... I know Zach's birthday was almost 2 months ago... I know I haven't posted pictures... but I'll explain that later.

For now, we enter the combat zone.

I found a lot of army style party decorations and used them as a starting point. I took some pictures of the birthday boy and displayed them on the table along with little army men and print outs of the Army Seal.



Instead of packing up favors, I set up a goody table. I had some small toys, stickers, and candy. I made this little sign to sit on the table...



I included some special survival goodies...



For his cake, I made a fudge marble cake. With the yellow half of the batter, I added food coloring to make it green and then swirled it together with the brown. When we cut into the cake, the inside was camo!

For the top, I frosted it with fudge frosting and then decorated it with chocolate pieces. I made the pieces by hand-piping chocolate onto wax paper that was laid over a print out of the logo.


He had a lot of fun! Thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate with us!