Hallelujah!

I just have to say that I bought gas for $2.12 a gallon!!!! Needless to say it was the first time that I filled up my gas tank without cringing. OPEC decided to cut production 5% so live it up!

"Your brain no work" ~ Jake's College Math Prof.

As many of you know, Jacob is taking his Professional Engineering test today. This has been an extremely tough time for our family: Jake always studying and the kids and I trying to live without him. That is all at an end today. We know Jake is going to rock this test, but we never turn down positive thoughts. So if you have a minute, send some positive vibes out to our main man Cobbo.

Keep it classy San Diego....

Words cannot do justice to my girls weekend in San Diego. It was phenomenal. I had the absolute best time. We went to the beach, shopping, ate in great restaurants, went wine tasting and slept in (well not if you are on West Coast time). Dani got us a room right on the bay!! It was awesome. The women that I went with are fantastic; their company is really what made the trip so memorable. It is nice to go out in the world as Kelley and find that people still like you, and even better that you still like people!

view RIGHT outside our room!

A little dose of Lucy

Ethan

Had our parent-teacher conference with Ethan's teacher today. She is really happy with him. She points out that he needs to work on his patience. She also mentioned that she had to take him in the hallway and reinforce that the name on the door was indeed "Woodall" and not "Forbes". She suggested that we read, "Raising a Strong Willed Child." I don't know who she is referring to, and Jake can't figure out if the book will help him with Ethan or his wife. We like to refer to Ethan as, "the Hammer of Justice." The boy likes rules and makes sure that people abide by the rules; of course by rules, I mean Ethan's interpretation of the rules. Clearly this is demonstrated by Ethan giving Rhys 2 options for getting up this morning: 1) Rhys could get up right then or 2) Ethan could rip Rhys' blankets & pillows off of the bed. If you know Rhys then you know which choice he picked and you know why Ethan started the day off with a bite mark on his bicep. I for one, do not know what all the fuss is about...I mean, Mel's guitar needed to be picked up and I gave her fair options.

The most awesome cake ever....

If anyone knows me, then they know that I am always on the search for delicious desserts. It seems simple doesn't it? But the art of homemade pies, cakes and cookies is slowly disappearing from our society and with it the care that was taken in preparing these treats. Well my obsession with the domestic sweets has led me to read a blog about cakes, more specifically cake decorating disasters. The author posted a picture of the coolest cake ever. Take a look:



check out the detail:


To see more pictures visit: http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/10/sunday-sweets-super-mario-wedding-cake.html
I look at it and see a cool cake and all I can wonder is, "Does it taste good?"

Happy Birthday Madden!

We love you so much and we hope that you have a GREAT birthday. We are sad that we cannot be there to celebrate with you, but we will be thinking of you!