eyes, EAR, mouth and nose

I'm not quite sure how you injure your ear but of course Kingston found a way. It was pretty weird looking and swollen but he toughed it out. I am really sad I didn't take a picture when it was all black and huge.

Ryne & Tami's Reception

I love this picture of them. It shows their funny personalities.
Tami let me do her hair in the vintage Peek-a-boo style. Love!
Families are forever :)
Slooow dancing!
...and best of all it didn't rain!
Shelley {and fam} worked very hard to make the reception as beautiful as it was. Very nice job people!

the cow says moo

Kingston's favorite thing to do with grandpa is to feed all his animals. I love to watch him sign and say all their names. Moo Moo! LOL. Love it!

Poo Poos

First Giggles

I will try to get a better clip of her really laughing...

Shelley's Closet

I forgot to mention that the blue evening gown and my red sundress were from my mother-in-law Shelley's closet. In fact she wore the red gingham dress when she went to BYU. I love wearing something with a story! She is letting me continue to barrow the red dress because I told her I totally want to wear it again.

{perfect with my minnie mouse shoes}

Heaven

I wasn't kidding when I said this was going to be the best event ever! Here is a sneak peak of last night and what you can expect today.

{Sassy Shye}
{spunky Jessi}
{whippy cake booth}
{Need}
{Love}
{have to HAVE}
{want}
{even MORE}
{my Funky frock}
{drooling over Shye's "cupcakes in a jar"}
This is event will flatten your wallet and overload your senses, I am telling you!
{mention this post at my booth and recieve %20 OFF any item!}

abc 15

Whippy Cake was featured on Sonoran Living this morning when Kristin (of Domestic Bliss) was a guest on the show to tell about the upcoming Vintage Market next weekend (May 15th and 16th).
They showed sneak peeks of their bungalow and products from some of the fabulous vendors including ME. Click HERE to watch the clip about the Vintage Market and the home tours. I know it's not that big of a deal but it feels good to be mentioned on live television. By the way GREAT job Kristin and thanks for the shout out :)

Until it hurts

I was just sitting here in my home, stuffing rag dolls and painting faces when I started looking around my sad messy house. When I say sad I mean neglected and tonight I realized that my neglect reaches all the way to my family as well. *super sad face :(

I'm thinking of my sweet Lo asleep next to me who is perfect and quiet all day every day who I haven't taken a minute to stare at and adore, my rascally King of disaster who is eager to learn and play with who I didn't blow bubbles for and mostly my impressive Bret who I didn't squeal and jump on when he walked in the door. I wish I could be more like Bret in every way. He is so responsible, determined, frugal and disciplined. I can't help but morn over my lost opportunities in the past to praise him and acknowledge all of his hard work because I was "busy". I'm saddened at my overlooked chances to squeeze and hold him till he's blue in the face because I was "busy". I feel like a fool when I realize I am living in the future and not in the present (one of satan's easy wins). How easily I forget that any distraction is a BAD distraction from what really matters. Stuff is stuff, things are just things but people are living human beings. I want to yell from a mountain "wake up and LOVE your family" loud enough for my own ears to hear. I want to stop time from ticking so I can give my family and friends the attention they deserve. I want to tell my husband how much I need him every day and make sure he believes me. I want to go for walks with our children and laugh and play. I want to show my family I love them EVERY day. I want to kiss and hug them, play with and love them, laugh and cry with them, and spend ALL my time with them. I want to admire and appreciate, encourage and advocate, and adore them in every way. I want to ponder all the ways I can make them happy until my brain hurts. I think I will start today. I love you baby and I want to be better.
ily,
-wifey

ps. Obviously I am not ashamed to LOVE in public.
Love someone today :)

Way back when

My mother saved many of our baby clothes from when I was little Which I now have. I love the vintage feel and the detail on these outfits so I couldn't resist doing a shoot of London wearing them.

You can view more HERE.

For Your Entertainment

{Angry Baby}

{Look-a-Likes}

{Watch out for Aunt Lisa, she'll give you a goose egg}

{who gave that kid a stick?}

3rd Row Seats

Clate Mask of Infusion Soft gave Bret 3rd row tickets to the last Suns game of the season as a gift for passing all his CPA exams. Can I just tell you how timely this gift was? Not only was I itching to get out of the house and spend time with my sweetie but I was in the mood to be around lots of people. Wish granted :) We are so lucky to receive such generous tickets and to have amazing friends who could babysit last minute. 3rd row was definitely an experience to remember. I could even get close ups of the players with my compact camera. We also got to go to the Toyota club before the game and at half time. Yay free food and drinks! I'm so glad I get to reap the rewards of all Bret's hard work.

Sweet Giveaways!

This is why I love blogging. Because already amazing bloggers go ahead & do something even MORE amazing by hosting a giveaway on their blog. The Meanest Mom is hosting the MOTHERLOAD of all giveaways this week only. You simply must check it out! I double entered b/c I super wanna win!

{Look, just LOOK at this}

(Trina, Give me some of your winners luck!)

Sunday Socks & Stickups

Bret has a tradition of keeping his Sunday socks on all day even with his basketball short. Yay for me, he is teaching Kingston the tradition.
Stick 'em up (to himself in the mirror)

Stick 'em up Dad!

Sleeping Cutie

All day long.

Wack, bang, boom, kick, crash, knock knock, drink, punch, smack, chop, trip, jump, bite, laugh, scream, cry, giggle, kiss, spit, fall, hug, fly, run, vroom, pinch, hello, bu-bye, book, eat, tear, No No No, swing, yell, dance, clap, Ma ma Ma, snuggle, Night Night. Repeat.



All day every day.

Dear Hope

Dear Bret,
You do not know me at all but my sister Lori is the jeweler that created the mother's necklace for your wife. My sister shared your family blog with me and your wife's reaction to the necklace. It was one of Lori's proudest moments as an artist to be able to be part of something like that and your gesture made us realize that both of our husbands hopelessly unromantic!
I am writing you because we have had some horrible news. My sister who is pregnant with her fourth child has just been diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphoma and has started treatment for this disease. She has had to close her jewelry business until her recovery and it was heart breaking to her.

I have started a fundraiser that I would be honored for you and your wife to participate in. There are bracelets I designed and I would love for those who know her personally or have been touched by her art to have one, make a donation to the lymphoma research foundation and to send me a picture so I can put together a little surprise film for her. this would be ready for her in time for her to deliver her baby girl...who in my mind I have named HOPE.

I have visited your wife's website in photography and Whippycake and am a huge fan. I hope you will join me in helping my sister feel loved, supported and inspired to continue on her journey of recovery.

Please visit my blog www.dearesthope.blogspot.com

I hope to hear from you.

Lyra Repplinger

Bret passed this email on to me and I was so touched. We would love to help as much as we can so if any of you friends would like to support their cause let me know and I can make it happen. I also plan on selling her bracelets at my booth in May. Thanks for reading.

London

Bret suggested I put a picture of Lo up for viewers to compare {my bad}.
{This one is just funny}

Which she is me?

People have frequently commented that Kb and Lo look just like Bret and so I have started to feel sad that my kids have only small parts of me in them. However, once I obtained these baby pictures of me from my dad my confidence was rewed.


I knew I recognized Lo's chubby cheeks from somewhere. Look at those fatties!
Our smiles are one in the same. I see Lo smiling at me in this picture.

This is where I pig out {not much changes in 24 years} Sadly, Kingston has picked up on my habit for food and so you will recognize similar pictures of him chowing down on treats that toddlers should not be eating.

I still have a secret passion for Mcdonal's soft serve ice cream. {don't tell Rennai}

This is my bigger sister Missi holding me. I look happy don't I? Probably because I had just found out I had 4 older sister to love me and look out for me. I wish I could remember all the times they held me or played with me. {these sweet things have I over looked and taken for granted} I owe them so much for all they put up with because of me.
Here is where I am really impressed. Mom already has 6 kids and is pregnant with Twins yet my parents still had time to make the new babies (Brad and I) an exciting thing for the older kids. How lucky were we to have such fun and creative parents! Wish we could play again like we did back then.

My other half

Can you have more than 1 other half? I was born with a twin who has been my other half my whole life and then I married Bret who quickly became my other half (the responsible, logical, patient, good looking, smart and spiritual half) To answer my own question I would say "Yes!" and oh boy does that make me lucky!

I asked my dad for some baby pictures of me to compare to Lo and he sent me a whole bunch of treasures to behold. As I was looking through these pictures my breath caught as i thought of my twin brother Brad (or B*rad as I like to call him). He is pretty close to being the cutest little boy I ever did see (he's tied w/ Kingston)
He is so adorable, I look more like a boy than he does so in case you are wondering he is the one on the right. I like him a lot... enough to hold his hand even. I am so glad he is my friend.
so much I liked to be near him (or on him) Sorry brother but thanks for sharing with me.

{I am pretty sure Kingston looks like him in these pictures.}

I wish I was a little kid again. I wish we could be small and innocent and play together all day and make messes we don't have to clean up. On the other hand I didn't have hair or Bret back then so I guess I am ok with where I am at now.

What could I have possibly done to have 2 other halves! I Love them.