Finallly a BIG snow!

If you want to call roughly around 6 or 7 inches of snow, a big snow, than that's what we had! Sadly for this area, that's a ton. I snapped some pictures (from inside of course ~ me and snow are NOT friends) of the kiddos out front playing.

The Musser Wedding

The day finally arrived! Jason and Katie getting married! If you remember from past blogging, Jasmine was asked to be a flower girl in the wedding. She was beyond ecstatic this morning, waking at 6 am, ready to go to the salon.

At 8:30, we went to get Kaylee at Katie's parents' house. Katie and the other ladies were busy getting their hair and make-up done at Katie's house. Jasmine's hair didn't take long as she doesn't have a ton and it's not thick. Kaylee's hair, however, took quite some time. It's long and she has a ton of it. Both of them looked gorgeous when we were finally done, getting back in just enough time for the girls to hop in the limo with the other ladies.

I ran home (literally, since we live only a few houses apart) and got ready. Off to the wedding we went. The wedding party was beautiful coming down the aisle but I have to say my favorite part was seeing Jasmine walk with Taylor (Katie & Jason's son). She did such a great job. Not that I thought she'd cry or be a mess but she's a pretty shy girl and I didn't know how she'd do keeping her head up and smiling. She did perfect! I could really rent her out as a flower girl!

The wedding was absolutely beautiful. Of course, it wouldn't be a Musser wedding without a few laughs. Just a beautiful day!

The reception was a blast but what else would you expect when Katie is the bride. You could tell Katie personally picked the songs the DJ played. Thanks for the NKOTB songs! Lots of fun dancing going on. Jasmine even did the Cha Cha Slide! We sat at the *Down Under* table which were all neighbors. Lots of laughs!

It was a beautiful and happy day! I only got three pictures. Either I'd forget to take a picture or just not in a good spot. I will be getting pictures from lots of the other cameras that were flashing and I'm sure Katie will provide me with all the pictures Jasmine was apart of. For now, here are the three I have...

As I said before, there were tons of cameras going off all day so as I get those pictures, I'll add them here so keep checking back for more!

Kaylee, Taylor and Jasmine being announced at the reception

Kreativ Blogger Award

Sandy Jenney of Organize with Sandy gave me this great award. She has a fabulous site that gives you tons of organizing ideas and product reviews. Definitely check her out! Thanks Sandy!

Now there are some rules to go with this great award...
Name 7 things that you love and then pass this on to 7 Kreativ Bloggers.

My 7 Things That I Love...
1) God
2) My husband
3) My children, including my doggy
4) My family
5) Being a SAHM
6) The mountains
7) The internet (blogging, keeping in touch, connecting with friends)

My 7 Blogging Friends That Are Kreativ...
1) Alida ~ The Bowles Family
2) Jen ~ Immaculate Eclection
3) Danita ~ The Good, The Bad and the Beautiful
4) Vicki's Blog ~ A Work In Progress
5) Super Healthy Kids
6) I'm An Organizing Junkie
7) Rachael ~ The Merrick Family

Pick up the button from my site and put it in your sidebar and link it back to my site. Make sure you put the links on for the 7 bloggers you give it to - show your blogging love. Don't forget to either e-mail them or leave a comment for them to let them know they won.

Jenna's new *talent*

Jenna wanted to show off her new skill and wanted me to take a few pictures. Isn't she amazing?

I finally got cleaning people

They do windows.





They vacuum.





They work for cheap. You can pay them in snacks. Whenever they see me getting ready to do windows, dust or vacuum, they want to help. Who am I to deny my children the simple pleasures in life? Jacob even changes the little trash cans in the bathrooms. Such great little helpers.

Happy Birthday James & Jacob! Again!

Oma, Opa and Uncle Boo came over today to celebrate the boys' birthday, along with Opa's. I made pulled pork in the crock pot, pasta salad, beans and chips (well Lay's made the chips). I made the famous Rainbow Cake again but didn't get pictures of it this time. I also made Boterkoek for my dad, which is a Dutch butter cake. He said it was really good. Jamie said he was just being nice. I liked it.

The boys got come wonderful gifts from Oma and Opa. They each raked in $20 from Uncle Boo.



We had lots of fun and lots of laughs, as we always do when we get together. Thank you Oma, Opa and Uncle Boo for spending the day with us and for the wonderful gifts!

Mobile Blogging

Can you believe he killed this thing in two days?

That's my baby right there.

My big spoiled Bear. I love that dog!

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Mobile Blogging

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Happy 5th Birthday Jacob!!!

Today is a big day for Jacob. The big 5! Five years old?!?! That is such a big birthday! Not such a baby anymore. :-( They will always be my babies but 5 is a hard birthday for mommies.

Jacob has told me a few things today...
1) I'm 5 now, ya know? I'm not 4 and 3/4 anymore.
2) I can go to Kindergarten now. I'm 5. I don't have to go to preschool. (Eek! Telling him he has to be 5 to go to Kindergarten is biting us in the butt now!)
3) I can play outside with the big kids now because I'm 5. You don't have to come out with me anymore.

I found this really awesome cake online the other day and showed Jacob. He immediately had to have it! It took awhile to put it all together but the end product was sooo worth it. It's such an awesome cake.

Interesting cake mix ready for the pans...


In the pan ready for the oven...


The aftermath...


Happy Birthday Jacob!!!




The inside of the Rainbow Cake


Is this not the coolest cake you have ever seen?


Jacob got his present on James' birthday since they got a joint gift so here's that picture again


Oma and Opa will be over on Sunday to celebrate James, Jacob and Opa's birthdays so we will have more pictures to share then.

I guess I'll be nice and share where I found this awesome cake. Click here! You don't have to make the cake with the Sprite. You can make the cake mix as you normally would. Heck, you can make it from scratch. I do suggest, as the blog author suggests, doubling up the recipe. I didn't use the gel food colors. I used Wilton icing colors. You use WAY LESS and get a much more vibrant color. If you have never used Wilton icing colors and don't know where to get it, Wal-Mart, Michael's, AC Moore or any craft/cake store. Click here to see what they look like. They come in a huge array of colors.

Homemade Guitar

Jasmine had to make a guitar for music class. She wanted to show it off. Not bad, huh?



The hair is curly because Daddy braided it while it was wet. This is the next day after the braid was taken out. It's actually pretty cute in person.

3rd Place Virginia State Scrabble Champs!

Jordan is in the Scrabble Club at school. Their teacher entered them into the Virginia State Scrabble Tournament in hopes of going to the National Scrabble Tournament in Rhode Island at the end of April.

Jordan and his teammate, Courtney, played great and came in 3rd place. The last game that they played, they only lost by 6 points. They missed one word that they could have challenged which would have won them they game. Nonetheless, both Jordan and Courtney were very proud of their efforts and will be moving onto the National Scrabble Tournament in April!!



Congratulations Jordan and Courtney! They will be having a lot more practices after school until April! Not only that, Jordan landed a part in the school play; a remake of High School Musical 3. Jordan is the skater dude in it! Many practices for that as well. Baseball will be starting in March. He's a busy busy guy and doing great in school and keeping up with everything!

Happy 9th Birthday James!

Happy 9th Birthday James! When in the world did you get this old? Almost to the double digits! So not fair! I only have one picture unfortunately (I've been horrible lately). I'll have more in a few weekends when Oma and Opa come over. We'll be celebrating James, Opa and Jacob's birthdays.

For now, I leave with you this a picture of James and Jacob and their joint gift...