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 I don't think I wrote anything about this, but back in May my mom, sisters and cousin did this non competitive all girls bicycle ride called Goldilocks . We only went 20 miles instead of the 40 we had thought of doing but it was lots of fun. In the Swag bag that they gave us there were adds for a bunch of other events to support or participate in. This past weekend Marian and I did one of those.  Mom coming in from the ride  Ali and Marian enjoying snowies after the ride! Cousin Carrie just crossed the finish line. It was called Triathamom . It was super fun too!  This is Marian after we were done looking cool because she just did a triathalon! I almost couldn't talk to her she was so cool! And  prof I did it too! Marian holding up three fingers for the three events.            (I think this may be one of the worst pictures of me ever, and I put it on the internet willi...

As mentioned in the previous post my main man is another year older. Today in fact. In honor of his birthday I had a bunch of ideas of what to do but some I didn't think he would like- like a surprise birthday party. So I have gone with what he said he wanted. So Thursday we went to a play with our friends Keith and Andrea. Last weekend  I made the chocolate cupcakes that he said Daryl told him he wanted! I am making the flag cake and lasagna he requested, buying him ankle socks, not spending to much money on him. and having his guitars restrung so that he can play them.(He didn't ask for the guitars I just wanted to do that as a suprise but it's not really. Here us why- my for all the luck story- the guitars have been under the bed for months now just collecting dust on the cases. I come up with the idea to get a neighbor to restring them as a surprise for him for his birthday. I had already bought new strings months ago I just needed to take the guitars to the neighbor.  ...

September is one of my favorite months. Mostly because it's the month the main men in my life were born! My Dad, my husband, and my son plus some others! All with in a week or so time. The D's actually on the same day! I can't even express how glad I am to have them all in my life and how much I love them. They are such a force for good and source of strength, comfort, and refuge for me. Happy Birthday Daryl, Dad and Glen!  We had a little family get together for them, but the older two bowed out and let the youngster that the spotlight. I wasn't up for a cake so we did cupcakes. Since it was to celebrate Glen and Daryl's days I did two kinds. The top chocolate one is like a home made ding dong, and the other is a colorburst cupcake. They are both from Our Best Bites . Both were WONDERFUL!  Below is a sort of step by step of Daryl vs. the cupcake. It's worth while. He did not disappoint and I think he won! Don't mind his crazy looking mother...