My first decorated cake....

So tonight I was brave and decided to bake Christmas cakes to take to work. They look big in the pictures but they are small. Anyway it took me 3 hours but here they are:

The Christmas Tree cake:
I know it's not the best looking but hey, I tried! Ha ha!


The Snowman Cake...
Is my favorite!!! I think this one is sooo cute! I hope they are edible!
So, I've really no update right now. Things at work have been hectic w/ the year closing and there has been lots to do! I've been very busy. I go to my first training/meeting as Deputy Auditor on Friday and I'm kinda nervous, but those who know me well know that I am nervous ALL THE TIME! Ha ha! Anyway...my boss gave me a review a few weeks ago and she wants me to start doing some "deed" work so I'll be learning how to read property deeds very soon and how to transfer, exciting right??

If you don't hear from me again this year....MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

An Island Christmas

Last Sunday the teens put on their Christmas program "An Island Christmas" which I directed. The program was a musical about giving. It took place on an Island where a missionary family came to the island to build a new church. The island people searched for buried treasure, found the treasure, and gave it all to the missionaries to help build the church! The music was awesome and the dialogue was full of humor! The performance was amazing. I am so very proud of these 12 teenagers for their dedication to this program for the past 8 weeks! Below are only a few pictures of the stage/cast!

One view of the stage...Thanks Lyman & Teens for helping me set it up!

Another shot of the stage....
Some of the cast at our Dress Rehearsal...
The cast minus ONE!

Now that the play is over I won't know what to do with all of my time & energy!

Secret Sisters....Revealed!

Last Thursday we had our Secret Sister's Christmas Party where we revealed ourselves to our Secret Sister that we had for a whole year! Everyone had a good time and enjoyed seeing who everyone had for the year. Below are some pictures from the evening. Blogger was too slow or I would have posted some more. Enjoy!


Passing around presents....
Jamie opening her gift....

Laveda being silly.....we had such a great time!

Esther (in the red) was given gifts all year long but didn't sign up to be in Secret Sisters....Beverly decided she'd have 2 secret sisters this year and she surprised Esther in a great way!

We have already passed the papers around to start it up again for 2009! I am already excited to see who I get this year and to start buying! :)

What a weekend....

I had a pretty good Thanksgiving! I visited with family and when I got back home, I packed a bag and headed up to Indy to babysit for my sister's 4 kids! It was a lot of fun...I even got a GPS system out of it! :) I've been wanting one for a long time and I got a really good deal on one!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving.....

Friday night Regan and her kids went to the Brazil Christmas In the Park Parade. We started off having hot chocolate & cookies at the courthouse (my work) before watching the parade. Here are a few pictures:


Rayanne & Ryleigh waitin' on the Parade to start!
My work:
Rayanne & I in front of the tree at my work!
Steph & Mom takin' a break...
And....tonight Mom and I put our tree up....The finished product:
I had a very busy weekend...and it's only gonna get worse this month!