We Have Been Busy!

Where does the time go? I have so much good stuff to blog about that I don't know if I can get it all done. It is hard to even know where to start. So, expect this stuff to be pretty mixed up but I am going to get started.

We just returned from Alaska and Michelle's wedding. But, before that, Lily, our second grandchild was born in May and lots of stuff in between. Had a great VBS at church, wonderful Women's retreats, wedding showers, and more.

Here are a couple of pictures from the shower in Alaska we had for Michelle. Our dessert was so cool. I found them on the internet on a great site called Bakerella, Cupcake Kabobs. You make them with mini cupcakes and marshmallows. Can also add strawberries or other fruit.

First you must cover the tip of the marshmallows with melted white chocolate and then roll in sprinkles.

These are all the little purses Natalie made. She also made an adorable purse for Michelle that matched and another one as a big door prize. Vonda was pretty happy to get it. She even used it at church the next day. Amongst all that Natalie had to do she still found time to make a beautiful purse for Sarah. That was so sweet and thoughtful.

In each of these we put a hand sanitizer and lip gloss. Then on the table we put nail polish and files for the ladies to choose from. It all looked so good at the "Scraptique" store cause her decor is bright pink with black vinyl cutouts on the wall.

These are the freshly coated marshmallows. You can even buy pink ones, which we did, and add a little more color to the kabob. To separate everything, we put a small slice of the neopolitan colored sugar wafer cookies. These we made for VBS potluck as a special treat.

The ones for the shower we colored the frosting pink, purple, and green. I liked those even better. The way Natalie took the picture makes them really look professional. Since they tend to be a bit sweet, they are a great dessert to share.

Here is Stella picking out her favorite purse cookie. Natalie and Sarah had a competition on their decorating skills while making these. Natalie is just so crafty that she sort of put Sarah in a downer mood. I kept asking Natalie to fix Sarah's cookies. Then Stella picks one of Sarah's as her favorite. We had a good laugh at that. Nilza and Joe got delayed on their flight and we missed Nilza helping us.

For the shower we wanted to do something different so asked Michelle what she would like. This is the owner of Michelle's favorite scrapbook store and they got together and found an adorable purse kit to make at the party. We had over 25 ladies show up. It was great fun. She walked us thru the kit. Had lots of good food and fun.

This is one of the centerpieces Sarah and I made at home and brought with us. All paper. We made 7 different ones and filled them with things you would find in a purse. They were given away as door prizes. So cute. Can't wait to make some more.

Grandma and Nilza at the shower.

Girls all went to have pedi's and mani's after the shower to a store they could walk to.

Michelle opening one of her adorable gifts.

This is what each one received to take home with them. Natalie made 25 of these coin purses with a little help from Stella, Sarah, and I in Manistee over the 4th of July. They were sooooooooooo cute.

Cookie purses.

Great cousins.

Can't resist this picture. Leah and Sarah after Michelles wedding. Sarah was matron of honor and Leah was one of 3 flower girls.