Colby's Home!

Thursday Jolie and I drove to Deer Lodge, Montana to pick up Colby! Jolie was so excited to see him that she started laughing hysterically and almost started crying. I was so glad to see him too. It was a long five weeks without him! He had such a great time though, and I am glad that he loves spending time with his family in Spokane. He did a lot of fun things including scout camp, the amusement park Silverwood, endless hours of playing computer games with Isaac, movies, catching frogs, time with his grandma and grandpa Meline and more more more!

We had lunch with Colby's dad and then we stopped at the doughnut shop next door before we headed back to Idaho. All the way home, if Colby leaned forward to talk to me, Jolie would yell "BUBBA BUBBA!" and kick him in the back until he would pay attention to her. She really missed him and was glad that she could play with him again. When we got back to Blackfoot, we had about an hour to chill before Brett got home from work. We decided to go out to dinner so we headed to Five Guys Burgers and Fries up in Ammon. It was a great day and even better that Colby was back!

Here he is! He got a spikey hair cut yesterday. Welcome home Colby and THANKS Meline's for taking such good care of him and for helping him have a great summer in Spokane!

THE MESS!

I take full responsibility for the following incident. Jolie was playing so well in the living room with her toys, that I stole away for a few minutes to get some work done in my room. I promise I was only in there for about ten minutes. It was about ten minutes too long. Jolie has discovered how to open the child locks in the kitchen and she got a box of cake flour out of my lazy susan and did this:

She also stood on her step stool and got into a tub of margarine that I had left on the counter from breakfast. She used it like lotion. It was a mess.

When I found her I asked her to sit on her stool so I could take her picture. She did! It really was funny. After I cleaned up the mess, I really wish that I could have watched her do it. I think she had a blast. I said, "No no Jolie, this is a mess." SO when she saw the pictures, she says, "oooh mess!" I'll do better. No more catastrophes for awhile I hope.

A Cake For Ava!

Today is our friend Ava's birthday. She is 2, so just a little bit older than Jolie. I'm good friends with her mama and she asked me if I would make a chocolate cake for the party. This is what I came up with, chocolate cake with a chocolate mousse filling and chocolate cream cheese butter cream. I know it's going to be rich--I hope they enjoy it. Happy Birthday Ava!