Cupcakes and a Weekend Wrap Up!

First off, I need to blog about these cupcakes:

These cupcakes were made for our niece, Ainsley's birthday sleepover she had with friends on Friday. Her actually birthday was Thursday when we (Stephen & I) delivered the cupcakes. We arrived at her house just after she opened her new bike and mini penguin pillow pet from her parents. That and cupcakes? She was on cloud 9 I tell you! Ainsley picked these cupcakes out herself from one of my cupcake books, and made some changes to personalize them to her liking. She is so funny! She picked the purple icing, and asked for funfetti cupcakes :) I have not heard how she responded to the purple and pink funfetti when she bit into the cupcakes. I think she was expecting traditional boxed funfetti cake. I thought I was being sneaky and surprising her! :)

So that was Thursday night...this was Friday night:

Stephen and I had a long list of things to complete over the weekend and we decided to get our grocery shopping done on Friday evening. That also meant that we were going out to eat. I was pretty excited about this because recently I feel like we are never home. Between running errands on Saturday and going to church and grocery shopping on Sunday, there is little time left. But I did feel guilty about putting Louie back in his kennel since he had been in there all day, so I gave him lots of extra Mommy loving before we left! I don't think he minded us leaving though, he usually is pretty content in his kennel. Thank goodness for that!

We took some family pictures on Friday evening too. It was a wonderful, cool, fall night in Indiana and I was loving it!

Just to confirm the arrival of fall in Indiana:

Our front yard Friday evening...

After walking Louie and getting our grocery list (yes, I always make a list), we were headed out!

Yay for car pictures! I don't think Stephen will ever really like these, oh well. Also, I am really liking my new nail polish color, Piper by Zoya. It is easy to apply and stays chip free for about 2 days. I think it dries pretty quickly too, since I have been painting my nails during my lunch break, while reading and eating. I am sometimes an extreme multitasker. Guilty.

Saturday we had a long list to tackle at home. Buying an older house means that anytime we want something to do or work on, we probably don't need to look very far. Stephen and his Dad got a TV antenna installed on one of our chimneys (we have 3) so we now get some local channels. I am really excited to be able to watch The Amazing Race and a few other shows. The first thing we watched was the Florida/Alabama game on Saturday night. Let's just say the game started out well for the Gators but they did not hold up. I fell asleep around half time. We also got a bunch of other things done at the house, like taking the boxes from our move to the recycling center so I can now park my car in our garage. Stephen and his Dad also installed some hooks/nails so we can hang some things in the garage. Having things like shovels, rakes, and other yard tools hanging instead if laying in a heap on the floor makes a world of difference. We also mowed the grass and spread some fall grass seed. Hopefully we see the results of that soon! There were some other things accomplished at home too, and I am so thankful for that!

Louie spent most of the afternoon outside with us and he was great. He just followed me or Stephen around the yard, even when we were not holding his leash. We just let him drag it around so if he did take off running it would be easier to catch him. If we stopped in one spot for longer than a minute he would just lay down in the grass. So sweet!

Saturday night while watching the Florida game we broke out our year old wedding cake. The verdict? Well it is a toss up; I did not like it but Stephen did. He ate a good portion of it and put the rest in the fridge which I think he is looking forward to eating during the week. I just thought the cake was too dry, but the icing was not all that bad. I started feeling pretty icky after eating it, but since Stephen did not get sick I think it was just me being tired and having blood sugar issues. Oh the joys of type one diabetes...NOT.

On Sunday, I still not not feeling 100% and after almost getting entirely ready for church I decided that I could not do it. I just felt icky and my blood sugar was too high for comfort so we stayed home and relax for a bit. We watched Nights in Rodanthe and made taco soup that was delicious. Our oldest niece, Emma was playing in a softball tourney a couple blocks away from our house so we decided to enjoy the lovely fall weather and take a walk with Louie to the ball park. Honestly? I was worried about how he would handle bats and balls and lots of people around him. He took it like a champ though! When he was not sitting on the grass watching the game like he knew what was going on, he was curled up on my lap to stay warm. Here are some of my favorite pictures:

Because Louie's exercise has to been monitored and kept under a certain amount since his heart worm treatments, we had to carry him for parts of our walk. He looked so funny with the wind in his face/fur!

I just love how he is sitting and watching the games. So cute and sweet! Have I mentioned how much we love him?!

So that's it folks. Our anniversary weekend all wrapped up. Nothing too special or celebratory, just spending a weekend together and doing normal things. Well, normal minus eating year old cake. It's not everyday we do that!