Happy Birthday Kiley! and other random pics...

It was Kiley's Birthday this Saturday! This was the first time I ever had a husband have a birthday...and for some reason I think I stressed out about it a little too much! But despite everything, I think the day turned out pretty
good. :)

Cadance and Alissa came over Friday night for a sleepover and got up early the next morning to help me decorate the family room.

It was lot's of fun

Look at that fantastic decorating job! I think we make a good team :)

Ok, so I have to brag a little just cause I was a kinda' proud of myself for even attempting this. I made Kiley's entire birthday cake from scratch! It was a German Chocolate cake, complete with homemade coconuty-almondy frosting stuff. :) I was pretty pleased/amazed with how it turned out...although I will admit that the eggs were a pain!

I found the recipe online and you can see it by clicking HERE! (And yes, I did leave the Rum Syrup part out :) I had lot's of fun making it.

Then later that day we had a fun birthday party with Chip, Nicole and the kids.

Kiley getting ready to cut the cake

It's probably a good thing that our smoke detectors are currently not working ;)

Opening presents

Then some friends came over and we played a few games.

All-in-all I think it was a pretty good day. Happy Birthday Sweetie!!
Love you! :)

Here are just a few before and after pics of our house...well, I guess just our family room. The rest of the house isn't nearly finished. Kiley and I stayed up till past midnight one night hanging pictures. After 6 months of living in this house I was tired of having them all on the floor.

Before...

After!

Kiley and I are especially proud of that long...thing on our wall. :) That's something I purchased in a clearance sale before we were even married. We fixed it up a bit and added Dollar Store mirrors and some of his handi-crafts from his mission. We think it turned out pretty
nice. :)

And here is a random pic of my amazing hubby holding a chicken. :)