cake skilz

Wow, check this out! And it was just a quick first time cake for class....



J kicked some major butt on this this one. She definitely has a lot of artistic talent, but it's too much work right now to get into the cake decorating business.



Anyway, let us know what you think of the final product.

I suck at blogs

It's been months. I've thought about it many times and just can't get the priority up there. Maybe I'll start trying again....

March 2007

February just flew by-where did the time go? The girls made out well while Ehren was in San Diego on business. We carried on with our normal activities which kept us quite busy. Janelle also picked up a four week class in cake decorating, the first of which she took two years ago. It was quite an interesting class learning techniques that she's been wanting to learn for quite a while.

Mid February brought Blain, Grace, & Faith. We finally got to meet her! This was their first bit of real traveling with her and she did great. We were all happy to see them and the girls enjoyed having more family around. Ehren & Blain went to the mountains one day to go boarding, and due to huge winds the ski hill shut down by lunch. That wasn't the worst...the guys got stranded in the mountains because the roads also got shut down! The 5 girls did fine on their own, and luckily, Ehren had friends in a condo on the mountain that they managed to stayed with. Any hotel available (on the long weekend) was full, and the schools opened up for stranded travelers. The guys were lucky to have a bed and good company! It was quite a journey for them. All in all, we had a great time with Blain & Grace and look forward to seeing them all again in the summer.

The pregnancy has been going well. More and more difficult to keep up with the girls but pretty good nonetheless. We had an interesting evening on Feb. 20th when Janelle ended up in the hospital to stop contractions. Braxton Hicks have been a way of life since the 5th month, but these were a little out of control. She got a few medications, including steroids for the baby's lungs in case delivery was in the near future. At just under 33 weeks they managed to stop the contractions which were regular, every 2 minutes, and managed to cause her to dilate to 1.5 cm. Needless to say we're now on limited activity for a couple more weeks. We had an ultrasound last week which showed the baby to be at 4.5 lbs. which is on the smaller side. Things look good though so we continue to wait...

The last weekend in February Ehren played in a hockey tournament in Greeley, CO. His team made it to the finals but didn't quite pull off the win. It was some great competition and a fun team to play with, so he had a good time. Janelle and the girls made it to a couple of the games which was fun. They hadn't seen him play in a long time...and everyone in the room new that "Daddy was #10!

Lastly, we're getting bids for our backyard! Yay! Can't wait to get it done. We're aiming for early April if we can decide who we want to do the work...a tough decision!