a few months ago, we went to this awesome little cupcake shop in parker, Nomélie Cupcakes. there is a super fun park right down the street, so we stopped in one day after the park and the c-cakes were YUMMY! In usual mamarazzi fashion, i had camera in hand. The owner, Selah, asked if I wouldn’t mind sending her some of the pictures for her site. Here is a link to that blogpost -sunny days and cupcakes!. I sent them to her and not only is john’s hand on her homepage, but she used a pic in a print ad, also! 
For thanks, she told us to come by for a dozen cupcakes on the house. We finally got down there yesterday. Yum, yum. I may or may not have eaten 4 yesterday alone, & may or may not have been full until 9am this morning. OMG. lol they are good! but we did make the mistake of going to get cupcakes, THEN the park. on a 97 degree day.
before
after, lol!! hey – how’d that half eaten one get in there? darn prairie dogs ….
guess they aren’t joking.
good news, though. they still taste good all melty.
they were good, but i don’t know if i’ll be able to eat another one for a good long while! i think i od’d on cupcakes. whew.
on a totally different note…. i took some really cruddy pics of the adorable “daddy and me” board book i had printed at pint size productions. the pictures do it no justice, though, and i meant to take some more … but we’re all crazy busy around here again! so just note that the book is ADORABLE! and looks nothing like my crappy pictures. I think this will be a great way for charlotte to remember john while he’s gone. They also have personalized Sandra Boynton book whick would have been killer when Kayleigh was little (now we own almost all of them it might be overkill!).
it will definitely be able to take a beating!! and it helps that charlotte totally loves it, too! i kept all the files in case I need an emergency backup book while he’s gone!
that is it for now! trying to catch up on housework tonight. trying to clean while the kids are awake is impossible.
Did they send you the templates to use for the book? If not, where did you get them? What program did you use? I think this would be awesome for my young niece, her dad (my brother), passed away unexpectedly a few months ago. But I have no clue how to make one. Thanks!
Congrats, you’re famous! The cupcakes look delicious. Love the book!! Sending family the link, the board book looks awesome. Did you do it all with digi scrap stuff?
super-cute! what a great idea!
wow, that book looks amazing! i love this idea and it may be another i have to steal from you as i ready for my husband’s deployment a few months away. thanks for the links to the book!
I have NO idea how you have time for photo taking and book making with 4 kids. I can barely keep my head above water with two kids. Big props to you!!! Great job!!
thanks everyone!
jenn – it is pretty much the only thing i do for ME. i don’t go to the hair salon, and haven’t gone out without at least one kid with me in who knows how long, lol. i usually edit pics while john gives the kids a bath and reads to them. i’m going to have to find a new time, though. last night i put the big three in bed, and edited at the computer while i rocked the littlest to bed. ha!
oh, adn jess – so sorry to hear about your brother.
they send you a basic template, and you add all the fluff and pictures to it. they also have it where you can just add pictures to their pre-made templates!
deann – i used almost all shabby princess stuff! http://www.theshabbyshoppe.com/