My Birthday Cake

Dad has been making us all special birthday cakes this year. Sammie's was molten lemon and Charleah's was Tres Leches. But we save the best for last with an ice cream cake.

[ignore the number on that cake]

It had 5 layers and everything was homemade. The ice cream, the frosting and then the cake. To be honest, I was expecting that. But it was delicious. 

We did not put 26 candles on the cake. That would have looked like the "burnin' of Atlanta." 

Birthday: Part I

Birthdays as a teacher are the best. You get nice notes saying how awesome you are. Which is cool. And I got my first apple. I guess I am an official teacher now.

1 Week

Yes, I have noticed that I have one week left of my youth left until my body starts to decay. (According to Charleah anyways.) I have dreaded this day for a year and it is finally upon me.

What will I be doing to celebrate my last week?

Working. And then working. Not eating sweets. Grading Papers. Listening to Christmas music.

Hopefully I can get some sleep in there somewhere. Just joking. I might be busy, but like I'll sacrifice my sleep.

25 before 25

I DREAD turning 25. I feel like it will be the end of my life as I know it. Which is ridiculous, but it is what I think. I also dreaded turning 20, but I got through it.

Anyways, to make it more fun to turn 25, I have made a 25 before 25 list. I only have 8 months left, but I think I can get it all in.

1. Leave the country
2. Run a 5K without walking
3. Do a 10K
4. Go to the Frio
5. Cook eggs 25 different ways
6. Manually change the oil
7. Grow a garden
8. Go 4-wheeling
9. Read Jane Eyre
10. Play piano solo in sacrament
11. Knit some socks
12. See Wicked again
13. Go to a Beach
14. Explore Houston
15. Make Donuts
16. Make cute cupcakes
17. Eat at a hole-in-the-wall place
18. Plan a Wedding (Charleah, Sammie)
19. Learn Logo/Blog Header design stuff
20. Make 20 Christmas ornaments
21. Take a Piano Class
22. Make a Dress
23. Sell my stuff
24. Go to a Rockets Game
25. Read 10 non-fiction books

There you go. Hopefully I can get them all done. 

Black Friday

Black Friday was a good day for Chris and I. We went to Walmart, Target, Michael's and Best Buy. We added 20 DVD on TV to our collections. We finished our collections of Friends, The Office, and Supernatural. The best thing is we spent less than we saved.

And Chris got this for me as an early birthday present.
Except mine is in black. I love it so far and it does so much more than the normal Cricut. Too bad I have to spend all my time packing after today and can't use it until Christmas.

Only 19 more days until we move!