Vinney’s battle with canine epilepsy…

In the fall of 2014, just after Steve had moved to North Carolina, our 2 1/2 year old Cavapoo Lucy developed cutaneous lymphoma and had to be put down. If you don’t remember, you can read about that here. Twenty four hours after putting Lucy down, the kids and I traveled 5 hours to pick…

Zach’s recovering…

Zach has had an obsession with anything and everything that has wheels from a very young age. Whether he fixes it (note the snow boots)… or drives it, he always has a smile! Or a grin! He always enjoys riding in style! He quickly started driving the real thing.   Shortly after we moved to…

Humpty Dumpty goes under the knife again…

  Steve has been affectionately nick named Humpty Dumpty, by a friend, due to the two falls he has taken in the past year. Yes, I said two! September 4, the day after his birthday, he and Zach were fishing in the Brushy Mountains and Steve slipped on a wet rock and went down. Now…

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My cupcake adventure… Prep: Part 3 The Vanilla Bean Cupcake

I can’t quite believe it, but it’s been 3 months since the last installment of My Cupcake Adventure. It certainly wasn’t my plan to delay the series but our lives took an unexpected turn last fall with Steve’s shoulder injury. When we found out he would need surgery and it would be a 6 month…

Steve’s shoulder surgery update…

On Thursday December 29th Steve finally had repair of his rotator cuff. Everything went really well, but not necessarily as expected. We have our share of mishaps, or challenges, that we have come to affectionately call “adventures” and unfortunately the day of Steve’s surgery was one of them. I’ll start at the beginning. Steve’s procedure…