peachy pops!

so recently i decided that i want to really try to make a little business selling the cakepops and crafty things that i make. after lots of helpful suggestions, i finally came up with the business name.

PEACHY POPS -- cakepops and designs that pop with color and creativity :)

i am going to be starting a new etsy shop and a new blog to show what i've been up to and what you can buy, but for now here are a few pictures of my recent creations...

thank you cards...


baby quilts...


pirate pops...


owl pops...


birthday banners...


stay tuned for more info... and if you are interested in ordering anything, send me an email to-- peachypops22@gmail.com! =)

Surprise!!

Last weekend I was able to throw Ben his first surprise party for his upcoming 30th birthday! =) It took planning and plotting, but I was able to pull it off thanks to all my helpers!

I decided a couple months ago that with Ben turning 30 this year that I really wanted to throw him a party, and I really wanted it to be a surprise :) I figured the best place to throw it was Kansas since so many of his friends and family live there that it would be easier to get us there than to get all of them here. So that's what we did!

We went to Kansas for the 4th of July and because Ben thought we were surprising one of his other friends whose birthday is only 1 day apart from Ben. We stayed with our good friends the Hawkinsons and Joe took Ben to the gun range to get him out of the house while everyone came and we set up the party and waited for their return!

Here is the setup in the backyard for our pirate themed party:




Here is Ben's face as he realized what was going on: :)


Here are the pirate desserts:


Here's Joe, the grill master! cooking our hot dogs/hamburgers:


and here are the awesome "rum" (rootbeer) drinks that Reagan made for us:


Overall it was a huge success! :) I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted - I think because we were just having too much fun ;) but it was such a blessing to be able to surprise him and have all his friends/family gathered in one place. my parents even flew up for the party which was awesome!! A BIG thanks again to all who helped me pull it off! I was so glad to be able to make my husband feel special, because he sure is special to me and I love him dearly! :) Happy almost 30th birthday, hubby!!! (Argggh) ;)

our current family photo :)

happy may!

5 months old

here's our little cutie snuggle bug!
he turned 5 months old yesterday :)



he keeps us entertained and has grown so much since we got him! (he's over 10 pounds now!) he has learned some tricks -- he can sit, lay, roll over, jump up - we have so much fun with him. he is pretty proud of himself cause now he can jump up on the couch by himself and go sit and look out the window :) it's pretty cute. this is one of his favorite spots now:



just wanted to say "hi" and "happy saturday" from snuggles! :)

spring, please come soon!

the sun is shining today, and although the temperature is still in the 30s, it seemed like a good day to make these springy cookies :)



hopefully the weather will warm up SOON and the rest of the snow will melt!!!

crazy snow week!

we had an early release from school tuesday and then got dumped on!! about a foot of snow came tuesday night... so we had snow days wednesday and thursday! we haven't gone out too much in this crazy cold snowland. SO ready for it to melt and the temperatures to be above 0!

here we are relaxing on our snow day...



(snuggles has gained over 3 pounds since we got him!!! can you tell he's getting bigger?) :)

in other news -- last weekend we had some fun visitors...
(who you may recognize) snuggles tried to make a new friend... although he was pretty scared of gilbert most of the time and tried to bite his nose once or twice! (haha) it was funny to see them together.



and charissa and i made another round of cake pops! :)


hope y'all are staying warm, wherever you may be!

cheep cheep

For Christmas I got this cakepop cookbook!
I was excited to try to improve my technique and try new designs, and this weekend I decided to make my first batch! :)

Friends of ours just had a baby and we are taking them supper, so I made these for their dessert for fun!


I couldn't resist showing you this little cutie snow face!


And I'll leave you with our current family photo :)

cuteness.

we've been getting lots of little snuggles from this guy...
(hence his name -- it definitely fits him very well) :)



we woke up this morning and it was -14 degrees outside! YUCK!
looking forward to spring... or just a temp. above 0 would be a good start :)

New Year, New House, New Family Member :)

(And no, we aren't pregnant) -- We got an ADORABLE puppy!! :)

Meet Snuggles:



He's the cutest thing. EVER.

The only trouble with getting snuggles is that our apartment does not allow dogs for ANY reason. Period. So we talked about it, prayed about it, decided to get snuggles anyway - and move. :) (Yes, we know we are crazy!) We are now renting an adorable house that's only a minutes drive from Ben's school and a blessing!!

I'll have to take some more pictures of the house and put them up here soon.

All that to say we sure started our new year with a bang :)

Hope you all had a less adventuresome start to your new year! Happy 2011 from Iowa!