a few more :)

birthday wall of love!

my sweet wonderful amazing hubby had a birthday this week! to celebrate, i started working on another birthday surprise a couple months ago (you may remember his surprise party last year HERE) i found a great idea last year while reading a blog i enjoy (click HERE to see the post) and knew i wanted to do it for ben. i didn't know at the time that we'd be living in the bahamas far from family and friends, and that it would be the perfect way to surprise my birthday boy! i started emailing everyone asking for a "birthday picture for ben" to be sent to me so that i could print them out and hang them on the wall. i ended up getting 23 pictures back and was able to cover the wall in a fun birthday message for my hubby! i waited to hang them up til he left for work, and when he walked in on our lunch break, that's the first thing he saw! i loved watching his reaction as he looked at each one :) thanks to everyone who made it happen! it was a great way to include you on ben's special day!! here are just a couple of the many fun birthday shots i was sent..

and here's the wall with all the shots!

happy birthday babe, i sure do love you!! <3

catching up...

once again, i've failed at keeping up on this blog! here are some photos from the last couple of months! :) rides on the golf cart...

collecting some of these...

a new friend for snuggies...

a new friend for us, and some fun at bingo :)

a visit to america to see some friends get married...

lots of walks on the beach :)

love this man of mine! <3

well, it's been awhile...

so much has happened since i last posted.
the biggest news, though, is that we have moved (once again!)

this time to... THE BAHAMAS!!

we are living on andros island, bahamas where Ben got a job.
crazy how God works!

here's a few pictures...
checking some wi-fi at the picnic table outside


here we are in our room!


the beach right outside ben's office!


that's all for now, i'll try to be better about posting about island life and our adventures on here in the future!

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!