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mmm, cupcake

Wednesday Celldump #10

Posted on 29 Sep ’10 by Nikki Murray
mmm, cupcake
bracelets
Skeleton Jack, helping me with the mundane task of note-taking
glow
pensive
sleepy
homemade potato soup
his slippers, my feet
A whole lot.

The great bedroom shuffle of 2010

Posted on 26 Sep ’10 by Nikki Murray

This can all be blamed on Emma. She asked if she could move into the guest room for her birthday present. Actually, she’s been asking me for that room since I put up the pretty bookcase full of colorful yarn. I tried to talk her out of it, since it was quite a downsize from her own room and it is the second smallest room in the house. But since she couldn’t be swayed, we carried on with the request.

There were a couple of benefits, not the least of which included the other members of the house gaining bigger rooms themselves. It did, however, require the painting of three bedrooms and disassembling, moving, and reassembling a lot of furniture. In the end, everyone seems to be extremely pleased with the change. It’s always good to have happy kids in the house.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go enjoy a beer.

The (old) guest room, soon to be Emma's new room, with everything moved out. I like to call this wall color: booger green.
Temporary hold for the guest room until we can free up the new location (which was Logan's current room).
New and shiny periwinkle wall color in Emma's room.
All of her things moved in, save her dresser because it wouldn't fit. We made up for lack of space by putting up 7 bookshelves for all of her things.
Sexy birthday boy ready to go to work and finish this thing.
We didn't paint Emma's old room, just gave Hope & Savannah new bedding to match. They seem to like it a lot.
A whole lot.
The Hope and Savannah's old room (formerly painted yellow and purple), now a warm gray for Logan.
He finally has some room to walk (and even dance if he wants to) around.
Logan's old room, before we moved his things to the new one.
Break for birthday cookie time! Says" "Happy 28480th Birthday".
Tired birthday boy being consoled by Hope with a pat on the head.
Running his hand through imaginary flames (we're not zoned for that many candles).
Snuffing them out by hand.
New guest room, painted the same color as Logan's (because I bought too many cans of paint, yay!)
So when you come to visit and stay at my house, you'll have a wall of windows to look out of.
And I finally have my living & dining rooms back.
chocolate with chocolate ganache cupcake

Three Tiers Contemporary Cakes and Cupcakes

Posted on 22 Sep ’10 by Nikki Murray

After doing some UX consulting for her website, I recently met with Angela Gallo of Three Tiers Contemporary Cakes and Cupcakes for a photo shoot. Her bakery is located just across the Ohio river in Bellevue, KY. It was a pleasure to work with her, and her red velvet cake is to die for.

Three Tiers Contemporary Cakes and Cupcakes bakery
butterfly cookies
red velvet cake
red velvet cake
chocolate with chocolate ganache cupcake
chocolate with chocolate ganache cupcake
table for perusing bakery books and magazines
another area for browsing through selections
display case at the counter
counter sign
the mess made upon emptying the guest room

Wednesday Celldump #9

Posted on 22 Sep ’10 by Nikki Murray
silly face
on a ride to pick some things up for her party
member of the snuggie choir
new microwave installed a few minutes before the party (the old one blew up)
I actually went out like this, but never left the car
stormy skies... if only they had brought rain
mr. eaton
sun rays
more freaky clouds
a sunday evening
the mess made upon emptying the guest room
reflection coming off of a mylar balloon, or alien mind probe?
A & N

An engagement

Posted on 20 Sep ’10 by Nikki Murray

I met her by chance, and I’m grateful I did. She was my model during the DISASTR77 shoot in August. This month, I was fortunate enough to meet with her again to shoot her engagement photos.

A & N
A & N
A & N
A & N
A & N
ZOMG MONKEY SNUGGIE

Emma’s birthday party

Posted on 18 Sep ’10 by Nikki Murray

Wanting to be able to invite her friends over, Emma asked for a weekend birthday party. She had a few friends and lots of fun. Success!

Now, I need a glass of wine and a hot bath.

friends from school - I sent them home with their own copy of this
Lex being herself (she had balloons tied to her pigtails)
hey, look over THERE
Hooper
dominos pizza, anyone?
walrus pretzel face
vampire pretzel face
i vont to suck yor salt?
rolo eyeballs
Wii - best investment for entertaining other peoples' children
!
SARLAC!
card from Logan with his own font design
Savannah's card
Hope's card
balloon design
in-between events
how Terry copes with little girls squealing
big sister overseeing the gift-unwrapping
*wink*
captured on video
peanut butter cups!
bracelet from Maddie
yeah, I bought her bingo (she loves games)
and a snuggie (she's been asking for one for two years)
ZOMG MONKEY SNUGGIE
CHAOS
pleased
r2d2 Trouble from her sis
Savannah, Hope, M, & N
wiener dog birthday card
giggling at the card
Logan gave her a bag of Mike Sells cheese curls (because she loves them)
cake time
the happy birthday song
singing
more singing
even more singing
ready to make her wish
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