tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80983758674154596862024-02-20T23:46:53.619-08:00Sunshine MamaThis blog will document my life and the many hats I wear, mother, friend, fiancee, daughter, free spirit, co-worker, runner, artist, thinker, and most recently a blogger. I will share my challenges and achievements. I will journal about my beautiful son and wonderful family. I hope to share any and all adventures and invite you to come along. Sunshine Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217084171494945093noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098375867415459686.post-41072419609029544262013-05-19T10:44:00.000-07:002013-05-19T10:44:42.897-07:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Party Tip: For Finn's Thank You cards I used a picture of the chalkboard sign I made for the party. To make the sign all you need is a chalkboard and wet erase markers, they are so neat and easy to use. I had a lot of fun making this! You can find the markers at any craft store and they have all colors. </span></div>
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Sunshine Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217084171494945093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098375867415459686.post-43140802079781869122013-03-20T19:38:00.002-07:002013-03-20T19:38:44.373-07:00Our Mexico WeddingA few years ago Luke and I went to a destination wedding in Riviera Maya, Mexico. We had a great time and the wedding was perfect. We decided then that,when the day came we also wanted to do a destination wedding. So, that day is now and the pressure is on. I know most brides get stressed when it comes to the wedding planning, I however feel like it is my duty to pick the best resort for all of our friends and family (because they are paying so much to go). I need to pick one that is affordable for all the people closest to us. I am also gambling with the rooms, food, and other amenities. Let me tell you what, I have looked and looked at ALL the resorts in Mexico. I have researched TripAdvisor, travel magazines, and with the help of our travel agent I finally picked the <u>one!</u> <br />
It was a toss up between two, one being the resort we went to before, and the other being the Now Sapphire. I really wanted to get married on the beach, sanding in the sand and the Now Sapphire had beach weddings (the other did not )so we went with the Sapphire. We are going the first part of June 2014 and will stay a week. I can't wait, it is going to be a blast.<br />
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I decided to post a few pictures of our trip from 2 years ago so I could reminisce a little. :) <br />
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These two gals are planning on going with us this time too!</div>
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Sunshine Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217084171494945093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098375867415459686.post-28869738119365935282013-03-19T20:49:00.000-07:002013-03-19T20:54:54.614-07:00St. Patrick's Day <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccwDFjFtK1lhy3UzkHECLWFBQ1B70dI46WcKaHAe-o51WQTNfxpMi1di5GQe7dMzrOv3X2_73T_8dJwAJF3JwNnxneFob2Rygv7TY61HJFTyjumzK1vu3spmeeU0L_rZLeHXint9-tsQh/s1600/DSC_0234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccwDFjFtK1lhy3UzkHECLWFBQ1B70dI46WcKaHAe-o51WQTNfxpMi1di5GQe7dMzrOv3X2_73T_8dJwAJF3JwNnxneFob2Rygv7TY61HJFTyjumzK1vu3spmeeU0L_rZLeHXint9-tsQh/s400/DSC_0234.jpg" width="265" /></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last year I did not celebrate much for St. Patrick's Day, Luke and I had just welcomed our new baby boy Finnegan to the world. My parents came to visit from Hollister, Missouri for the delivery of their 1st grandchild last year. This started a tradition, as they came to visit again this year. Saturday we celebrated Finn's Birthday and Sunday we celebrated St. Patrick's Day by listening to some good music, eating corned beef & cabbage and of course a few of us drank beer. My fiancee, Luke (it is weird calling him my "Fiancee") owns a bar in the town we live in. It is what I like to call a "towney bar". He has his "regulars" which drink their "regular" drinks on a fairly "regular" basis. Don't get me wrong, I love it and so does Luke. We started date not long after he bought the bar in early 2009. We have made many friends and have more memories there as a couple than im sure anywhere else. I worked there while in college and ocassionally drop behind the bar to bartend, now that Finn is a little older and I don't feel as guilty leaving him home with a babysitter. Anyway, enough rambling, Luke has live music a few time a month at the bar and on St. Patrick's Day he had one of our favorites. Everyone enjoyed the music, including my parents, and Finn!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So Sunday was the last day my parents were visiting, they had to leave early to miss our little snow storm we had yesterday. I had such a great time with them and they were both a lot of help with Finn's Party. Sunday was a nice relaxing way to end a great weekend with family. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well I am officially starting a blog, I have been thinking
about doing it since Finn was born (a year ago!). So here goes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been thinking about posting all day, at work it was
all I could think about. So tonight I got on Blogspot and what do you know, my
blog was deleted and marked as spam. Now it has to be reviewed by who knows who
to determine if I am a computer or a person. I decided to go ahead and write up
what I was going to put on my blog and save it for tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last Thursday, March 14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> was my only son
Finnegan’s 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> birthday. Wow how this year has flown by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the past few months or so I have been
planning his big birthday party. I work full time so I don’t have a lot of
extra time but since the weather here in Iowa has been cold I have been
spending lots of time indoors, planning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">First I had to pick a theme or something to start with. I
decided to go primary colors and do a circus themed party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luke, my future hubby was also up for the
challenge and helped me along the way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My vision had lots of balloons, streamers,
sprinkles, corn dogs, sweets, cotton candy, lemonade and my special little guy.
I don’t have a good program on my computer for creating the invites so I found
some on Etsy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I bought the rights to the
personalized invites and then had them printed at Copyworks. They turned out so
good, I was extremely pleased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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as a mother to bake my son’s cake/cupcakes for his 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> birthday. I
considered it a challenge. The rest of the party planning was so easy and came
natural, except for this. I spent many hours on the Internet researching
recipes, I asked baker friends for advice and even spent an hour in the baking
section at Half Priced Books, scouring the shelves for the perfect recipe book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried 4 different recipes, 2 of which were
not edible and NOTHING was good enough. I was especially looking for a
white/yellow cake recipe, chocolate is easier and I had a family recipe I used
for the chocolate. Finally I found the “Perfect Vanilla Cupcake Recipe” from
GloriousTreats.com, they turned out so moist with the perfect sweetness. </span><a href="http://www.glorioustreats.com/2011/07/perfect-vanilla-cupcakes-recipe.html"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.glorioustreats.com/2011/07/perfect-vanilla-cupcakes-recipe.html</span></a><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">
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recipe was my Grandma Standlee’s Crazy Cake recipe. Luke’s Grandma and Mom also
make crazy cake. Crazy Cake was popular during the depression because it does
not have milk or eggs in it. This recipe is for a 9 x 13 inch cake but worked
perfect for these cupcakes.</span></div>
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flour, 2 c. white sugar, 2 t. baking soda, 1 t. salt, ½ c. unsweetened cocoa, ¾
c. vegetable oil, 2 T. distilled white vinegar, 2 t. vanilla extract, & 2
c. cold water.</span></div>
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together in ungreased cake pan. Make three wells, pour oil in one, vinegar in
one and vanilla in one. Pour cold water over and stir well. For the cupcakes I
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I found this awesome butter cream frosting almost a year ago
on the web as this is one of the blogs I follow, CookingClassy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I made it a few times
before the party for different occasions and everyone loved it. You can also add
some cocoa to this to make a good chocolate butter cream. This is now my go to frosting,
I could seriously eat it with a spoon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finn loved his cupcake. I was a little worried he would want
anything to do with it, as we have been practicing a lot and he never seemed to
interested in it. In fact he was deathly afraid of on of the "test cakes" and
screamed if it was in the room with him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our family friend and Finn’s uncle’s sister (if
that makes any sense at all) Shawna, made Finn’s birthday shirt. She has an
Etsy Shop and we are so lucky that she is always making shirts for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also picked up photography as a hobby and
has taken family pictures for us over the past year. She is taking Finn’s year
pictures this weekend. I wish her luck he is on the go. </span></span></span></div>
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of Finn’s friends and family had a great time at his party. Finn's cousin, Gavin
told me “It was the best party EVER!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;">Chalkboard with Chalkboard markers, they are so neat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This was the fishing game I painted. We also had a Can Knock Down game, a Pick the Duck game, and a Bag Toss. The kids really enjoyed the games and prizes, especially Sawyer.</span> </div>
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