Another Cake...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas is just a few days away.

I hope Sants brings you what you asked for!

We hope each and every one of you

out here in BLOGER land has a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

&

A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless you!

Love, Lisa & Russ

(I baked this cake for a friend from work!)

What have the Wulfekuhl's been up to?

We had dinner at the Normans...

Emma has a dollar.. lol This was for her Christmas ornament on her tree that she has money in.
Emma loves her Russie!

I made cup cakes for a friend at church. For her daughters PreK Christmas party.

Saw the Santos family while Chirstmas shopping in Nashville.

Saw the beautiful snow (that WE DIDN'T GET!) on our way to Nashville.

Ready for Santa!

Outside lights!

Look what I made!!

Flower Cake

Final cake for course 2 in cake class.

We have been learning how to make these

birds and flowers for the past 3 weeks.

Front of Cake

Back of Cake

We hope each and everyone of you have a

GREAT and WONDERFUL

THANKSGIVING!

PROMISES TO ALL MY FRIENDS.....

Here is a series of promises that

actually speak of true friendship.

You will see no cutesy little

smiley faces on this card -

Just the stone cold truth of

our great friendship.

1. When you are sad --

I will jump on the person who made

you sad like a spider monkey

jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. When you are blue --

I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

3. When you smile --

I will know you are plotting something

that I must be involved in.

4. When you're scared -- we will high tail it out of here.

5. When you are worried --

I will tell you horrible stories about

how much worse it could

be until you quit whining, ya big baby!!!!

6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.

7. When you are sick --

Stay away from me until you are well again.

I don't want whatever you have.

8. When you fall --

I'll pick you up and dust you off--

After I laugh my butt off!!

9. This is my oath...I pledge it to the end.

'Why?' you may ask --

because you are my FRIEND!

Friendship is like peeing your pants,

everyone can see it,

but only you can feel the true warmth.

ROLL TIDE!

"Yea, Alabama!"

Yea, Alabama!

Drown 'em Tide!

Every 'Bama man's behind you;

Hit your stride!

Go teach the Bulldogs to behave,

Send the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave!

And if a man starts to weaken,That's a shame!

For 'Bama's pluck and grit

Have writ her name in crimson flame!

Fight on, fight on, fight on, men!

Remember the Rose Bowl we'll win then!

Go, roll to victory,Hit your stride,

You're Dixie's football pride,

Crimson Tide!

Only 2 days of Referrals

Fall is almost gone!

My tree in the back yard is just starting to loose all it's leaves.

It is so pretty, I had to share a picture of it.

Well, The CCAA only went through 2 days of referrals.

This was a disappointment to us, But it is better than none.

Hopefully next month will be better!

Cake's for Party's.....

Well, I have been baking this week.

The first cake is a cake I did for a work baby shower

This cake I did for my Sister in law to take to work for one of her Co-Workers

Adoption of Alison Rose

Custom Countdowns & MySpace Layouts

TAG..YOU'RE IT!

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!!Thanks to my WONDERFUL friend Kristy

( http://grayadoption.blogspot.com/ )...

I've Been Tagged! haha

I have to share 7 random or weird facts about myself....

Well, Let's see...

1. I am 39 years old and have been married for 19 years!
2. When I was a little girl, the Dr. lost a needle in my head (while putting stitches in my head) because it was sticking straight up and he couldn't see it from looking straight down on it.
3. I am going to take Kristy to get a pedicure!
4. I am going (I better be anyway) to China NEXT YEAR to get my sweet Alison Rose...and hopefully Susan Renee!
5. My husband IS my BEST FRIEND!
6. I can not wait to be a stay at home Mom.
7. My Mom and I have a very special relationship. I Love her SO MUCH!

OK now who am I going to tag??????

1. Connie http://greenpartyof5ive.blogspot.com/ (private)

2. Monica http://www.carteradoptionjourney.blogspot.com/ (private)

3. Buffi http://www.sadiesjourneyhome.blogspot.com/

4. Tina http://hammondadoptionstory.blogspot.com/

5. Diane http://www.barley-baby-girl.blogspot.com/

6. Mary Louise http://journey-of-the-red-thread.blogspot.com/

7. Emily http://woodalls6.blogspot.com/

Halloween Cake!

Russ and I are going to a Halloween party and I thought I would put my new cake decoration classes to the test. I wanted to make a Halloween cake and I could not for the life of me figure out what to put on the cake, so Russ went on the Internet and found a cake with these goblins on it, so I thought that looks simple enough. So here it is! My first Halloween cake.
We hope you all had a very nice Halloween!
Love, Lisa & Russ!

Cake Decorating Class 3

Well, What do you think?
The colors are not pink and blue...lol I promise they are pink and purple!
Do you think I am ready to start charging for my cakes now? haha
I am having SO MUCH fun learning how to decorate.
My friend Sawsan and I will start course 2 next week.
Thanks for stopping by!
Love, Lisa

Flag FootBall!

My friend Andrew has been playing flag football this year, and I haven't been able to make it to any of his games. Well this morning, I got to go watch him play. His NaNa & PaPa even got to come up from Camdon. one, two HIKE!

2nd Week Cake Class

CLOWN CAKE!!

Well, tonight was my 2nd week at my cake decorating class.

Next week we learn how to make roses.

Clowns!

Waiting Families Dinner/ Halloween Party

Tonight our Families with Children from China held our 3 annual waiting families dinner at the Family Supper Buffet in Athens. This year we added a cute little twist to it and had the kiddo's get dressed in there Halloween costumes. We voted on the cutest, Best, & Scariest Costumes.

And the winners are.......

Cutest...Miss Vivian as a poodle

Scariest...William as a transformer

Best...Emma Fu as a Dr.

William, Rebecca, Emma, Gracie Mei, & Claire

Gracie Mei, Henry, Claire, Rebecca, & William

House, Before & After

Before...

After...
Can you see what Russ had done today?

Some guy came by and asked if there was anything that we needed done around our house that he could do for us and Russ said, YES! You can cut down this tree.

I loved that tree, but it was messy.

It was a holly tree and it would drop sickers and berry's all over the ground.

And it was rubbing on the roof. It does look better. Now my fountain will not get so dirty.

Anyway... It's gone now.

Lisa's Cake Decorating Class....

Okay Tina, Here is my first cake!

(the lid slid into the border around the cake!!!)

Last week my friend, and old boss, Sawsan and I started taking a cake decorating class.

We had so much fun this Tuesday decorating our first cake with home made butter cream frosting. I think the class thought we were crazy. haha

If you get the chance to take a class, do it with a friend!

It is so much FUN!

Next week we will be building a Clown Cake!!

6 More Days of Referrals!!!

Guess what we got to eat!?!?

Yes, you guesses right! Count Them.... 1,2,3,4,5,& 6!!!!

73 more calendar days! Hopefully next month will be more days.

Don't you wish you could have some too? haha

Russ heard there was a rumor that there was going to be one more day of referrals, but who knows! I would love to eat one more Reeses cup!

Till next time....

Lisa & Russ

FingerPrints & Birthdays!!

Happy Birthday to my Handsome Nephew Landon Corsbie!!

Aunt Lisa & Runcle Russell Love you VERY MUCH!

Well, they say "3rd Time Is The Charm"

WE HOPE SO!!!

We had to update our finger prints for the 3rd time today.

You can't take in camera's or phones, so I had to take a photo of the sign going into the office complex that holds the Immigration Department in Birmingham Alabama.

We were the only ones there today so we were in and out in less than 10 minutes.

Now we just wait for our updated 171.

After our prints, we went to the Galleria Mall for lunch,

then over to Academy sports,

then to World Market, Then to Barnes and Noble,

then to the Art Museum, then to dinner, and lastly home.

(Alison, Hopefully you will not have to wait much longer for Mommy and Daddy!

We love you so much! We can not wait to have you in our arms!!)

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to Michele & Amryn!!

Michele, My sis-n-law, turned 45 on 9/18

& her Granddaughter, My Great Niece Amryn turned 1 on 9/19

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

Happy Birthday Michele and Amryn!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!!

We love you both very much!

Lisa & Russ

Harvest Moon Festival 9-13-2008

Harvest Moon Festival

Max, Kathy & Emma Norman's

Saturday, September 13, 2008

What a moon for the Moon Festival!

Our Families with Children from China Group had our 3rd annual Moon Festival last night at the home of Max, Kathy, & Emma Norman. We had such a large turn out. It was so nice to see everyone. We try to get together at least once a month. There are a few months out of the year we don't do anything as a group because of Family holidays or BACK TO SCHOOL! haha

Kathy & Max Norman with Thersa Gray

(No, I didn't misspell her name!lol)

After some good food and fellowship all the kido's got to decorate Chinese lanterns for a Lantern Parade. They had lot's of fun getting to color and add stickers to their lanterns.Gracie Mei shows off her lovely lantern.

This beautiful lady is Min. She is a friend of Russell's from work. She got to come and bring her two son's, David and Daniel. The young lady in the center is one of our FCC families newest members. AnnaLi. AnnaLi is 12 and just came home from China last month. She doesn't speak English, but learns a little everyday. Min was such a big help to The Gray family in translating for AnnaLi to her Mother Kristy. It was such a wonderful sight to see AnnaLi's face light up to be able to have a conversation with someone who knew what she was saying. Min and Kristy sat forever with AnnaLi just talking with her. It was such an emotional time for me to see how Happy Min and AnnaLi seemed to be talking with each other in Chinese. Thank you Min for giving this family something good. You are a sweetheart!