dear jason: SPOILER ALERT dont read this, we’re all voting on your cake!

ok gang. party’s this weekend. it better not snow and ruin things. everyone get on board and start praying that it holds off til sunday, or comes early, or whatever it is that makes it NOT snow saturday! k?

because? many reasons, including jason’s eternal happiness…..(i have over 60 RSVPs!! awesome right?!?) but mostly because of the ungodly amount of food/cake/adult beverages that we have. what am i going to do with a half-empty keg? I NEED YOUR BELLIES!

Now, on another note, i need your help voting on jason’s cake. For those of you just joining us, this is the invite:

every man that is able is growing his mustache for this event. i hope. stick-ons will be provided for ladies and/or men that cant because of whatever reason you’ve been giving us.

so! in the same theme of …. well whenever mustaches were popular….. in my mind, its the late 1800’s, but obviously the mustache can transcend space AND time. either way i feel that it deserves a cake with flair. (flare?)

here’s a classy version. a little art-deco, but certainly more on the masculine side. as masculine as you can get with cake.

Next we have some carnival-flavored (ha!) designs…. inspired by marti gras.

also this one… a little disco…. a little 80’s glam… obviously we’ll be leaving out the glass!

so what do yall think? more classy? or more CRAZY?

or NONE! yall better tell me if these totally suck.  ready set vote!

please pray

i’m sorry to have bad news today. we found out last nite my dad’s last brother has been given 6 weeks to live. im so sad for him. this has been just a terrible time. if you think of him today, please just lift him up.

in the past several years, all of his siblings (5 total in the family) have been affected with one form of cancer or another. they have all passed, only to find out immediately following one funeral that another one learned of cancer. his parents have passed as well. i hurt for my dad. i cannot imagine what it is like to be the last one. i dont know what else i can really do except ask for help in praying…. i’m not sure what to even pray for anymore.

i wish this would just go away. but i know that’s not going to happen yet.

Your thoughts/prayers are appreciated. thanks friends.

Meet Wyndham Lee

i’m breaking from ski trip news to tell you about BIGGER and BETTER things! and lets be honest… yall got most of that trip anyways. i’ll finish up with video clips later….

wyndham lee was born early monday morning my first niece ever is here!

red hair? YES I THINK SO!

proud daddy

6 pounds, 9 0z….18.75 inches long

favorite uncle J

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we cant get enough of her. have visited the hospital 4 times already.

Day 3: a very silly Christmas

i will make this a quick post because the “SNOW STORM OF 2010″ is still pending and they’re telling us to leave early.

SO!

without further ado, the ski trip fun continues.

This was our mild little Christmas doing this morning. I dont know what says Happy Holidays better than a fake ficus tree with lights.

Half the day was spent on the mountain, and once again i have no action shots due to the avoidance of sustainable injury. therefore, here’s a little album (click for larger size) of the hat shop we discovered upon great recommendation from our friend R.

I kicked in a couple big ones just for fun.

And that my friends is that! I ended up with the sock monkey hat. After looking at the online catalog, i may or may not have gotten the kids’ size…. whatevs.

2009 Top Moments with Mr. Mahogowitz

Against all odds, this year actually turned out to be a great one.

Neither of us would have guessed it with the events happening in the first 6 months….

Nevertheless, here we are happier than we’ve ever been.

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10. Seeing James Taylor in concert together in Florida. Thinking back about this weekend, i remember being terribly confused and lost about our relationship but not really knowing why. This was one of the true highlights of an otherwise hum-drum trip– we’ve both always wanted to see James Taylor (J probably already has and i have simply forgotten) and thought it would never happen. The middle aged women who were drunk beside us also helped lighten the mood.

9. Rescuing an assortment of strays into our home. None of these have stayed with us, but 1 of them we sincerely wished would have. I’m not sure Daisy felt strongly about any of them… she should probably have a say in these things.

8. Finding fun together in the grand accomplishment of a garden of near ludicrous proportions. Or, it felt like it anyway This will be something we can always do and grow (literally!) together as the years go by. Its nice to have a hobby to putter in. Although puttering makes me feel like my grandmother… I’m sure my own mom used to really like this sort of thing as well until we whined and complained enough that she gave up. I’m hoping our kids will like this too. Look at me thinking of family things….

7. Sweet surprises from J… like flowers when i’m in a mood, or a mixed tape of songs that make him think of me… Somehow they always come at just the right time.

6. A genuine solid laugh together every single day. I’m not as funny as J, but the crazy is slowly coming out of me. One of the biggest reasons I married him is due to the amount of laughs. We wont be this good looking forever, ya know. Laughing together is timeless.

5. All the boys in one place being brothers. I just like watching. It makes my heart warm fuzzies. I dont know why… i just know they all love each other and they have a neat bond together. And boys being boys for me is inspiring. This world doesnt have enough of it.

4. Even though it compares little, he still tells me when there’s 2 snowflakes floating around outside. My version of snow is low in standards, i realize… but i get super excited. i must look like a little kid with saucer eyes.

3. Making it through this economy together with 2 job changes in a new house. We are some of the lucky ones. We are both employed, and J has been blessed with an incredible opportunity where he is now. I’m so thankful for the confidence boost it has given him. I have my husband back!

2. Losing and making new friends together. Its been a challenging year for this and continues to be so, but in time we’ll find our niche again.

1. Coming home to OUR home after a grueling few months of just absolute misery and solitude. I still get teary-eyed up about it. Praise our Good Lord for the blessing of marriage and love.

Mr. Mahogowitz, you are my favorite.