Leah, Clara and their favorite aunt!

Introducing...

Clara Adeline Tacher!

Leah's 3rd Birthday!

Leah's 3rd Birthday was last Saturday the 16th. We had a party at my parent's house with family and a few friends. I cant believe my baby is three already, time has gone by so fast. I've had requests to see these pics so beware there are a lot of them. I figured this was my last chance to have all the say about her party. I'm sure next year she will have her own ideas about what she wants....so I enjoyed all the preparations. I decided to do an L party (L is for Leah).

Here's the cake I spent 2.5 hours decorating...aah, what was I thinking? My back hurt so bad after that. The things I do for my kids. It was 4 layers, lemon and chocolate alternating, with cream cheese frosting...it was pretty yummy.
I made sugar cookie L's as give-aways, Leah helped me decorate them. They were in little bags, cute. Why do I love silly things like this? I made a bunch of L's to decorate with, and also used her latest studio pictures.
Here's the table spread. If you havent noticed, the colors are orange and turquoise. We had balloons all over with paper L's on them.

I made paper garlands, my new favorite thing....they are mass cute.

The food/treats all started with L. So I made "lollipops" which were brownie balls and rice krispie balls. There was also, lemon heads, licorice, lemon bars, layered dip, and lemonade.

I expreimented with fondant for the first time. It was not as hard as I always thought. The letters and small flowers are fondant.


Alicia had a great idea for a game....pin the glasses on Leah. It turned out to be really fun, and Leah thought it was pretty funny, although she didnt want to play. (she's shy you know) I had to put this pic in because I dont even really look pregnant in it...although I am due a week later.
So here's what we were trying to accomplish.
All the kids waiting in line, smallest to tallest.
The big kid who finished the game off, he totally missed it.
What the picture ended up looking like. Funny.
This one shows my belly a bit better, and Marks too....sympathy weight gain on his part.
Just a semi nice picture of the two of us. too bad we forgot to get a picture with Leah. So there was the party. I was relieved to have it over. Now I am ready for the baby to come any day now.

oh mother

well yesterday was mothers day. we are thankful for many things our mother has done for us one of which is we are all most thankful mom stopped cutting hers and our hair. thanks mom.

(ps that baby is me. cute huh?)

Tres de Mayo

The Tacher Familia

Eating Tacos

The Taco Bar

Dad "cooking" the tortillas

The Nylands showing off their moves

I haven't blogged in so long that I forgot that I have to upload the photos backwards...they are not in order. I hate that. P.S. And how do I center the captions under photos but not the rest of the text?

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo this year on Sunday (hence the name, tres de Mayo). We had a grand fiesta! So good. We ate food, lots of yummy food, listened to Latin music/watched the Mariners go into extra innings (they ended up winning! Go M's!). This was one of our best party. Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting such a great time.