pictures + randomness :)

My DIVINE cake. Ohmigosh, was it yummy. :) I'm very proud that I made if all by myself! haha It's a layer of vanilla ice cream mixed with crushed oreos, a layer of uncrushed oreos, just like on the top, a layer of chocolate ice cream, and uncrushed oreos again on the top.

My computer camera. I named him "deep sea diver" (creative name, I know). Doesn't it look like one of those old diving helmets, though?? A Nancy Drew computer game. I LOVE (capitals weren't emphasis enough :P) this game!! Yumminess. So. Good! Earrings and wallet from my friend Emily. LOVE. THEM! Thanks, Em!

My floor lamp...I was too impatient to wait to take a picture when it was all set up. :) The pictures are pictures of some of the presents I received on my birthday. I love all of my presents! I know, you all probably were looking forward to after my birthday so you wouldn't have to hear anymore about it, and here I am still rambling about the - gasp - same topic that I've been rambling for weeks! Sorry about that...I'll try to keep them to a minimum now. :)

Things have been kind of settling down now. I've gotten into the rhythm of juggling all the things I have going on this year.

On Friday is our OktoberFest at church. My parents were among the planners of it, so we'll be helping at it. Our friends the Hintz's kids will be sleeping over that night, as Mr. and Mrs. Hintz have need to go into Oklahoma City. I'm excited about that. They have Louis (12), Caleb (9), Anna (6), JoJo (4), and little baby Samuel, who sadly isn't here with them. He entered Heaven, 1 day after his due date, last October.

We are so close with the Hintz family - the kids are like cousins to us. They lived in Tomball, then moved away to Wisconsin, and then 1 year after we moved to the seminary, they moved to the seminary as well! I didn't really know them before the sem...I was too little to remember when they moved away to Wisconsin.

Then from the 22nd to the 24th of October we're spending two nights at the Hintz's house while my parents are on a mini vacation for their anniversary. My mom knows that she's going on a trip then, but doesn't know where. My dad told me, but I don't want to post it on here in case my mom reads this. :) I know she's going to love it, though! Those two nights will be Lilly's first time sleeping away from home without my mom or dad. We'll see how that goes...but as long as I'm there I think it'll be ok. I can't believe that she'll be 4 in February! I always think of her as a baby, but she's definetly not anymore....

Alright, off to finish some school!

xo Carlotta