{a great day in goal!}

After missing the tournament in GR last week, Gerard got to be goalie this weekend. It was worth the wait -- he had a great day in goal! Three games: a 4-4 tie, a 5-0 shut out, and a 4-2 win. Way to go Gerard and the whole Miller-Johnson team!

{poor baby}

Look what we're doing today instead of going to GR for the hockey tourney....

{pics of ME}

OK, as per Nadine's suggestion, I thought I'd post some pictures of Gerard and me at the wedding. Thanks for the photos, Nades!

{goalie!}

Today was Gerard's first goalie practice of the year. Next week he gets to be goalie in a tournament in Grand Rapids, and then the week after that he's goalie in his regular game. Wish me him luck!

{as promised}

Look! Posting two days in a row! Can you believe it???!?!

The kids had a snow day yesterday, so we lounged around in our pjs until lunchtime and then they went outside to play with their friends.

When we went to CO in November, we had the wonderful privilege of being part of Nadine and Wade's wedding. It was an absolutely beautiful ceremony and dinner, and I can honestly say that I have never seen either of them so happy! Here are a few pictures I snagged off of Nadine's Facebook page (taken by their friend and photographer, but I can't remember his name). I hope you don't mind, Nadine, but I really wanted to share some of my favorites.

We also got to see Robyn, Jon, Spencer and Shoshi for the afternoon on Saturday. It was great seeing Robyn (you, too, Jon) who I hadn't seen in WAY too long. And I finally got to meet their kiddos! YAY! They were adorable, as expected, and we had a nice afternoon. Next time, Robyn, you can come see me in Memphis! Here are some pictures I "borrowed" from Robyn's Facebook page:

{new year's resolution}

One of my goals for 2012 is to update this blog more frequently! I'm sorry I've fallen so far behind. One of the problems is that I've been so busy doing cookies, and I've been trying to post all those pictures here, too. I think for my own sanity, I will keep my cookie posts to Facebook and my Flickr page. If you want to see my designs, click and bookmark this: AMYTHECOOKIELADY.

I also hope to take more pictures of the kiddos. If I recall, I started this whole cookie venture so I could afford a new zoom lens for my camera. Gerard tells me I don't need to buy that lens anymore since I only take pictures of cookies these days. I promise I will try to take pictures of the kids!

In the meantime, here are some pictures that I did manage to take (or friends took) over the last 2 or 3 months....

Morgan and Savannah with Emily:

One of Morgan's besties moved away in November. Morgan is doing OK without Addison, but she often asks when Addison is going to come home, or when we can go visit her. Hopefully we'll be able to do that sometime. Here are some pics of Morgan, Addison, Addison's little sister Alivia, and their other friend Taylor the night before Addison moved:

Morgan also got her hair cut recently. It was entirely her decision to cut it short (she would have gone even shorter, but I didn't want her to) and she's LOVING her new 'do.

Here are a few from Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Debbie's visit for Thanksgiving:

Morgan, Taylor and Ava at preschool:

Gerard and I were also fortunate enough to get to go to Colorado in November while Grandma and Grandpa babysat for a few days. We got to be part of Nadine and Wade's beautiful wedding in Golden and we got to see Robyn and Jon in Denver. I will try to post pictures of that trip as soon as I can.

Happy new year!

{newest cookies}

Here's a quick run-down of some recent cookie orders:

Custom baby gift boxes for a set of twins. Hailey's middle name is Rose, hence the rose on the onsie and Hannah's middle name is Lily, so I put a lily on her onsie. This was my first attempt at so much writing on a single cookie (and cursive, too!)
All boxed up:

Another custom baby gift box for a little boy, Lucas:

Onsies for one of Debbie's coworkers. She got them a cute basket and knitted (or crocheted?) a sweater and put them all together. I think the gift turned out really cute.

Hello Kitty cookies:
Shofars and Jewish stars for Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur:


A funny gift box for Gerard's teacher's friend. She turned 60, her name is Roxann, she's a grandma, they have a lake house, and "Trophy Wife" is an inside joke between them. This one was fun to do.

I gave away 4 half-dozen pink ribbon cookies to breast cancer survivors:

Morgan's teacher is a huge Michigan State Spartans fan. Yesterday was homecoming, so she asked me to do 18 "S" cookies. I threw in the Sparty cookies as a little surprise. Her husband liked them so much that he already placed an order for 9 one dozen Christmas cookies for his store managers (he runs a large chain of restaurants).