Cupcake Bites

I discovered these over the weekend and decided they would be great for my Holiday Party Bake Off at work this week. They are Cupcake Bites by Bakerella (http://www.bakerella.com/cupcake-bites-made-easy/). Although they may look like normal cupcakes here, they are actually made with cake and frosting rolled into balls and then coated in chocolate for the base and top of each cupcake. They are cute and delicious too!

Another adorable baby...

in one of my handmade items. My friend Heidi posted some very cute pictures of her girls on Facebook and I noticed that Cadence was modeling one of my crocheted projects. Very cute!

Chicago Lights Festival

The Magnificant Mile Lights Festival draws a lot of people to Chicago and we usually try to avoid the crowds, but yesterday we realized that the parade would be going by the front door of our building as it made its way to Michigan Avenue. So, we went outside and got a front row spot right before it started and here is what we saw:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON!

Baby Will - So Cute!

I love it when I get pictures of my crafty items being used! Katie sent me this adorable picture of Will with his hat and blanket I made him. So cute!

More Adventures in Michigan

The Mackinac Bridge:

St Ignace, MI (in the UP):

Petoskey, MI:

More Michigan

The weather at Houghton Lake was rainy and cool when we were there so we hung out there a little, but spent a couple of days on road trips - in search of nicer weather and to see other parts of Northern Michigan.

One day, we drove to Petoskey and Charlevoix. When we were ready to head back to Houghton Lake, we entered it in the Garmin and it led us to a road that ended at a lake and said "board the ferry". We laughed a lot and were a little confused at first, but then we saw the ferry across the lake and realized that it was for cars!

There wasn't much around, but we noticed this little restaurant next to the ferry stop so we went for some food and drinks and watched the ferry take cars back and forth across the water.

Eventually, we drove onto the ferry and road across. We had a nice chat with the operator and learned that we were on the Ironton Ferry. It was a fun adventure! Here is a link to an interesting article about it: http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/June-2008/Q-A-Ironton-Ferry-Captain/