Honey's Baptism

Our family belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  In our church you get baptized when you turn eight years old.  Honey was lucky to share her baptism day with her cousin.  It was so great to share this special day with both sides of our family.  I was going to have a friend of mine take professional pictures of Honey however time seemed to escape me and I found myself rushing to get her pictures taken in her baptism dress.  A day or two before I needed them to make the baptism program I ran to the temple grounds and tried to get some pictures.  It was SO HOT when we got there.  It was only around 10 in the morning and it was about 90 degrees.  So we made it quick and did the best we could.  This is obviously my disclaimer on the pictures that follow.  On a side note . . . something that's kind of funny . . . I made her dress and didn't realize how shear the fabric was.  I realized this as we were stepping out the door to go take pictures.  I didn't think it would be very appropriate if you saw her underwear in the pictures so we ran to Target to try and find a slip.  However, Target at the time didn't have slips for girls.  Of course!!!  So I had to buy a women's XS slip and then use a rubber band that I had in the car to tie it up around her chest so it wouldn't be to long or fall of her.  So AWESOME!!! Keepin' it real!

Honey's Eight Birthday

This year my baby turned eight!  We had a great family party and enjoyed the festivities poolside at my parents house.  Honey wanted a rainbow layer cake so that is what I made and HOLY MOLY it was bright!  It was a great, very warm day and I am so glad that we got to celebrate with some of our family.  

Wedding Weekend

This week was FULL of baking!  Not only did I do those cupcakes, but I also did a wedding cake for a different wedding.  This is my first time doing two weddings at once and everything went off without a hitch!  So here is the cake I did . . .

Cupcakes . . . Lots of Cupcakes!

If you've ever wondered what 225 cupcakes look like . . . well you don't have to wonder any longer.  This is what they look like.

Lemon cupcakes with strawberry filling and a vanilla buttercream.  Tastes like a strawberry lemonade. . . Yum!!!

 Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.  I love how the little flowers turned out with the pearl in the center!

 White cupcake with white chocolate buttercream!  This is the best tasting buttercream . . . EVER!!!

These are chocolate fudge cupcakes with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate buttercream.  Oh my heavens, if you love chocolate these are a taste of heaven.  I used pearls to decorate these.

 I LOVE making cupcakes.

Chalk Art Festival

The girls wanted to participate in the local chalk art festival.  For $3 they each got there own square of cement to draw on, artist quality chalk, as well as a bunch of prizes for participating.  One of the prizes was a free donut at Spudnuts.  Anytime we can get a free donut from there count us in!!!

This is the same Spudnut shop that Sarah Palin would go to!

Here are the girls creating their masterpieces.

Here is Honey practicing her shading.  

 This is the artist that was next to us.  She was kind enough to teach the girls how to shade.

This is one of the finished pieces of art work.  I wish I could show better in this picture how brilliant the colors were.  The chalk the gave them was really amazing.  It was so sunny though all my pictures look washed out.  Bummer!

Lovin' our Backyard

I have to say that I love our location right now!!!  The weather has been SUPER mild which is totally uncharacteristic.  It's normally blistering hot right now.  I am especially loving that we have a almost finished backyard right now that makes the outside so much more enjoyable.  Here are some pics of our evenings enjoying our backyard!

 Do you see that???  Is that grass in the backyard? 

 This is the lower level and the start of a firepit.  We are forming our own concrete surround.  On the lower level we also have room for a garden, swing set and trampoline!  Loving the yard!!  So worth the sweat and tears!  And boy there was a lot of sweat and tears!

Happy Birthday

Can you believe that this little girl is a year old?  I sure can't!!!  Is it just me or does it seem that the more kids you have the faster they grow up?!  I sure love this girl and can't wait to see her grow and watch as her little personality continues to blossom.