New Cakes...

I had some cake orders the past week... I'm pretty pleased how they turned out...



I do have to say I miss my Idaho Clientel though.. :(

Pigs and Badgers

So I called and visited with my parents this morning. Apparently they had a badger...

... yes a badger, hanging out by their car. Now for people who live in the city, ya'll probably don't understand the menace that these things are. They dig holes in fields, effing up irrigation and endanger larger livestock. Those holes have been the cause of several broken legs on horses and cattle, in which the animal had to be put down. They're mean and they will attack.

So anyhoo...

Badger digs a brand new hole out in my mom and dad's driveway. And mom see his hanging out by her new car.... my dad, being the hero, goes and digs out his 44 Magnum, stands out on the front deck of the house, in his striped jammies, cracks his neck like Roger Murtaugh and gets the badger, on the run.

As if this wasn't good enough, he didn't kill it. It is wounded and head back into its hole. My dad is notorious for shooting things in the ass, so I'm sure that where he hit it. Unfortunately, if there's something worse than a badger, its an injured badger, so dad sneaks up to the hole, and waits.... and waits.... and waits.... nothing. So my dad, being the resourceful man that he is, pours diesel down the hole and lights it. So if the damn badger didn't die from a gunshot wound in the ass, he died of smoke inhilation....

Crazy morning....

But this wasn't my first laugh this morning. I get up and pour myself some yummy coffee, using my new Tiramasu creamer (yes! Tiramasu! SHUT UP!) and I check out my window. I notice my neighbors, of whom I swear are Greeks...

are up and awake...

The reason I think they're Greek, obviously you've seen the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

The dad uses Windex for everything right? My neighbors CONSTANTLY clean their minivan with windex... Whatever right? (my neighbor even LOOKS like him!)

Remember the scene where they're roasting the pig outsite their house when they meet whatsherfaces's soon to be inlaws.... yeah...

Yeah, my neighbors got one of those too...

All in all... an eventful morning.... Now I'm off to decorate cakes...

FINALLY~ We Get To Play In The Pool

They've been buggin me for MONTHS about putting the pool up... Everytime I told them that it seemed hot out... "Hot enough for the pool Mama?"

So then I was evil....

I made them wait...

Then I made them pose.....




Then they got busy!

Samie, ever the big sister.... taking care of the baby and making sure he was happy...

Happy he was.... happy he is!

He had SO much fun watching the kids play in the pool.

Cake Project

So my BFF Nicholle is putting together a 5K to benefit a project that is close to her heart called. "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" http://www.dma.state.mn.us/returning_troops/btyr_overview.php

She asked me to put together a cake for the runners/walkers, and this is what I came up with. 6 cakes total and 8 batches of frosting...

Ooops. I ran out of frosting... time for batch 7 and 8.

The finished product. I'm not as pleased as I should be with the layout. I'll work on that next time I do something this big.

Newest pics.

Updated pics.

1st TOOTH!

He may be smiling in this picture, but he was freaking out before I snapped it. Apparently he's afraid of heights...

Of course Sam being a dork... what? No...

Blue Eyes

As dissappointed as I was that my baby didn't have brown eyes... can I seriously stay mad with the brilliance of this blue? HOLY COW!

So I tweaked lyrics on an old song for my baby...

Blue Eyes

Smiling at me

Nothing but blue eyes

Do I see

Baby Singing a song

Nothing but babies

All day long



Never saw the sun shining so bright

Never saw things going so right

Noticing the days hurrying by

When youre in love, my how they fly

I sing it for him in the morning. He gets all excited and I realize most is right with the world. I am so blessed.

My "wildlife"

Stop laughing, those of you who know me. hee hee. I'm used to Elk and Deer, Pheasants, Big Horn Sheep....





SERIOUSLY large amounts of wildlife. However, now that I live in the city, I take what I can get.

Donald and Daisy

Webbie and Thumper

Webbie the Widow Duck

Alright, so I'm now a birdwatcher and so ecstatic that I have ducks coming to my yard. I also have cardinals, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits and annoying black tom cat. Oh well, I'll take what I can get until I get my country place once again.

I must say though, it makes me horribly homesick to think that I used to have those large wildlife creatures coming right up to my back door..... sometimes wish I could just move home.

More Construction... or Deconstruction?

Where'd the Fridge hole go?

Where'd my hall closet go?

Okay, so we're finally doing some stuff on our house... at least we got started, however when it gets finished, is up in the air.

Here's looking into the dining room from the kitchen now.

Before looking toward the dining room, from the living room...

Currently the view.....

Once again... Before:

...after....

The kids are having fun helping...

All I can say is pray for my sanity please....