Stained Glass Cross Cake

I liked the way the colors turned out. There are a few things I'd do different next time. But I think it looks pretty. I'm going to take this cake to class tomorrow night. Our church friends will like it.

Easter Cupcakes

Easter Cupcakes for tomorrow. They are Vanilla Bean from Fresh & Easy. I saw it and thought that would be yummy. It was fun and pretty easy with the new tip. Hope they taste good too.

Hamburger Cake

Chris and I were having a BBQ for some friends and I thought it would be funny to make a Hamburger cake. I think it turned out pretty good.. I just copied one off the internet. The cheese and pickles are fondant, so everything was edible. And there are real sesame seeds on top.

At tomorrows class we are suppose to make a football, but I'm going to see if I can do and Easter Egg.. Same shape.. We'll see. :)

Clown Cake 3-23-10

So here is todays cake.. I was a little worried when I heard we were doing clowns, but they turned out really cute. All climbing all over the cake.. it's fun. I plan on taking it to FPU class tomorrow night. Hope they like it. The inside is Confetti cake.

St. Patty's Day Cake-Totally Un-edible!

So it's a long story, but one I saved for the blog and not facebook.

I forgot my icing that I made last night at 11pm (argh!) and had to buy some at class. My teacher gave me what I needed, I had a terrible time with it (cursing, the whole bit) and finally finished the cake. I HAD planned on taking the cake to Lighspeed to be consumed but at the checkout counter the other lady discovered why I was having such a hard time. I wasn't using regular icing, I was using icing concentrate. So needless to say, Lightspeed won't be getting this cake, nor will anyone but the trash can.. Too bad, it is very cute.

So tech learned today was tracing with an edible marker onto rice paper and then transferring it on to the cake and coloring it in with colored piping gel. Never done any of that before, so that was really fun.. and we learned some other stuff to smooth out spatula lines, etc.

A couple of Cakes

I haven't posted here in awhile, so here are a couple of cakes I've made. Susie graduated from Surgical Tech school and Lauren had a birthday. I'm learning as I go and my writing isn't so great, but practice makes perfect.

My New Hobby

I signed up for a Cake decorating class today. I'm so excited about it. Finally something for me to do that's creative and cute at the time of year when my kids get older. I've always wanted to take a class, but never really wanted to do the Michael's class.. I want to take it where it feels serious, not like I have to hurry up and get out because there's going to be a scrapbooking class or sewing class in 30 minutes. Anyway, so it's a Cake Crafters, but doesn't start until March. Also, to achieve this, Mrs. Vikki (Alex's daycare) has an opening 2 days a week for Lauren to start attending. I think it's time for her. She's been going to a friend, but it's on the opposite side of town and makes my round trip of dropping off and entire hour in the car. .. Not fuel efficient at all. So, although I will miss Tina and she will miss Lauren "Bejourin" (or "Sister Sludge" or "Sister Sue") it will be better for my gas tank.

It's a new Chapter for all of us.

In other news: I booked 3 weddings in a week. I have a good feeling about 2010.. I hope it keeps up.. I have another meeting tomorrow night and I got a call today who just booked me right over the phone. She was referred by a bride's mom and knew she wanted us, so that was that. It was great! I also booked a wedding on my next anniversary. A little different for us, but it's 11 years and we are going to be at the beach the weekend before shooting another wedding, so we'll spend some time at the beach alone and call it good. The couple is super nice and I'm honored to share my anniversary with them. Their boy is super cute too. Clayton. What a cute name!!

I'll post pics of my cakes as time goes by. And we started Financial Peace University again tonight. It's going to be refreshing to do it again.

Facebook

...has ruin my blogging.. Sorry family. It's very hard to blog here when facebook is so easy.. Post pictures is also easier. I'll try to be better. Besides, my blog is how I remember what I do all year so I can write my Xmas letter. Ugh.

Story relating to Rachel's FB

Yesterday we (me & the kids) were driving in a parking lot going to the party store. Alex say, "that's a big truck mama". I say, "that's a money truck" (brinks) then I say. "Alex the men that drive that truck carry guns." (knowing that he loves guns) He say, "wow".

Two minutes later, we park in front of Party City and are going to get out, but Alex won't get out because the Brinks truck also pulled up to Party City and he was now afraid that we would all be shot. :) too funny. So I said, stay here, I'll get a basket, get Lauren and then come back for you... No, this was not flying. He wanted me to stand right there in his doorway til the big money truck drove away. It was very cute. We all went in the store and never got shot. Got ripped off, but not shot..

So, other Party City news. Lauren fell out of the basket and hit the floor. Considering that I've been fighting her strong will for about a month about not standing in the basket, I'm sort of glad it finally happened. ...and that she didn't get hurt.. I hope she will learn from that and stay sitting down. Luckily she fell in such a way that she barely cried. When Alex fell out at Wal-Mart, he hit in a very different way that was pretty scary. But he did learn.

But other news about Alex.... Ever since he came home from being gone for 3 days, we're having such trouble with him. He's trying to run the show, talking back to us (and with a nasty tone) and we're just about done with it. I know that there's an adjustment period any time kids go away for a bit and then come home to the rules they all hate, but Lord help me!!! So, I guess our readjustment period will just take a bit longer than we had hoped. I have to remind myself to stay calm. Not so easy when you're tired.

Our room is coming along (slower than I would like). I'm putting what furniture I can back by myself, but will need Chris for the larger pieces (hopefully tonight). I like the color and the carpet didn't get as clean as we would have liked, but it feels cleaner. Maybe next year we'll just take out the carpet. who knows?

Have a good day friends and family.

Xmas Presents

Thank you to everyone who gave us presents. I wasn't sure who gave Alex the Thomas the Train blanket, but that was really cute and he loves watching TV with it. And.. so fitting cause I'm going to do his bday party in Thomas.

I don't know about you all, but I'm glad that Xmas is over. We had a wonderful time, but the preparation is just so much and our house always gets destroyed in the process.. And... we don't eat properly through the whole thing, which gets expensive. So, now begins the cleaning of the house, organizing all the stuff, putting the xmas stuff back in the garage, etc.

We have some other projects planned for this week that Chris is off. Today is a fun day. No work yet.. I'm having breakfast with a friend I haven't seen in a long time and when I get home, Chris is going golfing (in the fog) and then to hang with co-workers for happy hour courtesy of one of the bosses. I think while he does that, I'll take the kids to have the car aligned. the alignment is so off that if I let go of the wheel for 1 second, the car will change lanes (not exaggerating). It made for a very tiring trip to Fresno and Hanford. My left arm is sore. So, even though we are broke, it has to be fixed.

We are also going to move everything out of our bedroom and paint the walls and clean the carpets. Next weekend. We're going to take the kids to my moms and hopefully get the project done fast. We'll see how it goes. We don't even know what color we want. All we know is that we want to go lighter.

well, I'm rambling, so I'm going to go get ready for my breakfast. Have a wonderful day, family. I put pictures on Fb, but I can put some here later.