Newest endeavor

Well, I know it's been awhile, but I've been busy (as usual) preparing for my latest cake creation. I've done several tiered and/or stacked cakes, but this was my official first wedding cake..complete with the official label. I was so excited about it and I'm still flying high even though it has long since been devoured. Did it require a lot of work? Yes. Did I learn anything? Yes, fondant ribbons are hard, next time I'm going to use chocolate clay. Did I have fun? Yes. Was it worth it? Oh you betcha! Will it be my last wedding cake? Lord willing, I pray it is not!

So who was the brave soul to let me do their wedding cake without any other wedding cakes in my portfolio? My cousin Steve and his gal, Angela. They have simple taste so they chose a simple, yet elegant cake. It was an all white cake with buttercream filling and frosting under homemade fondant. It was adorned with a fondant ribbon, fondant leaves, chocolate roses, and chocolate pearls. I received many compliments which always makes a girl feel good, but I couldn't have done it without the Lord my God. He is the reason I can do something like that. Thank you Lord.

Well, without further ado, here is the picture (although I think it was much better in real life):

My baby is one!

It's been a week and half since my baby turned one. She is growing faster than I could have imagined. Sure, they all have grown fast, but I think knowing she is the last baby I will ever have makes it seem to go that much faster. I keep asking her to slow down and stay my baby, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. She's so active now the only time I get to hold her is when she's sleeping. Every other time I hold her she's so active she just wiggles all over the place.

Well, we had her party a week ago and so I thought I'd share her cake with you. I got the idea from one of my cake heroes, Sharon Zambito. I hope you like it.



Well, I have many more things to do before I can get to bed tonight so I better stop playing and get to work.

Emotional woman

Last week you would have thought it was that time of the month, but it wasn't. Devon had her last basketball game of the season. She played some awesome defense and made several great assists. It was the best I've ever seen her play (especially since this was her first year playing) and she sure learned a lot. She had made a basket in a previous game, but I wasn't able to be there as it was my weekend to work. So when it came down to the final seconds of the final ballgame of their undefeated season, Devon scores....end of game/season. Yahoo baby girl! I've never seen her run so fast or with such determination as she ran straight to me with the biggest hug she's ever given me. She was grinning ear to ear as my eyes filled with tears of joy. And it's happening again as I remember it all right now. I was sooo happy for her and she was sooo proud to have finally scored so Mommy could see. I hope Jeremy got it on tape.

Fast forward 24 hours to Sunday at the end of a great morning of worship and sermon. MacKenzie had gone into "big" church with us and she was talking a bit too much for our liking so I had stepped out with her. She quieted down and so I went back and stood at the back just in time to see the most moving dramatization I've seen in a long time. You can see both the message and the drama HERE. If you just want to see the drama it starts at 36:54 on the time line on the bottom. Once again my eyes well up with tears as I watch this awesome demonstration of Christ's love. Way to go James, Tonya, and drama team! Very powerful!

So I don't know if it's the fifth child that flipped some emotional switch in me or what. I've always been pretty emotional, but I seem even more so as of late. I imagine it's only gonna get worse as the kids get older and I watch time slipping away far too fast.