A couple more cakes from the last many months...

The one for Aaron's work. This is the one that was baking over in the previous post! For Mom and Dad's 37th Anniversary. Karin and I helped Dad surprise mom with dinner, a cake and gifts from him. It was great!!
That's right. It's an American Idol cake. Sonjia and I had a party for the season finali (which happened to be on my birthday). We had a great time!!

The cake I mentioned in the previous post. I made her an almond flavored cake, with almond flavored icing. With Raspberry filling! It was amazing!!! That's why Pat wanted me to make him one, his choice was chocolate on chocolate!!!

Me and My Girls....

My Sista...

It's Sonjia and me at Heather and Brandon's Wedding!!!

Jena, Sonjia and I all on Jena's bike! We are hot Mamas!!!!!!!!

Someday I'll have a bike of my own. But for now I'll live through Jena!!!

Have a GREAT day!!!!

-Kristen

3rd and 4th of July Festivities.

Red White and BOOM!!!!

Took the kids down with Sonjia, Pat and Kassi. Missed part of the parade, but got a couple cool pics....

Jackson and Auri sitting on top of the car watching the fireworks!

Jackson breakdancing after the fireworks. We waited before leaving because we were at the top of a parking garage and didn't want to deal with traffic. So we cranked our music and he danced for us!! We Love watching him Dance!!!...

4th of July Parade with Ashleigh, Raf, Kaelyn, and Cambria...

Auri and Kaelyn befriended this little boy!

Loved this. The ladies were having so much fun, and it reminds me of Pollyanna! Warms me from the inside out! Anyone want to play the "Glad Game?"!!!!!

I painted the kids faces for the Fireworks after spending the day with the extended family...

Waiting for the fireworks to begin...

Playing with Daddy/Uncle Aaron...

Cambria...

Jackson was having such a good time dancing and posing with his Aunt and cousins!

This is what happens when Black Eyed Peas starts playing!!!...

My favorite picture of him dancing!After he was done dancing, and had posed with everyone else, it was finally my turn for a photo opp with him. Of course, I was holding the camera, so it isn't a great picture, but it is me and my boy, so I like it!!!

Time for the fireworks!

He was shooting them out of the sky! So cute!!

Was a fun couple of days!!!!

Keep watching there are more pictures to come!!!!

God Bless! -Kristen

Cakes, Cakes, Cakes....

Some cakes I've done in the last few months!.....

The Seven Year Anniversary cake for Celebrate Recovery at Shepherd Naz!

(May 7, 2009)

I promised Pat a Chocolate Iced, Chocolate Cake for his birthday, after he saw the one I made for his wife. His birthday is two days before mine! So he got one!

(May 18, 2009)

A cake I made for Aaron for work, that I only have a picture of on my phone, but her is what it looked like as it baked. Yup, straight over the side...
(June 26, 2009)

Bridal Shower for Heather Green (Cummings)...

(July 18, 2009)

Jackson's Birthday Cake. He wanted BatMan! He had Ironman stuff, Transformers places and decorations and a Batman cake, can we scream "BOY!!!"

(July 26, 2009)

Brandon and Heather Cummings Wedding cake....

(August 15, 2009)

Look for more posts coming soon!!!

Have a great day!!!

-Kristen

The Love of My Maker!

Even if I fall, I'll rise again,
For You are my God,
Even if I fall You'll pick me up!

And though my way seems uncertain,
In You I'll put my Trust!

Because...

Even if I fall, I'll rise again,
For You are my God,
Even if I fall You'll pick me up!

Watch your thoughts, they become words.

Watch your words, they become actions.

Watch your actions, they become habits.

Watch your habits, they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes...

your destiny.

Priceless!....

I see this, and all I can think of is when I was about that size and my daddy would hold me, and he would pray for me and we would snuggle. Now he is doing it with my kids!

Tears begin to flow

Memories rush in

My heart warms

I close my eyes

He is holding me again.

All worries,

All cares,

All happinesses,

All sadnesses,

All fear,

All uncertainty,

It all disappears,

Into the arms of my daddy!

Oh to be small again,

Just the right size,

To curl up in his arms,

To cry on his shoulder,

For nothing else to matter!

I Love You Dad!

Thank you for teaching me,

Through your love,

How to lean on my

Heavenly Father.

Thank you for being my biggest fan,

For supporting my every whim,

For laughing at my stupid jokes,

For watching me run!

Thank you for letting me Fly!

And for praying for the the WHOLE time!

I Love You!!!

-Your "George"

Easter With Mimi and Papa!

After being at the church for 5 hours so that mommy could sing with the choir, we went home, made some food, and headed over to Mimi and Papa's house for an Easter dinner, and an Easter Egg hunt (which ended up being after naps instead of before due to a very tired 5 year old melting down)!

Daddy and the kids! He had to at least try to get his hair to look like Jackson's! Cute!

In an attempt to make them laugh instead of their fake smiles, I crossed my eyes, and well, instead of laughing, they tried to mimic me, and this is what we got! I had to post it, it's too funny not to!!!He's a cool dude, she just loves her cool dude! They're adorable!Not sure what they were laughing about, maybe I crossed my eyes again and it worked. Who knows! But it's cute anyway!!Posing (or not) by Mimi's new tree!Jackson cried himself to sleep after his meltdown that ended in him being put in Papa's bed. So, Mimi rocked Auri to sleep. And then Mimi fell asleep too!!While Jackson was still napping, and daddy was hiding eggs, Auri and Papa decided to play Wii Bowling! She's pretty good at it!Daddy just lined her up to get a spare and she went at it!

Once Jackson woke up, he came and snuggled in Mimi's chair with me. It just so happened that I had my camera with me because I was taking the pictures that you just looked at. So I turned it around and took a couple pictures of Jackson and myself together! It was fun. Then he took a picture of Mimi!

Then it was time for the egg hunt. Time for instructions. And the buckets...
And then off they went!
In their Easter baskets they both got a gender specific toy (although Auri loves Jackson's) and a thing of bubbles. So of course, forget the candy, let's blow bubbles! So we went outside!Chasing bubbles!
(this is one of my favorite pictures of the day!)