Etta turned three last week!
She requested a chocolate rainbow cake with extra chocolate and rainbows… here’s what we came up with.
The inside frosting layer was also a rainbow! Now you can just imagine what I could do if I actually had a piping bag and tips. This is all ziplock back piping action!
Etta is quite the kitchen helper, particularly good at cleaning… here’s a little clip of her enjoying the “spoon”.
Summer has finally arrived and so have the cherries.We didn’t actually know we had cherries, apparently one of the neighborhood flowering cherry trees is an actual cherry tree! Yea for us!
We raced the birds to the tree this weekend then set up our ladder and picked, washed then ate and pitted a big bowl full of cherries.
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Photo taken by Colton Allen.
A little post Christmas present for myself!
We had a wild and crazy fun holiday around here! I crafted up a small storm after my triumphant finish to the Anatomy and Physiology course I was taking at my local community college. The most exciting fun of the craft storm was learning a new jewelry skill, metal stamping!
I made 3 necklaces with hand stamped pendents for my family and friends. However I managed to wrap everything and give it away without a single photo to document.
Last night I made this little something to dangle around my neck. The wedding ring has been around my neck for some time (my finger shrunk and I can now shake my ring off at will if wearing it), I think it looks great accompanied by a little Etta pendent and crystal.
Well our itsy bitsy baby is two!
We celebrated in style with two parties, a little family dinner with cake and a toddler fun-a-thon double birthday party with Etta’s little (now 1 year old) friend who shares her birthday. Both events were very special, each in their own way!
The cake(s) were divine!
I spent a lot of time in the kitchen and am happy to say everyone enjoyed them thoroughly!
Etta requested a Lemon Cake for her Birthday Dinner…. so this is what I made….
For the toddler party, I made cupcakes… lots and lots of cupcakes!
Butterfly Lemon Poppy-seed Cupcakes!
Chocolate butterfinger cupcakes, chocolate buttercream frosted cupcakes, crumb on the top & bottom cupcakes, and baby cupcakes! Besides what is pictured, there were several plates of “backup” cupcakes in the fridge!
Sorry for the blog hiatus! I’m currently enrolled in Anatomy & Physiology at my local community college! So the time just runs away from me, homework get’s done, food get’s eaten and that’s about it!
Speaking of food.
Etta and I made this Apple Pie this weekend (while taking a break from studying for my first exam)!
It’s a little hard to see, but yes those vent holes are stars!
It was YUM YUM YUM!
Our recent visit to Portland included a trip to the Portland Lan Su Chinese Garden.
It was a surprising little escape from the big city! The kids LOVED the fish!
