Aimee's Open House

Just some pictures Tony took last night at the Open House

 The centerpieces

 Tony's cousin Valerie's little cutie Gaven

 Carol helping Aimee with her vail

 Carol, Aimee, Jake, and his mom.

Aimee and Jake enjoying their cake...mmm foam and fondant, delicious. ;)

Aimee's Cake

Tony's cousin got married a couple weeks ago and they asked me to do their cake.  They got married in Logan, UT and then had an open house in Pocatello, ID the following week.  That cake traveled from Rexburg, ID to Logan, UT to Pocatello, Id and it traveled pretty well.  With the exception of two little girls who got a hold of the cake in transit.  We patched it up and managed to make it look good once again.  

 Getting started.  The entire cake was a dummy cake.  A real cake just wouldn't have traveled that much very well.  I spent each nap time the day before the cake was to be picked up kneading and dying the fondant, and making and dying the frosting so that everything would be ready for assembling and decorating at bedtime.       

 I stayed up until 2:00 a.m. to work on the cake that night. The cake took a total of 10 hours to do.  I did all the decorating after my kids went to bed because I wanted to get the whole thing done without any distractions from my little ones.  I knew the constant "can I help?" or "can I watch?"  would have gotten really annoying after awhile.  I was tired the next morning, but I was happy with the outcome. 

 Each tier of the cake ready for transit.  

The finished product!  

When ever I get someone ask me to do their wedding cake I'm always a bit apprehensive.  I know how important it is to each Bride to have their wedding just as they imagined, and I don't want my cake to not live up to their expectations.  Thankfully after I'm done with each cake I'm very pleased with the result and my brides are usually thrilled also.  I think this one turned out especially well.  With each cake I do, my confidence level goes up a little more.  Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to do customer cakes again...maybe.  

Kisses

Charlie hasn't quite figured out the whole close your mouth when you give kisses thing yet.  

Visiting Grandma Foster

Yesterday while we were in Pocatello we surprised Tony's Grandma with Lunch and a visit.  

Getting Around

Charlie is getting around quite well these days.  He still isn't hands and knees crawling.  He just army crawls and butt scoots to where he wants to go.  He's beginning to pull himself up on things now which means walking won't be far off.  It's so fun to watch him.  

 The other day I found Charlie having so much fun digging around in Alaina's toy box.

 Getting a better vantage point.

Yesterday we were in Pocatello for Tony's cousin's open house.  I had put Charlie down on the floor to crawl around a bit.  The next thing I knew he was half way out the door!  

Carson's First Dance Recital

We found a great Ballroom Dance Group here in Rexburg (http://idahoballroomacademy.blogspot.com/ )  The people who run it teach Ballroom dance up at the University.  Their youngest group or Pee Wee are 1st graders.  They do a workshop type thing for this age group.  The kids meet together for 6 weeks, learn a dance, and preform it at the spring recital.  Carson's group did a waltz.  It was so cute!  He did such a good job!  He didn't seem nervous at all! Considering their age and that they learned their dance in such a short amount of time  he made very little mistakes.  Maybe we've found Carson nitch.  

 They dance to "I know you" from Sleeping Beauty 

 Carson and his partner Lauren 

I was so impressed with this organization.  They had a very large group of kids.  I was surprised to see so many boys involved!  And they were good too!  Carson will be doing this again next year, and Alaina is already asking to do it when she's old enough!  

(I will post a video of Carson dance later)  

Mack the Prodigy

Yesterday I was watching my nephew Mack.  He seemed to enjoy making "beautiful" music.  

Getting into Trouble

Charlie isn't fully crawling yet, just army crawling.  But he still manages to get into trouble.