Happy 2nd BIrthday SKV!!! PARTY!

So birthday parties for babies should be a fun, happy affair. Well, we all plan for that-until you have a group of people that don't follow or understand rules. Long dramatic story short, we had the shelter reserved (and paid for) from 4:30-8:30. At 5:00 I kindly ask a group to leave. After their bad mouthing that we didn't have reservations and apparent refusal to leave, I had to approach them again. The lady continued her verbal rudeness, Kevin made a comment that our reservation was on the board and the girl went off. Next thing I know some guy is pushing Kevin, Uncle David approaches (to let his presence be known) the guy is yelling and cursing and I'm calling the cops.
Drama, geez, IT'S A 2 YEAR OLD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY! You don't have to go home but you can't stay here lady!

(not an actual picture of the day's events, but you get the idea)
So...after that, we have a birthday party. But, because of that, I don't have a lot of pictures. Sheez!

Here are the two cakes Kevin baked and I decorated. (Great team effort!)

Daddy did the opening of gifts with SKV...he didn't realize you're suppose to remember who gave what so Momma can write thank you cards. (That's why no one got a card!) The whole day was a mess right? (We love you Daddy!)

MY SWING!! Still trying to figure out how to hang it...we tried and she ended up being crooked with tree bark in her hair; we're pretty sure we had it wrong. :P

Sidney Kate's Birthday Afternoon

Yes, her morning started off with us introducing her to her Elmo and Cookie Monster (Sookie Monstah) cupcakes. You know the girl had to have one right then. So off she went to daycare, Elmo cupcake in hand!

We arrived home to "ELMO!" on the mailbox! (Thanks Uncle Tony and Susu!)
She saw him in the car and started yelling, "Elmo!!" What a great birthday suprise!

After daycare, she also got a visit from GG. Her first t-ball set! How fun! She holds the bat left handed...I guess she has sealed that one for me...(sigh)

Cheese!

"IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!"

Good Morning Sunshine!
Sidney Kate woke up to HAPPY BIRTHDAY...possibly off key, but we sang it loud!
She then put her head back down...haha.
After she was dressed she walked down the hall to a birthday surprise!

Wow!

Balloons she said!

She had some friends waiting for her...hello Cookie Monster hello Elmo!

Brett Turns 2!!

Our best birthday buddy Brett turned 2 three days before Sidney Kate and we all went to celebrate! Pucker up!

He was very excited over his cake and yelled for Saul to see it. Glad he was so happy!

Party people! Grayson and Jason had his party at the most fun place around! The kids had just enough attention to last for the hour party and then plenty more to take them through the 2 stories of fun!

This is so like something on Yo Gabba Gabba! Uncle Josh had to get all technical on us, but Sidney Kate just liked that she could make music by sticking her arm in it. :)

Happy Birthday Ansley!!

This isn't Ansley, just another picture of Sidney Kate. Seriously, I take too many.

But this is Ansley's first birthday cake that we made! I can't believe that this little angel is turning one, she was just born! However, we are all very excited that Sidney Kate has a little girlfriend to play with! Ansley is up walking about and they are sure to have mega fun together!

Here is her baby cake. Not a great picture and no our walls are not that shade of green. I need a good camera. Sigh.

Veteran's Day Holiday and Cakes

On Veteran's Day we had a holiday so SKV and I stayed at home and snuggled. While she played and snoozed I decorated a few cakes that Kevin had baked. This cake was for Grandma Mary and her princess friends. (Congratulations Jan!!)

This cake was for Mary Moser's blood drive. Mary is Kevin's cousin that was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of 16, in 2006. Sadly (for those of us left on earth) Mary passed on Veteran's Day, the day before her blood drive. However, we are all happy that she has left her sick body to walk with the Lord. We will all miss her and think of her often. She was such a strong person and showed us all what it meant to believe "God is Good!" through all of life's challenges.
I can only hope and pray that Sidney Kate grows up to be as strong, brave and as awesome as Mary Moser!
You can visit her Caring Bridge site to read more about her and her strong faith.
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/marymoser

More Cakes!

Soon I hope to have a blog dedicated to all these cakes...but until then...
Here is a cake I made for Momma and her friends at work. It was their month anniversary of their new job together.

Happy 86th Birthday to "Granny Becky!" Josh's grandma is a baseball fan and Jill thought it proper for her to have a cake that shared her love of the game. This is my second jersey cake. Hopefully I'll get a picture of Granny Becky enjoying her cake soon so I can add it here.

Because we were heading to a State game and then the beach, I ended up making 3 cakes in 2 days. So the State cake got the least of my energy. It was eaten none the less. :-D

Surprise Uncle Chad!!

My little "old" brother-in-law had his 30th birthday this past week. Sharon decided we should turn a friends cookout into a surprise party for him-and oh was it fun!
Here is the cake I made in his honor!
(I pick on him about being old...but hey-I'm right behind him!)



The boys had a fantasy football draft Sunday (one of many) and Kevin brought Chad back to our house. It was all normal until Chad saw the cars at our house and not at the pool up the street. SURPRISE UNCLE CHAD!!!
He had co-workers, family and friends all around. It was a fun time and I hope everyone gets a surprise like that once in their lifetime!

More Cakes!

So Little Miss Macey is turning on this Sunday and I got to make her smash cake! Her mom, Christy, got these super cute pans which make a little wedding cake. I so wish I had these for Sidney Kate's first cake!
Here are my practice cakes. The pans are so tiny they make 2 cakes and you have more left over!! The one of on the left is buttercream and the one on the right is fondant (I was just experimenting with that.) Momma and I went to WS one day and I bought a few things like a way fun tip that looks like grass! (Bottom icing on the fondant cake.)

Here is her real cake...super blurry (yuk) picture! The top it tilting a bit too...seriously-this thing was so tiny it was difficult to get perfect. But I hope it's what Christy and Macey wanted!

This cake was done for Kym at Sidney Kate's daycare. I was super excited to make something like this! I had fun for sure! Can you guess how old the birthday girl is?? That was Kym's idea!

3D! How fun! One day I might learn how to carve cakes...but not today. :-D

Happy Birthday...EVERYONE!

And here are two reasons why couples need to have great communication! My superintendent is turning 40 tomorrow and I volunteered to make a birthday cake for his surprise party at work. Well...my husband volunteered me to make a cake for someone at his work...on the same day! Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), I spent my entire evening decorating cakes. (But I enjoyed it-don't get me wrong!) I think I was finally finished around 9:00 PM. Shew!




HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE! SURPRISE!

Happy Retirement Ray!

Ray Russell retired from Renfro this week...HAPPY RETIREMENT RAY!
Guess who made the cake!
I was rather pleased with my first attempt at a golf course. I'm looking forward to making my next cake already! I need to do a little research though...I think it's set to be a pool table. I'm also really wanting to take the summer cake decorating class at Surry with Kevin...does anyone happen to know when that is? :-D