Alice in Wonderland Tea Party Cake

I just made this cake for my good friend Kate's daughter's tea party to celebrate her 3rd birthday. The party was Alice in Wonderland themed and I had a couple great pictures to glean ideas from. This was my first attempt at a topsy-turvy cake and besides a few mistakes I am very pleased with how it turned out!
My favorite parts of the cake are the teacup on top (which was a last minute great idea), the Cheshire cat tier, and the cute little flowers that seemed to just pull the whole thing together.

For those who are wondering, "how long did it take you to make that??"...it was 8 hours start to finish and I had Kate's help with a lot of the leg work like coloring the fondant. I love making cakes, but this one was even more fun than usual because I had a good friend helping. Thanks Kate for trusting me to make an amazing cake for Katie's special day!

Happy Halloween!

Every little gnome deserves a great garden to look up to...
A couple people have asked how came to the decision to have Trevor be a gnome this year. I think all good costumes start with finding the right costume for the personality. Trevor can be pretty shy, he doesn't say much, and when you're not looking he takes off running. He made a perfect gnome!

...In case you were wondering I purchased Trevor's costume, but I made the hats that Darren and I are wearing. Mine is a $3 steamer basket from Uwajimaya covered in red fleece with white felt dots. Darren's hat is fern fronds from Joann's, hot glued onto a black beanie. (BTW...it was really fun to hot glue things to my husband's head! Very therapeutic.)

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Here are some pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch this weekend. Trevor especially loved the tractors...

...and the mud puddles.

Happy Birthday Grandma!!

Today is my Grandma's 82nd birthday and I don't think anything besides a personal visit would make her happier on this day than to see some cute pictures of Trevor. Fortunately, Trevor just had some amazing pictures taken on Monday by my friend Kristy Dorrough who was watching him during my ultrasound. The pictures really captured Trevor's personality which includes a dose of healthy skepticism.

Happy Birthday Grandma and thanks again Kristy!!! (Also, if you like Kristy's stuff, check out her website: http://www.dabny.com/)

It's Officially Not a Secret Anymore...

There's a bun in my oven!!

We are super excited for Baby #2 due April 18, 2010.

Hey Trevor, How Do You Feel?

Going Over Husum Falls

So way back in August Darren took me rafting on the White Salmon river for our anniversary. I finally got pictures from the trip, more specifically I got pictures of myself dropping over a 10ft waterfall called Husum Falls. It was a blast!! (Click on each picture to make it bigger.)

So this is us just before we drop 10ft off Husum Falls.
If you look at this picture close up you'll see that I am giggling like a little girl.Ok, now I have stopped giggling and I am screaming.Yep. Still screaming.Here I am submerged underwater and this is when our guide Sean falls out of the boat.Here we are completely submerged after the 10ft drop.But it doesn't take long for us to pop back up...Minus our guide Sean who was stuck in the hole under the falls. Don't worry they got him out.
You can't see me in this picture, and that is probably a good thing because I am positive I was coughing and sputtering just like everyone else.
It was a ton 'o fun and for those of you doing the math...yes, yes I was. I just didn't know it yet. :0)