Two Stripling Warriors

Tonight we had an FHE lesson about honesty.  Trevor is at that *precious* age where he has realized that he is capable of lying and likes to lie about almost everything.  So we talked about the 13th Article of Faith and used puppets to act out situations where someone was either honest or dishonest.

Then we talked about the 2,000 stripling warriors and how "...they were men who were true at all times..."  (Alma 53:20)  (We also talked about how they listened to their mothers!!!)  The reward for their honesty and obedience was safety in battle against all odds.

Then we dressed up the boys like stripling warriors and what adorable stripling warriors they were.

Now if I could only get them to stop lying and start listening...

DiBello Princess Castle Cake

I don't think that there are going to be very many pink/purple cakes in my future, so it was nice to have an excuse to make a princess castle cake for a cute three-year-old in our ward.

The parents loved the cherry cake with strawberry whipping cream filling, the older kids loved the rice cereal towers, and the birthday girl loved the fondant.  I call that a win-win-win situation.

 

 Happy Birthday Miss Sarah!

Silva/Oberloh Laua'e Wedding/Reception Cake

Back in April we went to Hawaii for my best friends wedding.  Everything about the trip and the wedding was wonderful, except her wedding cake.  It fell apart in the car for the baker on the way to the reception and instead of it looking like this, like the bride wanted...

It looked like this...

 

Fast forward to last Sunday when she had her reception here in Seattle.  I offered to remake her wedding cake for the reception celebration in an effort to make up for the baker's error in Hawaii.  It turned out better than even I expected that it would.  Per the bride's request, I made chocolate chiffon cake with cream filling and chantilly frosting.