Kansas City Temple Open House

A couple of weeks ago we drove up to Kansas City to tour the new Kansas City Missouri temple. It was so beautiful! I am happy that we were able to take the girls through and have them feel the spirit in the temple. There is a theme throughout the decor and architecture of the olive tree. After seeing the stained glass in the entry way foyer I kept noticing it throughout the whole temple. The floral work and artwork were all very large scale and enhanced each room. The Stake Center on the temple grounds was also very lovely. They had refreshments there and missionaries and other volunteers answered questions and talked with people after the tours. I

 am looking forward to going back after the dedication!

Display in the Stake Center teaching about the church.

Look Whoo's One

Grandpa's girl

 Here are pictures from Adycen's big birthday party with friends and family. I wasn't sure if she would like her little cake, but she did!

The cake on the stand I made to match

Singing happy birthday to Adycen

Mmmmmm!

I think I'll get some more!

Oh this feels nice!

The damage

I like cake!

Lounging- post cake and clean up. What a day!

Spring Cake, I mean Break

There was a lot of cake involved in Spring Break this year! We had lots of birthdays to celebrate including Adycen turning 1 year old! We went to Tulsa Wednesday - Sunday and managed to squeeze in all this:

We went to Linda's house first. We brought red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for her birthday and angel food cupcakes with berry butter cream for Adycen. She opened her presents from us that night.

Oh Goody! A farm for me! Hurry Grandpa ! Set it free!

Gabrielle gave her some soft bowling pins which she loved!

We visited my dad in the nursing home (no cake there, too bad!) and spent time with my mom. It was also her birthday on Friday and she wished for cheesecake. I phoned up the pros for this one and we enjoyed Ludger's Bavarian Cheesecake- I love their logo.
They make a very unique cake with two layers of sponge cake and a luscious layer of bavarian cream cheesecake in the middle. It is all frosted with a light whipped icing. They did a beautiful job decorating!

In the midst of all this, cakes for Adycen's big party were baking, being frosted and covered with fondant. We drove up early Saturday morning to Linda's house to finish decorating the cake. Lisa did the cute little owl on the front! Sooo sweet! It was a "Look Whoo's Turning One" theme.

and this was her little cake we made just for her to smash/eat at the party:

Then we carefully drove it all to the community center in Checotah where the party was being held. I will post those pictures on a separate post, but that is all the cake for Spring Break!

Programs!

This has been a while back now, but Madison and Gabrielle both had school programs to watch before Spring Break began. Gabrielle had the We the People project in her English/Government link class. She was the group leader (the rest of her group was 4 boys) and they had the topic of judicial review. They had to write a speech and deliver it to the audience and a panel of judges asked them questions. They had to respond accordingly. They did an excellent job. I think it was hard for Jared to sit and watch all the groups and not answer the questions himself!

We also had music going on as usual-- Madison performed with her symphonic band at Hickman (the winter concert was cancelled due to an incoming storm). They did a great job. Both girls worked hard preparing to participate in district competitions where Gabrielle performed a solo piece and Madison performed in a trio. Both received a "2" rating. Nice work all around!