February 02, 2011

Blizzard 2011

We've survived our first blizzard- who knew it would be in Missouri? It started with an icy drizzle early Monday morning. The ice stopped, they released school early, then it went down hill from there.

This was the deck on Monday. Snow still on the ground from the previous snow of 10 inches.
We put the yard stick out to keep tabs on the inches.

 Tuesday morning-- in came the real snow, blowing wind, and super cold temps. Jared tried to stay ahead of the snow by going out and shoveling every so often.
Not bad yet. Here's Jared working off the cinnamon rolls and bacon he had for breakfast.


I started taking pictures every hour or so.
So here's pictures of the snow at 5, 10, then 15inches on our deck:

And here's Mia wondering how she's ever going to get out to go potty



By the morning we had 20 inches!

And the sun came out-- My absolute favorite weather!
 Temperatures in the teens, snow on the ground, and blinding sun reflecting off the snow-
sun glasses required!
A view from the window looking out onto the deck,
and here's the mail box- I wonder when the mail man will be picking up my Netflix?
After pancakes for breakfast, Jared headed back out to clear some more snow. 
Lots of neighbors were out doing the same thing-
Here's a few more photos of this historic snow:


 And our street is pretty clear now, 
thanks to one of our neighbors who did nearly the whole street and cul-de-sac.

One of neighbors close to us has a snow blower, so the sidewalks are nice and clean, too.
We may actually get out of the house tomorrow. Still no school on Thursday, though.
Now we have the frigid temperatures forcasted for overnight. We've had fun though-- cooking yummy meals, watching movies and playing games. Jared has worked so hard shoveling and clearing the snow. His office has been closed the last two days. He said he needed to get back to the office so he can rest! Hopefully I will get some shots of the dogs if they get brave enough to venture past the path we dug out for them. We love the snow!

January 28, 2011

Birthday in Paris

Here is the latest cake-- a birthday in Paris-- for Samantha's 6th birthday. It was definitely worth the effort for her reaction when she saw the cake,  "AWESOME!" Happy Birthday, Sami! Bon Appetit! 

I used these cute dimensional stickers to add the Paris elements!

January 03, 2011

Guitar Cake

While Lisa, Brycen and Mitchel were here we celebrated Brycen's birthday a little early. We asked him what kind of cake he wanted and came up with this guitar cake! While it is not the exactly the perfect replica, it was pretty cool. The handle is rice krispie treats covered in fondant and the main part is chocolate cake. Of course, we had to have Brycen "autograph" his guitar with the edible marker pen.


complete with guitar picks!


Hope you have a great birthday, Brycen!

Christmas 2010


The holidays at our house were "snow" much fun this year. 
We had our annual holiday cookie open house the Saturday before Christmas.
I made these little mice cookies, among others!

Ike kept sneaking mice and taking them into Gabrielle's room to play with them! So cute!     



A beautiful snow fell on Christmas Eve, making for the ideal Christmas morning!
Gabrielle made this super cute snowman. Check out his cheeks!
Christmas night Lisa, Brycen and Mitchel arrived. We had dinner and then opened presents. Then we made skillet brownies for dessert. This began a week of cooking and baking almost non-stop! Throughout their stay we made Crock-pot Southwest Chicken, Ham, Turkey and all the trimmings (including homemade rolls), Jared smoked chicken, brisket, and pork shoulder for pulled pork, we also made baked ziti and homemade French bread. Lisa even tried out her new waffle iron that she got for a Christmas gift. On one of the last days they were here, we made Brycen's birthday cake-- a little early--his birthday is January 8th. I'll do a separate post for his autographed guitar cake! 

On the day I was cooking the Turkey and making pies with Madison, Jared took Gabrielle, Brycen, Lisa and Mitchel out to enjoy the snow at Stephen's Lake Park sledding hills. The snow was beautiful and sparkly that day!




All bundled up!

The other days (and nights) were filled with lots of game playing (including Rook marathons!) movies and playing the Wii. I wish I would have got more pictures! We had lots of fun, food and family time! We loved it all! Thanks for coming, kids!

December 20, 2010

MU Grad Cake

Well, it was a crazy week last week and in between our Relief Society Christmas Social and our own Holiday Cookie open house, I did this cake for the very awesome Aaron J. He wanted the cake just like Margie's, but with the MU tigers twist. Congratulations! You did it!

December 01, 2010

Super Cake






For my brother Karl's birthday, his wife requested a Superman cake-- We drove into Tulsa on Wednesday and started baking that night. We decorated all Thanksgiving morning. Then we went over to their house for Thanksgiving dinner and birthday party, complete with Jupiter Jump (for the "kids"). I forgot my camera-- but luckily Gabrielle took a few pictures on her i-touch of the cake construction. Jared was the real super hero, cutting that superman logo out of the red fondant!