February 07, 2011
SuperBowl XLV
Here's the cake I did for the Super Bowl this year. I made this same football last year, but this year I put it on a bigger cake for some field. I love how it turned out. Gabrielle squirted the grass out. I hate that job! The field was chocolate and the football was white covered in fondant. We had a two couples over Saturday night for a game night. We served soup for dinner and called it "Souper Bowl" Saturday night. It was fun! And speaking of cake, more cake news: tomorrow night I start my cupcake classes at the career center here in Columbia - 2 classes, on this week and one next. I hope to come home with some yummy treats!
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.
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.
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?
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!
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| 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. |
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| 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
January 19, 2011
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.

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| complete with guitar picks! |
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| 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.
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| I made these little mice cookies, among others! |
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| Ike kept sneaking mice and taking them into Gabrielle's room to play with them! So cute! |
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| Gabrielle made this super cute snowman. Check out his cheeks! |
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!
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| 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!

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