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Michelle shops at Target just like me! Only I don't go along with my plain-clothed secret service men. It looks like she bought Febreeze and anti-bacterial wipes. What? Is the residence covered with germs or something? Can't be too careful, I suppose. Love the hat, too!

Gold and Green Wedding

See her amazing dress! and yummy baklava!

I got to create a cake for a very unique wedding this week. The groom is from Algeria and the bride is from the U.S. and they are going to live in CHINA! She inspired me by showing me the skirt of the dress he had made for her-- a beautiful pistachio green with sequins, beading and gold embroidery. They chose a marble cake in three tiers, a 6, 10 and 12inch. I found the perfect ribbon to match her dress and went from there. The flowers I used in the topper were pale green hydrangeas and ivory roses and the flowers accenting the tiers were pale green roses. It was really wonderful to be a part of such a special day! Here's some photos:

15

 Gabrielle has turned 15! Poor Gabrielle always has to go to school on her birthday, it seems. She had lessons that afternoon and so Madison and their teacher played a flute duet of happy birthday for her! The next day they did have school off for a teacher work day, so we made her requested cake. It was a chocolate mosaic cake. Two square tiers, covered in a whipped ganache and dark chocolate mosaic "tiles". This is crazy chocolate! I should have done a border on it but at 5:00pm, I ran out of ganache and energy! The cake itself was triple chocolate including chocolate chunks and fudge swirled in as well. Got milk?

Dinnertime Chat

Full and ready for a bath!

I "heart" face chat! Ok, so this is not the best picture, but just so you get the idea! Yesterday Lisa called  to face chat with us while Adycen was trying baby food for the first time! It was so cute! She was a real mess, but very interested in her carrots, taking a break every once in a while to stare at us on the computer! I am so glad we got to share that with her! We face chat on the ipad, so this is just a shot of the screen during the chat. We also got to see Lisa's craftiness- she made Adycen an OU hair bow and matching tutu! Both were adorable! (She of course was not wearing them during dinner!) We also got to see Lisa's cute new hair cut and highlight, courtesy of Brycen's sister. So all around a fun chat- way better than talking on the phone.

Marching Band

Hickman's mascot - the Kewpies! Woot Woot!

Here's a few photos of Madison in her new marching band uniform. They worked hard in band camp for 2 weeks in August and even harder once school started - 6:30am practices and also 1 evening a week until dark. Last Friday was their first performance - a big one too- the Providence Bowl- played at Faurot Field at the University of Missouri. Both Rock Bridge and Hickman played the National Anthem together, and both performed a halftime show. They performed the pre-show and the first movement of their show which is called "Unstoppable" We took some video too-- but I think it's too big to post on here. It was fun to watch- such an exciting atmosphere and experience. 

Even though we lost…

It was a fantastic start to marching band season!

Cakes for Brayden & Kami

I made 2 special cakes this past week for 2 awesome kids! Brayden, who turned 5 and Kami, who turned 3. Brayden wanted the "Super Hero Squad" with a special request for the Hulk to be included. I found a card to put on the base of the cake that when you pushed the buttons, the super heroes gave you a message. For example, the hulk says "Bring On Cake!" I don't know if this counts as an "extreme element" or not, but it did win some points with the birthday boy. The building is rice krispie cereal treat iced and covered with a brick patterned fondant, on top of a 10 inch white cake surrounded by city scape and super heroes.

Kami wanted Dora the Explorer! Here is her super cool 2-tiered cake with all the special touches! Happy Birthday Brayden and Kami!

Edible Arrangement

This is the second "edible arrangement" that I have made. The first one I made for Jared for Father's Day. This one was made for Madison's 16th birthday (no cake!) She had band camp all week and the week before as well. It was such a busy week, and especially busy the day of her birthday with the addition of sophomore schedule pick up day and parent orientation meetings, etc. -- we decided we have this treat with croissant sandwiches for a speedy quick dinner before having to return to marching band. If you do try this, use a head of lettuce and not cabbage! The cabbage is much harder to poke the skewers of fruit into! They are fun to make though. Especially with the yummy summer fruits.