Weekend getaway

With Jim in grad school, life has been crazy. His classes last 5 weeks with a week off in between classes. On his last weekend off, we headed to Destin (45 miles away) and spent a very relaxing weekend as a family. On Saturday, we went to the Gulfarium which has dolphins, sea lions, penguins, sharks, etc. They have a couple of shows. We all enjoyed it very much.

Amelia loved the view from our hotel room. We were on the 4th floor, and you could see the ocean across the street.

Fall festival

We went to a local fall festival. Matthew enjoyed being able to wear his spiderman costume that he got for his birthday.

Amelia got to sit in the driver's seat of a fire engine.

This was inside of an ambulance. Matthew is looking through the "window" into the front seat from the back of the ambulance.

Plumber Cake

This cake was created for a friend who is a plumber. It was so much fun to make.

Cakes

Matthew requested a Spiderman cake for his birthday party, of course.

One of the nurses that I work with requested a cake for her mother's birthday. She told me that her mom loves to cook and so I made her this cake. Everything on this cake is edible, from the frying pan to the salt/pepper shakers to the hand towel. The "floor" was hand-painted fondant.

This was made for one of my fellow nursing instructors.

Matthew's Birthday

Matthew was soooo excited to turn five last week and to have a party. It was a lot of fun. We went to a park and the weather was just gorgeous. Matthew had a spiderman themed party.

Jim's mom got Matthew a spiderman costume, which he quickly changed into at the party. I was busy doing other things, so I have no idea WHERE he changed (seeing that we were outdoors at a park).

Matthew posing with his Spiderman face pinata that I made. (That was a lot of fun.)

Hitting the pinata!!!

Matthew finally got a big boy bike, from us. He loves it.

Fun pics of the kids

I have been remiss in posting pictures of the children. Here they are having fun.

I found Amelia this way one day when I realized that she had "disappeared."

Most recent cakes

It has been a while since I have "done some caking" as Jim calls it. Here are two from today. We had a ladies' brunch at church today and I had volunteered to bring a centerpiece for one of the tables. It was a garden themed brunch. I had seen a picture of a cake that I wanted to try, so cake was my centerpiece. Everything on top of the cake is edible, made out of a sugar paste. This centerpiece attracted way more attention then I imagined. I then sent the cake home with our pastor's wife for the family to eat. The second cake was for my office mates' birthday party.