My Final Cake for Wilton Course 3

This is my final cake for wilton course 3. It is a fondant cake, with fondant roses. The roses and leaves took me about 6 1/2 hours. If anyone ever wonders why fondant cakes are so expensive...that is why. But they are so beautiful that they are worth it!

Pea Juice

This is a video of Riley during dinner. She wanted to drink the "juice" left-over from the peas.

Kool-aid

Last night I thought I had cleaned off the table after dinner. I apparently forgot one thing...the kool-aid. I guess Payton couldn't resist, and she climbed up on the table after I left the room, and enjoyed helping herself to some of the red, face-staining delight. I think her face will be red for a couple days. I couldn't even get it off with soap. The pictures of the girls in the bath are AFTER I had washed her face!

November Picnic

Today we had Cannon and Lindy over to play for a while while Ryan went to work, and Amanda (hopefully) enjoyed some rest, and a little piece and quiet. They had a good time playing outside on such a warm day. I guess they decided it was the perfect picnic weather! I love how they started to pose when they saw me taking pictures.

Scarfs

My sister-in-law Stephanie loved the fleece scarfs that I made for the girls a couple weeks ago, so she decided to make them for all the kids in her class for christmas. She came over and we cut and sewed unitl we had all 15 of them finished. They turned out super cute.

Baby Gray Has Arrived!

On thursday night, I got to witness the miracle of birth when my friend Amanda had her baby girl (7lbs 2oz, and 19 inches). It was really amazing! It is truly a miracle to see what the human body is capable of. She is such a sweet baby, and I was so glad to be a part of her birth. Thanks Amanda, for letting me be a part of such a personal experience! She was born at 4:00 in the morning, so you will have to cut me some slack in the pictures...not my most attractive moment. No sleep has that effect on people.

Our little Climber

Payton has started to climb...on EVERYTHING. She has even figured out how to scale the toilet and cross the grand canyon (using the toilet paper as a stepping stone) to the sink.

Payton Coloring

Payton Loves to color! Here are a few pictures of her creating a masterpiece. She even holds a crayon(or pen, or whatever she is using) the correct way. I didn't even teach her that. She just figured it out on her own. Genious, I tell you, genious!

My Latest Cake Creation

This is the cake that I made in my decorating class last night. This was my first time working with fondant. I love it! You just can't replicate the smooth finish that you get with fondant.

Pipe-cleaner Princess

This morning we enjoyed the "fall back." we spent the extra time playing with the girls and being lazy before church. The girls discovered pipe-cleaners, and all of it's possibilities. We also got a video of Payton saying her new favorite word. Riley asked Jace to make her some wings. She was confused when they didn't actually work. she loved them so much, that she insisted on wearing them to church.

Tirck-or-Treating

This Halloween was the warmest Halloween that I can remember in a long time. It was nice to go trick-or-treating and actually be able to see the costumes instead of guessing what they were underneath all the coats. Riley was so excited that she got to wear "princess make-up," and she was so cute holding her dress up so that she wouldn't step on it going up the stairs...a true princess. Payton had a death-grip on her bag, and wouldn't let anyone touch it unless, of course, they were putting more candy in it. She screamed when we had to take it away after we got home.

Trunk-or-Treat

On thursday we had a great time at the trunk-or-treat. Riley loved playing all the games (including the ring toss...as you can see she didn't exactally "toss" the ring). Payton was just amazed, and maybe a little confused, by all the costumes. She just wanted to walk around. The fact that we have a picture of me holding her, is a miracle. I thik that was the only time that we weren't following her around, and it only lasted a moment.