Avah's 1st Camping Trip!

Ok so it's my fault we haven't gone camping sooner, if it had been up to Chris we would have gone the same week Avah was born. :-)

The first weekend in August we joined my Mom, Kate, and the girls (Leah and Jaydin) for a weekend of fun at Boyd Lake up north, just outside of Loveland. My Mom brought her camper so Kate and the girls slept in the camper with her but Chris, Avah, and I pitched a tent. The camper was great though for nap time since it has a TV and DVD player in it. It kept the girls calm and Avah even took a small nap. It was nice to have running water and a stove top if needed (it made breakfast easier). The fire Chris provided each night did however make dinner and dessert (smores one night and banana boats the next). Avah did really well sleeping in the tent, better than I thought she would. The first night she wouldn't go to sleep without one of us in there with her (understandable), but the second night it only took her a few minutes and she let us both leave her in the tent by herself and she was asleep pretty quickly (we had a long day at the lake though so I think that helped). She did take up the whole bed of course, Chris made a joke that we needed three twin air mattresses to make an 'H' since she slept side ways in between us most of the night. ;-)

It was a great weekend, we went fishing, swimming, trail walking and exploring. Avah was sad to leave so that was our indicator that camping is in our future, yea!! Here are some pictures from our weekend. :-)

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Maddison's 1st Birthday Cake/Cupcakes

On July 16th, Anne and Ryan's little girl Maddison turned One! They had two different birthday parties for her, one with the family the day of her birthday and another for friends that was a joint party with Alexis (Sara Greg's little girl) who was also turning One. I was 'hired' to make both the cake for Maddison's family party and the cupcakes for the joint (friend) birthday party. Here are some pictures of the finished products.

What??

Ok, it has been a seriously long time since I've posted anything or written anything on the blog. Are you suprised? I'm not since I've never been really good at journaling. I can't even keep up with Facebook most of the time. ;-)

Well anyway, Avah is 2 now! (Where did the time go?)

We're 13 weeks pregnant (Due early February).

And I have finally made the decision to create cakes and cupcakes as a side 'business'. I don't have my 'name' out there yet, just mainly offering business to friends and family, but you have to start somewhere right. So the blog will also become home to share pictures of cakes, cupcakes, or whatever else I get to create. :-)

Here are two cakes I did one weekend in May and I have more pictures to share that I will post later.