Friday, August 27, 2010

A story about a cake...

Dev and I love making our kids cakes on their birthdays, we try to get really creative and have fun with it... so I thought "Hey lets try and make Tonya's wedding cake!" We learned a great lesson, leave the wedding cakes to the professionals! Here is what happened...


We made a ginormous mess! I started making cakes on Monday, I made a total of 13 cakes. Then we started putting it together on Thursday night and were up until 2:00 a.m. Dev, Deta and I frosted, cut 225 fondant circles and assembled the cake.



Deta


Bottom layer




Stacking the cake


Mindy and Kira helping with the final touches


The finished product...I think it turned out beautiful!



Well we left the cake went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, came home were fairly exhausted (we stayed out til 1:00a.m. Friday night, kareokeing), got ready for bed when I realized Devin was gone, well it turns out this beautiful cake self destructed and fell on the floor at about 6:00 that night. So sad!!!!! Here is the results of the crash...





So after a lot of tears and a lot of options (Trace Brooks thought he might be able to run off with the Wal Mart display) I decided to rally and help Dev, Deta (she had been making cakes all evening, bless her heart) and Dick. My amazing family jumped in the car too... so we had a lot of help, which made it a lot more fun!

Mindy and Kamree


Tina and Trace (he was a circle and diamond cutting extraordinaire)


Kira


Lots and Lots of Circles


Putting on Fondant


Putting the final touches on the final cake


Finished cake #2 (not quite as cool, but it was 3:00a.m and Tonya had a cake to cut at her wedding!)






The debut at the reception


It was quite and experience and will make for a good story, however, I will never do it again! But it was worth it for this beautiful couple!



Tonya and Drew, thank you for smashing the cake in each other's faces, it is just what this cake needed!!!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Last but not least...BEAR LAKE!

We spent a week at Bear Lake. As always we had a blast!

Kasen on the wakeboard with Devin


Buds!



Being on a boat might be my most favorite thing!


View from the cabin


Dev and Kasen playing


Hanging out


Tubin'


Kams and Kin


She loved going fast!


Kaya's sand castle



Playing on the beach




Kaya and Averee


T and kin... so sleepy


My handsome boys


Eating on the deck


Nana Marsh


Nana Marsh's Daycare :)


Grandpa D at his best

Soon to be "Uncle" Drew