School Days

Isaac's first day of homework in the 3rd grade!

Whoo-hooo!

It gets me every time......

I pass the temple every morning taking Isaac to school and it never gets old. Its just so beautiful.

Yay Lone Peak!

Lone Peak Knights

ROCK!

Chase at the snap

Lone Peak and Mountain Crest

at U of U stadium

August 28, 2010

Chaser-man talking to the press!

(Ya, thats right... The Press! He's totally famous!)

Today Isaac told me the funniest story EVER.....

"The other day when you were gone, the wind blew a door shut upstairs. I thought a guy broke in so I hid behind the curtains. I heard the door bumping a lot so I figured the guy was locked in Chances room so I came out from behind the curtains and finished watching my movie." I asked him why he didn't call me...... "I thought the guy was stuck in Chances room so I thought, oh too bad for him." Oh my gosh! Way too funny! He didn't call me, he didn't call Chance and he didn't say a word when we got home! He was perfectly fine watching a movie while a stranger was stuck in a room upstairs! (I then had to stand behind the curtains to show him that he didn't choose the best place too hide.)

NEVER a dull moment.

Cake pops were a HUGE hit!

WOW!

I know that our cake pops are yummalicious but I had no idea that it would be such a hit!

Yay!

I've been asked to post a tutorial. I didn't have much time so I kinda threw one together.

You will need:

cake mix - any flavor

frosting - any flavor

food processor/magic bullet/ninja

candy melts/chocolate chips (flavor and color of your choice)

sucker sticks

Make your cake according to directions on box (after making several batches of pops I tried making a cake in the microwave just to save a little time and it worked like a charm! I used a 9x13 pan and cooked it for about 10 minutes on 70% power). Let cake cool completely. Remove cake from pan using your hands. Tear small chunks and place them in your food processor. I used a ninja and I was able to fit the entire cake in at one time. Pulse the processor until the cake is in small crumbs.

Open your frosting and place a heaping spoon-full into processor. Pulse until well mixed. At this point its kinda up to you and what you prefer. The more frosting you add the 'gooier' your cake balls will be. I like mine a hair on the dry side so I use 2 heaping spoon-fulls. You want to add enough frosting to make the mixture soft and easy to roll into balls and to hold that shape. Now you can start rollin'. I rolled about ten or so and place them on a small plate and then put them in the freezer. I contiue this until all the mixture has been used. Once you have that done, its time to get out the candy melts.

Midnight Meatballs!

Late last night the meatball craving hit hard and we just couldn't resist!

YUMMY!

Ruffled Calla

Oh my gosh, how beautiful is this!

Did I mention...............

I LOVE my Kitchen Aid!

This bad-boy does it all!

Yay!

Popalicious

We were having fun and got a little carried away.......

Cake Pops ROCK!

"Mmmmm......"

We used mint, white chocolate, milk chocolate and peanut butter to dip our cake pops in.

We decided to make 2 cake flavors We thought cake pops would be fun to give Isaacs new teachers so we did a practice round. Yummy!

Calla

One of my favorite flowers is the beautiful calla lily. I'm working on different techniques to see what works best for me. Too fun!

Fondant

Buying fondant can become quite expensive so I tried making my own using a marshmallow fondant recipe. It works great and its a blast to make. One batch can cover at least 2 full size cakes and costs about $2.50. SWEET! (Our first EVER fondant cake. We made a bunch of mini cakes to practice the technique.)

(Erica gets a little messy making her first batch of marshmallow fondant. Tons of fun and powdered sugar in every nook and cranny!)

My latest 'thing'

Sugar flowers.......... I'm a junkie! I absolutely love making these flowers. Gumpaste is so easy to work with its amazing! Every flower I make inspires me in some way for my next creation. Try it, You'll LOVE it!

(I'm still working on my fondant skills. I am learning how to properly crumb coat to provide a proper surface for a beautiful smooth fondant finish, so stay tuned)