First Soccer Ball Cake

This is my first soccer ball cake and thought it turned out well. It is for Chelsey's 24th Birthday today. I think she will like it. Inside is chocolate fudge cake filled with raspberry italian buttercream and cake is decorated with vanilla italian buttercream. The black icing was a new recipe taken from www.cakecentral.com. and it is called Delicious Dark Black Chocolate Buttercream Icing. Black is a very hard color to make, so I was happy the color came out well and it tasted good too.

I am excited for Jackson's birthday coming up in two weeks...I have a very special cake in store for him.

Barb's Birthday Cake!

It's been a while since I have made a cake and I finally got to make a belated birthday cake for Chris's Mom. I really am pleased with the design and how smooth I was able to get the icing with this one. The cake is a chocolate fudge, filled with raspberry italian meringue buttercream and then the outside is italian meringue buttercream flavored with khalua and creme de cocao liquors. I think it will complement the chocolate perfectly. I think it is funny that my hand writing looks better on cakes then it does on paper..hehe.

1st Wedding Anniversary!

Dinner at the Salish Lodge..Look at that chocolate!

This is the view from our room

The Salish Lodge and Snoqualmie Falls

On a bike ride

Flowers Chris had in the room when we got there...just like our wedding flowers!

On a bike ride again

In Seattle on Saturday May 23rd

Chris and I celebrated our very first wedding anniversary on May 25th with a weekend up to the Salish Lodge at Snoqualmie Falls just 30 mins east of Seattle. It was beautiful weather and we had a great time on the trails right near the hotel with a 10mile hike one day and then about 20 or so mile bike ride the next day. The food was great...look at the chocolate creation.. and overall a very relaxing weekend. Chris had flowers like the ones from our weddding in the room when we got there, we had hot stone massages (which were wonderful), chocolate covered strawberries sent to our room and dinner at the nice restaurant at the hotel.

And on a side note, we went to downtown Seattle on our way up on Saturday and just happen to run into Jon Ransom and his wife Mel that I work with...it is such a small world. They were eating lunch at the same place as us...which is crazy because Seattle is such a big place and there were tons of people.

New Car!

For the past 2 1/2 years we have been making it with a single car. This weekend we finally got our second car! We got an SC 430 (pictures below). We are really excited for the weather to warm up and be able to drive around with the top down. We have both really wanted this car for a long time. I (Chris) have wanted one ever since my dad had one back in 2002. It will be fun to drive it up to Seattle for our anniversary that is coming up.

Jordyn's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Jordyn's 1st Birthday yesterday (her real b-day is May 5th). Little girls are so cute and sweet. We had a really good time watching her excitement as she openned her gifts and had some birthday cake. She is such a cutey. Jordyn is our favorite and only niece so she is sure to be spoiled by us for a while.

I made the cake for the party which I thought turned out cute. It was my very first two tiered cake. It is really such a fun hobby and I continue to learn each time. This time I learned I need to measure my dowels for the tiers better. But oh well, the cake tasted great.

Built-in project complete!

The built-in cabinets are finally completed! (or almost, just a little carpet repair left). It is neat to see the transformation from the unpainted to painted with hardware. We are really happy with how they turned out and Chris and I can't stop starring at them. They look like they have always been there.

Mom's Birthday

Today we celebrated mom's birthday (which is really on April 21st) with Katie, Jackson and Jordyn. It was a really warm day today and as you can see Katie got a little sun. I made the cake which I thought turned out cute. It is becoming a fun hobby.