Life lately...

Hyrum and I have been just working lately and having a very busy life! We spent some time getting the house ready to have friends stay with us for a few days and have been working tons!

We finally got a second to breath and went and bought enough pumpkin to make pie for a year...



(Okay obviously not all of these are ours!)

and of course I had to get some fall flowers up in the house...



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My best college girlfriend(Cassandra) flew in on Thursday to attend Graduation at WCI.I was able to spend some time with her and my god daughter Olivia! It was so great to be able to run around together like we used to and I cannot believe how big Olivia has gotten! Totally mind boggling...

Isn't she just adorable though?



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Our fun started out by attending WCI's first Alumni mixer at Restaurant Bleu. We saw some friends and chefs that we hadn't seen in a long time. There was wine and hors d'oeuvres. Some were pretty yummy, although the cake was only so-so. Maybe I'm just prejudice.



That was just the beginning of our girls night out on the town! Cass took the pictures because my camera (which I finally remembered to bring) had zero batteries! I will post the rest of the pictures later in the week when I get them from her!

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Today we went to Cass's graduation at the Portland Convention Center...





which happens to be a beautiful building with lots of art instillation's.





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After graduation we went to dinner at Stanfords. I had some pretty good Macaroni and Cheese. It had Gruyere, Cheddar, and Fontina cheese. It was also served with bacon and Panko. Yum.

I love the interior and the art...





and outside of Stanfords, one of my favorite fountains...

(Click to see the details)



As you can tell, we have been very busy lately! Time for a relaxing weekend!

A little bit of cake...

Today went by really fast at work. It was a lot of fun and today was a big whole sale production day. Sweet.

Did a lot of rustic cakes today and also a lot of glazing (mini cakes, rasperry, coconut, fudge, mousse bombs...you get it. I love finally being good at a few things and how much faster things are going. I love learning new things and I love getting better at new things!


The German...






Eat your heart out!

Carrot Cake:






and also a very amazing cake.. the Raspberry...



and no they are not Hershey's Kisses. I piped those myself.

Thats all you get for today!

3 years ago...

3 years ago today was October 13, 2006. It was Friday the 13th then.

This happened:



Followed by:



Which 6 months later was followed by:



And how could we forget about our little (then) addition:



Now here we are...



I could go on forever about how special Hyrum is and how wonderful a person he is. The truth is, if you know him, you already know all of this.

Its not hard to see why I fell in love with this amazing person 5 years ago.

Dinner at the Cathedral...

Our very favorite place to have Mexican food is this great place called Cathedral Tapatia......beyond yummy. It is built in a big old church with exposed wooden beams and 3 floors of dinning.

We went out to dinner to celebrate some small anniversaries that are coming up tomorrow and the next day.

(Maybe one day I will remember to grab my camera and stop relying on my horrible camera phone!)

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I got all ready and put on my fierce winter coat.



We sat in the very back and around the corner, sitting in our favorite spot...the most private spot as well.



It has this great crown molding all over the place (which I go totally nuts over).



Here is a picture of the outside, which of course is a horrible picture, and it is a beautiful place.



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Tomorrow my weekend is over and I am back to work! It is getting much closer to the 22nd when my favorite girlfriend Cassandra and my God-daughter Olivia are coming to visit us. So Excited.

Saturdays are usually my favorite

Today is SATURDAY!!

That means that today was my last day of work for the week. I love having a Tuesday-Saturday schedule. Its been a lot of fun and I love Saturdays at the shop.


Today was pretty busy... as you can tell...




Here is one of the cakes that was done today:



Hope you have a great weekend.

More of the my favorite place...

Today was a very busy day at Dessert Tray. Finishing up and sending out all of the whole sale orders, special orders, in house items, prep. Tomorrow is going to be pretty busy as well!

Can I just say how much I love my job? How often do people get paid to do what they love? How often do these people get paid way more than they should be getting paid? Seriously? I love not having a typical desk job (boring!) and I love being able to pursue my artistic nature!

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So this was one of the many cakes I did today for the in house case. It is a pretty simple white cake with vanilla simple syrup, coconut butter cream, vanilla butter cream, and toasted coconut to mask.





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This is one of the many beautiful cakes we always have around the store.In the background you can see a tiny peak of the HUGE kitchen!




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And for the final picture of the day...

Our front counter with some of my cakes in the display case. More of the beautiful cakes just hanging around.



Love my job, but am sure ready to recoup this weekend! Tomorrow is my last day of work before my beautiful weekend!

Brownies to my shoulder

I havent blogged about my work much, been pretty busy. But I figured I might as well start taking pictures and showing it off! Here is just a few (poorly taken CELL pictures)...


One of the many reasons I love my new job is demonstarted below:

THE 60 QUART MIXER!

(which can I mention goes up to my shoulder?!)



What you dont see next to my love is the 30 quart mixer ( we have 2) and a 20 qt. Its like heaven when you have to make over 70 lbs of cake.

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We make a "mini-tier" cake that is adorable. It is about the size of your fist and delicious. It is chocolate cake and glazed in chocolate glacage. Butter Cream piping and a fondant flower on each!






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That is all you get for today!

Death Bed

I am on my Death Bed...

No seriously.

Hyrum has given me the worst... *worst* cold ever.

Maybe I am being a little dramatic, maybe not.

I finally gave up and left work at lunch.

Freaking miserable

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I love my job. It is beyond challenging and satisfying.

And it is also full time.

So I have been very busy.

No blog time.

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I have been delving into new projects lately. A painting here, an art project there.

Mostly these,



Soon to be followed by these.



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One of my favorite photographers *ever* has died. Irving Penn has some fantastic photos.










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Cant breath. Need nasal spray.