Monday, July 25, 2011

So close...

Boy am I a busy lady lately. So much work and planning for my VACATION! Yes! I get a whole week of vacation coming in two weeks.

I am going to Salt Lake City and American Fork for the most part of my vacation. My girlfriend Ashley is getting married on the 13th of August and I am doing her wedding cake. It will be at the gorgeous Joseph Smith Memorial building! So lots of work has been going into getting prepared!

And also it is wedding cake season in the bakery! Which means lots of sweat and hard work.




Just a couple of quick cakes...


Yellow with cream cheese filling



Chocolate cake with a pastry cream and ganache layered filling



Chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream filling



We have been spending lots of time at the orchard house, picking lots of fresh fruit. We have raspberry bushes, 10 apple trees, and a huge cherry tree. So much good stuff. Hy spends a lot of time messing around in the orchard, while I lay in the grass and read. Good stuff!

It has a couple of really run down old buildings on the property, which I love to explore.




One place I wont go down however, is the wine cellar. It is super creepy with dirt floors and no electricity. Pitch black... no thanks.



After further review, we have decided that the people we rescued Rueger from were not entirely truthful about his breed...SHOCKING RIGHT?!

We have finally decided that he looks like a Pit Bull/ Rottweiler mix. The features are spot on and when we looked up some dogs of that mix... it was pretty dang close.

I understand why they would want to keep that under wraps though. Both of the breeds by themselves have a bad reputation...

But this little boy



He is the toughest of them all...



Yeah right! What a sweetheart.

Hope everyone has a fantastic week! I am hanging on for 2 more weeks until my vacation!!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Life Long Friends

I am so happy and so tired this weekend! I just spent the last 5 days with my oldest friend on the planet, who is also my first cousin, Sarah-Beth! We went all over and did so many things, and now I am pooped. And also sick. *Thanks for the cold Sarah!!

We went to breakfast in Portland at City, State, Diner. It was so tasty. Although we had to park a few blocks away. But it was alright because we found this...



We made cupcakes for a BBQ in Portland on the 4th. It was at my girlfriend Rachel's house, who is not only a fabulous chef, but a fantastic hostess as well.

-Spicy chocolate cupcakes with a salted Dulce De Leche BC





- Lime cupcakes with rum BC and either salt or lime




The BBQ was really fantastic. It was a fiesta!


Us on the way!



Loads of Hula hooping





Totally tasty food



And great company!





We lit off lots of fireworks and enjoyed the show!









The next day we headed to the beach, by way of the back roads...




It was a gorgeous day and the company was EVEN BETTER!














Jeeze what else did we do?

We got pedicures



Sat around and ate cheetos



And ate out way too much!





I did a few goodies for the holidays and other cakes, but that will have to wait for another day! Have a good night!



*Strong in the Broken Places*