Life Today

Normally on my blog I post about light and fluffy things; cake, my handsome husband, and all of the fun stuff that we do together.

But today, that is not what is in my heart. Today I want to talk about my family.

On October 6th, my oldest brother Josh and his wife Jess lost their baby boy Jrayden Max Dupass.

The service was heartbreaking and so beautiful. Being able to be there was very important to Hyrum and I. We are so proud of Josh and Jess for their strength and courage with this really difficult time. Seeing the people you love in that much pain is never easy, and our hearts mourn for them. As you can imagine, our families are having a hard time with this and could use all of the positive thoughts and prayers they could get.

I don't want to say too much, but what I do want to say is this:

I love my family for who they have made me. And even more, I love my husband for who he is helping me become.

I just want to finish by sharing one of my favorite poems that has always been special to my own little family.


Let there be a season when no one rakes,
when all that has ever fallen can drift
with ordinary wings. I hear you
out in the open, humming our favorite tune
through a leaf and a comb.

Lead us as if we were righteous
into the blue light of heaven
where no one will forgive anyone
just in case it’s condescending,
and we will love each other
to the withered toes.

Life is Good!

Life has been good! I am loving this 3 day weekend and this time with Hy. We have been spending time doing nothing too important... like grocery shopping!

Haha, doesnt he look thrilled.



V8... gross.

We spent today shopping for something a little more special (and expensive!) for our anniversary on the 13th of this month! It is getting more work and we wont have it back until the 12th officially, so I will show you a picture then!

Last week my girlfriend Rachel and I went and had a girls night! It was so much fun! We started out by eating at Soluna. It was so amazing.








We shared 4 plates together and we waddled out. We had things all over the board like:

-NorthWest Crab Cakes with a gorgeous aoili
-Apple Butternut Bisque
-Potato Gnocchi and Chicken
-Smoked Maple Pork Belly Salad




We then went and watched



It was pretty funny and I kind of wish that Hy was there to watch it, even though it was a TOTAL chick flick!

Anyway, Hy goes back out of town on Wednesday (LAME!) and I go back to work on Tuesday. I am excited for fall and Halloween!



I haven't put too many decorations up yet, so for now this is all I have put up!



Have a great week!!

I am a machine!

Well I usually post on Monday's (my day off), but this week I dont have it off. So back to work am I. Monday is full of whole sale orders, and for me... invoices. Yay. Haha they aren't bad at all. Pretty easy and pretty quick!

Here is a quick little look at work stuff.

A glazed birthday cake...



A new daily trivia question...



I suppose it is officially fall (according to the calender), which means there is going to be a whole lot of this...



and a WHOLE lot of this...




oh yeah, and lots of work!



Next weekend, I have 3 WHOLE DAYS OFF! Super sweet. Lots of good things are happening next weekend and I will have to update about it next week!

Solid Gold

Hy has been out of town all week, and I have been missing him miserably. He comes home Friday nights, but because we both work on Saturday's...well we only see each other once a week. Epic Sadness.

My sister in law Jess took some pictures of us while we were in Southern Utah for Peach Days, and they turned out really great! She has a website:

LifeBeautifullyCaptured.blogspot.com

You should look her up, she is really talented.

This photo is my absolute favorite so far!



I have been working and trying to stay busy while he is gone. At work I did this cake!






It is a 4' cake covered in white fondant, then airbrushed with gold luster dust, and decorate with a monogram and grapes! I really like how it turned out.

I HAVE to share this cake that Robin did yesterday! Its a Cranny. A sliver tin. A Space Toilet. A Granny Squatter. But mostly it is known as a Honey Bucket.



Doesn't it just scream romance! It brought us all a little too much joy!


Today Hy and I are just relaxing after a Portland shopping trip and Sushi Land lunch. Gotta love that conveyor belt sushi! Now we are watching football and doing loads of gross man laundry so we can send him out to the coast tomorrow morning, at some ridiculous hour.

I will miss him too much.

One of our anniversaries is coming up! October 13th 2006 is the day that we got engaged! What a day that was! Also on the 14th, we will be married for you 3.5 years! Go us!

...and yes, I did get a new tattoo while in Utah. And I love it!





Have a great week, you know, if it doesn't continue to rain the whole time.

Holy Peach Days Batman

I just came back from the MOST relaxing and awesome trip to Utah. It was well needed before the Winter holidays come out of the starting gate and knock me on my butt. We did so much and had so much fun. The only way to give you an idea is to just over load the blog with pictures!

Let's start at the beginning!

I flew in Thursday night (Hy joined us on Saturday), and Friday morning mom and I started bright and early!

We spent hours at the Salon, then this great pedi place, followed by...



Why yes it is covered in Pink Swizzle to promote healing!



Followed by lots of fun time spent with my favorite nephew (who entirely wore me down!)



Friday night we went to the football game; Tigers won by a lot!






I spent lots of time exploring and just appreciating my home town, and enjoying the feeling of being back in the desert.

My parent's neighborhood, where I grew up.



(My favorite place to drive on the back roads)







Friday bright and early, we went to the parade! The whole town of Hurricane came out and it was a hoot!There aren't enough pictures in the world to show just how much fun it is, mostly because of this guy...





He is just so full of personality



Of course the band was there,



and the football team (riding a firetruck?),



and of course sheep...



But it wouldn't really be a parade if there weren't any Storm Troopers.



Enough of the parade for now...

After the parade, we went to the middle of town and got to enjoy the Peach Days Festival!

There were lots of booths,



so of course we had to eat Navajo Tacos



(Mine covered in honey and butter)

And it wouldn't be Peach Days if I didn't post an akward eating photo of my mom!



-Now I am going to stop you here. I know you are thinking..."It's Peach Days, where are the Peaches??!" The cobbler was so dang good that pictures just didn't happen. And that's saying something.

Inside one of the elementary school buildings was the arts competition. My sister in law Jess won a few awards for her photography...HOLLA



In the other rooms were some really different displays.

For instance, it suddenly became Halloween...



followed by Christmas,




giant squash,



insane needle point,



and a baby in a glass jar.



Outside, there was everything from Tipis,



to rock climbing walls.




And finally my favorite view of all,



my oldest brother on top of a dunk tank full of brown water.



Hy and I spent lots of time relaxing together, and had Jess take our yearly pictures out in the desert. Will post a few of those when they come!




The rest of the time was spent atop this old girl...



except for the one time I was under it!

And we can't forget time spent with the most spoiled puppy in the entire state of Utah, Wrigley.



Ahh, but vacation is over and now it is back to the regularly scheduled programming...



Have a sincerely fantastic week...