In an effort

In an effort to prove to my Grandma Zola that I still am alive(even though she is the ONLY person who actually reads this blog)here is an entire post of cake stuff. Marionberry Rhubarb Galettes

Only a million white cakes for something (what I can no longer remember)

Only a million chocolate cakes for the MYS gala

Random colorful cupcakes

A wedding cake

Other things have been happening, but that's all any one really cares about anyway, right? Haha I love you Gram.

Thanksgiving

Now that the chaos of my holiday schedule is entirely over (for a hot minute), I can actually post about what we did these holidays!

Thanksgiving was lovely with just the two of us at home. Normally I do all of the cooking, with about 3 days of prep work, but this year we did everything together. It was actually the most fun I have had making Thanksgiving possibly ever!

I love having flowers around the house anytime of year, but they just make Thanksgiving seem so much more lovely.





We use my grandmother's black China (now mine) every year, along side more of our treasured pieces.




We made all of the fixings so that Hy could have left overs for ever!Did we really need three pies? Um...yes! After making hundreds of pies for every one else to enjoy, it only seemed fair that we got to reap the benefits too!



A good looking table if I do say so myself.



The food was entirely fantastic, as was the company!

Mom told me to...

Because one of the only people who actually read my blog (my mom) told me I needed to have a new post...

I am blogging entirely with cell phone pictures!

So Halloween was this last weekend, obviously. We decorated the house all scary and got ready for trick or treater's!

{Just a peak!}



I didn't have to work on Monday so a couple of us girls decided to dress up the Saturday before.



We are soo tough.


We did some goodies of course!

-unfinished cookies-



I did a bloody eyeball cake for the front...



Not Halloween related, but one of my favorite work t-shirts!



Sunday morning, Hy and I went out to brunch at a great place in northwest Portland called The Stepping Stone Cafe.

Hy ordered an omelet that had an entire chicken fried steak inside of it... also veggies and slapped with country gravy. Oh and also a PUMPKIN MANCAKE. Yes MANCAKE.



I had a great spinach and potato dish. Amazing quality, tons of food, ridiculously low price. We took a cinnamon roll home with us to eat while watching football.



It was to DIE FOR!

A few pictures of our drives around Sauvie Island





We left just as the storm came in!

Now that the weather is getting a lot colder, I have been cooking a lot at home.





Some wicked enchiladas



A smoked hickory white cheddar and broccoli quiche



Now in the random department:

Rueger



The bruise that Rueger gave me when he knocked me off my block



The wedding cake that Maria, Angel, and myself worked on. Maria did the bulk and then Angel and I delivered it down Hawthorne. It was stacked and piped on location.



I hope everyone has a great couple of weeks. I am sure I will disappear into the pie void for the next 3 weeks. I hope to see you all on the other side!

Current...

Current loves!

Reading:

As Always, Julia.
- The Letters of JULIA CHILD and AVIS DEVOTO

also...

The Great Perhaps

Listening to:

Thinking about:

(More specifically Black Onyx Cocoa Powder)

Look at the difference between the two! (Regular on the left)

Upswing

Last week Hy and I celebrated a few things...

1. He asked me to marry him 5 years ago! (That's a lot.)



The man has great taste...obviously.

2. We got married 4 1/2 years ago!







To celebrate we went out for a beautiful dinner. The food was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect, and my date was so handsome.




The year anniversary of my nephew's death was also last week. That was pretty hard, but Jess and Josh are super strong. It also meant that I got give them my year long project of Jrayden! Here are just a few quick pictures that got put in the book...












My life lately??


Lots of cake. Lots of Sauvie Island explorations. Looooots of cake. Paying bills. Cake. Saving money for nest egg. Cake. Hanging out with amazing friends. Waaay too much cake.

In summation...

CAKE.