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.