Utah and Weddings!

I have been thinking about this Utah post since I got back from vacation (PAID VACATION! BOOYAH!) but I have been pretty darn busy. Getting back into the swing of things after vacations are usually hard, and this time was no different!

Where to begin??

I drove the 12 hours from my house to my Grandma Zola's house in AF all alone. It was actually pretty fun! If you know me at all, then you know that the music was deafening and there was carrot sobe a plenty! I wore scrubs and yes I took a picture of myself driving in the middle of Idaho.



I spent the first couple of days in northern Utah hanging out with some of the most wonderful friends a girl could find! We had dinner, watched movies, took in some sights...



I had an all around awesome time. Awesome. I even got dressed up and put make up on!




After a few days up north I made the trek to my parent's house with a few stops along the way.

First I had a very special date to keep,





I love my hometown in the desert!





I spent sometime outside in the backyard...







And I got in some good time with little Miss Wrigley.



I spent some time with my fantastic Grandparents and saw my best girl Sarah. We went for brunch and just spent time together! Also got my hair done and spent time with my parents.

My entire life everyone has said how much I look just like my mom. But after looking at this picture a lot of opinions have changed...



The next day mom and I went back up to GramZ house, stopping for Indian food on the way! Try out the Bombay House if you can, it is our favorite!





The next day it was time to get down to business! The main reason I had gone down that week specifically was to do Ashley Owen's wedding cake! It started by a whole lot of baking, followed by a whole lot of filling, followed by a whole lot of masking!

I don't think Grandma's fridge had ever seen so much cake before!



The drive was a little bit stressful with all of the construction and bike tours in the middle of downtown! I didn't stack the cakes until we got to Joseph Smith Memorial Building and that added to the stress level!

* We had to take the cakes in 2 separate vehicles and my dad sent me texts every 5 minutes along the way letting me know everything was okay! I really appreciated that dad!

Once I got it stacked, it was time to make everything uniform in a rustic manner! That was a lame baking joke. Anyway...

More frosting was involved







After I was done...



The florist came in and did his thing, and together we made one pretty good looking cake!





* A big time thanks to: my husband!!, my parents!!, and my grandma Zola!! Also a major thank you to the love of my life Jaxten Dupass for his constant compliments and for calling me his sweetheart!

Everything went great! The food was fantastic



The company was even better





Me and my dear friend Ashley (the bride!)



To end this post (finally!) I will embarrass my family by posting corn pictures. Oh yes...

I'm All Grown Up Now...ish

My 24th birthday was a couple of weeks back and I am now finally getting to writing about! Especially now that the stress of wedding cake season, and Ashley's wedding is over!

So back to my point...

I am 24! Whoop.

I was entirely spoiled by all of my lady loves at work! They take such great care of me and made me have the best day ever! We ordered giant pizza's from Bellagio's for lunch... and they were SO darn tasty!

I love all things jalapeno, so of course we got a jalapeno pizza and jalapeno bread sticks! Haha do they know me or what?





Robin and Beth made me a fantastic birthday cake... banana is my fave! Banana cake filled with whipped cream and fresh bananas and frosted in chocolate whipped cream!





Thanks to my ladies at work for taking such great care of me on my birthday! And also thanks to the health inspector for NOT coming on my birthday, unlike LAST YEAR!





And also a HUGE thank you to my very special Mr. Johnson for spoiling me like crazy on my 24th! He took me out to a fantastic and beautiful dinner followed by mass shopping! It was a really great evening!



Have a great week and love the sun because soon it will be 8 months of total downpour.

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!!

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*