A story about a cake...

Dev and I love making our kids cakes on their birthdays, we try to get really creative and have fun with it... so I thought "Hey lets try and make Tonya's wedding cake!" We learned a great lesson, leave the wedding cakes to the professionals! Here is what happened...


We made a ginormous mess! I started making cakes on Monday, I made a total of 13 cakes. Then we started putting it together on Thursday night and were up until 2:00 a.m. Dev, Deta and I frosted, cut 225 fondant circles and assembled the cake.



Deta


Bottom layer




Stacking the cake


Mindy and Kira helping with the final touches


The finished product...I think it turned out beautiful!



Well we left the cake went to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, came home were fairly exhausted (we stayed out til 1:00a.m. Friday night, kareokeing), got ready for bed when I realized Devin was gone, well it turns out this beautiful cake self destructed and fell on the floor at about 6:00 that night. So sad!!!!! Here is the results of the crash...





So after a lot of tears and a lot of options (Trace Brooks thought he might be able to run off with the Wal Mart display) I decided to rally and help Dev, Deta (she had been making cakes all evening, bless her heart) and Dick. My amazing family jumped in the car too... so we had a lot of help, which made it a lot more fun!

Mindy and Kamree


Tina and Trace (he was a circle and diamond cutting extraordinaire)


Kira


Lots and Lots of Circles


Putting on Fondant


Putting the final touches on the final cake


Finished cake #2 (not quite as cool, but it was 3:00a.m and Tonya had a cake to cut at her wedding!)






The debut at the reception


It was quite and experience and will make for a good story, however, I will never do it again! But it was worth it for this beautiful couple!



Tonya and Drew, thank you for smashing the cake in each other's faces, it is just what this cake needed!!!

Last but not least...BEAR LAKE!

We spent a week at Bear Lake. As always we had a blast!

Kasen on the wakeboard with Devin


Buds!

Being on a boat might be my most favorite thing!

View from the cabin

Dev and Kasen playing

Hanging out

Tubin'

Kams and Kin

She loved going fast!

Kaya's sand castle

Playing on the beach

Kaya and Averee

T and kin... so sleepy

My handsome boys

Eating on the deck

Nana Marsh


Nana Marsh's Daycare :)


Grandpa D at his best

Soon to be "Uncle" Drew

Utah Part 3!

Our next adventure was back to Zion but this time it was just the five of us. We hiked part way up the Narrows (one of my all time favorite places). It is a water hike up a slot canyon. The kids did great considering how difficult it was for their little feet to find footing in the water. It is so beautiful there!



Feeling the waterfall


Fun family picture








On the shuttle


Mom trying to be helpful (I am a bit clumbsy myself)


After that we went to Lake Powell. Dev thought this would be fun, I thought he was crazy. The five of us sleeping on our little boat.. and how do we get our 15 month old to stay put??? But guess what, it was the highlight of our trip... I had so much fun, the kids loved it, and Kinley stayed in her little spot and slept all night... So in this case, I have to say... Devin was right :). Lake Powell is amazing, it is so beautiful there!

This is where Kinley slept


The two older ones slept in the bow


Dev slept on the floor, and I was on the bench next to him


So pretty










Breakfast Time




Tubing


Kasen Cliff Jumping


Kaya Cliff Jumping







Worn out!


And to finish our time in Southern Utah, I got to take a girls weekend to Las Vegas with my college roomies. We had a blast, eating, saw Le Reve, and talked and talked and talked... Miss these girls! (not sure why the pics are so small)

The 4 of us together again

Ally

Tera and Jodi

So fun!!