New Blog

Well I've been getting quite a few requests lately to make cakes for people. I have my 1st wedding cake for a non-family member in February and I've been asked by a few more people how much I charge. Well I've got to think a little bit more about pricing but I decided to set up a Cake Blog where I'll post all my pictures of the cakes I've made. So I thought I'd let you all know so if you have anyone that would like a cake they can go there and then contact me. The blog address is http://www.dedescakes.blogspot.com/. I will get pricing soon I just have to add it all up and right now I'm busy getting ready for my CRUISE!!!! YAY! :)

Wedding and Cakes!

Well last week was an exciting week. Mike's little brother Mark got married to Jacky. We had a wonderful time. I was able to make their wedding cake. I also made a cake for my friends baby shower. We were busy but had a great week. Here are some pictures:

Cake for Annie's baby shower

Another view of the cake

Me making Jacky's bouquet...it was almost 2 am and I was so tired!

Here is the final bouquet

Me and Amy (Mike's sister) waiting for Mark and Jacky to come out of the temple

Here is everyone at the temple. If you notice in the corner of the picture there is little Madilyn walking away from the group. She wiggled out of my arms and just started walking...she appearently wanted to go somewhere and knew just where it was. By the time we were done taking the picture she was almost around the corner. She was so cute!

Jacky the beautiful bride

Mark and Jacky

The wedding cake. It was a cheesecake one and it is so yummy! The entire cake was eaten!

The wedding cake again

Mark and Jacky at the reception

The Wright family

The boys

The girls

The dance off to the song 'Glamorous'! On Christmas I was walking up the stairs and found Tim and Matt jamming out to 'Glamorous' at the top of the stairs. So I told them at the reception they had to have a dance off! It was awesome!
Us doing a dance from Hot Rod! "Wwwwwhhhere do you get off!" We so have the moves!

Dancing at the reception! We had a blast! It was a fun weekend! We are so excited to have Jacky join the family! :)

Past couple weeks exciting Events

Well it has been really fun these last couple weeks. Here are pictures of the girls on their last day of school before the break. It's been nice having them home but it will be nice to get back to our regular schedule. Here is how cute they were:

KatelynMayli

At TLC (Tikes Learning Center) where Mayli goes for preschool they always do a fun Christmas program for the parents. Mayli's class was so cute! She is the only girl and she loves it. They were so adorable.

Another picture of them singing. Here is a video of them singing.

One really exciting thing was that Jacky, Mark's (Mike's little brother) fiance, flew in from Guatemala on Christmas Day and we were finally able to meet her for the 1st time! She is so cute and sweet! We are excited for her to be in the family. Her and Mark are getting married on January 16th.

Me hugging Jacky when she arrived. We were all surprised because she wasn't supposed to come until the 26th. So when Mark came in with her on Christmas night we were all so happy to see her! The picture below is a picture of the 2 of them together.

We went to temple square on Monday the 28th to look at the pretty lights. The girls got to ride the train and they loved it. Here are some pictures of the fun time we had.

So Beautiful!
Mike and I in the visitors center. It was FREEZING outside so we had to go inside every once in a while to warm up.
Maddie and Daddy
Uncle Tim and Madilyn
Uncle Matt and Mayli

Mommy and Kate
The beautiful lights

Another picture of the temple

Then on January 2, 2010, Caleb Fausett my nephew was baptized. He is the 1st cousin on either side to be baptized so it was neat to be able to go to a baptism for a family member. I miss going to baptisms every month now that I'm no longer primary president so it was fun to spend a Saturday morning being at a baptism. It was a great service and he was so excited to be baptized. He is a wonderful little boy and we are so happy to have been able to have been there. Love you Caleb!


Here is Caleb and he was so tired of taking pictures but he let me take one anyway. Isn't he so handsome! Well that sums up the exciting things that happened the last couple weeks.

Christmas Time!

Christmas was wonderful this year! Unfortunately either my camera or my SD card is broken and all the pictures I took were deleted and we were unable to recover them. I was able to have a few that we took on the sweet new video camera Mike got for me! Here are a few pictures of the day.

The kids were so excited! They had a great time opening gifts and loved everything they got. We had a wonderful family get together on Christmas Eve with Mike's side of the family and were able to have the annual program where all the kids present the story of Christ's birth. Katelyn, Mayli, and Madilyn were all angels and they looked so cute. It was wonderful!

Kids Say and Do the Darndest things!

Well I had to post this 1st and then I'll post about the Christmas festivities later. Yesterday we were unpacking everything from Christmas and I was cleaning up the kitchen and cooking some dinner. I walked around the counter to find Madilyn coloring with permanent marker on the linoleum. So now we have a big section of the linoleum with Maddie's art work all over it. I guess looking on the bright side of things I finally HAVE to tile so that will be done! Here is a picture:

Good thing she is so darn cute! After trying a magic eraser and lots of cleaner I finally gave up and this is how it ended up looking. Well sometimes the kids make a big mess but sometimes they say the funniest things too...last week the girls were saying some funny things so I wrote them in my journal and then looked back as saw some funny things they have said in the past. So I want to share some:

Katelyn's:

-12/17/09 (age 5)-Mike's family had the monthly temple worship time where we do family temple sealings and I was unable to go because as a Relief Society Presidency we had to meet with the Stake President before Ward Conference. When Katelyn's uncles and aunt asked where I was she goes, "My mommy couldn't be here because she has a meeting with the Prophet. She is very important!"

-2/08 (age 3)-We were at a friends house and in their bathroom they had a small garbage can that looked just like our larger one in our kitchen. When Katelyn saw it she said, "Look Mommy, a baby trash can!"

-11/11/07 (age 3)-I was driving on I-15 one day and this lady didn't check her blind spot and almost side-swiped me. I had to slam on my brakes and swerve so she wouldn't hit me. I honked my horn and yelled, "You stupid lady, check your blind spot! You idiot!" 2 seconds later Katelyn yells, "You almost broke my car you stupid lady!" I realized I better watch what I say.

-2/4/07 (age 2)-We were in the car and I was talking to Mike. Katelyn kept saying, "Mom, Mom, Mom!" I didn't answer her right away so she yelled, "MOM!" I yelled back, "WHAT?" and she goes, "Hee-haw! Hee-haw!" and started laughing. So funny!

-2/15/07 (age 2)-Katelyn calls marshmellows, snowmen. There was a 1/4 moon out and Katelyn goes, "Oh no Mom! The moon is broken!" I assured her it was just fine and that we could only see part of it.

-9/22/06 (age 2)-She called breakfast, bep-burr and socks, gee-gocks. When she would get dressed in the morning she'd say, "Mommy gee-gocks?"

Mayli:

-12/17/09 (age 4)-She was at the store with her uncles and aunt and they let the girls pick out a treat. Katelyn was taking a long time to choose which treat she wanted. Mayli puts her hands on her hips and goes, "Seriously Katy, you're taking FOREVER, just choose something!"

-11/30/09 (age 3)-We were at the store and when we got out of the van the air smellled stinky. Mayli said, "Ewww! It's stinky out here, maybe it's cows. Cows stink and so do Daddys."

-9/09 (age 3)-Mayli had fallen and scraped her knees outside on the sidewalk. She said, "Mommy I'm missing a piece of my leg, do you have any glue?" I said, "Glue?" She said, "Yes, the glue you put on Katy's stiches." I said, "Oh you mean the neosporin?" She said, "Yes mom, the evil sporin, I need evil sporin!"

-5/08 (age 2)-We were up in Rexburg and we were showing the girls the temple there. Mayli says, "Hey Mom, can I get married?" I said, "Sure you can someday." She clasped her hands together and goes, "Oooooh, that will be so fun!"

-2/9/08 (age 2)-We were on our way home from Mike's parents house and Mayli pipes up from the back of van, "People are going to my house!" I said, "What?" And she said the same thing again...she was just sure all the people that were driving by us were going to our house. I told her they were going the same way as us and using the same road but they weren't coming to our house. She said, "Oh, ok!" She was happy that they all weren't coming to our house.

-6/6/07 (age 1)-peas (please), manamal (animal), tank ooo (thank you)

Madilyn:

12/09 (age 1)-We were in Walmart and Katelyn and Mayli were fighting. I said, "Quit it!" and Maddie goes, "Ow, quit it!" (A quote from the Simpsons I think is funny and will sometimes say).

10/09 (age 1)-hank ooo (thank you), I sorry, ove ooo (love you), peas (please), puppy

Just thought I'd share some stuff that makes me laugh! Hope it made you smile and laugh too!

Madilyn's 1st Haircut!

Well the mullet had to go! I loved the curls on Maddie's hair but it just looked so messy all the time so we needed to get it cut. My favorite place to get the kids' haircuts is Cookie Cutters. The kids get to pick a movie to watch while getting their hair cut, a fun seat to sit in, and when it is done they get a balloon, sucker, and a cookie cutter. But best of all.....the people that cut the hair are patient and kind to your kids!!!!! It is awesome! And it is only $13.95 a cut and usually you can get a $2 off coupon. Here are pictures of the day!

Maddie's hair before

Madilyn sitting in the pink car all ready for the cut

The hairstylist cutting Maddie's hair

All done! Madilyn loved her sucker!

The back! She looks adorable!

Winter Dance Recital

The girls had their winter dance recital. They both looked so cute! They have so much fun and really enjoy their teacher.

Mayli

Katelyn

Mayli and Katelyn

Mayli's Dance

Katelyn's Dance

It is always so much fun! The girls love to dance and we love to watch them!