Practice Cake

So for the past year I have been really into decorating cakes...I have not done much with decorating cakes, mainly just watching cake decorating shows and wishing I could do what they do.  So I thought to myself why not do what they do?  So thats exactly what I am going to be doing.  My lovely niece (well my sister) has agreed to let me make her 6th birthday cake this month.  Since she is totally into Tinkerbell I told her I would make her a Tinkerbell cake.  Here is my practice cake to get an idea of what I should do.  So thats why its not done all the way and no Tinkerbell on it yet.  I used gumpaste and Luster Dust for the flowers, fondant for the grass, and buttercream frosting for the main frosting!  I might say it was a delicious cake!  I had my sister and her girls come look at it to let me know if thats the direction they wanted it to go and my niece absolutely loved it!  That made me so happy!  I love decorating cakes and hope my family totally doesn't mind me makin their b-day cakes for practice!  (PS it was not supposed to be completely smooth on the frosting if anyone was wondering).

Closer to Heaven

Hey yall, Todd here. I just wanted to take a minute and share with you some of my feelings regarding my Grandpa White. If you have any idea who this man is you know my words wont do any justice in regards to how amazing he really is. Growing up when asked the question "Who is your Hero"? Along with a few otheres I would usually respond by saying, Karl Malone, and My Grandpa White. I remember always feeling like a was standing in the presence of greatness, but not the kind of greatness as it would be to stand in front of an important Political Figure, or a Moviestar, but an inviting  greatness that made me feel closer to heaven. He has left a legacy that wont be forgotten, and a lifetime of experiences and stories that will be cherished by many.

Big Boy Potty!

So I thought I would just quickly update Kayson's newest adventure....Learning to use the Big Boy Potty!!  We bought him a little Sesame Street seat to go on the toilet and a stool to climb up to sit on the potty so that Kayson can start potty training.  We were going to wait till at least 18 months but figured since Kayson is taking off his diaper on occasion after he pees and signs to me potty that he is ready to start.  It was so cute after sitting on the potty yesterday for his first time to get familiar with it (he didn't go) he flushed the toilet, washed his hands then ran out all excited to Daddy and signed potty!!  I am so proud of my little man and can't wait till he starts to catch on with how to make his pee pee go in the toilet!

July so far..

Sorry it's been a while since we last posted...who would have known staying at home would keep me so incredibly busy??  But I sure do LOVE it!!  Here is an update on some stuff we have been up to this month..

Kayson loves playing in his little pool outside!  He loves filling up the water with the hose himself, splashing Lola and eating popsicles in the pool.

Did I mention he also loves swimming outside in his birthday suit??

Here is Kayson doing another thing he loves...running around naked!  He will always take off his diaper while swimming or whenever he is just outside without pants and run around. 

Kayson just being silly playing in the diaper box!! 

July 2nd we went to the West Bountiful park with my family for fireworks.  Kayson had so much fun running around with his cousins!

Here is Nicole, Kayson, Skyler, Brooklyn and Todd watching Todd do his magic trick.

Haven, Brodie (sleeping in back) my Mom and pregnant Summer. 

Me and Haven!  Love this girl!  She is totally 4 turning 12!

Almost time for fireworks...Kayson was not so happy he couldn't run around anymore finding people to give him cotton candy!  At first he was terrified of the fireworks but after about 5 or 6 of them he was ok with them.

July 3rd we went and saw the West Bountiful parade with my family.  My mom went extra early to get us such great seats!  The clown stopped just for Kayson to make him a really cool squiggly balloon.

As you can see all the kids just love uncle Todd! 

After the parade we went back to the park for a carnival.  After all the excitement and the heat Kayson passed out in the car! 

We were also able to go to the last Blaze game of the season...BIG thanks to Amos and Jessica for such awesome tickets!!!  We were extremely worried that Kayson would be bored and try to run around the whole time, so we went and bought him a new backpack (ok ok it's a leash) and he loved it!  Also to our surprise Kayson LOVED the game and sat in my lap the entire 3 hours!  This picture doesn't show his excitement cuz he is way too cool to have his picture taken.

Brodie got to stand right up next to the field the whole game and loved it!  All the different mascots would come up and stand by him.  He had such a blast!

Here is Kayson watching the game!

Daddy let Kayson help him make cookies.  Kayson loves to cook with us.  He is very good as stiring anything we need mixed, and in this case he is also very good at sneaking cookie dough!

This is what happens when you give a child your Drum Stick ice cream cone in the car...

We had so much fun at Todd's family reunion.  Kayson did the fish pond and got a cool ball.  Todd's parents also did a cotton candy machine which is now Kayson's new favorite!  He ate so much cotton candy that day lol..