Another Baby Shower

This last week was a crazy week. I had an allergies for one of the first times, it was awful! The allergies turned into an awful cold that made me want to stay in all week, but alas, I work again! One of my good friends was having a baby shower on Sunday and I had volunteered to make the cake. This time, I wanted to go above and beyond my other cakes. With me feeling sick the week of the shower, I ended up buying the fondant at a specialty cake shop. It was expensive, but much better then the fondant you can buy at Wal Mart, Michaels or Hobby Lobby. I was even able to buy CHOCOLATE fondant! How cool is that! I didn't even have to make the brown! My friends theme was ladybugs, but not red ladybugs, PINK ladybugs! And her colors were brown and pink. David also helped me make the cake! He was so much help and made it go so much faster! Here are a few pics!


This was the bottom layer. For the ladybug spots and eyes, we used frosting gel

This was the top layer.

The cupcakes were yellow cake with whipped chocolate frosting in the middle. YUMMY! The cakes were marble and they were supper good as well!

America

Today, I experienced something I had never experienced before. One of my good friends became an American Citizen and I went to her ceremony with David, her husband and child. I work across the street from the convention center and was able to just take an early lunch. When I walked into the room the ceremony was happening, I was taken a back, So many people were in this large room. We had 189 people sworn in as Americans today, plus all the family and friends who came to support them. We had the American Legion do the color guard, and we had 2 wonderful voices sing the National Anthem. A judge then came forward and said how happy he was to do these ceremonies, as the people who come are always happy, much not to what he is use to in the Courts normally. We then had a person come forward to announce every Country that was in being represented today. It started with Afghanistan and ended with Vietnam. A total of 82 Countries! Each time a country was said, the people from that Country would stand and everyone would clap. We had the most people from Mexico (not a big surprise) but even had yelps of Hooray with them. My friend was originally from Thailand, and had one other person from that group.
We then continued on after that with the official swearing in. I cannot say what they said because it was long enough for me to take my friends son and her husband to walk across the room and take a picture. But it was amazing hearing all 189 people chanting the words. It gave me chills!

We then all said the Pledge of Allegiance together. The ceremony continued with a Congresswoman giving a speech about heritage and how we are immigrants, whether it be from our forefathers or from them themselves. She was an excellent speaker and spoke also about her own personal heritage. We then heard a message from President Obama and then stode and listened to Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American".

We then closed the ceremony by listening to the beginning singers sing America the Beautiful. It was such a wonderful experience and made me really appreciate being an American.

My good friend told me she wasn't telling very many people that she was "just now" becoming a citizen, but I think she is an awesome person and should be recognized! She has lived in America since she was 6 months old, immigrating to America with her parents. Her parents became citizens shortly after my friend turned 18, so she was not "grandfathered" into becoming a Citizen. But I want you to know how proud I am of you!

Infertility

As most people know, David and I are having a difficult time producing a child. Sometimes we are extremely upset once a month, sometimes I cry, sometimes we argue, but overall, we are working on it our way and making do. We are always trying to do better and not worry as much and we are a lot better then in the beginning! A good friend of mine sent me a blog to give me a good laugh and it did and I wanted to share. So, some of the posts are funny and some are stupid, but it's nice to hear a few jokes to lighten that topic.

http://999reasonstolaughatinfertility.blogspot.com

Another Cake

As most of you know, I love making cakes and i love using my new kitchen aid to make fondant icing! So yummy and I never thought I would ever use it for that! 1 1/2 weeks ago, we had a little potluck for an attorney at my work. She is getting married tomorrow in Ohio. Everyone made food and brought it in, but I was in charge of the cake! I made another red velvet cake with white fondant icing. I then learned how to make roses and lilies for the cake. Everyone was so impressed and kept asking me if I had taken cake classes. I told everyone, yes, on you tube! You can learn anything on you tube and it's great! I think the best comment I heard that day was from another attorney who said "I can't even buy a cake that beautiful!" That totally made my day. Here are some pics of the cake!


The front of the cake


The back of the cake, the lines coming down stems, I made a mistake and that was how I covered it up.


The roses


The lilies

Birthday & Baby Shower

This month was my birthday. For my birthday David & I went out with friends to Texas Roadhouse. It was SO yummy! Of course, I had to be embarrassed!

Also, This week I went back to work at a new company. I am doing the same thing as I was before and I don't mind going to work at this location. I have multiple friends who had already made the change to this company. It was a good first week and I am far happier then I ever was at my last job.
Along with starting my new job this week, my best friend, T, and I put on a baby shower Friday evening for one of our husbands co-workers wife. We had planned it out all nicely and had picked up a key for the community center. It was going to be at a nice location. Well, we got a phone call from David at 4 asking if we could move the location of the baby shower to the toys for tots warehouse. (The husbands were invited to come) T and I made last minute changes while all the husbands called their wives to let them know we had changed the location. T and I made do in the ugly, nasty, warehouse (that is condemned!). We moved tables around and T went to Dollar Tree that week and had gotten table cloths and plates and everything we needed. T, was amazing and did tons for the baby shower! She made cupcakes, and these super yummy croissant things that had whip cream, cream cheese, and fruit in it. She also made these yummy sugar cookies with m&m's in the bag for the goodies bag.
I made a veggie platter and bought a meat platter and made another fondant cake. This time, I made the fondant from scratch! It was a few days process. Tuesday night, I made a red velvet cake. Wednesday night, I made the fondant with mini marshmallows, powder sugar, vanilla, and a little milk. The frosting recipe is really good. Thursday, I assembled the cake with my mom's frosting and the fondant. I then took some remaining fondant and tried to dye the color black with food coloring. For some reason, it turned more purplish, even though I was using the black food coloring. I then made the cake a zebra cake. I then put some little rubber animals on top. The cake wasn't perfect, but I thought it looked really good for my 2nd fondant cake, 1st one on my own!

Busy

So, it's been a long while sine I last posted. Let see what's happen.

1. My big brother got married!

2. I went to Denver and hung out with my sister.

3. I started a Premier Designs (jewelry) business and it is doing really good :)

4. I've done lots of Christmas shopping

5. Had lots of dinners with friends :)

6. Thanksgiving was a blast with my friends who is my family away from my family

7. I celebrated my 5th anniversary!

8. I received a job offer and is taking it as soon as my background check clears!

So, in other words, I have been busy. David worries all the time that I'm bored at home not working, but almost everyday is eventful and I love it!

Happy be-lated Thanksgiving everyone!

Shape Glowdeo

On Friday October 9, 2009, David and I went with our friends again to the night portion of the balloon festival. It's called the Shape Glowdeo. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen! All the balloons stayed close to the ground and as the night became darker, you could see the flames in the balloons! Plus we went the night when all the balloons were special shapes. After the balloons we stayed for fireworks also. Fireworks are always good.



The Creamlands Cow



A super cute pig with sunglasses! (stating the obvious)



A strawberry patch that had cows and horses on it



A Shamrock



A Jack-O-Lantern (this was one of my favorites!)



Noah's Ark




An Elephant



A lot of balloons



A Green Frog



A blurry photo of the balloons