Our daughter is 4

It's hard to believe our little girl is already four. This past year has gone by so fast and watching our little girl grow has been amazing. She is a lot more laid back now that she's four and has learned a ton at daycare. She loves to cheer on her beloved Cyclones, going to visit Grandpa and Grandma's farm, playing with her brother, taking care of her babies, and attending dance class.

Weekend Wrap Up (4.24.15-4.26.15)

This weekend was spent recovering from this past week. Dave returned home on Tuesday from a work trip and I came home Thursday evening. We had some major laundry to get caught up on and some yard work.

On Friday evening, my brother Ray came up and brought an entire truck load of "good farm dirt." We are eager to have a garden at our new house so we wanted to build some garden boxes. As you'll see in the photos below, we only have one because we didn't have enough dirt. We'll have to wait until my brother can bring up another load.

The good black farm dirt!

Thankfully the cold wet weather didn't bother Dave and Ray because they did get one box built and filled with dirt.

Weekend Wrap Up (July 19 & 20)

This post is a bit late due to our busy schedules.

On Friday evening, I was in the cake baking mood. I have a good friend, whom I met in graduate school who had triplets last year. They are two weeks older than R-man. He'll have three best buddies when he get's old enough tot understand. I told her I'd make each of the boys a smash cake and I'd make the large sheet cake for their guests. Her theme was "construction" so I knew I had to incorporate equipment somehow in the cake. I found a design that I liked and I knew I'd be able to make it look good, just as long as I had quiet time to get it done. I had to wait until the kids were in bed to begin baking and decorating but after a few hours, they turned out quite well.  

The triplets smash cakes.

The construction sheet cake.