Happy Thanksgiving...

... and Happy Birthday to Keith Jones, Amber Jones, and Carl Wood! This is our FLOCKS birthday cake for the month of November!










Carrot Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing (which is really thin and was dripping down the cake!). All decoration is done in Almond Butter cream Icing.

Italy Interruption....

I know I am not finished with Italy, but I wanted to just make a quick simple post to share my latest cakes!



Their last name was painted on the bench as a keep sake! sorry its blurry.... i moved too quickly.


A couple was married in Jamaica and had a home reception after they returned, so I made a beach themed cake for the reception. (September)


remember that benefit concert with Andy and the Andy's? There was a bid to win tickets and dinner with the guys.... I made this cake as a dessert... a replica of their webpage picture.... which you can see to the left of the cake. (October)


baby shower cake with monogram. All buttercream, ribbon, and silver carriage at the top. (November)

Italy Part II-B: Venezia: Scenes from the Boat Taxi

Cool building with lots of pictures and character

Basilica della Salute: Church of S. Maria


I liked the submarine!

no cars..... just boats on the waterway.... so cool!



Next stop.. Piazza San Marco!

Italy Part II-A: Venezia: The Grand Entrance!

On Sunday, I took a 4 hour train ride to Venice. I spent the day by myself switching trains in different cities and taking in the beautiful sites. The architecture was amazing! There are no words, so I will just stop rambling and give you pictures.....


This is the view from when I exited the train station into Venice! Top picture is the view to the left, middle picture straight ahead view, and the bottom pic is view to the right. From here I got on boat taxi (the station is in the top picture).

There are so many pictures to show and to categorize, I think I will drag this out in many short posts!

Italy Part 1: Lago Maggiore

Italy was amazing! Not only did I get to go to Italy, but I was blessed to spend some quality time with my sister in Christ, Kristin Thomas! That was definitely the highlight! So we arrived there after flying for an entire day, and slept. The next couple days were spent visiting the center of Varese (forgot my camera), going to the grocery store, and going to play on the playground on Lago Maggiore. Here is beautiful scenery!

There is a rainbow in there!



And here are the girls playing on the playground....

Coming Soon to a blog near you......

Italy.... pictures are being uploaded to computer as I type!

Andy and the Andy's dinner opportunity

I know that pretty much no one reads my blog, but if you happen to, check this out.

You can bid to win a pair of tickets to the Andy and the Andys concert along with dinner with the band beforehand! BID, BID, BID to raise money for Uganda Adoption!