* This is the life *

This week has been fabulous! I have a few cakes that I'm working on which usually means lots of stress, but not this time :)
I hired a babysitter! She is fabulous! She's coming everyday this week and spending half the day with the kids while I work and the kids LOVE her.
She brings puppets and sidewalk chalk, music makers, and tinker toys, which Parker thinks are way better than ours lol. The kids have really had a good time with her. She's babysat for us a few times before and its been so nice to get a break.
I thought it would be a little awkward to have her here and still be here myself, but it hasn't been at all, we get a long great and the kids listen to her really well. And I love that I can get done what I need to and still have the kids home, but not bored and neglected. I hate trying to get friends and neighbors to watch my kids, I always feel like I'm imposing, plus its hard to have to find time to return the favor, so to just pay someone that don't feel bad asking is great.

I also found some great new tools and techniques for some of the things I'm doing this week with my cakes. Stay tuned for pictures. They should turn out really cool. I've worried about taking on too many cakes since it makes it hard for me to manage all my time, but now that I found a sitter I might do more. I can hire a part time nanny on cake weeks and feel like I have time to do both cakes and be a mom. I wish I'd tried this sooner. It is a little strange to be here but not have to worry about the kids, kinda like I'm not sure what to do with myself, but I think I could get used to it :)

Anyway, the fence got finished and now the kids can play outside and not escape :)! Whoohoo! Its nice to have a little more privacy too.
Other than that not much is happening, just baking and playing :)

Check it out....
http://www.kariscakeventures.com/
Thats right, Dad linked my domain name to my site. Cool huh, now we just need to figure out how to get it to show up in a google search? Yea it shows if you search the exact words, but I want it to show if you search for utah wedding cakes. Any ideas on how to do that without having to pay a bunch of money?

Digging the post holes for our fence! The panels will be in on monday :) Then hopefully I can keep the kids from escaping the yard.

Making smores in our Chiminea, its the first time we've used it and it was so much fun! The kids expecially liked the marshmellows.

KC loves the kitty doors. Here he in in the laundry troom peaking out the door into the garage, I think trying to show someone out there that he found a car.
GRASS!!! WHOOHOO!!! Heres my garden area, and guess what! My plants are actually starting to grow! All except the cantaloupe, the seeds come up and quickly die. I don't know what the problem is there, but at least everything else seems to be doing well.

Doesn't the grass make a huge difference! I love it. And we're having a BBQ saturday that everyone ois invited too and you can come see it too :) Its at 4:00. If you want to come let me know and I'll get you directions. And its bring your own meat :)

The King of Fits

KC's got this 2 year old thing down and just in time since he'll be 2 next month. He sure makes life interesting. Although for every crazy fit he throws he's equally as cuddly and sweet, so I guess its allright. Its actually slightly entertaining. This fit is because I made him come out of the laundry room where he wanted to dump the kitties water into their food. Really, how dare I get in the way of a good time.

Another great thing about KC right now is that he can climb out of his playpen, which we were using to put him to sleep in when him and Parker would get too crazy in their room at night. And most of the time he can manage to get the doors, with the childlocks on them, open. There's no containing him. He thinks hes got free rein and he loves it.

Yes, I think 2 has got to be my favorite age.

The fence posts are in! And the grass is coming wednesday, if you get bored, or just feel extra nice lol, feel free to stop by wednesday night and help lay sod :-)