It's raining cake!

I don't know what's going on but so far today I've received 3 calls about wedding cakes! This month is starting to look crazy already with appointments and a cake at the end of the month. And next month I could have 3 weddings! And the best part is they are all for different dates when I am actually available. Good thing I'm feeling better or I might go crazy. I've even had a few requests for cakes next spring, too bad I'm having a baby right then. One girl wants one in June, hmmm, tempting, I wish I could tell now how I'd be feeling then and if I'll have a good patient baby or a cranky one needing lots of attention. But I'm so glad for all the calls, even if I end up only doing 1 or 2 of them it still helps a ton. Maybe I'll even make enough to buy my hubby a christmas present that he doesn't have to pay for!

And I got a haircut today! And what do you know, my stylist is getting married in a few months and is looking for a cake, funny huh. SO I gave her my card, hopefully she'll call and we can trade cake for haircuts. And she did an amazing job with my hair :) It feels so good to have it done and not so blah anymore. And the best part was I went while Parker was at preschool and KC stayed home and sleep the entire time!!! Don't worry, the neighbor was listening to him via baby monitor so he wasn't all alone. In fact, he's still sleeping! He went down at 1:00 and it's almost 5! What a nice afternoon this has turned out to be.

I love Fall

This is my very favorite time of year. I love the cool crisp air and the colors on the trees. I love being able to open all the windows during the day and get a nice cool breeze through the house. I love the pumpkins growing in my yard. I love wearing cozy sweaters and snuggling in a blanket.

Sunday we drove up Payson canyon and it was so beautiful, the colors of the leaves were amazing. My favorite was the peachy orange. I wish they could stay that way all year round.

I don't like that the sun is gone so early in the evening or that the kids come in the house after playing outside with red checks and noses. But at least I can put them in a warm bath and give them hot chocolate and who doesn't love that?

More than anything I love that the start of fall this year means that I am almost done with my first trimester of pregnancy and that soon I can't stop worrying so much over every ache and pain. And just maybe that means that soon there will be an end to feeling like I'm not going to be able to stay awake long enough for my kids to eat their lunch, or not being able to open the refrigerator without being overwhelmed by all the smells and so giving in again to eating toast just because it has no strong flavors and usually doesn't result in indigestion. Although oddly enough bagels do. Yesterday I was given a glimpse of what it was like to feel somewhat normal again, a tender mercy form the Lord I'm sure. While my boys were sick I felt better than I have in weeks, I got all the laundry done, my bathroom cleaned, and made enough potato soup to last for a month. And most importantly of all, while kids were throwing up and I was cleaning it up I didn't get nauseated by it one bit. Days like that are few and far between, but when they come they are so wonderful. I know that the sickness is a good sign that my body is doing what it is supposed to do right now, and for that I am grateful. And I am grateful that the Lords timing is so much better than my own so that I didn't feel like this over the beginning of summer when I had lots of cakes and things to do. And that now when I'm overheating I can open the window instead of having to turn on the air conditioning (which has not been very nice to our electric bill).

Anyway, I love the fall and most of all Halloween. I'm ready to get out all the decorations and make fun crafts with the kids. And I can't wait for the trick or treaters this year. This is the first year we're living in a regular neighborhood so I hope that means we'll get a lot. Parkers already trying to teach KC all about how they get to dress up and people will give them candy. Holidays are a million times better when you have your own little kids to watch enjoy them. Its a great excuse to have fun with them all over again.

Have a happy fall!!

College Bound, we hope

We'll it's official, the boys now each have their very own college savings plan. Hopefully they'll go to college one day, and even though we probably won't be able to save enough to pay for all of it, at least we'll be able to help a little bit. So we started up a 529 educational savings plan for each of them. One way that we are hoping to be able to contribute more to it is by asking their grandparents to donate to it at Christmas and birthdays instead of buying toys. They have enough stuff as it is, and this way it's helping build a better future for them instead of just cluttering up their room. (and contributions are tax deductible) So one day they may think we're pretty lame if they find out we told grandmas and grandpas not to buy lots of toys, but hopefully later they'll appreciate it when they don't have to worry so much about how to afford an education. If you want some info so you can open one for your kiddos go to this site to look at all the plans for each state or click on the picture for Utah's plan. One of the great things is that you can change the beneficiary anytime, as many times as you want, so if one kid doesn't use it you can give it to another or use it for yourself, or any other family member down the road.

The Joy of Motherhood

Today i was awoken at 5:00am by Parker, in my room, trying to hold back his vomit as he told me his tummy was hurting. I got him to RUN and he managed to make it to the bathroom. I got him a throw up bucket for his bed and a few towels and tucked him back in. An hour later he's back telling me that he still feels sick. Then an hour later he's hungry. We gave him some water and within minutes it was coming right back up. Then after asking Aaron not to feed him anything I went into their room to get KC some clean pants since those pull ups make for terrible overnight diapers and I found a nice puddle of vomit on KC's bed. Oh well, I guess you can't sign up to be a mother and only get to enjoy the hugs and kisses, you also get to clean up the puke and try to soothe upset tummies.

We thought that KC might have the chicken pox, but luckily the spots he was getting seem to be some other sort of rash. Turns out our neighbor friend that we tended last week has had roseola, and Parker's friend at school has had the flu. Looks like we get to enjoy a nice combination of the 2.

At least now the boys are down to my energy level and we can all lay on the couch together and relax. This is going to be a really great day.

Cake and crazy kids

Here's the cake I made this week, unfortunately my photography skills are not so hot so the pictures aren't very good, it doesn't help that they had the reception in the cultural hall with its beautiful walls for a backdrop and a nice plastic blue table cloth.