Kalani is 3!!!

I can hardly believe it but my baby boy is 3 years old already! Wow!!

I made him an awesome front loader, backhoe truck cake (thanks to auntie Pertz suggestion) that he loved. He was very anxious to eat it so it was hard to get very many pictures ;-)








We also had a great party for him at the park, with all his favorite friends.

Thanks

Thank you to the higher being that is, that has blessed me with an amazing, growing family and a beautiful life thus far.
Thank you to all of my family for being so loving, present, and supportive no matter what my life seems to throw at you.
Thank you to all my wonderful friends, for being just that, wonderful friends.

And thanks for my baking skills, 'cause boy are pies delicious!




Hope everyone had as enjoyable of a holiday weekend as I did!!

The Birthday Extravaganza Begins!

Grandpa Fred and Granny Sue took all of us to the Pirate Dinner Adventure to celebrate Kalani's 3rd birthday. It was fabulous! Kalani enjoyed it about 100% more than I even expected him too. So of course, we all loved it too :) The dinner itself was (as expected) pretty awful, the dessert was pretty darn good, the free drinks were great and the entertainment was really really good. The performers were actually really great and very talented! There was a good amount of acrobatic type stunts and the acting was much better than I had expected. Kalani's eyes did not move from the entertainment for a single minute and he happily sat in his seat for the full two hours. If you know Kalani at all, that is saying a LOT!

Dessert! He had this expression on his face the entire time

Leaving the adventure, all decked out :)


**I have a funny video of Kalani too, but I have never been able to upload videos onto here. I just get the box with a red x in it?? I'll keep trying though

Sticky Buns

I was so excited to make these and then SO proud of myself for pulling it off! They were DELICIOUS!!! I have made plenty of loaves of yeast bread, but had never made a yeast dough for pastry's or sweets, like this one, so it was extra fun and exciting to do. Kalani helped with every single step, including eating them :)
The recipe made a ton so we have two pans, ready to go, in the freezer too.




I could sure use some tips on how to photograph food though. My camera would not focus correctly on the buns, and neither the flash or non-flash picture really shows how beautiful these were.