There went the bride and here comes the summer

Here we go. The month of June is upon me. It’s going to be a crazy busy month with grad class and dispersed family members. In reality it’s not the month that is going to be crazy, it is this week that is going to make or break me. I start my intense LAST class for my Masters today. Jeff is having knee surgery tomorrow. Ty’s last day of school is tomorrow (which means I have to perform all my “homeroom mom” duties). In 4 days Ty will leave to go to a diabetes camp…which means I have to have clothes cleaned, things bought, and everything packed for his 3 week stay.


Really it might not seem like I have all that much to do this week, it’s just that I’ve put everything off until this week. My thoughts and energy for the past weeks was consumed on wedding cakes. Jeff’s sister Mandy, got married on Saturday and I made the wedding and grooms cake. The perfectionist that I am had read and practiced all that I thought I needed to know. But the reality is that the wedding cake was a flop…something I had to come to terms with at 4am the day of the wedding. It tasted wonderful and the bottom layer was pretty…it’s just that the cake was on the verge of falling over. I’m grateful that it never did. Yes, it did have support with cake plates, pillars, and dowel rods. It was one of those live and learn situations. I would do things different the next time. However I doubt there will be a next time…wedding cakes are too much pressure and at many points in the night I screamed, cried, and was ready to chunk it. But I have to say it couldn’t have done it without my mom. Man, I love that lady. She and my dad drove down 3.5 hours to be my support (not to mention all the phone calls we had back and forth the weeks prior). The most amazing and touching thing to me is that she stayed with me at the church until the wee hours of the morning…which is huge being that she is usually in bed at 8pm. So, thanks mom I couldn’t have survived it without you!

The wedding cake. It wasn't at ALL what I had planned out and designed in my head. But the top layer keep leaning and caused all kinds of issues so I had to add the flower in attempt to hide the lean. This was a huge dissappointment to me. The only good thing was that it tasted awesome. Red velvet with buttercream!

Ali's' birthday cake. I practised some recipes with cake and icing with Ali's birthday cake. To date it's my favorite cake I've ever made. The flowers took a whole evening to make and then several days to dry, but I love the way it turned out.

The grooms cake table. Jason wanted me to make him a Nintendo cake. It was fun being creative coming up with a design for the cake and controllers. I enjoyed making this one.

Definately not perfect, but not to shabby for a non-professional.

The inside was a cool surprise, it was a rainbow like effect. The cake was such dull colors on the outside I wanted more life to it. Everyone asked me how I did it so follow this link if you want a lesson.

http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake

The whole family was in the wedding. The kids were adorable walking down the aisle, especially Ali. That girl rocked the walk. She looked so cute toddling down behind Ava. While this was Ava 3rd time to be a flower girl… it was her worst performance, yet so reflective of her tender personality. She was crying before she had even started to walk. My sister ran to the rescue (as Jeff and I were already on stage) and stopped her crying and got her to walk down the aisle, and about half way through she started belting it out once again, then ran into my arms on stage. Ty pushed a stroller with a little 6 week old baby and keep looking at us to see exactly where he was supposed to go and what to do. I guess he was not paying attention much at the rehearsal. Mandy and Jason wanted to kids to stay on stage and just “do whatever” during the ceremony. Ali only lasted for a few minutes in our arms before she was escorted out and taken by my father. Have I mentioned the girl has found her scream? Ava and Ty did great on stage sitting on the stairs and watching. There were a few moments it was on the verge of getting ugly as Ava keep crawling into Ty’s space and he pushed her away.. however instead of a big commotion from Ava all she said was, “Ty’s pushed me. Stop being mean TY!”

I really love this picture of Ava...I feel like it's a flash forward to 10 years. She looks so much older then 2 to me here. Maybe it's because she is doing a real smile and not one of her fakes.

The kids were exhausted from a long weekend and it all came out on wedding day. Ava had her meltdowns before going down the aisle, and Ty had his meltdown after the ceremony. I’m pretty sure half the guests got to hear the effects of his spanking, although we were in the girls restroom. Oh, that boy can bring it. Miss Ali pretty much screamed if she saw me and I was not holding her (which makes making cakes difficult). But she had a pre-wedding nap which did miracles for her mood. All in all it was a fun weekend but very exhausting with little sleep (but I guess that’s just how wedding are). My only disappointment of the wedding (besides the brides cake) was not getting a family picture with us all dressed up. I think I was too busy trying to keep kids happy, which I failed at that too. The funny part about all the wedding pictures we took with Mandy and Jason is that Ali will be screaming in each of them. She did NOT want to be held, the busy little bee wanted to be down and walking.

Keeping his occupied and clean before the wedding...he got to play the DS.

She didn't throw any flowers..mind you she was crying. But on the way out some flowers fell out of her basket and she held up the line trying to pick them up.

Rocking the walk

My body is rested from the lack of sleep and stress, however my house has taken the biggest hit…it’s a disaster. Truly probably the messiest it has EVER been, which is saying a lot. I am lacking motivation to clean it so I blog instead.

Pre-wedding photos..not sure if you can see Ty's face but he was DONE taking pictures...I think everyone is trying to get him to smile at this point.

You'll notice there are not alot of pictures of Ty. The kid did not want to take pictures..

I think this is one of the only pictures I had snapped of myself...and it's a little fuzzy at that.

Blowing bubble to say bye to the bride.

Post wedding recreation. They walked down the aisle by themself during the actual wedding.

Ava has perfected the art of being a pest...to both Ty and Ali.

I guess it's the middle child needing more atteniton.

Enjoy the photos from the wedding.

I’ll resurface again in July (or next week). I have a lot of catching up to do.