I'm no Bakerella!

but, I try! Fortunately, my grandchildren don't know about the Bakerella blog site! I had great fun on Friday making a checkerboard birthday cake, cake pops, some cupcakes and an Easter basket cake! My little chick cake pops are not too smooth - the heads kept falling off when I dipped them in the melted chocolate - more practice required! Fortunately, they tasted great! The Easter cake was great fun - the eggs are cake covered with fondant and the grass and basket are all buttercream.

Braden is 4!!!

My grandson, Braden, turned four on Saturday. Hard to believe - just yesterday he was a newborn! He's so sweet and funny. He told me now that he's four - he has bigger feet. Are children the most wonderful blessing??? I love the picture of him and my lovely daughter, Krista. They will be in Georgia with me for Easter and I can't wait! I long to live closer to them, but at least we see each other about once a month and talk every day - we are pretty lucky!

Dr. Pam

Now don't be grossed out - I'm posting something very unusual. How often does someone who is not a doctor or in any type of training program to become one (or a nurse) have the opportunity to perform surgical procedures??? I'd guess it doesn't happen very much. But last February I was given the chance to do just that, in a cadaver lab, with my company's sales staff. It was fascinating and just one of the reasons that I really like my job. Hmmm, who knew...I may have missed my true career calling! OK - Seriously, I'm sticking with just cutting cakes!

Great Times!

Last weekend I went to visit my daughter and grandchildren. We had such a wonderful time together – as always. We had dinner at Zuzda’s – one of our favorite tapas restaurants, went to church and just played and played!

Look at this picture of Kyla and “our” Barbie dolls. We dressed them up for a wedding themed fashion show. There’s no better fun!!!

Decorating Frenzy

Last week while my husband was out of town I was in a whirlwind of decorating frenzy! I painted our kitchen a lovely golden yellow and added some new accessories, in one of our guest bedrooms I made purchased valances "custom" by adding fabric trim to match the comforter and shams and also added a new coverlet and additional shams for contrast (pictured below). But the best is our other guest bedroom (pictured above). Copying a picture from Better Homes and Gardens I painted this great focal point on the wall, purchased all new bedding and hung a rod and matching valances. WHEW! And, to add stress to my schedule, I had to make a wedding cake for 100 and deliver it today (the Kewpie doll cake topper is the bride's family heirloom and is 102 years old). When I returned from dropping off the tasty creation, we hung new rods and valances in the MBR. All in all - it was a bit of a makeover. I love everything...but now I really need a rest!

Cupcake Cutie

Can my Scrap Club friends guess who I was thinking of when I found this sweet item on sale at Kirkland’s yesterday? I’ll send it with your momma, Jamie!

Blogation

I’ve been so busy at work preparing for our national sales meeting in Arizona, I haven’t had a minute to comment on the blogs I’ve quickly surfed or to post anything on my own. In the evenings I’ve been too stressed about packing or too wretchedly tired to think. When I return next week, hopefully, I’ll have something interesting to say! It’s a sunny 86 in Scottsdale - definitely something to look forward to!