Cake Time!

My adopted Niece's had birthdays this week, and since none of my nieces and nephews live near me, I dote on them and make them whatever cake they want:) It's a good chance to try something new and get creative, and I have a lot of fun creating from what they tell me they want. Kristen's turned seven and decided that she wanted a basketball cake, why she wanted it is beyond me, she doesn't even play basketball, but I was happy to comply. I decided to make a basketball going through a hoop. Ezrie wanted a pig cake, so I looked up some ideas and I came up with this cake. I wanted to practice making roses with the extra icing, and than decided to make the cake more girly and add them to it! All in all, I think that they didn't turn out too bad...

A Pyro's Good Time

It is amazing, a blow up of fun:) My family started this tradition when I was younger of setting off the big fireworks shows on the fourth, and other times of the years. My dad has his Pyro's license and we are assigned a show each year. You have to be 18 in order to light so this was my second year lighting and it was amazing:) You get to wear the fireman's gear, hat, goggles, coat, long pants, ear plugs, the works. I also got a flare that I held the entire show that I used to light the mortars with. I was in charge of the boxes, which is where you light one fuse and like 20 mortars all go off. you have to light it and than run, because it has such a huge blast. But, it is a lot of fun, and I am hoping that even when I don't come home in the summer I will be able to come home for the 4th! Here are some pictures of what went on, like I said, if you ever feel like getting a fuse and lighting a mortar it is a lot of fun:)Setting up the shells in the mortars

A Sign that was on the boxes of shells, this is what was on the boxes I lit off:)
All of the crew in between all of the mortars
All decked out in our fireman's gear
An aerial view of the set up, all of the boxes on the left are what I set off
A view of my brother setting off, this is what it looks like: explosives in your face:)
One of the fireworks we created
That's me below the fireworks that were going off
I am about to light off another box on the right side
Me right behind a box that is going off
My dad setting of the finale, it looks like he is blowing up:)

Brother's Visit

My Brother just left today with his family, they were visiting here for a week. We had a lot of fun. Again, I had to work a lot so I didn't get to do a ton with them, but we went to the children's museum, Build A Bear, and we did a fireworks shoot. I didn't get many pics, but here are the few:)

My nephew made a cute turtle whose shell is like a backpack at Build A Bear

My other nephew made a pirate dog, super cute:)

With all of the "bears" that we made that night!
My nephew and I at the fireworks shoot, I was complete in my Pyro shirt;)

My Sister's Visit

A few weeks ago, my sister came and visited for a few weeks with her kids. I feel bad because I feel like all I really did was work, and when I look at the pictures there are only like five pictures of me with them, but I guess that's OK, I was still around... I had a lot of fun. I have been volunteering at the children's museum and I was able to get them in for free. We played there, and had so much fun. I love seeing all of my niece's and nephew's and am so glad that I have been able to have the opportunity to be the youngest in the family so that I can spend time with all of them:) Here are some pictures, hope you enjoy;)

My niece Abby and I, ready for churchAt Build A Bear, we had a great time creating our bears:)


My nephew and I at the Children's Museum

Their last day here, I'm complete in my Kindercare uniform:)