April Showers

I am not the biggest writer. I often lack inspiration and time. But the other day a remarkable thing happened. I looked outside and it was not raining, the temperature had risen to around 42 degrees and the ever present 25 mph wind had ceased. I needed no more prodding I put on my running shoes, threw Aspen in the stroller and headed out. Passing cars in our neighborhood probably thought I was insane. I had my sweats on with my beanie and sunglasses with a perma grin on my face. I could not stop smiling. I love the smell of wet dirt, gravel and weeds (which our neighborhood is full of). As I took Aspen around we were able to see 3 horses, two dogs and a bunch of chickens. It filled all my senses with the coming of Spring.
I was sad to head back home to face my day. But I am glad for that walk, it has uplifted my whole week. I have not been able to take Aspen out for a walk in over 6 months and it has been killing me. There is something great about the outdoors that I love. The next day of course it snowed and I have yet to be out again. But I have found my inspiration, my running shoes are by the door and every morning I check outside to see if maybe the weather will cooperate with me. Thank you Sunshine for giving me one day in April!

Cake Mania

Adrian turned a whopping 28 this past week. We had a wonderful day together in Idaho Falls and on Sunday we enjoyed opening presents with some family. Thank you to everyone who came out to say Happy Birthday.
The tradition in our family is whoevers Birthday it is gets to choose what is for dinner and what cake they make. I then proceed to make it all. So Adrian wanted parmesan chicken with Fettucinni, french bread, ceaser salad and trifle. It was a lot of work and thank you to Drurene for making the trifle it was delicioso! Anyways Adrian also wanted a lemon cake so I got a wonderful recipe from my sister Lindsey and I made a lemon cake. I had to take a picture because this cake was all from scratch. So a couple of hours and 8 freshly squeezed lemons later here is the cake. And boy did it taste good!

Logans Blessing

We had the great opportunity to be present at my nephews blessing. It was such a special day to share with the Ten Eyck family. Aspen I think is just in love with Logan, she cannot give him enough hugs and kisses. Here are some pictures of our fun day!

So my Mother in law was asked to make and decorate a cake for our wards Relief Society Birthday Party. She used to make wedding cakes so she is really good. Anyways she asked me to help her decorate them. It was a blast and I learned so much! We had a great time running around the kitchen. Especially since we running so late and Aspen just wanted to be held. I just kept feeding her cake to keep her occupied, which I never give her that much sugar or treats ever and I apparently lost track of how much cake she had. When we got to the church she was all ready to play with everyone. So I took her to the nursery to play with the other kids and about 30 minutes later I hear her from down the hall SCREAMING. The poor young woman said that Aspen was doing great and then all of sudden she lost it. My baby had a sugar high and crashed right there in the church! She was asleep in no time. Lesson learned: Aspen will not eat cake for a while! So here are some pics of our cakes, I did the yellow one.