CHRISTMAS IS HERE

Well, Its here. I've been patient, and now it's here. CHRISTMAS. I love everything about the season. The stores, the people, the decorations. oooohhhh the smells. I just love everything about it. When I put the kids to bed on Thanksgiving, they have a twinkle in their eyes. They know Mom can't bear to wait any longer to decorate the house. We wake up, do a quick scrub. Change everything around. For those of you that know me. I do this activity frequently. Pack up fall, and bring in winter. The tree is set, the music is on ,and away we go. From this day forward. The focus shifts. JESUS . He loves us so much He went through childbirth ( Who volunteers for that). He knew what was coming, the pain the rejection, the separation. He knew and yet, He loved us enough to do it for us. He is all over the house always, but especially this time of year. Nativities, wall hangings, books, music, plays. He is everywhere. We will bake and bake and bake. Play relax play some more. We will watch every Christmas movie that is out there. Listen to Christmas music from the time we get up, to the time we drift off. The flour will be flying. I imagine food fights as we decorate cookies. ooohhhh how I love this season. We won't get much book work done this month. But we will learn a lot, and have a lot of fun. I wish Christmas was all year long.

Laundry

This morning I awake to a living room full of laundry. I am guessing 30-40 loads. I wish I had a picture. My eyes would be peaking out of a mountain, while the kids jump into a pile like fallen leaves in the yard. Oh that it would smell so sweet. My washer has been broken for three weeks, and I have found that God has done an amazing job making me a more patient person over time. There was a time that I would have gone crazy knowing the laundry was piling up, but now it does not bother me so much. So the up side to all this is that I get to sit and watch movies with the kids today, while working on all the laundry. I will make sure to watch some historical, or science related shows. It is a school day you know. When all the laundry is finally put away. I look forward to pulling all the Christmas boxes out of the rafters, and get this season under way.

Here they are up close and personal. My new friends. For weeks we tried to get our relationship ironed out. Then I prayed. God I need your help on a simple little thing. You created man and woman, could you help me do the same on a smaller level, because mine keep looking, pretty scary. I left it up to Him, and in the morning Teri and I made these without a glitch. God cares about even the smallest fondant figurines. I love Him so.

Drew and Sarah Newman. one of the most beautiful couples I know. They are beautiful inside as well as on the outside, and their families are wonderful too. Thank you for letting me be a part of your beautiful wedding.

This week I had the chance to create an Art Deco cake for a very lovely couple. I Love praying for a couple that asks me to make acake for their special day, and our Father was with me every step of the way.
These are the flowers on the cake. Every one is different, and all have dots or cut outs in them lots of work, but so worth it they were beautiful.
Sarah wanted to know if there was a way to incorperate Andes mints, into the design, so we made a mosaic with them carving them to creat a design. the two lower cakes also have them baked into the cake. It was so delicious. Like mint chocolate chip icecream.
The Groom, Drew< is a drummer, in a band, and I wanted to do something for him. We made a drum, and chocolate covered strawberries and hand made the couple on the top. Believe it or not this was the toughest part of the whole affair.
Teri is one of my best friends, and we had so much fun making this couple to resemble the couple who got married, and all the flowers. She was so nice to do this with me, and we had the bestest time too.
The couple made place cards on small bottles, and embossed an N on each for Newman, grooms last name. So I replicated this onto the grooms cake.
The jewels on the cake are going tobecome a necklace for the bride. They were beautiful glass beads.