Cake class 3!

Just finished our 3rd cake class! We learned how to fill cupcakes - I used chocolate - and learned how to make shells, leaves, and a few different kinds of flowers! The haystack looking thing below is supposed to be a "shaggy mum" - I'm still working on that one....!

Cake class 2!

We did a real cake this time! As it turns out, baking an even, smooth looking cake is hard! I made a cake, but it sort of looks like a crooked spaceship. Ah well! Check it out:

I started with a layer of jelly filling in the middle...

Notice the crooked form of the cake. There must've been a strong wind inside or something...

Still a little crooked! Oops! But notice the super cute dots and zig zag!

Not too shabby huh?!

I know a certain almost-3-year-old who reallllllly likes trucks!

Cake Class!!

Tonight I took my very first cake decorating class!! My friend Rachael and I signed up for the class at Michael's and today we experimented with stars on cookies! I sampled my work (and Rachael's), and they definitely taste as good as they look! Next week we have to make a cake - we're busting out the big guns!

Just in case...

The nights have been a little chilly lately. Just in case the frost gets the best of the flowers, I took a few more pics!!

Spring has sprung!

Spring has sprung around here and it could not be more gorgeous! We are absolutely in love with our bulbs too - check out the pics. Not too shabby for Walmart daffodils and Costco flowers, huh?!

5K!

Yesterday Steve and I ran a really fun 5k. The course itself wasn't all that great (we had to run through a few parking lots and some speed bumps - odd...?), but the race overall was so fun! They had hot coffee and cold beer at the finish line - breakfast of champions!! Check it out:

http://www.theshamrockshuffle.com/

But we had an awesome race! Steve came in 18th place overall - out of 4000 people!! I came in 88th place overall. We killed it in our age category though. In males 20-29, Steve came in 3rd place! And in females 20-29, I came in 2nd place! I've never been any good in the sports/athletics department, so this is a HUGE accomplishment for me! I'm so pumped!

Place	Name	Age	Sex	City	State	Time	Pace	Div/Tot	Div	Sex/Tot	Sex

18

STEVE

28

M

MAINEVILLE

20:34

6:38

3/110

M2029

15/750

M

88

MICHELLE

28

F

MAINEVILLE

OH

24:36

7:55

2/247

F2029

19/1310

F

Here we are right before the race began!

Michael & Laura's Wedding!!!

Last night we went to Michael & Laura's wedding reception! We had a lovely time and everything was absolutely beautiful - Congratulations!!