For the best cake come see me

For fathers day/Colette's birthday we went to Texas Road House for dinner and then to a playhouse in Ogden. I had been wanting to make this cake for a while and here was my excuse. It was beautiful until I took the wax paper from under it. I was trying a new technique for keeping the plate clean. You put 3 sheets of wax paper barely under the cake then when you are done frosting you just pull out the sheets and your frosting is on the wax paper not the plate. When I did that the cake fell on one of the sides. By the time we got to Ogden the whole side of the cake was sliding off. All the lemon curd on top was a big landslide now. But the other side looked perfect. So we just kept the pretty side out.
It tasted as yummy as it looked. It is defiantly a make again cake.

Best Shake in Bear Lake?

Over Fathers Day weekend we went to the Barkers cabin. It was a little rainy and we didn't get to spend too much time on the boat but we still had a wonderful time. Rian got to play a little "pong" and the other kids were happy to have a friend to play with. The over 18 crowd got a little silly playing Sequence until wee hours of the morning.

One thing you have to do in Bear Lake is go get a raspberry shake. We decided to go to Hometown because that had the shortest line. But while standing at Hometown we decided to do a taste test. So we sent Brad and Aaron to LaBeaus for a raspberry shake while Shanna and I stayed at Hometown. Then we went to some log cabin place across the street from the gas station to get another raspberry shake. The winner.....Hometown. Hands down they had the best raspberry shake and the fastest service. Next time you visit Bear Lake drive right by famous La Beaus and go to Hometown for a better shake.

Happy Flag Day!

We spoke in church to celebrate! Not even funny if you are the one speaking. But it is over now. And it all went good. Topic was missionary service.

more birthday pics of importance

We took Rian to Little America for the breakfast buffet also. He was able to meet the head chef and get a tour of the kitchen. When we left we found a special visitor on the car.

Sweet sisters

more sweetness

Sarah at Build-a-bear (while the boys were at the sports store). She found a dog that she fell in love with. I was strong and didn't buy it for her.

My mom insisted on a hug and possibly a kiss for Rian to get the present she brought. If you are 14 there might not be anything worse than kissing your Grandma....no matter what the present is. But he handled it well. What was the present? A special coin for his collection.

Candy?

After a little too much ice cream Sarah was full of energy on the way home. She made us laugh. One thing she was doing is signing "candy". She has recently learned this sign. She will stand at the freezer door and sign this for frozen junior mints. It is too cute so we give her one.
She has figured us out. She stands at the freezer quite often now.:)

Rian turned the big one four on the 8th. He finally got the phone he has been patiently waiting for all his life.

The two things he wanted to do was eat Chinese food for dinner and go to Ben and Jerrys for the Vermonster Sundae. We started to Gateway mall and the rain came. Just like 3 years ago when we went on his birthday for a Vermonster. But by the time we got to Salt Lake the sun came out and it was beautiful. The rain has scared most of the people away so it was not crowded. We got take out from Thaifoon and ate by the water. Then went up for our ice cream. It was a perfect night. The food was great and the company was better.

BTW-At a physical for scout camp the dr projected Rian will be at least 6' 3" by the time he is 20 years old! He is 5' 11" now. Thanks Dad and bro for the tall genes!

A 6 year old Jakeism

When asked what his favorite part of the day was he said "The soccer game". We had Kache and his family over for Jakes birthday dinner and the kids went out to play soccer in the back yard.
Just goes to prove that the best things in life really are free. Especially to a 6 year old.