You Bet Your Buttons That's A Rainbow

We've had a lot of cakes at my house over the last few months. Unfortunately I only captured a few of them.  

For Emily's birthday I made a Neapolitan cake. Brindley made me one of these for my 17th birthday. It was the best especially since she brought it all the way down to St George for me.

Brindley's masterpiece for my birthday this year. She also decorated the apartment.

The cake Emily made for me. Raspberry, lemon, white chocolate, with dark chocolate ganache.

I made this german chocolate cake for Father's day, I think.

Aaron's birthday cake.

 This cake was quite the production for me. I didn't make any of the actual cake from scratch. It's eight layers are from bottom to top: funfetti, coconut, cheesecake, pistachio, banana cream, apricot, strawberry, and funfetti. The layers are filled with rainbow chip frosting and the cake is covered with a homemade marshmallow like 7-minute frosting. It was pretty good, but I think we all enjoyed looking at it more than actually eating it.

Never Thought I Would

I ran errands with Brin on Friday. It was the best day ever because I got to spend ALL of it with my BF^3 (Best Freakin Friend Forever). I love her. We went to XXI and to be quite honest I usually don't like that store very much. It's just too much everywhere and I get flustered. Anyway this time I struck gold by finding the sweetest jumpsuit ever. Yeah, I'm tots serious. It is the greatest. I never ever ever thought I would buy or even wear one...but it was kind of love at first sight. No one in my family knew how to react to it. In fact the first and only thing Jon did was laugh, and it wasn't like a hehe that's interesting it was like belly rumbling hahaha that's hilarious. He tried to tell me that I could pull it off because I was wearing it to be funny. He wouldn't believe me when I said I was totally serious about it. Laura giggled and told me I could totally pull it off...and yet she giggled the whole time she was talking to me. Jane said that jumpsuits would never be in  in Utah just like high waisted skirts weren't actually in here... apparently high waisted skirts aren't in...even though everyone wears them. Princeton liked it...I like Princeton. My mom had to look up jumpsuits on the internet just so she could believe that people actually wore them. Cate was taken aback, but who wasn't? I hung out with Ethan that night too and when he first saw me his eyes got huge like what the...? And the next day he strongly discouraged me from wearing it to the movies... At least he didn't laugh right? My family hardly ever reacts well to my new fashions... and then all of a sudden everyone is wearing what I've been wearing for months... I like to think that I'm just ahead of the Utah fashion scene. Not that it's very hard to be ahead of. I kind of hate the fashion scene here. The point is if I can face my family's ridicule in a new outfit I can face anything in that outfit. Anyway, do you want to see my jumpsuit? Here it is...

I also bought the perfect heels for this, but that was the day after I took this picture and I'm not really into taking pictures of myself. AND I also bought some penny loafers that are so perfect. I bought both pairs at savers so it's not like I'm pouring money out on clothes that I won't be wearing in a month in a half...even though I kind of still am...oops.

Last thought for this post. Brin had her farewell yesterday and she did so great. I just know she is going to be the best missionary ever. I'm so proud of her.

Bonnie Tyler and Skinnies

I love Bonnie Tyler. Totally digging Here She Comes right now.

I was so inspired by that new blog last night that I took some of my sister's old jeans and made them into skinnies.

Before...

...After...

I accidentally made them a little bit tight, and by a little bit I mean A LOT a bit. They didn't turn out too bad for a first time go. I have a few more pairs I'm going to fix. I'm becoming addicted. When I am not addicted to the things I blog about? 

Toodles. 

"To live content with small means;

to seek elegance rather than luxury,

and refinement rather than fashion,

to be worthy, not respectable and wealthy not rich;

to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly,

to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages,

with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, 

to all bravely await occasions, hurry never.

In a word to let the spiritual unbidden

and unconscious grow up through the common.

This is to be my symphony."

William Henry Channing

I suppose you all want to know what I'm doing with my free time. No? Well I'm going to tell you anyway. Two main things have taken over my life.


1. I'm having hilarious conversations with my self. True story. And I know they're not hilarious. I think I might be going a little crazy.


2. I'm writing a comic book, or more correctly I'm writing the beginnings of a comic book. There is no way I could get it done before I leave. I've been geeking out for a solid week and a half. seriously. Here's are some pictures to prove it. 

The Jade Duchess is going to be so awesome. She is of course going to be uber fashionable. I'm thinking...yeah I'm way too excited about this. Maybe I should find some friends to hang out with.

3. I just found this totally awesome blog and I'm going to start getting crafty with clothes... clothes that I can take on my mission obviously. Although I think I might make a pair of those pink grandma pants that she has made. She's brilliant I tell you. The only problem is she's from Provo and for some reason or other I am really not liking Provo girls right now. Especially zoobs. No offense meant to any of you out there, especially my good old friends. I just...yeah it's a difficult thing to explain. Let's just say another oddity I've acquired from my lack of friends.  

4. I'm so excited for my mission. Oh my goodness. I'm finally past half way there and it's going to be so great. I can't wait to leave. Also I really should be studying and getting ready. I'll start tomorrow, right?

5. I'm working. It's pretty dang exciting if you know what I mean. 

6. I'm experiencing a loss of appetite. Let's blame it on the Hepatitis A&B vacs that I had to get. Don't worry, I'm not going through an eating disorder or anything like that...or maybe I am? Who knows? Because I sure don't, but I do know and I can tell you that I'm not. 

7. I'm going to be playing on a BYU intramural team. Dang, I had better come to terms with my zoob hatred/zoobphobia before I start playing so I don't get banned from the league.  

8. Spanish Fork league is going well. I'm on a new team now. Not my High School team. Did I ever blog about that? I don't know. At the beginning of the summer I was playing with the girls from HS and it was great. We took the championship. This season there was some miscommunication and I joined another team. Which is good because now I'm meeting all 

kinds of new people...they're just all married with kids, or most of them are anyway.

9. I'm trying to mentally prepare for my farewell. I haven't given a talk in church since...oh young womens...? Over 3 years ago. 

10. And now I'm going for a small bike ride with my best friend Brin who is still here, thankfully.