John's Going Away Party Cake

I was asked last minute to make a cake for John's Going Away party at work. It turned out really great!

Hot Concerts: Blake Shelton

Joe and I went to a free Blake Shelton Concert at The Power & Light District. We went to a Dierks Bentley Concert last summer just before 4th of July at the same place.  They have great artists all summer long on Thursday nights.  I work near The Power & Light District so I know where all the free parking is. 

Our costs for the night:
Concert: Free
Parking: Free
Dinner: $4 from QT
Beer: $50 at the concert

So all in all, we had a great night out for only $55 including a great concert!  I forget the Blake Shelton is so awesome sometimes.  His show was fantastic! I can't wait for other awesome concerts this summer

Trisha's CPA Party!!!

Well, today was Trisha's CPA Party!  Her husband, Andy, promised to throw her a party when she passed all her test and was officially a CPA!  Needless to say, that was last May.  Trisha finally convinced him to throw her a party to kick off the summer and celebrate!  I made her a lovely cake that was so much fun.  I got the chance to decorate it in front of my mom and grandma.  They loved watching me.  The cake is 1/2 vanilla, 1/2 chocolate with bavarian cream filling and buttercream icing.  The bavarian cream was an experiment that turned out way better than I'd expected and oh so delicious.

Our Basement: Painting

Well, Joe was gone for 2 weeks in Guatemala and I decided to fix up our basement.  It was in desperate need of a new coat of paint and rearrangement.  After much deliberation, I decided on two different shades of a gray with blue tones.  I cut out pieces of paper on a small scale in the shape of the items that we had for out room: couch, pub table, two pub stools, beverage cabinet, coffee table, bookshelf, TV and dart board.  I arranged the items in a scaled room in order to figure out the best set-up.  My dad came for a few days to help me paint and get the room set up for Joe's big surprise. Here's the layout I came up with using http://www.planyourroom.com/:

The colors I chose for the room include two different shades.  Choosing this color all began when I had gathered a bunch of color cards to decide what color to paint our living room, kitchen and dining room.  I sneakily asked the hubby what color he would want to paint the basement if we painted the living room a neutral beige or tan.  He picked a blue gray color so I went with it. I picked a bunch of sample color cards up for similar colors and chose the best one for the room. I found the winning colors from Home Depot, BEHR Paint.

The room looks fabulous and I can't wait to finish it up with a new TV and sound system as well as all the decor hung up.  We're still working on a new couch, probably a reclining, black leather sofa.  I LOVE IT!

Baby Shower Cookies

Welcome Baby Hazel and Baby Lillie!!!

Holidays: St Patricks Day

Happy St. Pats!!!

I hope you have your green on today!

Go Royals: Waiting for Tickets

Horray! Sarah came to visit before moving out to California.  We planned on doing nothing but wait in line for Royals Tickets.  Who does that you may ask?  Well, apparently those who only want opening day tickets and those crazy enough to wait in the freezing cold for 3 hours to buy Cardinals vs Royals tickets.  That's right I'm a die-hard Cardinals Fan but I'm to cheap to go to STL to watch the game.  So Sarah and I got in line at 6:30am and waited with about 900 people to buy tickets when they went on sale at 9am.  I can't wait until June to watch my teams battle it out in some awesome seats!  The Royals Staff were so nice to offer us adorable spirit cupcakes and some hot coffee.  Sarah and I laughed at the fans who were enjoying some beer before 8am while waiting.  Now those are some serious fans!

Wilton Course 2 - Finale

This cake was SO much fun. We used the flowers made in previous sessions and leared basketweave in class.