Hello Cupcake!

Sunday, August 7

26

Michael turned 26. We celebrated with a surprise dinner one weekend. I made his favorite cupcakes...tie dye with cream cheese frosting.

We also celebrated again the following weekend. This time I made a cheesecake.

Even though he hated turning another year older... at least he got good desserts. Happy Birthday Michael.

Wednesday, August 3

My Favorite Three Year Old

Yes....Jagger turned 3. I can't believe it. He picked out his own cupcake decorations this year.

I made a special jumbo for the birthday boy. That's fruit snacks in the tractor...his favorite :)

He had a blast at his party.

I have no idea why he looks so serious.

His sisters and brother.

Sunday, July 24

Friday, July 15

Just because this is late doesn't mean I'm not patriotic...

...it just means I'm behind on blogging. I was on vacation for the 4th of July. I enjoyed EVERY SINGLE MINUTE of relaxing. No work. No cupcakes.

No cupcakes = no grocery shopping, no Michael's or Hobby Lobby, no making picks, no cutting ribbon, no putting boxes together, no making frosting, no baking, no emails, no re-arranging contents of the fridge to make cupcakes/frosting fit, no decorating, no cleaning up thousands of sprinkles after decorating, no dishes, no arranging pick-ups....just pure relaxation.

Did I miss cupcakes? Nope. Not one bit. With that said....I'm refreshed. I'm not tired. I feel good and now I'm ready for more orders. I didn't miss cupcakes because I only had ONE week off...and I wanted to enjoy every second of it with my family.

Now getting the 4th of July. I had to make something. As much as I tried to give up baking completely for one week, I just couldn't. I had to make something special to celebrate the holiday. I baked for fun...and that's something I'm not usually able to do.

Everyone though my (hand-made) topper was my patriotic twist.

And then I cut the cake.

My family and I celebrated the 4th with a classic American cook-out. Hamburgers, hot-dogs, baked beans...all on decorative plates. We ate American flag cake...and yes...it tasted THAT much better since it was a flag.