day one hundred thirty four

Well, here it is... the naked wedding cake. Essentially it took me 10 hours un-frosting it to make it look perfectly undone.

And the cutting of said naked cake.

Trends these days are so very strange. I ended up liking it though. It went very well with the rustic decor she had. I am, of course, into rustic decor so I felt right at home.

There was dancing in the barn and it was so much fun! Kylie looked more beautiful than I have ever seen her. She literally glowed.

Tates and Jade

Jade and his dad, for the very first time in their collective lives, posing kind of nicely for the camera! Miracles do apparently happen.

Me and my boy having a dance....

Congratulations Kylie and Uncle Jim!

day one hundred thirty three

Today is another cake making day! Kylie is getting married tomorrow and wants a naked cake. What is a naked cake you ask? Stay tuned for tomorrow's picture-a-day post and you shall find out!

Some people like to bake in a clean kitchen... me, not so much. 

I was trying to decide if I made this cake too tall so I made Jade put his big ole melon next to it for a better perspective. I decided it was too tall.

So on to the counter the top of the cake goes. No worries, I have 4 urchins who like to come around and clean up after my "mistakes".

one hundred twenty eight

Wedding Day!! Chance and Lauren were married on this rainy morning in the St. George Temple. Jade and I were married in the same temple and in the exact same room as Chance was this morning... oh the memories!

Here are some cousins at the temple!

Jeff and MaryAnn. MaryAnn's new haircut is SOOOO cute!

 Here's the happy couple. Chance you're looking a bit strained....

Thank goodness I had the Thomson team helping me set up my wedding cake display!!

And it is finished. Phew!!! It turned out lovely despite my nervous breakdown.

Check out that view!!! It really didn't matter what my cakes looked like. Anything would have looked good in this setting with that view. I should have just set out a plate of Twinkies and Ding Dongs.

The gigantic backyard where the reception was held overlooked all of St. George. It was pretty much the perfect picture taking place. Hence the picture overload.

I spy with my little eye the St. George Temple in the background.

Oh PayPay... you're so very handsome!

There was a pond in the back yard (along with putting greens, basketball court, etc.) where the girls caught the cutest little tiny frogs!!! I can't stand how cute he is! He started getting lethargic though so Bailey had to run him (like an ambulance) back to his home in the pond where he quickly came back to life (double phew).

one hundred twenty six

Here, above the ground beef in the freezer, are two of the cakes for Chance and Lauren's wedding on Friday. I have been baking/decorating since Monday. To say that these cakes were stressful would be the understatement of the year! For whatever reason this particular wedding cake order just about put me over the edge. I'm retiring for a while.