Tuesday, February 23, 2010

February (when I didn't forget the camera)

For the Scouts Blue and Gold Dinner Aaron and Christian made a cake together. It was the first time that Aaron or Christian had used fonant before and I had never done it before. I didn't help them at all. I went into the kitchen and observed. It was cute watching them work together, it looked like they were playing with playdough. They did a great job! It was the birthday celebration for 100 years of scouting. We ate pizza, played games, learned a lot of history about the scouting program and even came home with gift for each of our kids. Oh - and Christian's cake won for the fanciest. He and Aaron didn't appreciate that award very much. On the way home they said, "We wish we had done something cool instead, not fancy, that just sounds girly".


This is Meliah and her friend Sammie. They spent scout pack meetings hanging out and doing little clapping games!

I am so awful at this blogging thing. I pretty much just post when I have pictures of things. If I don't take pictures, I just don't blog about it. I figure at least I am blogging, right?

This was our visit to the Train Museum in Sacramento. It was very interesting but the kids wished we had gone to the snow instead. Oh well! At least they learned something!





This is Elizabeth dressed up for her Valentines Day party at preschool. She just loves this handband and was waiting patiently for Valentines day so she could wear it to show all her friends.
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7 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow! What a good looking cake.

February 24, 2010 at 8:24 AM
The Eccles said...

Oh, I am SO sorry...We(3 judges) thought your cake was so pretty...and using fondant and making a bow...it was "fancy!" I am sorry they didn't like the award...I could make them a new one with a more masculine title. It was awesome though...I was VERY impressed!

February 24, 2010 at 8:58 AM
AaronTara said...

That was a fancy cake... : D
And I love Lizzy's headband.

February 24, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Kerri said...

love the cake, did you look online to figure it out? I'm impressed, i had to take classes to learn how to do that!!

February 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Becky Nelson said...

Wow, I have wanted to go to that train museum for a while. there is always so much to do when we go down to sacramento. Thanks for sharing. Christians cake looks great too.

February 24, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Kat said...

I would say that is a fancy cake too, Fancy is better than something like elegant. I can't even think of a different word to describe it, maybe just "The Best Cake ever created by Christian and his Dad" but that's just too long.

February 24, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Hollye said...

That is an Awesome Cake! I am very impressed ;0) All the family pictures are great to see too. We miss you guys...
Big hugs!

February 28, 2010 at 4:38 PM

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