Thursday, September 9, 2010

A crap ton of fun

Sorry for the weird title, but I'm in a weird mood...and it made me laugh!

My wonderful little sister was in town the past two weeks, and it has been such a blast!! She was such a huge help with the boys, and it was nice to talk to an adult all day without having my phone permanently attached to my ear.

We didn't do anything big, but had many laughing fits reminiscing about our childhood and being stupid just for the sake of being stupid. It was great!

We also had the opportunity to help out with a retirement party for a friend of Eric's that has completed 20 yrs of service in the Army. Carolyn, his wife, and I decided about six weeks ago that the traditional phallic shaped cake had been done enough...it was time for *cough* bigger and better things. So after much deliberation, here is the end result:
I was so happy with the end result, and I wouldn't have gotten this far without the help of The Cake Cow, aka Jessica G. (not sure if she wants to take credit for helping me or not). I practiced making different elements of the cake twice, and made changes as I went along. I used white cake with chocolate butter cream for the base of the cake, and red velvet cake with vanilla butter cream for the top.

We had a BBQ at the beach the day before the big party, and the boys had their first encounter with the ocean.

Cooper is now a huge fan of water, and even had a blast on Monday at the pool at the Ranger Camp with Eric.

I have a lot of catching up to do with blog posts, so please be patient with my comments...they're coming, slowly but surely!

8 comments:

Kristina P. said...

That cake is hilarious!

Missy said...

I love the cake!
Their swimming trunks, so cute!

Michelle said...

The cake turned out awesome!! Good job Merla!

Annette said...

The boys are adorable and so was the cake! Love you all! Kiss my grandsons for me!

Cheeseboy said...

That is one handsome cake. Turned out perfectly.

What great times it looked like you had.

Jessica G. said...

I'm pleased that you gave me credit for having such a nice rack! Oh, wait...maybe I mis-read that...

Mary said...

Jessica, you are exactly right...I've always been jealous of your rockin rack :o)

Queenie Jeannie said...

I'm a fan of the boobie cake!! Of course I'm the one who made boobie cards, so I guess that makes sense, lol!!! The boys look SO CUTE in their matching swim trunks! I'm so glad you guys had a lovely visit!!