yesterday, i loaded up 14 boxes of cupcakes, a tower, one cake, lots of decorations and backup frosting and headed to durham to assemble this cake tower for my old (former) pastor’s surprise 50th birthday party. i was thankful that, despite the poor suspension in my dear old isuzu rodeo, the cupcakes made it with […]
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batavia trip – volume 5 – utica trip
from batavia, i did something that i always intend to do, but haven’t done since 2004*… i made a trip out to my old college town of utica to visit some old friends. how i had missed all my old favorite stops: the varick, franco’s pizza, the utica marsh, the scenic view of industry long […]
batavia trip – volume 4 – austin park with the redbands varlands
on a couple of occasions, we visited the new and improved austin park and visited with my old pal from high school, julie redband varland. 🙂she’s got two little varlands herself, so it’s fun to have playdates in batavia. isaac mostly liked the swing and jake did a great job obliging him: here’s a lovely […]
liam’s 1st birthday cake…
made this smash cake for sweet little liam today. he’s one already. it feels like i made his baby shower cake a couple of minutes ago. that post is here.
dan nicholas park
he headed to salisbury, nc yesterday for a little birthday celebration for our friend, april. of course, it was more for the kids to run around and play (and get worn out)… but that’s a good gift, nonetheless. here are a few shots (more at picasa): From Dan Nicholas Park From Dan Nicholas Park From […]
bug cupcakes
churned these out this morning for a friend’s birthday party at the dan nicholas park (photos of that adventure coming soon…)
cora’s cake
hello. i made this cake awhile back, but i forgot to take pictures, so cora’s parents gladly took a few and posted them to facebook. i subsequently hi-jacked them and posted them here. the cake was for cora’s 2nd birthday. i had a little help from my mom’s neighbor who used to dabble in cake […]
lambs
some friends from church live nearby and own a little mini farm. their sheeps just gave birth to a bunch of babies (called lambs) and we stopped by to see them. isaac loved meeting some real live animals (vs. tv and book animals).
ruby’s birthday party
on thursday, we went to our church office for a little birthday celebration for ruby. she’s two! isaac got her a robot (last post).
swimming and the kernel
yesterday, we had our first swim of the new swim season, along with some friends. isaac was a bit unsure at first, but after a few minutes, he was all in. then we went to the kernel for a fun lunch before heading home to crash. the pictures didn’t come out as well as i […]