My first fondant cake

In High School I thought decorating cakes would be so much fun. We'll I haven't thought much about it until a week ago. Oakley's first birthday is coming up in a couple week and I want to make her a special cake. So I started looking up ideas online and the same thoughts came to me as they did years ago. Cake decorating would be so fun. Well funny story short, I couldn't stop thinking about making cakes. I have even been dreaming about cakes. I don't really know why but I've been feeling like a little girl in a candy store, so excited to make a CAKE.... I keep thinking of any reason to make a cake. So today I went shopping at Orson Gygi with my mom and lucky for me I got my birthday present early fondant cake baking supplies. wow wow... The best part of it all was making this cake was as much fun as I was thinking it would be. I can't wait to make the next one! heheheh... I'm still giddy......




I could not even clean up before taking the pictures I was so excited!!! :)

Oakley's dress.

I never thought I would like sewing. I always thought of it as an old lady hobby. Well, call me an old lady because I love it. My sister and I went and picked out fabric on Saturday afternoon, started sewing around 6:00 and couldn't stop until 1:00 am. The only problem was neither one of us could tell what the heck the pattern instructions were saying.(yes, some of us are challenged) Good thing our Mom was making the same dress for one of our other nieces. The three of us had a blast all sewing together or in other words my mom enjoyed laughing at us... My mom was the only one to finish that night. Rachelle finished Addison's dress Sunday and I finished Oakley's on Monday. It was so much fun doing a project together. Love you guys!

Still playing dress-ups....

I had a sleepover with my cute nieces and we had to play dress ups doing makeup,hair and of course pictures. I love the way my MODELS ate up the camera. What hot little mamma's...






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Strawberry on a fork anyone????

She is so stinkin' cute...

Need a Drill???

Hey, do you know anyone that needs a killer drill? Caz got this from work, LIKE HE NEEDS ANOTHER.... He's selling it for $275.00

Photography by April Lupus

The day of much waiting is finally over. My website is up and running online. I was hoping to have it done the first part of January but, I guess better late than never would apply here. I'm super excited to see what you think. Also, If you see a typo or think of something that would make it better please let me know I'm up for anything. I'm just so excited to finally, finally have a website even if I don't get busy super fast I'm just grateful for a chance to try out my little talent and see if it takes me anywhere.
www.photographybyaprillupus.com

Here she is

My little projects...

I finally finished Oakley's blanket that matches her crib bedding I made. Don't worry it only took me a YEAR and I still need to do just a couple final stitches. However, It's pretty much done and I love the way it turned out. Yes, I should have ironed it before taking the picture but come on who really does that any more... I also made that cute magnet board for her room. It was so much fun being creative, I have not done that in a really long time.


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Bring on the New Year!

Ok, so we all know every new year we make goals that we would like to do all year but most the time we only accomplish them for the first two maybe three months. Then we are back to the same place we were last year. Ok, well maybe your not as bad as me but this year I decided I'm going to actually do some things and finish them out. In order to do that I have serious deadlines and just a couple good goals. I'll get to those in a minute. First, I have to give thanks to the wonderful 2009 year. It was a success! I survived the birth of my beautiful, healthy baby girl. Well, that is about all I accomplished, so moving on.... just kidding. We had a great year. Just because we had our first baby that did not slow us down. We went to Las Vegas, Bear Lake, Yellow Stone, and the cabin this past summer. I got one more class behind me in school. (moving slowly but still moving) and the best thing of all was the week before Christmas I quite my job to be a Mommy!!!! I know me quiting my job. Trust me it was a really big step and a lot harder than I thought it would be. I love working, but my heart was pulling me home and well what can you do. So needless to say 2009 was a great year and I loved it.

Bring on the New Year!!!!

We'll here we are 2010 and the world is not over yet. I have big expectations this year. So much that I'm kind of scared of myself. Here are my goals and I guess you can see if I accomplish them seems how I'm posting them for the hole world to see. I figured maybe that would help me actually follow through and finish what I start. Well here they are...

1.) Finish my photography website (January) It's nothing amazing but definitely a start.
2.) Finish the Book of Mormon by Oakley's first birthday. (April)
3.) I just signed up for a half MARATHON. (June) yes, I know I'm crazy... I'm not in shape like you Madi, I went to the gym on Monday for the first time in aaaaaa 2 years. This goal scares the pants off me but I'll be sooo excited if I make it. So, anyone that wants to join in on my pain come on we can do it together!
4.) I may have decided what to go into for school. It's only taken me 6 years of playin' around to decide and I'm still not even that sure. Graphic Design... or .... Elementary Ed.... so for goal #4 it's back to school full time this summer or in the fall. (August) Makell I need to talk with you!
5.) I want to be an all around better person. A better friend that you can count on, a better wife and cook. A better mom, daughter and neighbor. As the years go on I always find myself thinking more about me and less about others. This year I want to think about others and less about myself. I want to stand taller at the end of the year because I know I accomplished my goals and I helps someone else along the way. So to you my family and friends just know that I love you, I care about you and I want to be a bigger part of your life this year.

Oakley

My little stink bug will be 9 months next week. Can you say holy cow time flies. I can not get enough of her she is such a blast to have around. She definitely thinks she's big. I just want to give you an update on just how big she is. Oakley can crawl up and down stairs. It's so cute we taught her how to turn-around and she does. She pulls her self up against everything and walk along the furniture. I'd say her favorite is walking along the tub until she gets to the end, then she pulls the shower curtain back and just smiles at me. Trust me when your a parent you really can't go to the bathroom without an audience. She says mom and dad and I'm teaching her some words in sign language and she's used the sign for more a couple times. I can't believe how fast she learns. hopefully I'll get some updated pictures on here next week.