Micah's Cake

My cutie-pie niece Micah turned 8 and got baptized 

this last weekend.  James was lucky enough to get 

Saturday off so we made a weekend out of it visiting 

his and my parents.  I asked my sister if I could make

Micah a cake because lets face it, I never get the chance

to make cakes and they are my favorite thing to make.

Micah's favorite colors are blue and green.

Micah loves white cake with white frosting.  So the top cake

is a homemade white cake with a caramel frosting filling and the

bottom cake is a butter pecan cake also with a caramel filling.

(mostly cause I was too lazy to figure out another filling, but

I figured anything is better with caramel.) The cake is frosted

with a buttercream frosting, then covered in fondant.

 It turned out to be much more work than anticipated...haha!

But I loved it!  I finished it up at my mom's house and

my sister in law (who is awesome at decorating cakes herself)

helped me "glue and paste" all the flowers and stripes and stuff.

We had a blast decorating to Taylor Swift in the background!  

Thanks Caitlin!

Me and Miss Micah at the church.

Congratulations Micah!

It was a great weekend and so fun to see and

visit with family.  James and I both just love our in-laws

and realize how lucky we are to have great parents and families!

A Day with MA SISTAS

Last Saturday was 

particularly awesome.  

I will explain more about it all tomorrow on

my photography blog.  But I couldn't help but

post a few pictures here.  I am in love with this idea.

4 Sisters. 4 Brides (at one time.)

4 Dusty Wedding Dresses.

Interesting to note 2 of the 4 brides were 

married 10 years ago, have had 4 kids, and

can still fit perfectly back in their dresses.

INSPIRING, if you ask me!

Interested in this Unique Photo Shoot?  

Arrange it with your girls, email me, call me...

I would LOVE to.

See more of our Saturday Bridal Adventures 

at www.cindylynnphotography.blogspot.com.

Birthday, Pumpkins, Friends and Fun

The other day was one of my best cousins Sue's birthday! 

Wahoo!  So Teresa and Dave invited everybody over to their 

house for a Birthday /Celebration/pumpkin Carving Contest/Eat 

alot of good food party. All of which happened.  It was fun 

night and so fun to see these guys we don't get to see near 

as often as we would like. 

Here is the Birthday girl herself. Underneath her

special birthday sign.  Cropped. haha

 Scott, Jessica, and Sue

And I just realized, I didn't get anymore people pictures, 

but lots of pumpkin pics!  I brought the wrong lens with me

so I couldn't get all the pumpkins in one shot.  

 The pumpkin James's carved is the sad little guy on the

 left in the picture above.  But he wanted me to point 

out that, that is all free hand, my friends!  

No stenciling!  haha! 

 It was a fun night and well worth the drive!  

Thanks for having a birthday Shuzam!

Ode to Netflix

Remember this little gem of a show???

  

Thanks to Netflix, it is back in our lives again!  

I had forgotten how amazing this show is.

Cowboys, indians, Sully in his sexy indian getups...

This show rocks!  Thanks again Netflix!  You

have saved us from our (James's) No-Cable woes...

The latest

We have been keeping pretty darn 
busy these days...


Here is a few things we've been up to.

1. Two new jobs!  While I have been working at the Coppermill Restaurant in their banquet department, I just recently got a new job and I start on Monday.  It is a good ol' 9-6, office work kind of job, but at least I'm not a receptionist anymore! James is working part time for a furniture company here in Logan.  Life is good, as long as there is some money rolling in...  


2. Taking beautiful drives around Cache Valley and loving the change of the weather.  


3. Eating peaches!  We bought a huge old box of peaches a week ago and have almost consumed them all! We love us some peaches!


4. Getting to know our new ward members!  We have only been in the ward a month or so, but are loving it already!  So many great people and have already made friends.


5. We've been to Bear Lake about 3 or so times since we have moved here.  Twice with friends and once with our ward.  Love it!  Here's a few pics.

6. James has been going to school and actually enjoying most of his classes!  Hallelujah!  


7. And finally...I'm a Dot Com!!!!  I have been working hard on my photography website and am loving the results!  Check it out! 

The Website


Well, signing off for now...

Cindy's Tip of the Day

In the AM...


Exercise FIRST
Shower SECOND
then get dressed for the day.


I promise you will be a whole lot
more productive...

Our Humble Abode

At the request of friends and family, 

here is some pictures of our new 

little home in Logan.

The Family Room

The Family Room/Kitchen

I love the cute archways!  And, I have never had a window 

above my sink since I've been married, so I am loving the light!

For a basement apartment, it is very well lit.

MY FAVORITE part of the Kitchen.  A walk-in

pantry.  Every woman needs one, I've decided.  

It's kind of weird putting pictures on here of my pantry,

but it is what it is, I guess.  It is an organized mess.  ha!

Also weird to put bathroom pics up, but here she is.

Master Bedroom

We are not allowed to nail anything into the wall, so that 

is why it is so bare.  One day, I might get creative and hang 

more things upbut for now, this will do just fine.  

Our guest bedroom and storage room.  LOVE IT!

There she is folks!  We love our little apartment and we are close to

everything downtown.  Logan is speaking our language.