Mighty Eagle!

So I asked Jan if she would make this awesome cake for Josh for his Eagle court of honor but she was already making a wedding cake while she was down here for someone so she told me to do it.  So, I thought, "Why not!"  I used to decorate cakes all the time.  But life got busy.  I liked this cake but not the Eagle head so Sophie and I looked online for a different one and found this one.   We decided to try a week a head of time to do a trial run just to make sure we knew what the heck we were doing. 

 

So this is what we started with.  We wanted it to be the Mighty Eagle from the Angry Birds Movie.  I had the song stuck in my head the entire time!  Rice Crispy head with modeling chocolate over it.

 What we ended up with was Sam the Eagle meets Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops.  So, thanks to a suggestion from Abby,  we moved his eye forward, took some fat off of his neck, added more white and shorted his beak.  That made him look more regal, less cartoony.

 Day of...Perfection.  Looks a little more cartoony that the first but looks good!

 This is him in the only spot left in my fridge for the luncheon tomorrow and here is a picture of the Mighty Eagle that Sophie drew on Jopsh's back at the last swim meet for him.

 Then Sophie and Josh traded places.  Sophie went to work and Josh came home from work.  Our house constantly smells like chlorine.  So, Josh helped put the cake together.  It was a blue velvet cake with M&M mini's in the center and white butter creme frosting and a white cake with a raspberry filling with red vanilla frosting.  So, a Blue and White bottom layer and a White and Red middle layer covered in marshmallow fondant.  With the Mighty Eagle on top!

 We transported it separately to the church and then stacked it there.  It wasn't professional but it was good enough for who it was for.  I was pretty proud of out little team.  We did a great job!  Don't ask me how it tasted.  I didn't get to have a piece.  We had to leave as soon as it was over because Brad got us tickets to see Mama Mia out at Tuacahn.  It was a busy day.

I cannot tell you how happy I am that this id done!  I am proud of all of Josh's hard work.  I wish he had a leader that would have made it easier.  But such is life.  It's a great lesson to learn now.  If you want something done.  Do it yourself.  Don't wait for someon else to do it for you.

4th of July fun!

Our trip to 7 Peaks ended up being up in Salt Lake because the Provo one was closed because of a chemical spill.  But it ended up being great.  We liked it better than Provo.

 We had fun all day and went non-stop for hours and hours!  Right before decided to go we all went to the lazy river and Ben looked back, right at the wrong time, and hit his head on this island and popped it right open.   The lifeguards tried to steri-strip it but we called Mason and Joel took Ben to his office and got him stitched up.

 Later that night we 'hung" out at the Dry Creek Trail Park just east of State Street in Lehi.  It was such a secluded park.  So nice.  The boys brought their hammocks and hung out.  While the rest of us played card games and roasted marshmallows.

 The next morning we got up early and went to see the Provo Freedom Festival Hot Air Balloons.  We haven't done this for awhile.  We ran the 5K a couple years ago and missed the balloons completely.  So it was fun to be right in the middle of them this year. 

 It was also fun to have Sarah and Andy and their kids with us.  They come once a year and this year was super special.  We get them now and then they will come to St. George for Josh's Eagle Scout and Sophie's farewell.

 That night we went to Steve's for fireworks and fun.  Paula played volleyball with the little kids.  They had a blast.  They pre-adults, Abby, Sophie, Isaac and Abby friends played cards.

 The most memorable moment of the night was this picture right here.  These three had been talking to Abby about going on a mission and at that very moment she decided that she needed to go.  She started her papers later that week!  It was so great!

 Ben was miserable.  He just wanted a pain pill and to go to sleep.

Missionary Yard Sale

We had a great Missionary Yard Sale.  We had neighbors bring food, clothing and other stuff over to our house to sell to help raise money to help get Sophie out on her mission.  Some things were kinda crazy, some things were special and close to Sophie's own heart that she made herself.  But each sold and were sacrificed for a greater good.

 All except this green couch bed.  I blame the fact that we couldn't get Ben off of it.

 He literally slept on it all day.  See what I did there with the sign.  "With sleeper"  We ended up keeping it and putting it in the room that David slept in and moving David into Sophie's room.

 Our one little miracle was that there was a lady that had a bunch of stuff that she bought and as she left she saw a sign that I had made that said, "We interrupt this house for Baseball Season".  It literally cost me $2.  She told me that she just spent her last dime and wondered if she could trade a dress for Sophie for the sign.  I told her that she could just have the sign for free and she wouldn't have it.  She asked Sophie what her favorite color was and left with the sign.  I figured we would never see her again.  10 minutes later she showed up with this dress.  It is a LuLaRoe dress that costs $49!  And it still had the tag on it.  Apparently she has a thing for buying dresses and never wears them so she brought this one for Sophie.  Sophie loves it!  It even has pockets!  It was a fun and interesting yard sale.  I'm glad I only do them when I have a missionary going out.