I ONLY bake cakes when there is a birthday in my family of four. It's not that I hate the process; I am unfamiliar with it. When I look back my mother despised baking. Perhaps because her mother was constantly creating something in the kitchen, and more that likely my mom had to help. I feel like when I bake I go in blind. Just recently I found the importance of the crumb coat, of which, I had to look up online. However, when I finish baking, cooling, stacking, and frosting I am proud of the final product. I admire it despite the lumps and bumps and tendency to lean. I cannot wait to celebrate Travis 1st birthday!
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| There is my birthday boy |
After my helper and I finished this fabulous cake Tyler and Dustin showed up to take us fishing at our pond. It was just what I needed after spending the last 5 hours in the kitchen. The birds were sweetly chirping and the overcast sky soothed and reinvigorated my body and soul.
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| Travis has the funniest smile. Looks so ornery. He also stood for the 1st time all by himself for about 6 seconds |
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| We stock our pond with blue gill (in the picture), yellow perch, channel cat, grass carp, and large mouth bass |
