My little man turned five in August! He wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese's for his birthday. This was a first for our little family and we had a pretty good time! All he asked for for his birthday was one of those laser lights with a flashlight combo thingies. It was only two bucks or so but I could not find one anywhere. Lucky for him, his grandma Jones found just what he wanted in the check out isle of wally world! I love how simple little one's requests are! No high expectations or expensive demands.. Madse has been in laser light heaven!
(When I was taking this photo, mechanical Chuck e smacked Madse in the head...It was great!)
I also got to help my neighbor and friend with her wedding. She was getting married in preparation for her baptism. The wedding came together surprisingly well for the short amount of time we had to prepare and so many people in the ward pitched in to make it all run smoothly. Once we found her a dress, everything else fell into place. After meeting with a florist, my friend was a bit discouraged at how much it was going to cost so I convinced her that we could do it and save a ton of money in the process! I also volunteered to make the cake and do a few other things. I really enjoyed doing it, especially the cake. It was my first time working with fondant and I think I now have a new hobby! You can see some puckering in the corner of the top tier and I went a little overboard with the chocolate shavings but we just had chocolate coming out of our ears and I didn't want to waste any of it. It really is quite fun trying to get chocolate to curl up all pretty! You should try it some time!
Groom's boutonniere
Their little boy's boutonniere...I forgot the grass but it was getting down to the wire so it had to do.
Bride's bouquet
We got all of the flowers at our local grocery store and just put them together for super cheap! I wish I had better and more photos of the entire wedding but some one (most likely me) stepped on the LCD screen of my camera and it shattered. The camera still works but I feel like I am old school not knowing what kind of picture I will end up with. Ooo, which reminds me, I got a new camera as an early birthday present so I can start taking photos again!!!
