Let them eat cake

Irene and I had a busy day in the kitchen working on Micaiah and Mandy's wedding cakes.

I didn't get to see the finished product since Gloria wasn't back with the flowers for the top, but I think it turned out great considering this was the first wedding cake for both of us! We wound up making the dots at the bottom of the layers a lot bigger then leaving the edge dots smaller so there was a contrast.

Labor Day Golf

Dave scored his first and second birdies ever today! He was so excited...and for those of you who know Dave, it's amazing for him to get excited over ANYTHING. I only played the first 11 holes then took over the cart-driving responsibilities. Hey, somebody had to chauffeur him from hole to hole. He was on a roll-made one stroke over par for the whole back nine!

Letterboxing

This was the highlight of Casey's week! Of course we had to dogproof the back seat of the car since Daddy was a little apprehensive about him being in the new ride. Since we have a 4-door vehicle now, he can put his head out the window from the back seat.

We found the first of three letterboxes by this tree that looks like a gorilla.

It was an absolutely perfect day for hiking. The cloud cover and breeze from Gustav made an otherwise unbearable day just right.

Casey showing support for our troops in his desert camo bandanna.

Slurp!

Happy Early Birthday Cindy

Hope you got to play some Spades while your friends were here!

McGuire's Irish Pub

There is a dearth of young married couples in our social circle so when we finally get around some, we really don't know how to behave ourselves.

We write stupid stuff on perfectly good money

And staple it to a doorway

I love McGuire's restroom signs. A guy walked in while I was washing my hands and didn't know what to do. The look on his face as he tripped over himself trying to leave was priceless. I'm just glad the shoe wasn't on the other foot!

More Diving

I'm not even going to tell you what treasures we found on this trip because you would be too jealous. More importantly, you would probably start dumpster diving yourself and we can't have any competition stealing the goodies! :p I think Aran has found his calling in life. Now I just have to teach him about Ebay and Craigslist so he can share in phase two of the diving experience!

More Cakes

Hope ya'll liked them!

Julie's New House

Julie's new house is so cute! I should have taken pictures, but of course Noah always steals the show. He wanted to go home with "Aunt" Jenn of course!

Aran's New Favorite Hobby

Dave, Dad, and I have been diving for a few months here and there and when Aran found out about it, he couldn't wait to go! Dave working ridiculous hours for SMD Conference presented us with the perfect opportunity to dumpster dive for a couple days straight. Aran is a natural and can't wait to find more treasures. :)

We hit paydirt inside the Game Stop dumpster.

Aran displaying one fruit of his labor. It is amazing how wasteful American society is. On this trip we found:

300-500 (haven't counted yet) new Simplicity and Butterick patterns
10 DVDs
3 Video games
1 new in the box toilet seat
4 Bed Bath and Beyond decorative curtain rods
50 Hallmark cards
other stuff I can't even remember!

Weenie Roast

Dave demonstrating the recession-proof way of eating out. :) We had fun roasting hot dogs and sitting out on the deck to eat them. Sometimes we forget how fun the little things in life can be.