The Big Island

For our Christmas presents this year, Josh's Parents, took us to Hawaii! It was the most amazing trip! I am so grateful that they were able to share such a great adventure with us! I hope they understand our grateful we are and how important this trip was to the both of us. I don't think I will ever say enough thank yous!! So here is another! Linden and Denise...THANK YOU!!!

Here are a few from our trip. I am going to make a slide show with all of the pictures so I might post that later. As for now sit back relax..... and be jealous! Just kidding! I mean to say...and enjoy!

 I felt like I was taking to many pictures and after we got home I realized I didn't take nearly enough! I guess that means we have to go back!

Two Things!

First! Kristen Moss Photography is doing a give away! Head over to her blog and check it out! You only have a couple more days!

SECOND!!! We have recently returned from an amazing adventure! Stay tuned for a ginormous post with tons of pictures!

ALOHA and MAHALO!

First Cake!

This is my very first cake for my class. First time ever using this type of frosting. I am not so sure I like the way it taste, but I am hoping to do some of my own flavor modifications. We have to use the recipe that the whole class uses, but we can change it a little. I am really learning a lot. I think I might like working with frosting better than fondant! Although fondant is still really fun. I made my frosting at home and found out I didn't make it stiff enough, so next time hopefully I will master it. As for now, here is how it turned out. I know I might be over killing here, but I like to make collages!!

Faire Du Camping!!

If I haven't already said this... WE LOVE CAMPING! Lucky for us we found a cool place not too far from our house. Best part is that it is a free campground! It is on the Nestucca river. We are looking forward to spending some more time there! We got to go on a hike and see a pretty neat waterfall, fall asleep to the pitter pattter of rain, and enjoy the great outdoors! We were going to go swimming after our hike, but we took the long way home. By the time we got back it was too cold and we were hungry!

Here are some fun camping shots!

 Yeah, I think we eat better when we are camping!

 We hiked to Niagara falls!

 

View from one of the many mountain roads we traveled on. That blur on the photo is rain. If you couldn't tell it rained a lot!

I don't know if you can tell, but this is the river that flowed under our gazebo and through our camp!

Copper liked camping a lot!

He was really excited because he go to wear a glow necklace when it got dark out.

These are our we love camping faces!

And, these are our we are ready to go home faces!

...and our we need to brush our teeth faces!