Category: Home Life

First I made the shells out of candy melts.

Then I baked the cake which took 12 cups of batter. Once taking it out of the pan a HUGE portion of it stuck to the pan. So I filled that up with icing.

I tried a new marshmallow fondant recipe. Then tinted it blue and rolled it out.

Iced the cake and the covered it with fondant.

Placed the Ariel icing sheet on and then Mike and I put on the “sand.”

Then I added all the candy shapes. I love how it turned out!

At the church silent auction this spring we won a Pool Party and it was scheduled for the beginning of June. We invited some friends and had a great time. Thanks to Barbara and Jeff for donating and hosting such a great time. I didn’t take many photos because I was in the water or chatting 🙂

Happy Birthday Amelie! We love you so much! This has been a good year for you because you have matured more and really found things that you love. The greatest thing that happened to you in the last year is that you learned how to read. I think it changed your life more than anything else I have seen in your 5 years in our family. You have so desperately  needed to have a way to take in information that isn’t auditory. Every time we have been to the library in the last month you have picked out non-fiction books and you share all the cool facts you learn with us. We also found that you love ALL the performing arts, not just dance. It’s fun to see you bloom in this way.

You love flashy clothes and things that sparkle. You are constantly drawing and painting. You would eat Doritos at every meal if possible. You enjoy mopping the floor and are learning to cook things. Making up games with your sisters is your favorite playtime. You sing all the time. Your best friend is Fiona and it’s great to see you two so happy when you are together.

We won a party at Lone Star Gymnastics at our church silent auction, so I told Amelie we could use it for her birthday party and she was very excited. It was her, her sisters and 7 friends. The two ladies running the party kept them busy with all kinds of fun games and things to play on. Then we had cake and Amelie opened her presents. They had a great time!!

Lone Star gave this to the birthday girl. So cute! Thanks to everyone who joined us this year!