Sylvan Springs Church of Christ Ladies Day

I am very excited to invite you to our first annual Sylvan Springs Church of Christ Ladies Day. Our speaker will be my mom, Donna Fletcher. I know she will do an excellent job and I am looking forward to hearing her. Our theme is "My Cup Overflows" and we have been working hard on making sure that this is a very successful event. Registration begins at 9am on Saturday, September 6th. Breakfast and lunch will be provided and as well as childcare.

This is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with your Sisters in Christ and to learn from one another. We all hope that each of you will be able to make it!

Cakes

Many of you know that I took a Wilton Cake Decorating Class earlier this year. I really had a great time and it was even more fun because Erin was able to take it with me. Teale did a great blog for me so I could post my pictures. Check it out when you get a minute. I haven't gotten them all posted yet but I will be updating periodically.

Craft of The Month

Here is a picture of the desk I made for sweet Hannah's 2nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Hannah!

Coming Soon To A Blog Near You!

Once again, Teale has done an excellent job designing me a new blog background. I decided to have a blog dedicated to my cake decorating hobby. I should have it up by this weekend so check back soon!

Family Photos

One of the things we did before my Grandma Fletcher's birthday party was family photographs. Click here to check them out. I am pretty pleased with them! These haven't been touched up but they are still good. Let me know what you think.

Note: The PW is Cathy08 if you need it.

Update

I know it has been a while but I just haven't quite had the time nor the urge to update. However, since Emily told me it was time for an update, I knew it must be bad! The only thing that makes it even worse it that my MOM said it was time for an update.

It is hard to explain but there has been a lot going on but not really a lot going on? Does that make any sense at all? I think not. I guess it has been three weeks ago, but I went back to Searcy, AR to visit with my friend Jenn. She and her husband Charlie are expecting their first baby (sweet Josie) in October. I have not seen Jenn since our friend Carla got married THREE YEARS AGO. I can't believe it had been that long but we picked up right where we left off. I didn't get there until late Friday night but we talked and talked until about 2am and then we got up on Saturday and headed to Little Rock for some baby shopping and a little Chinese food. I really had a wonderful time; after the trip, I realized how much I missed Jenn. She has had a pretty rough pregnancy so far so traveling hasn't really been an option for her. I am hoping that after the baby comes, she will be able to come to Birmingham for a weekend. It was very odd being back in Searcy. I really thought I would never go back but all in all, it was great. I got a tall Mr. Blonde at Midnight Oil (No, not the nickname of my boyfriend) but a FANTASTIC coffee drink from this cool coffee shop off of campus. I've always said the only think I miss about Harding was Jenn and my Mr. Blonde from Midnight Oil!

Two weeks ago Ben and I headed to Kentucky for my Grandma Fletcher's surprise 75th birthday party. This was one of the few times that our whole family was able to be there. That would probably have something to do with the fact that Aunt Cathy made us all promise to be there over a year ago. We certainly had plenty of advance notice! The party really turned out well. Since grandma is a huge gardener, we went with a garden theme. The decorations turned out pretty cute and of course, I did the cake. It was the largest one I have done yet. The cake turned out ok but it wasn't really what I had in mind when I started planning it. I guess it was ok because Grandma and Aunt Cathy seemed pleased and when they are happy, we are ALL happy! I have some pictures that I will try to post soon.

Well, that's the update for now. Please continue to keep my grandpa, Joe Powers, in your prayers.

Grow, Baby Grow!

Growing up in Kentucky, one thing that was always present during the summer were fresh vegetables. I can remember walking into my Grandma Fletcher's house and she would be canning pickles, green beans while putting up corn, squash and all kinds of other goodies. Tomatoes would cover every spare bit of counter space and she would load me up with all the tomatoes and cucumbers I could hold.

Now while I love the benefits of a summer I garden, I HATE the work that goes into. I don't have the time or the patience for a big garden but this year, I decided to work on my "green thumb" and try to grow some tomatoes. I am so proud of my plants and my itty bitty tomatoes. My dad is so proud!!!!

Cakes

I haven't posted any cake pictures in a while but here are a few I have done recently.

I did this "turtle" cake for sweet little Bayley's 1st Birthday. I actually did three cakes for the party and I call this one "Turtle on drugs." Notice how the turtle and the writing all kind of lean to the right? Yeah, it was about 2:30am when I finished this one. I promise, I really did feel bad but I just couldn't fix it at that point!

Last time I went to Kentucky, I made this cake for my Mom's birthday. I knew I wanted to do some kind of flowers and who else to practice on but your mom? She loves Wisteria so I had to work a little of that in and then the daisys were my favorites. Well, that or the roses. It is so hard to decide!
Our friend Stentsen came home from Kuwait earlier this year. We had a "Welcome Home Stentsen Party" and I brought the cake (of course). I really enjoyed making this one. It was pretty easy but fun too!