Welcome to the Quinney-licious Cupcake Bar!

For Quinney's 4th birthday party we had a fun little Cupcake Bar! It was tons of fun and everyone at the party loved it!

The Quinney-licious Cupcake Bar consisted of:

~ 4 kinds of mini-cupcakes {all chosen by Quinney of course}; Lemon, Strawberry, Triple Chocolate Fudge and Rainbow Chip
~ 7 colors of homemade butter cream frosting
~ 5 kinds of sprinkles
~ 4 different colors of sugar sprinkles
~ 10 kinds of toppings; mini m&m's, mini pastel mints, peanuts, mini marshmallows, cherry and watermelon nerds, chopped up butter finger, jelly belly jelly beans, powdered sugar, chocolate chips and butterscotch chips


Scrump-diddly-umptious!!!


Quinn's face is beet red, he just came inside from an intense game of football with his cousins to blow out the candles on his mini-cupcake. :)


First comes the frosting...


Then comes the pretty sprinkles and fancy toppings...


And wa-la! Comes out perfect every time...


And that my friends is how you build the oh-so-delicious mini-cupcakes at the Quinney-licious Cupcake Bar!!

My word, could this kid be any more adorable!!! {I see you Tony!} :)



Hooray, he got a pink blow dryer! ha ha!
...Luckily it wasn't really that! :)





Quinney was so thrilled with ALL of his presents that everyone so generously gave to him. Thanks to our families for coming and celebrating our little Quinney Guy's 4th birthday with us!

I love this kid more than anything and I am so happy that I get to call him my Son! I love you my sweet Quinney Guy, hope you had a great birthday!


Oh, and this is the cute "Welcome to the Party" sign Avery made to hang on the front door for Quinney's birthday party. Such a sweet sister, she was so excited for Quinney to have a party! :)

The Wedding CAKE!

Ben and Krista got married on Quinney's birthday and guess who made their wedding cake?

That's right, I did.

When Ben asked me if I'd make one for them I was...

1. surprised, after all, I'm not a professional :) {although I'd like to say that I am}
2. nervous, I've only used fondant and made a layered cake one time, and that was for Hayzen's 1st birthday a very short 2 months ago
3. MORTIFIED! To make a presentable wedding cake that everyone was going to see? Mortified I tell ya!

But in the end I loved how it turned out, just the way I had pictured it in my head. All that anxiety for nothin'! :)

I really am very happy and proud of myself! Not to mention relieved for myself!:) It turned out SO CUTE!

I'm hoping to take the Wilton Cake Decorating courses before I attempt my next big cake project though..... Come to think of it, with all my "experience", maybe I'll just bag the courses and claim that I am a "self taught professional"! ha ha!

A big congratulations to the happy couple!

Happy 4th Birthday Quinney Guy!

It was my Quinney's 4th birthday! I can't believe he is already FOUR!

Whoosh, time flies!

He got this fun Birthday King crown and hill billy teeth from his preschool teacher. I had to take a picture when he got home, he looks so funny with those teeth! ha ha!

My cute four year old boy, ready to tear into his presents...

Quinn got to pick where he wanted to go for lunch and he chose Red Robin. He was so thirsty on the way there that I told him since it was his birthday he could get any special drink that he wanted. I thought he might choose a smoothie or milkshake, but he chose a Freckled Lemonade. :) Yum yum!

After lunch we headed up to the good ole Cache Valley for Ben's wedding and reception so we had a birthday party with our families for him on Sunday. That deserves it's own post though!

Swiss Days

I LOVE the tradition of going to SWISS DAYS! Of course we had a great time, just as we do every year!

This is Kristen, Lisa and I taking our goods back to the van after hitting the first booth, my all time favorite booth might I add!

Yes, it was a good day! ha ha!

Gee and Dee came up for lunch and we all had the beloved and delicious Swiss tacos. Dee is also sporting her new charm necklace. A great new find at Swiss Days this year, much money was spent at that booth too! :)

And of course we all bought beautiful new hats, some body's got to keep SHeDaisy alive, it might as well be us! Right, Justin? :)

Another successful year at Swiss Days!

Last Summer Swim

On Saturday we went to Grandma and Grandpa Smith's house for one last summer swim and to roast hot dogs and smores for dinner. We also ate corn on the cob, fruit, chips and baked beans. Yummy! The kids of course had a great time playing with their cousins and getting soaked.

And it wouldn't be a summer visit to Grandma and Grandpa house without lawn mower rides from Grandma!

Hayzen's gets a little nervous when ever the lawn mower comes close to him, he keeps his eye on it like a hawk!

Look what was trying to join us for dinner!!!

Yes, that's right, this huge tarantula was walking right across Grandma and Grandpa's driveway in the back yard. So sick! He was a very un-welcomed guest to say the least!

TOTALLY GROSS!!!

Ryan scooped up the monster in a bucket and set him free way in the corner of the yard behind the shed. Phew, he saved the day!

Fall is for Football

We went to the High School football game last Friday and quite enjoyed ourselves! It's no secret that one of my favorite things about football games is the hot dogs and nachos! Yum-O! Justin knows this and still loves to take me! Isn't he a gem?! :)

Don't get me wrong, football is my favorite sport to watch but it makes it 16 thousand times better if you can savor a good ole hot dog and cheesy nachos to go with it!

And you can't very well go to a football game without Red Vines.....Red Vine smiles in our case!




Hayzen was having a ball walking to the car with brother and sisters help. He was giggling so hard that sometimes he could hardly manage to keep his balance and walk!




I LOVE FALL!

Quinney's 1st Day of Preschool

I was a little worried about Quinney going to preschool this year just because he is so shy and timid. He has such a sweet and tender heart and I am so protective of him. Justin thought that that was a great reason why we should have him do two years of preschool, maybe to help him with his shyness. After seeing him beaming with joy before and after preschool today, I am so glad I put my own fears aside and signed him up. He's going to be just fine and I have a feeling he's going to have a GREAT year!! I LOVE this little Quinney Guy of mine!

You can tell by the look on Quinn's face just how excited he was for his first day of preschool!
He could not wait to go!

He picked a "Buzz Lightyear" backpack and a Pug puppy folder to go in it. His backpack doesn't look too big from the front but it looks huge on his back, I should have gotten a picture! :)

His little friend Miley is in his class too. When I went to pick him up today, his teacher said that him and Miley were inseparable and that they were both really quiet and just smiled the whole time! :) So cute!

I was a little worried about how Quinn would be when it was time for me to leave him there, but ya know what? He totally surprised me! He went right in there, sat down on the rug and started playing with the tractor. I snapped a few pictures and then told him to have fun and I'd see him after. He just looked up at me, gave me his sweet happy smile and waved goodbye then he turned back to his tractor and never looked at me again.

Oh dear, my little Buddy is growing up!

When I got there to pick him up, they were outside chasing bubbles. Quinney ran up to me, handed me his backpack and ran off after the bubbles again. He was having so much fun he didn't want to stop. :) He told me they made paper cupcakes and put sprinkles on them too.

He had a great first day!

Toothfairy Visit

Avery finally lost her first tooth! It's been loose for awhile and she was pumped when it finally came out! She keeps asking us, "do I look different?" ha ha!

Yes babe, you do, but still cute as ever!

There it is, her little tiny tooth. :)

She was so excited to get up yesterday morning and find what the Toothfairy had left her.

"4 quarters? {big smile on her face} I can get 4 gumballs!"

She can't wait for the next one to fall out!!!

1st Grade :)

Today was Ave's first day of 1st grade.

She could not wait to go! She woke up two times last night and asked if it was time to get ready for school. Silly girl! So far she loves her teacher, all the way home she kept saying, "my teacher is so nice!"

My little girl is growing up!

She is the cutest little 1st grader I've ever seen!
I love you my sweet Avery girl!