Silly, Crazy Zanya

Zanya turned 4 in April. Hanna had a photo shoot with her but had trouble getting her to look serious. Of course.Zanya is so funny. She loves to tease and torture her big sisters. She'll do anything to make them scream at her, stand in front of the tv, tap her fork, stare at them. It's fun. She may be a little spoiled because she is the youngest (which I promised I would never do). She is my best buddy and goes everywhere with me including the other kids school classes, institute class, shopping, and Ruthie's bus stop. She knows everything about how our house runs and can't wait for preschool with Miss Peggy next year. She keeps our lives lively and we just love her.
She had an even birthday this year so we had a family party which she planned for weeks (literally).
These cupcakes were designed by Zanya. She wanted flowers and ladybugs. We had to learn how to make drop flowers and other kinds of flowers with buttercream frosting and we made ladybugs from the leftover red fondant. Zan helped with all of this. Then we made pink and purple cream cheese frosting and Ruth and Zan did all the decoration. My great friend, Sharon, gave Zan the cute butterflies one day when we were visiting her.

We love you Zanya!

Denton Wedding

I made cupcakes for Heidi Denton's wedding last month. She was so easy because she didn't have any preference. So I made mostly chocolate and vanilla with some coconut (my favorite). There were over 200 regular sized and over 100 mini cupcakes. I hired Hanna to make her famous homemade fondant and punch out hundreds of little red flowers. I think they turned out pretty great. Transportation was worrying me so I purchased heavy duty boxes and Dan helped me make inserts with holes for the cupcakes. In the end, they traveled very well and not one was lost :)

Here's the chocolate:

Vanilla minis

Coconut cupcakes in my awesome box, they don't slide around or tip at all.

Here's what 300 cupcakes looks like in the back of my van, see how secure? I was very excited about that.
Thanks for calling me Jen!

Easter 2010

We dyed Easter eggs,and had a party at Grunyon Run with our cousins,
where we hunted for Easter eggs.

Happy Birthday Andria, 9 years old

Andria had so much fun with her photo shoot with Hanna. Hanna is becoming quite an accomplished photographer, at least she is better than any of the rest of us. We got some really cute pictures of Andria, she is such a cute girl.
Andria loves to play the piano. She will practice the same song until it is easy and fun and until we have to tell her to stop. She is also very diligent about doing her homework right after school and working until it is all done. Andria is talented at tumbling and likes to tumble everywhere she goes. She is a good friend and loves to read to her little sisters. We love you, Andria!

Because she turned and odd number, Andria had a friend party. She got to plan all the things she loves to do. Andria loves to help in the kitchen so first we made individual pizzas.
Then we played games outside while the pizzas baked.
Then we ate the pizzas,
and opened presents.
Andria loves to decorate cupcakes so we did that next. We had a simple design using frosting, marshmallows, colored sugar, and sprinkles to make flowers.
Andria has done this before so she is a pro.
Then the candy bar game to finish up the party. We are so glad Andria has such great friends .