1st, 4th, and 100

I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted. Te be honest, I was a little intimidated to post because this is #100, and I thought it had to be something big and grand, but my life is pretty boring, so I've decided to finally post so I can get over it, ha ha.

For the 4th of July weekend Nicki planned the first bi-annual Preece family reunion. We went to Idaho/Jackson Hole for the weekend and we had so much fun!

We camped at a little place called Victor, Idaho, and in just 3ish days we:

-Helped at the hot air balloon festival

-Played a round of frisbee golf at Grand Targhee ski resort (I stopped half way because I was the ONE person to get my frisbee stuck in a tree that was irretrievable)

-Went to Bar J Wranglers dinner/show

-Explored Grand Teton National Park (and got to go to the ward that meets there)

-Floated a river with 11 people

-Saw Toy Story 3 at the drive in

-SMORES

-Swam in a pool the size of our bathtub

-Ping Pong

-Fireworks

-And much more!

Danny and I are in charge of planning the reunion in 2 years. Any good ideas?

D-H-S!

On Friday we went to Michael's graduation. (I call him little Mike, but he is by FAR the tallest person in the family. Notice who the shrimp is? ME! Other than the 10 year old...)
It was pretty weird to think it's been 6 years since I graduated! Crazy.

I decided to try out my new skills and make dessert for the fam. We were all so full from dinner at Texas Roadhouse that we took it home, and Michael never even got a piece because he left for the all night party and everyone else ate it! I didn't have any either, but I heard it was good :)

It's the Davis "D" just in case you don't recognize it. And, yes, our colors are brown and gold :)

Last week of cake class.

Last night was the last cake class (until I start fondant next week). This was my final cake. It's a lot of fun, but I really want a real occasion to try out my new skills, I just had to pawn this one off on my grandma to serve at a presidency meeting she's having tonight.
And I just had to post these pictures of Caydence. We went out to ride her new scooter last night and it just kills me how grown up she is! It makes me so sad that she's not my little baby anymore! She's a little person!

No motivation.

I had absolutely no motivation to do anything yesterday. So I picked up a project I cut out a month ago and finally sewed it together. I found this pattern online and fell in love with it. It is Amy Butler's Birdie Sling. It his HUGE which is exactly what I need for a diaper bag/purse. (you can't really tell in this picture, but it has cute pleats on the top)
I always alter my patterns, so I added a magnetic snap to keep it closed, and a clip on the side to keep track of my keys (an idea from my cousin Ally-love it)

I found this online and altered it a little as well. It is a clutch to hold diapers and wipes, as well as a changing pad.

When it's all open, the top is the changing pad. I covered it with vinyl so it's water proof (just the changing pad side.)

And the pocket at the bottom holds the diapers and wipes.

I love it!! I should have no motivation more often.... :)

Cake class week 1

I just started a cake decorating class and this was my first cake. Not too shabby- especially since we only got about 20 minutes at the end of class to decorate it. I'm pretty much a perfectionist, so it took me an hour to ice the cake and it still wasn't as good as I wanted it! I was a little bummed to learn that this is the last time Wilton will offer this class because they've overhauled the whole program and it's all new starting next month! But I am taking the fondant class next month, which is what I'm really interested in.

(Yes, those are my kitchen counters that are pretty much the color of a yellow crayon. They are even more yellow in real life...)

I knew it!

I always knew it, but now I have justification that Caydence is the cutest baby ever. Yesterday I had a lady stop me and tell me she was a talent agent for Nickelodeon and Baby Gap, etc. and she was interested in Caydence. She gave me her card and asked when she could call me, but I was definitely not interested (the LAST place I want my child is in show business).

I shouldn't discredit the fact by telling you this was in the toy department at WALMART, and she was stopping EVERY person that walked by, and she was pretty trashy, but come on, tell me you wouldn't have stopped this:

13.1 miles + NO walking = AWESOME

Salt Lake City 1/2 marathon

We may have been really slow, but we accomplished our goal of not walking a SINGLE STEP! Wow, I still can't believe we did it (except that my legs are still feeling it.)