Shout out to Steph!

Happy Birthday to my sweet cousin Stephenie! Some of the reasons I love Stephenie:

• she is always trying to pull our family together.
• her honesty, always!
• I don't think there is anyone she can't get along with.
• she loves me even though Brandon, Derrick and I were not the nicest to her when she was little. Have I apologized for that?
• amazing mom!
• she's just GOOD! She didn't even do any of those naughty teenaged things we all did (or maybe that was just me).

Love you Steph! Hope you have a great day!

Grandma Dean

I have been thinking about my Grandma Dean a lot lately. I have tremendous love and admiration for this remarkable woman. She is one of Heaven's angels on the earth. She has raised 10 children who are all hard working, productive, and kind. She has loved and nurtured 47 grandchildren and close to 60 great-grandchildren (I can't keep track of this number!). She has made each one of us feel like we are her favorite, she loves whole-hearted and unconditionally. She was always so great at letting us be kids, no matter how big of mess that entailed! The only time I heard her voice any hesitation at our play was with the irrigation ditch, it scared her, but she still let us play in it :o). She would cook us endless amounts of swedish hotcakes, and let us eat sugar sandwiches. She is the most PATIENT person I know! I wish I had this trait of hers (so do my kids!) I am so blessed to have this wonderful, inspiring, example and teacher in my life. She has taught me to enjoy every moment with my children because they will be grown before I can turn around. She has taught me to love, nurture, and teach them to be compassionate, because one day they might use those skills to take care of me. She has taught me to live in the moment and have fun, because those are the memories I will keep with me. She has taught me to love and cherish my husband, because I will not be the same when he is gone. I am so grateful everyday for this woman that I am privileged to call GRANDMA!

Go Tigers!

Bridger had the assignment of making a Valentine's Day box for his class at school. They are having a contest to see whose is the "favorite". This is easy when you have to make it for a girl, everything Valentine's is girly, but for boys it's a little more difficult. He came up with the idea of a Tiger's fan and together we ran with it. He is so fun to work with because he entertains you the entire time! He is sure he is going to win. I keep telling him that the girls will vote for the cute, girly, frilly ones. He told me he's converted all the girls in his class to Tigers fans, so we don't need to worry.

I suggested that maybe he could wear something red today since it's Valentine's Day. The other picture is the outfit he came up with. The red would be the flames on the baseball. Boys.

Cammee Cakes!

The title of this blog is from my darling nephews and Bridger, who sang a song about Cammee Cakes all through Gage's birthday party. They are too funny!

I made my niece Kassidy's birthday cake on Monday. It was my second fondant cake, Gage's pirate cake being my first. It is so fun to play with the fondant and try to make it into the shapes and pieces you need for the cake you are doing. You can definitely tell I'm an amatuer, but hopefully I'll get better with each cake I do!