Long Weekend, Cake Icing and Family

I had a long weekend, but it sure didn't feel like it. We had a family reunion Saturday and my grandparents 68th Anniversary Reception. It was definitely a long day. Friday I spent ALL day baking and decorating 3 cakes for their reception. I taught myself how to decorate cakes about four years ago when I wanted to start making my girls birthday cakes. It's definitely time consuming, but a wonderful feeling of accomplishment once you finish. Needless to say when I got finished about 11:30 Friday night, I had icing from head to toe, but I thought they turned out pretty and my grandmother loved it......that made every minute spent worth it!

Bears, Birds and Trains.....What Fun!!

We ended up going to Memphis. It was a lot of fun for the girls. We spent all day at the Memphis Zoo and had a blast!





They absouletly LOVED watching the polar bears! We have been to the Memphis Zoo several times in the past, but this is the first time that the bears were so social!






Feeding the birds was another favroite! You can buy a food stick as you walk in and if you hold your stick close enough the birds will climb on. Natalie and Kaitlyn both ended up with at least 3 birds on their sticks.

And of course we had to ride the train! I let the girls enjoy the train ride with their Nana and Papa so I could get a picture.

Back from Daytona...

I posted last week that my husband was leaving for a Nascar trip to Daytona, FL. Well needless to say I do believe he had a wonderful time. Oh, and if it's not noticeable in the pictures what driver and team he likes, well it's Dale Jr. #88!

Florida, Tennessee and Homesickness

My girls and husband are SO excited this morning. We usually do not take separate vacations, but I guess this is really just a mini one. Albert is flying out in the morning for Daytona, FL. He is going with his cousin to a Nascar race. He is VERY excited, but also already homesick. He hates being away from home, but I'm sure once he gets to the track the homesickness will pass! My girls and I are going to take a mini vacation with my parents to TN!! Even though we have a pool in our backyard, the hotel we are staying in has an indoor pool, so that's all they can talk about.