Firsts

Today was Tristan's first day of third grade. I didn't remember to take a picture until after he was on the bus so no pictures of the momentus occasion :( He was only in school until 12:00. He had a great day though and is excited about the new year.

Our other "first" is Collin will be playing soccer for the first time this year. I think it will be a good sport for him to release that enormous amount of energy he has :) Here he is at the skills assessment. I told him Auntie will have to teach him some pointers as she was the soccer player in the family:



I'll end the post with some other "firsts." Here is my first ever fruit topped cake. A coworker saw a picture of a cake like this in a catalog and asked for one like it for her birthday. Here is the cake I made for her:



Another cake of the week was for a first birthday for a sweet baby named Zoey. I copied the ladybug design from her birthday party decorations. Her mom said she loved it as they had to try to take it away from her as she kept eating it!

Cousins

We have been fortunate to spend the past few weekends with cousins. We have really enjoyed our time together and enjoyed some great family time at the park, floating down the river, shopping, and various other adventures. Carolyn has an awesome park by her house, The Valley Crucis Park. Here are some photos of our time there:















I give my sister a hard time about the mountains, but we really do love it up there. It is such a beautiful place. Just a little too cold for me in the winter :) Who could not love scenery like this?




Carolyn and Tina made me a birthday cake. We laughed as the only candles she had were number candles. I chose to be 17 again :)


Our funny of the week is Jim went to the outer banks to work. He was excited to find a large shell to bring home to the boys. When he got home, the boys put the shell in the aquarium and we had a big surprise, out came a HUGE hermit crab. I find him a little creepy and will not pick him up the way I do the little ones. Here is "grandpa":