Another Cake....

So I just finished my first fondant cake! It was quite the challenge, but I think it turned out well. Enjoy!

First Wedding Cake

So this past weekend I had the opportunity to make and deliver my very first wedding cake. It was an awesome experience. I definitely learned some things that I will be doing differently, but overall I am very grateful for this wonderful experience. My sister Heidi has been begging me for pictures, so here you are:

Before the flowers

My Hero

So tonight I was a little depressed. I have been discovering more and more engagements and more babies on the way. All my friends are moving on. I couldn't be more happy for them, but it does get a little discouraging when I get asked why I'm not dating, or why I'm not married yet, or are you going to go on a mission? Well tonight I was having a really tough time. I called my mom and she always seems to do wonders at cheering me up. She reminded me of the quote by Sister Hinckley that she got on a plaque shortly after starting school. I really liked it and decided to look up more quotes by her. Let me just tell you, if you ever feel down, just look up quotes by Sister Hinckley and that frown will soon be turned upside down! I just want to share some of them with you:


"The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache." 


"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails.
I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp.
I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden.
I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder.
I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived." 


"We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are." 


"The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead" 


"Think about your particular assignment at this time in your life. It may be to get an education, it may be to rear children, it may be to be a grandparent, it may be to care for an relieve the suffering of someone you love, it may be to do a job in the most excellent way possible, it may be to support someone who has a difficult assignment of their own. Our assignments are varied and they change from time to time. Don't take them lightly. Give them your full heart and energy. Do them with enthusiasm. Do whatever you have to do this week with your whole heart and soul. To do less than this will leave you with an empty feeling." 


"We are all in this together. We need each other. Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young, and hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old...We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other. These friendships are a necessary source of sustenance. We need to renew our faith every day. We need to lock arms and help build the kingdom so that it will roll forth and fill the whole earth."


"Develop some intellectual curiosity. If you have it, you will never be bored. If you haven't, cultivate it, hold fast to it. Never let it go. To the intellectually curious, the world will always be full of magic, full of wonder. You will be interesting to your friends, to your spouse, and a joy to your children. You will be alive to all the wonderful possibilities of this world." 


"...the beautiful thing--perhaps the thing I love most about the gospel-- is that everything we learn we can use and take with us and use it again. No bit of knowledge goes wasted. Everything you are learning now is preparing you for something else. Did you know that? What a concept!" 


 - Marjorie Pay Hinckley


These are just a few of my favorites. They put a smile on my face and helped me to cheer up a little bit.