Superstorm Sandy

My brothers,Justin and Colin, and my grandparents were in Massachusetts when Sandy hit. Thankfully they didn't get hit too bad and were able to even have some fun! They were at Lowes and these were the pictures that I got from Justin...

Colin and my Grandma

To be honest I'm very suprised that my Grandma did this for these pictures! She's normally very serious and proper. So you can imagine how much I laughed when I saw these. :D

 

 

A few other pictures that I got from Justin are cool. They are over in Massachusetts helping my Grandparents clean up some property that they have over there.

 

 

 

What's the easiest way to get an antique player piano out of a house when it's as wide as the door frame? Cut a hole in the exterior wall of course!

Adventures in Post Falls

So Colin and I went to a park close to his house that has a view of the falls and took some pictures! He has cool lenses that he can use on his phone so we messed around with those.

 

 This was using his lense that gets really good detail.

 Fish eye lense

 



So.... theres a story behind this picture. This goose was out of the water on the grass with some other ducks and was quacking so Colin and I jokingly started quacking at it and then it decided to put it's head down and charge a duck that was near it. We were standing there laughing when all of a sudden it turned on us, put it's head down and charged!!! We ran up the path away from it and just stood there laughing hahaha. I've always heard stories from my brothers and their friends about being chased by random wild animals. Now I have one of my own!

Here are the pictures of my house that I've been promising. I love the fall colors!!

 

 The light shining through the huge Maple in our front yard!

 

Here it is with the tire swing and everything!! It doesn't look like much but I love it!

These pictures are about a week old but I figured I should put them up.

 

 Colin met me at my office after work and we were going to hang out... but he locked his keys in his car so we ended up just waiting in the parking lot for AAA to come. I had a really good laugh about that one!

 Finally after AAA came and unlocked his car we went to a park that is close to where I work... it's actually where I went to Prom my junior year. They have a nice building on the property that the dance was in... that's beside that point. They have a nice waterfall and pond and so we took a picture in front of it!

So I'm posting this because it reminds me of Colin... every time I yawn he sticks his finger in my mouth and says "caught a fly". I actually bit his finger once. I didn't mean to do it very hard but it was at the end of my yawn so my mouth closed really fast and hard... needless to say he sticks his finger in my mouth less but he still always says "caught a fly" hahaha



Dinner with Justin

I found this really easy and yummy looking recipe on Pinterest for Crockpot Italian Chicken that I really wanted to try. So yesterday I decide that I would try it and then invited Justin over for dinner. It turned out really well and it was nice to spend time with Justin... even though he was really tired.

 

 Here's the table set nicely and halloweeny, which wasn't on purpose haha

 Justin was nice enough to bring our grandparents puppy Monti over! I love him!

 Like I said... he was really tired amd so was Monti.

I forgot to take the picture before I cut into my chicken... But here's the Italian Chicken!! It turned out really well and I had enough leftover to bring for lunch today! Yay!!



Preparing for Halloween

Besides going to Scarywood there are many other things needed to be done to prepare for Halloween. Such as carving a pumpkin and looking at costumes. Both of which I have done in the past week. On Monday FHE was pumpkin carving and Colin, Jaleyna and I carved a pumpkin together! Then yesterday Colin and I went to look around at costumes to try and get ideas of what to be.

 

Our awesome pirate pumpkin out in front of Colin's parents house. We will be carving more before Halloween and I will put pictures of them up. I must say... carving left handed is very interesting

Should Colin be a Luchador? I didn't think so either.

How about a monkey? He can make a crazy good monkey noise... I will have to video it and put it up here sometime.



 

Why is this weird monkey kissing me? hahaha the people that work at costume stores must have so much fun!

My From Home Business... Kate's Party Pantry

Ever since I had taken a cake decorating class I had had this idea of starting a small from home baking business. It was slowly turning into a reality but was then fast forwarded very quickly when I got my very first order for a birthday! So I ordered business cards and got cracking! With the help of my mom we decided that I should include not only my baking skills but also my present wrapping skills (every year I wrap litterally almost every single present that isn't mine for Christmas) and my organizational skills as well. So I turned into not just a baker but a "Party Assistant"

 

The front and back of my business cards... and just in case anyone wants to order anything I just got and email specifically for orders and it is: kate@katespartypantry.com

 My very first cake that I made in the cake decorating class... It turns out that doing stuff like this is really easy but it just takes a lot of time!

 The second cake I made in the class. I made the flowers and everything!! :D I was and still am so proud/excited for myself!

 The side view of my second cake. The basket weaving was also easy but just took time.

 This is a cupcake cake from my first order. They were German Chocolate cakes filled with the typical German Chocolate frosting but then topped with chocolate buttercream. 

 The top view

 The second cupcake cake for my first order. It was vanilla cake with White Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting!

I made these with a few girlsw from my ward for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics!! It's the torch! :) They are really easy and really fun!



To be honest, I think that I am the most proud of these simple cupcakes! These were the first cupcakes that I made and decorated since I broke my right wrist. So I decorated these left handedand they still turned out great! The cake was yellow cake from a box (which I normally don't do, I was missing an ingredient that I need for my from scratch ones) and the frosting was a homemade, and very simple, buttercream! YAY!! And they are on a beautiful cupcake stand that my sweet daddy bought for me! Love him! 

 

I already have 2 more orders for 2 parties in November! I will put pictures of those up once they are done! :D