Mastress Joann OR 'Little Blue Riding Hood'

Our Joann is the first one in the family to receiver her Masters degree. We attended her hooding ceremony today at George Fox College. It was a lot of fun. Our sweet little Miss is now a Mastress!! She will graduate on Saturday with an MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching). We are very proud of her!

Kim and Donny got to help in the hooding ceremony.
Our beautiful Joann!

Little Blue Riding Hood!

You Have to See This!!

I get some interesting orders for ice cream cakes at Dairy Queen. The first one was ordered by a man for a co-worker. The order was for a hot pink cake. Yes, he wanted the "cake" (ice cream) to also be hot pink, so that's what he got! That is NOT frosting! (of course the ruffles, roses and writing are frosting, though). I added pink coloring to the soft freeze ice cream before molding it. I would have liked to see the mouths of the people that ate this cake!! (or maybe not!) My boss asked me this morning if I tasted it to see how it was, and my answer was "no way!" I wasn't even tempted to taste it! I hope it wasn't bitter!

The last one is a cake I had just randomly made, and it sold very soon after I made it, with a birthday message added. 'Guess I'll have to do a repeat of it someday soon.

Ready for Tea!!

After packing my teacups away nearly two years ago in readiness for moving, I finally have a cabinet and was able to unpack them yesterday. Jim made an open cabinet into a lovely place for my collection -- with glass shelves and lighting. It was like Christmas unpacking it all. I'm thrilled with the end result!
Wanna come and have tea with me?

Ice Cream Cakes!!

I (Marie) got a job at the end of February making and decorating ice cream cakes at Dairy Queen. I work 5 days a week for 3 to 5 hours each time. My days off will normally be Sunday and Monday. Here are a few of the cakes I've done since I started.

Happy Valentines' Day!!

Valentines' Day is almost here. Enjoy my decorations:

Have a happy Valentines' day!

Sneak Peek

It's been awhile, but I finally got started on a new quilt. It's the first quilting I've done since Nov. 2008 when I finished Timmy and Heather's quilt. Here's the first block for Katie's quilt. It's all I have done so far. I won't tell you about the rest of the quilt. You'll have to wait until it's finished to see it. :^)

My Little Angels

Christmas is over, but I'd like you to see some pictures of my 'little angels'. The first picture is when the family got together for Jack's birthday. Four of the 'kids' sat at the table to eat. Here's Jack, Katie, Donny and Beniah.

Katie and the angel doll....

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Evie and the doll are about the same size.

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Donny just had to touch the nose....

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Beniah was fascinated by the angel, too.

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Aren't they all adorable?!!