Lately

We've been doing a lot to stay busy! Here's what we've done the past few weeks:

We went to Phoenix to see cute little baby Blake's baby blessing, as well as celebrate Lexi's 2nd birthday with Brian and Amanda.

Our friends, the Castles, just hosted a fun Napoleon Dynamite party, details here:
http://lifedesigncraft.blogspot.com/2012/08/napoleon-dynamite-partybbq.html

I've been baking a lot for this cake decorating class I've been taking. I just finished the beginner course and have been on the hunt for new recipes to try.  I found this recipe for a salted caramel buttercream frosting on pinterest and thought I'd share.  This frosting is awesome! It might be my new favorite recipe. :)
http://kimberlytaylorimages.com/chocolate-cake-with-salted-caramel-frosting/

We just learned roses

We spent Labor Day weekend in DC visiting the Kings.  We went to the zoo with Trevor.  I can't believe how big he is getting!  He's just full of smiles and crawling all over the place!

Wait, who are you really?

On this trip we also got to spend some time at the Holocaust Museum.  It was definitely a somber experience, but the museum was very well done and I would highly recommend it.

One thing that sticks out in my mind:

On the second floor of the museum, you walk down a corridor to find a room full of hundreds of shoes-old, new, big and small.

The inscription reads:

We are the shoes, We are the last witnesses.

We are shoes from grandchildren and grandfathers.

From Prague, Paris and Amsterdam

And because we are only made of fabric and leather

And not flesh and blood, each one of us avoided the Hellfire.

 It was fun seeing those guys again., we hope to visit at least one more time before they finish law school and move away. :)