Red Velvet Cake Pops

My office manager Lauren loves Red Velvet so when I saw this recipe on my friend Jennifer's site I had to make these for her Birthday!

1. Bake a cake and let it cool then crumble it all up 2. After the cake is all crumbled you add in 1 can of Cream Cheese Frosting and Mix.... using your hands is best.... SEE?????3. After the crumbled cake and frosting is all mixed well you form it into many balls. I put the sticks in this time but probably wouldn't do that next time I make them.

4. Freeze the balls for about 15-30 minutes. 5. Get all your goodies together. I would HIGHLY recommend Stater Bros. brand CANDIQUIK for melting. It was SUPER easy and stayed smooth the whole time. It even came with a little melting tray for less clean up! 6. Once the chocolate is nice and melted you dip the cake pops in, then roll in sprinkles.Here is my 1st set.....These ones were my favorite.... I'm going to make them for the teachers for ValentinesThe cake kept falling off the sticks so I decided to make some ballsBright pink sprinklesI did try melting some White Chocolate Chips made by Wilton but it was not smooth and got hard really fast so I only made a couple white chocolate ones. Here is one way I gave them to my office manager..... in a Mason JarI also made a little bouquet for her with candy,in a jarand cake pops insideHappy Birthday Lauren!

By the way the Cake Pops tasted really yummy!

Our baby's 1st day of school

Our precious baby girl, Ainsley started school on Monday. She was SO excited and did a great job! Her teacher said she would take a thousand Ainsley's in her class, because she was such a good girl!

Oustide our house on her 1st dayDaddy surprised us and showed up at the pre school for her 1st day!Drawing I love school! We are so proud of you BIG GIRL..... but you are still our baby!

Happy 5th Birthday Karsten Noah!!!

Karsten you are:

1. smart

2. sweet

3. strong

4. independent

5. affirming

6. affectionate

7. sincere

8. honest

9. protective

10. adorable

11. creative

12. focused

13. clever

14. bold

15. active

Happy 5th Birthday Karsten! We LOVE you so much! Thanks for being you!

Wordless Wednesday.....

Brothers....

BestFriendsForever

letting go.....

Ainsley is set to start school tomorrow and I'm so sad. I feel like my job is over as a mom. I know it is not but that's just how I feel. I keep asking her to please stay home and she keeps saying, "no mommie, I a big girl now, please me go to Karsten's school?" So I guess it is time. Yes I will have more time to do things on my own but I'm not ready for that! Our baby is growing up and I don't like that. I'm sure she will do great and Karsten promised to take of her but I still don't like it! If you see me in a fog this week, you know why! I will post her 1st day of preschool pictures next week!

Here are some excuses I have given her to not start school..... but she isn't having it:

1. You don't have a Pottery Barn personalized lunchbox yet (Addisyn said, "it's ok mom, she will just use my Hannah Montana one")

2. You don't have school clothes (Ainsley said, "me have a Christmas dress to wear")

3. Don't you want to stay home and snuggle mommy-- "nope"

4. You are mommy's baby-- "no mommy I a BIG girl like Addisyn now"

5. Don't you want to stay home and play with all your new Christmas toys? -- "nope me play baby dolls at school"

6. We can go to Disneyland-- "me see minnie mouse a different day"

.... beautiful family

thisfamilyisbeautiful insideandoutthanksfor lettingmesharethesememorieswith youhappy new year