Happy Birthday Roger

Although it has been a CRAZY few weeks around here (tell you about it later...) I still want to make Roger's birthday as special as possible. I am trying my best to speak his love language-- chocolate. After Brinley's first birthday party, Roger told me that he wanted a "cake pop" cake like Brinley did but with a few twists. So I bought all the necessary ingredients (all of which listed chocolate in their ingredients). He said he wanted a whole cake made of the "cake pop" recipe. So I made the "cake pop" recipe and got to work...

Layer 1 --Cake pop recipe with chocolate chunks throughout

Layer 2-- Dark chocolate fudge frosting

 

 Layer 3-- Hard chocolate coating

 

Sprinkle chocolate shavings on top and coat the sides in hard chocolate.

We'll see if he likes it...

From Four to Six...

So this week has been quite a FULL one! Roger went down last week to visit his family in Alamogordo, New Mexico. When he returned he had two extra kiddos in the van! He brought his nieces up to Nebraska for a fun week-long vacation. We have gone from a family of four to six. It's been so much fun having them!

During this vacation they made a list of things they would like to do before they go home. Here is the list:
   1)  Go to the YMCA. (swimming, games, basketball, volleyball, etc)
   2)  Walk on a frozen lake.
   3)  Have a snowball fight.
   4)  Drink LOTS of hot cocoa
   5)  Make breakfast every morning. (Hello mop and broom!)
   6)  Swim at a hotel pool. (Thanks Grandma Cindy)


The other "four-to-six" that has happened this week- Brinley went from four teeth to SIX!! Top left and bottom right. :-D She's such a snaggletooth! A cute snaggletooth.

Just for fun...

-The Bakers