Diaper Cake

Ok so my friend tawny is about to give birth any day now and I had just found out she hadn't had a baby shower yet. So me being a baby shower fanatic I decided to make her a diaper cake and get a few friends together to give her a surprise baby shower. I only had a couple hours to put this together so its not the best decorated one. I think it turned ok though its a good first try. The ingredients are 56 size 1 diapers, 2 9-oz bottles, 2 pairs of mittens, 2 pairs of baby booties, and 2 baby hats. She is having a girl so the stuff I got are pink yellow and purple but the diapers I got were blue but I didnt find that out till after I opened them lol. The only ribbon I had laying around that wasnt blue or black was my brown ribbon so it might not match too well but like I said it'll do and I'll make a better one next time when I have more time and I can buy more stuff to decorate with. So here is my thrown together diaper cake I made in 2 hours sorry its not that great.

Fun at the beach

Here is a video of us going to the beach while in california this last weekend. The first one wasnt as nice as the second one we went to.

My Family Reunion

For about the last 5 days me travis and jaxton have been gone to the Hutton family reunion in Indio CA. We flew out thursday and arrived back on monday. We spent time with my aunt cecilia and uncle john who are up here from south africa. We had a lot of fun hanging out and getting caught up on old times with the whole family. The people who were there were me travis and jaxton, my aunt andrea and cousin bryce, my aunt melody and cousins dominique and billie, my aunt cecilia and uncle john, my mother and step dad roy the twins and sierra, my sister gabrini and bro in law kenny, my brother martin and sis in law liz and niece kailee and soon to be nephew kurtis (bun in the oven), my sister yolande, my cousin tirina and her daughters corinne and courtney, and my cousin ralph and his kids nick tavis and abby. I enjoyed seeing everyone and having them meet my new family. Thanks to all for making us feel welcome. I wish we could have stayed longer but here is a video of everyone who was there.

10 months old already..!

Well actually he's about 10 months and 2 weeks but still my little guy is getting so big! Here are some new pics of jaxton looking so grown up. These were taken when we went grocery shopping 2 days ago. I bought the t-shirt for the 4th of july and it happened to match his hat and shoes he wears all the time so here he is looking like a big boy...!

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New Project

So I saw this online and i've been wanting to do it for a little while now. Its called a towel cake. The "ingredients" are 2 body towels, 2 hand towels, 2 washclothes, a tube of lotion, a face mask, bath fizzers, a loofa, and a large candle (hidden in base of cake). I call it a pamper yourself cake. My friend is having a bridal shower next saturday so I made this to take as my gift. Its only my first try and I'll know what to do better next time. Its a trial and error process but I still think it turned out ok. I just wish it looked a little more decorated but this will do ;)

Fun 4th of July weekend

My 4th of july was so fun. Travis took us up to his grandpas cabin in Island Park Idaho where his whole extended family came up to celebrate the holiday together. Our weekend was filled with boating, wakeboarding, 4-wheeling, and lots of other stuff thats too much to mention. We drove up thursday night and stayed till sunday night. We started the fun with a friday morning parade where we got pelted with candy I mean hit hard, they show no mercy when it came to throwing us candy lol. After that we got changed and went boating a little and on a small 4 wheeler ride with me and travis and jaxton around the loop where his granpas cabin is. Then me, travis, his little sister, and his dad went on a drive to find a tennis court to play but landed up at this cool sight seeing spot where there is a river so clear you can see all the fish swimming and a bridge you go over to look right in the water. That was really neat to see. We got home just in time to eat and head to the lake to watch the fireworks. That was the most amazing thing to watch. The fireworks going off over the water with the reflexion and all the boats in the water where a sight all on thier own. It was so beautiful. On Saturday travis took me on a very far 2 hour 4 wheeling ride on trails up in the mountains where I got bit by a million mesquitoes and got covered in dust and dirt but man I loved every minute of it it was SO fun! Then after we got back we did some more boating and this time I tried wakeboarding again and I did so good. I was so suprised I got up and actually rode for a long time before falling even travis said he didnt think I could do it that fast. That was alot of fun and alot easier then when I first tried last weekend behind a waverunner. On Sunday we got everything packed up and ready to go in the car and helped clean up. After that we had the imfamous badmitton tournament the Van Ordens put on every year. We each played to see where we fell in the roster. I got 11th place but thats not too shabby for only my second time ever playing. Then after a nice sunday dinner we said our good byes and left to come home. All in all this weekend was alot of fun and I cant wait for next year...! Here are some pictures I managed to snap while 4 wheeling with travis and a couple of the cabins around his grandpas, but i'll have to post the wakeboarding pictures later when my mother in law sends them to me. I didnt get alot of pictures while we were there because we forgot our camera. I know stupid of me.

Mobile trouble maker

So jaxton has been getting around alot more lately. He has started to crawl not very good its sloppy crawling but he still gets around pretty fast. Now that he has discovered his new talent he is getting into alot more things now. Like today he decided after I put away the groceries that he would open the cupboard and take it all back out. He is so funny he loves the sound that the mac and cheese boxes make. He thought it was the neatest thing and I suspect he will be doing it again very soon.