SaraH swinging like a super hero...

Oct. - Nov. Update

(above) To the right is my birthday cake. Lila and SaraH couldn't wait to dig in. :) It was very yummy.  Sarah Gradner and her daughter Lila and Anna Scott all came into town to help us celabrate my birthday. And to the left is us at the state fair. This was SaraHs first time to the fair.    She also had her first pony ride and first elephant ear.

Above are 2 cakes that I made. I got to learn a little about teenage mutant ninga turtles. And for the princess castle i got to learn how to work with gum paste. ( I thought the flowers turned out nice)  To the Left is Grandma and Grandpa Elkins with SaraH dressed up as a little lady bug. :) She was SO very cute. Below are 2 pictures from when SaraH and i went up north for Aunt Anna's baby shower. She had so much fun playing with Mikayla and Steven. Sadly right before leaving she came down with a fever. Thankfully it was nothing contagouse.

To the left is SaraH thinking inside the box. i had to take the picture when she started going hummmm....

Below is SaraH and Grandpa French putting together SaraHs new bunk bed.

Above Grandma French and SaraH are outting together SaraH's first ginger bread house. Now whenever she looks at it she tells us all about her and grandma decorated it.

To the Left is SaraH's Style... She loves wearing Hats and on this day she picked out a nice one...

Below is when Grandma, SaraH and I went to paint pottery. She always has so much fun when we go.


Now that you are pretty much caught up.... We are looking forward to not only Christmas but also SaraH's 2nd Brithday. :)

End of summer pics...

Above is a picture of the volcano cake I made. :) I am happy with the results. And Alex was surprised.

We  ended our summer with a birthday Luau (for our friend) SaraH enjoyed hanging out, looking cool, and cake (or as she says "cuk cake")

Phones

Lately our phones have been less than.... Lets say helpful. They randomly turn off... They sometimes don't ring... I would call Matt 3/4 times and he would have 1 missed call... At the end of the day I would be so frustrated that sadly I would take it out on the wrong things/people. SO a decision was made!! NEW PHONES. :) We then went on the hunt... Which network? Which phone? What do we want our phones to do? The list goes on....... (what a headache) But after all is said and done questions were asked and answered.... And then decisions were made... A smaller plan (amazingly we were only using 200 of the 10000 min of our old plan) And a new phone a blackberry for both of us (thank goodness for sales) I'm not sure I 100% love it yet but I am still trying to figure out how to use it..... I was told that I will love it in the end and that I won't be able to go back to a regular phone....( I must say that so far I am really enjoying it...)

SaraH LOVES the phone change... (she got our old phones..{they can't make any calls}) She has carried them around all day... She has also been trying to trade phones with us as NOW she also wants the cool new phones...

Change of subject :

I made this Volcano cake... It was 14 in. tall (the valcano part was) and the base was 18 in. by 24 in. (the valcano base was only 11 in. in diameter) IT WAS A BIG CAKE! It was so much fun to make. In the end I used 9 cake mixes 40 eggs and about 4 lb. of frosting (it was a big cake) there were some first with this cake... It was my first time carving a cake, and make a cake erupt. This cake was a surprise for my friends little boy (who is not really all that little) when he saw it for the first time he was SHOCKED!! I would post a pic BUT I can't find my camera....so maybe later...

First Blog

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Lets see... I am hopeing this blog will be a way to keep my family and friends updated on what is going on with us (the Elkins family---Matthew, Rebecca and SaraH) Matthew and I met about 4 1/2- 5 years ago... we just celebrated our 4 year anniversary last Aug. SaraH joined our family in January 2008 and is a bundle of joy to our lives. :)



This past summer we took our family vacation at Table Rock State Park... We hiked to many waterfalls, Played on the sandy shore of the lake, Camped by a creek , and enjoyed the nearby park... it was wonderful!



( In the picture is Matthew, Chinook, Rebecca, and SaraH)