Wedding Cakes and Snow Day.

Making Cakes and playing in the snow is all I ever seem to do! But hey its very entertaining and I love hanging out with my awesome nephew.

Weddings and Ireland

This cake (sorry I can't flip it) Carly and I did right before I left town. It was for a school mate of mine, I also made 300 cupcakes for the reception which I think turned out quite good. If you tried one let me know what you think. I enjoy feed back on my baked goods because I usually don't eat things I make. Its weird but I don't like to eat what I made I sort of get sick of it right before its done so I don't know if things are good. I have to have my brother be my taste tester. He doesn't complain and lets me know if things taste alright. It works out well for both of us.




Ireland was so much fun. It was beautiful and everything was so green. My mom and I spent a week there and I would have loved to stay there for much longer but you know we had to get back to the real world and my mom had to go back to work. We went to a couple of castles and I kissed the Blarney Stone so now I'm quite the talker :) I don't know what to say about the trip it was brilliant. If you have any specific questions I would be happy to answer them for you just let me know.

Cakes, Graduation, Birthdays, Tests, and More Cakes

So November 8th started out by delivering a wedding cake that my sister and I put together. We really enjoyed making this one even though it was during a stressful time in my life seeing as how I was getting ready to take my radiology boards so I was stressed about fitting it in with the studying but it seemed to work out well.

I then went to my graduation. Hooray I am done with school however it does feel super odd. I feel like I should be studying or should be doing something with my time. I guess I'm not used to be an unemployed college grad. Hopefully I'll find a job and things will all work out for me.

The graduating class of 2008, there are thirteen of us.

The ladies of Radiology!

Nick my study partner we became good friends during the course of our two years together.

Its all very exciting!
After graduation which was lovely we went to celebrate my sister Carly's birthday! It was an enjoyable evening. We all got together as a family and just ate till we were about to explode. However Carly wasn't feeling well so that kind of put a damper on things but she was a trooper and fought through it, it was quite fun.

On the tenth I went to a bridal shower for my friend from school and I made her a cake. It was fun to see everyone outside of school and outside of the hospital. It doesn't seem like that ever happens but when it does we go all out. The food was delicious thanks to those who brought everything and Laura did an awesome job planning it. Everything was a hit, which was quite perfect for me because I had to take my boards the next day so it helped me relax. When I took my boards the minute I hit "end exam" my heart stopped till I got my results. I PASSED! So my little heart attack was worth it. But it sure did make my heart hurt for a bit after.

I just finished making a birthday cake for a little girl. It is Cinderella and if you know me at all you know how excited I was to make this cake. Over all this past week has been busy and enjoyable so all in all a great week!

Spending Time with my nephew

So the for the last little bit most of my free time has gone to spending time with my two year old nephew, Jackson. That kid is so much fun to play with that I forget that I have no life and a two year old is my best friend :) Lately we have made sugar cookies. It was fun because that kid loves to help. I would be rolling out the dough and he would yell "I do, I do" so we would have to get him his own dough and his own rolling pin. It was fun. We made pumpkin monsters and ghosts. He would always hand the cut out cookies to his mom and say "he you go mommy."



We also dressed up for Halloween as Crayons. He was red and I was white. My brother-in-law kept saying that I looked like a member of the KKK but I was not!!!! I was a crayon. It was fun trick-or-treating with him. He would walk up to the door and knock and when they would answer he would say "I want candy." They would give him candy and he would say "thank you." My favorite house was the one where the lady said he could take two. He took three boxes of dots and then saw some tootsie rolls so he took two of those. The lady just laughed and said he could have as much as he wanted. Its a good thing he is so cute, otherwise he would get into more trouble.

songs of my life

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag your friends who might enjoy doing the game as well as the person you got the note from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
You Can’t Stop the Beat, Hairspray....oh ya you can't stop this
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
The Wild Rover, The High Kings..This song is actually perfect
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
The Sharp Hint of New Tears, Dashboard Confessional....I like to make people cry :)
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
What If I Do?, Foo Fighters...I just don't care anymore I guess
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Meet me Down on Main Street, The Mellomen (Disney)...Going to Disneyland is my life purpose!
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
If This is the End, Faith Hill....Let's do this thing!
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Without Love, Hairspray....?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
What Day is It, Space Ghost.....True I never know what day it is :)
WHAT IS 2+2?
The Tiki, Tiki, TIki Room, Disney... This one i'm not so sure.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Amy Grant (Christmas)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Miles to Go (before I sleep) Celion Dion
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
When the lights go down, Faith HIll....Fun begins!
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Bicycle Race, Queen... again i don't know?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
There you Are, Martina McBride...Ha ha yes indeed!
WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Buddy Holly, Weezer
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Arabian Nights, Aladdin.....sad but probably true
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
The Secret’s in the Telling, Dashboard Confessional...
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Stone the Crows, Joseph of the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat... I do love a good crow stoning :)
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Traffic in the Sky, Jack Johnson
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Sleep Through the Static, Jack Johnson
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
The Beginning of the End, Guster.... Ya that works I guess
HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Posters, Jack Johnson
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Prologue, The Phantom of the Opera....I just wish it was shorter....
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Once Upon a Dream, Sleeping Beauty...Mainly because she dances with animals
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Pharaoh’s Dreams Explained, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat....Why did the skinny cows have to eat the fat cows?
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Miracle, Foo Fighters...Ouch!
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Joseph Remix, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat...We shouldn't remix everything
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
I love you Baby, Space Ghost... Ha ha this one made me laugh, how perfect :)
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Notes/Prima Donna, The Phantom of the Opera...Not my favorite song
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
We are The Champions, Queen....?

Tagged

So I started this like a week ago and I'm just now finishing up so that is why things aren't quite up to date.
A list of Eights.

8 TV shows I love to watch:

1. The Office
2. Psych
3. How I Met your Mother
4. Monk
5. Pushing Daisies
6. House
7. Arrested Development
8. Dancing with the Stars

8 things that happened yesterday:

1. I had Thanksgiving at my sister's house. Thank heavens I am half Canadian so I can have two thanksgivings.
2. Went to 400 East hospital for eight hours of clinic for x-ray school.
3. Watched the Browns Vs. Giants Game
4. Played with my nephew and made a mess at my sister's house.
5. Fell asleep watching TV on my bed at like 9:30 pm
6. Took a shower. I love being clean!
7. Ate lunch with my friend Lauren at the temple.
8. Talked to my family and just hung out with them all.

8 favorite places to eat:

1. My house. I like eating at home. It is good times.
2. Carly's house, its free and I enjoy the company
3. Ernesto's
4. Panda Garden
5. Pasta Factory
6. Jimmy Johns
7. Outside.. I love picnics!
8. Cafe Rio

8 things I am looking forward to:

1. Ireland!!!!!
2. Disneyland!!
3. To be done with school!!
4. For Carly to have her girl.
5. Taking my boards on november 11th.
6. Seeing my friends.
7. Sleeping.
8. People commenting on my post:)

8 things on my wish list:

1. Get a job when I graduate.
2. Pass my boards.
3. Get money in the bank once again.
4. Live the good life as a college graduate.
5. Shopping once again.
6. Take cooking lessons and really know how to run a kitchen.
7. To at some point in my life get married.
8. For my life to get on track and not have to always make so many decisions about where to go.

8 people I tag:

1. Kari
2. Sara
3. Tosha
4. Jodi
5. Laura
6. Kaylee
7. Ashalee
8. Nicole

Grandma Cruickshank My Best Friend

Last night my Grandma Cruickshank passed away. It has been hard letting go but I know that she has gone to a far better place. My grandma has meant so much to me while I have been growing up. I remember when she lived in Canada and I was a little girl we would go up and visit her and just have a ball. She always had a smile on her face and always joked around. I was lucky that she was always in good health and would run and play with us. As I got older I learned more from her then I ever thought one person could teach you. She was the best cook and baker that I have ever known. I got my love of cooking from her, we would spend hours in the kitchen together making food laughing and joking around. When she would live with us for six months I would take her with me everywhere. I loved driving her around and having one-on-one time with her. My grams and I are a lot alike. She always wanted the best for me and I loved spending so much time with her. I have been so blessed to have her in my life. As hard as it is for me to let her go I want the best for her and know that this was her time. Its what she wanted, she has been a widow for almost 30 years so she is now happily reunited with my grandfather. I love her so much!

I am...

You Are...Elizabeth Bennet!
You are Elizabeth Bennet of Pride & Prejudice! You are intelligent, witty, and tremendously attractive. You have a good head on your shoulders, and oftentimes find yourself the lone beacon of reason in a sea of ridiculousness. You take great pleasure in many things. You are proficient in nearly all of them, though you will never own it. Lest you seem too perfect, you have a tendency toward prejudgement that serves you very ill indeed.

Defeat the evil Zurg!

I went back to Disneyland this weekend and went on the buzz lightyear ride with my family.
Mom and Dad, now don't get confused the points are opposite to the player for some reason.

Katie and my nephew Jackson, he didn't like that it was dark!

Carly and I, Carly really didn't take it very serious, I on the the other hand did my best to help Buzz!

Chad, rocked it everytime!

Katie and I, I kicked her trash because I'm awesome!

My Last Few Creations...

These are the last few cakes that my sister and I have done.

My sad Life.....

So I've pretty much decided that I'm going to die an old spinster. This decision is not by choice but really by an outside force called boys. Currently I am not a huge fan of them. I always get the lets just be friends talk. You know the one. You're fun and cute and really nice but I think its best if we just stay friends. Okay first of all that kind of puts a wrench in the whole friends situation. It just a nice way of saying I don't like you so lets be awkward friends who when they see each other use a few awkward how are you? and what have you been up too? To me that is not friendship.... Friendship is when you can just call to talk to the person and there are no weird moments.. Also when you can have comfortable silences. You can act like a total nerd and they don't care because either A: they are doing it with you or B: they have seen you act like that before and are quite used to it. This is friendship to me. Guys who say lets be friends and we can still hang out, i mean its a noble idea but it sometimes would have been better to just be friends from the get go so you don't have to have this wonderful talk. Maybe I under-think stuff to much but I am the type of person who always puts friendship first and then if something happens you'll always be friends. Well anyways this is why I'm going to be like Captain Hook, not that I'm going to feed my right hand to a croc, but i'm going to be old and alone. Maybe I'll become a pirate and just pillage and not have a care in the world. That sounds good.

A Few of my Favorite Things....

I love Ice Cream. Mint Chocolate Chip is the best!
Swinging is one of my favorite things to do. I have always loved a good swing.
The olympics are coming and I am soooo EXCITED! I love watching the swimming during the summer olympics. Michael Phelps is the best!
Michael Buble is one of my favorite artists. I really enjoy listening to his fantastic music.
ABC has this show called Wipeout. It is super awesome. If you like watching people fall over and over again then this show is for you!

Passing it along....

What I was doing 10 years ago: Let's see i would have been 11 so i was probably bugging someone.... also i was waiting for my birthday so i wouldn't have to be in primary anymore and I was graduating from fifth grade. Not much has changed :)

5 Things on my to do list this week:
Work at the farmer's market with my sister and sell baked goods
Clean my room (its really gotten away from me)
Study for the registry
Baking treats to be sold at the farmer's market on Saturday
swim, swim, and did I mention swim?

5 Things on my lifelong to do list:
Graduate from the radiography program
Get married
Enjoy the little things life has to offer (sometimes that's all it will offer)
Travel to Ireland
Get a job!

5 Sweets I Enjoy:
Man i don't eat a lot of sweets but....
Salt water Taffy
Smoothies
Ice Cream
Fruit snacks (only the silver package ones)
Big Sticks

3 Books I Read:
Twilight series
Harry Potter
Ella Enchanted (Much better then the movie)

3 Movies I Last Saw:
P.S. I love you
Penelope
Becoming Jane

4 Places I have lived:
Redlands California
Hurricane
Bloomington Hills
Winchester Hills

Well that's me.....I'm tagging...YOU!

Disneyland!!

So I just recently went on a vacation to the happiest place on earth. I love Disneyland! I went with my family a week after my birthday so I counted it as my birthday party. We went down on memorial day and just hung out at Downtown Disney. Then tuesday the real fun started. I was at Disneyland for 12 hours on tuesday. I had a blast and was quite tired when I had to walk the 20 minute walk back to the hotel. I didn't think that I was going to be able to make it. But its a good thing that I did. Because on Wednesday I was at Disneyland for 13 hours I was going to try to stay for the fireworks but I was unable to stand much longer and I had to still walk back to the hotel so my brother and sister walked back with me. We were always the last ones to leave, usually everyone left about an hour before we did. The last day that we went was on thursday. We were only able to do a half day there because I had to get back home so that I could do my clinical hours on Friday. I was only able to miss 8 hours of clinic this semester and I took that time off in the second week. But it was worth it and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Like I said I LOVE DISNEYLAND. 

Baby Shower Bliss

This past week end I attended a Baby Shower for my sister-in-law, Johanna. She is expecting to have her first child, Clark Cruickshank Bringhurst, in July. At the shower we played three games and I won two of them. HECK YES! I'm amazing when it comes to games like guess the candy bar melted in the diaper. My sister, Carly, decorated a "cake" it was made of rice krispies, and I made and decorated cupcakes. They were a chocolate peanut butter cream cheese and a key lime cheesecake cupcake. They were quite tasty.

Friendship Pictures!

Before my friend Camilynne moved up to Orem to go to school Lauren, her, I got together to take some friendship pictures. They were taken by someone while we just played around and acted like the dorks we are. It was way fun. So here are a few of our pictures...

Lauren, Me, Cami

I don't know what exactly I'm doing but everyone looks very concerned.

This was the coolest car ever, it was hard to drive because Lauren was sitting on the steering wheel.

Erica's Wedding

This past weekend my cousin Erica got married. It was quite the week. My family and I did all the food for the reception and my sister, Carly, and I did her wedding cake. It was a lot of work but everything turned out beautifully. For the food we did stuff that Erica asked for but we tried to vamp it up a bit. So we did popcorn chicken, pigs in a blanket, and our version of peanut butter and jam sandwiches. What we did was take sliced baguette's with almond butter and fresh strawberry slices. They were quite tasty. We also did a chicken salad roll up. As for the desserts we did lemon tarts, peanut butter brownie cheesecake bites, and rice crispies. It was a fun reception to cater. As for the cake I made a french vanilla cake, with actual vanilla beans in it, with a cream cheese berry center.  We printed off their bridal pictures on rice paper and attached them to cake with a bead frame around it. The cake was not originally going to look like this it took us a few different cake designs before we ended up with this one. We haven't really done one where there is a tier in the center of the cake but it worked with this cake I think. It was tasty and it looked really good when they cut into it. My sister says that its hard to watch people cut into a cake that you took so long to make and decorate. As for me I am just happy to be done with the cake so I don't really care what happens to it. Plus I work really hard to make sure that the cake tastes good so I like people to be able to enjoy that part. This wedding was a lot of work, but very worth it. I hope that Erica enjoyed everything.