Isn't this AMAZING!!! I know Heavenly Father loves me!!!
We chose 3 flavors: (Orange) Lemon with key lime buttercream (Pink) Strawberry with fresh strawberries and cream buttercream (White) Dark chocolate with vanilla bean buttercream
Justin and I designed the stand. It held about 100 cupcakes. Overall, I made 200+, as well as the 6" square. I ran out of time and had to frost the top cake in 3 minutes flat! I wish I would've had more time to do A LOT better detail work.
Friday afternoon (the day of the wedding) I had made over 50 chocolate cupcakes and both 6" squares before I decided to taste one. Once I did, I realized that I had been on autopilot for so long that I failed to measure the baking soda correctly. All in the garbage they went! I had 2 hours to bake 75 more cupcakes and two 6" squares (the recipe I used said NOT to double the recipe, so I had to make 6 dozen SEPERATE batches). I sent Justin to SLC to the ONLY place that sold black cupcake liners, and rolled up my sleeves. What a week!!! Overall, it got done and the bride and groom were VERY happy with it... that's all that matters.
The boys and I (while Justin was at school), had a day out at Wheeler Farms to celebrate the big day!
I couldn't resist this picture! True love!
Our neighbor Patty (who's in LOVE with Eli) brought over presents!
We ended the day with ice cream at Maceys
My niece, Rachel, showing me her googley eyes
It's not very often I get to hang out with my sibs...and with my sister, Staci, moving to AZ. (sniff, sniff), this was a great opportunity! I'm not sure why the mug shot!!!
The birthday boy himself...
Present time!
Some of the decorations I made for the little monkey!
It was a lot of work, but I LOVE doing stuff like this! I'll take every opportunity!
Poor mangled monkey!!! 
It was pretty awful! I made a HUGE pot of meat/beans for enough navajo tacos to feed 60 people the night before to save on time. While warming them up, an hour before the party, I got side tracked and scalded them COMPLETELY!! I had a breakdown!!! Justin and I put our heads together and started over. He ran to the store for more ingredients, including canned beans (there was NO time to simmer more) and we got to work...however, when it was all said and done, the rest of my downstairs looked like this...
On our way to the park, it started to downpour! I've NEVER had my children's bdays that wasn't cancelled or postponed due to weather (and they were born in April and July!) Luckily, the Bishop agreed to let us into the church building. It was a little chaotic at first, but overall, a fun time! I know it sounds like a lot of work for a one year old's bday (and it was!)... but I enjoyed the process (for the most part) and wanted my little monkey to look back one day and know just how much I LOVE HIM!!!
I LOVE this picture!!
My boys are ready!
It took Estin a little time to warm up to the idea...
I can kinda see why
Eli loved it!
The BEFORE...
The DURING...
The AFTER...
