Fall is here and things are getting hectic!

Well, fall is here and things are getting more busy than ever! It is breeding time for our babydoll sheep. That means lots of work to do to get the barns and the animals ready for all the new lambs this coming spring.

We've been busy cutting wood to heat through the winter. Hard to keep up with cleaning up the down trees and clearing out the ones that need cut down. It's a lot of work, but we really enjoy it. There is nothing more satisfying than a hard day of work.

My parents have also been busy digging a pond so we've been helping put in docks and fish structure. Should be lots of fun next summer! Their pond has a nice big beach area - plenty of room for all the kids to play : )

And of course my holiday orders are really taking off! I am busy busy busy with both baked good orders and soap orders. I've had quite a few custom cake and cupcake orders recently too.

I am starting a new soap line. Something a little more feminine. I've started with some beautiful roses and plan to have an assortment of delicate flowers, shells, and others. I am so excited to start this new line and offer a variety of different color combinations.

I also have a new adult soap mold. Something perfect for bachelor parties. Coming soon ; )

Should be a busy weekend for us. We have a craft show planned on Saturday with my daughter running the soap booth and me running my baked goods table. We will have a wide range of goodies - assortment of home baked cookies, buckeyes, turtles, chocolate dipped cherries, chocolate dipped pretzels, rice crispy treats, oreos, puppy chow and more.

Just a quick recap of all the crazy things we've been up to. I really need to blog more to share all of my projects and corny stories.

Another year older

I can't believe my daughter is 9 already! She is growing up way too fast! Seems like just yesterday she was a newborn.

Well, I didn't go all out with a dessert station for her like I did last year. We kept it simple this time since we have been so busy. She requested a popcorn cake this year so we made one together. We added plenty of M&Ms and chocolate chips (they melted and were oh so yummy). It turned out very good. I also made some simple brownies with fudge frosting as well. We also bought a Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake - the chocolate fudge one. It was so good! I think we might have to celebrate more birthdays with these : )

She loves American Girl. She had a list a mile long for different American girl items she would like to get. We got her a few things, but are hoping to teach her responsibility by having her save up some of her birthday money on the other things she would like. She has quite the assortment now, but she always manages to find something new she likes when they send the latest catalog. : ) I think she has already started her Christmas list

She not only turned 9 this year, but joined 4H as well. She won Honorable Mention for her yogurt and fruit Parfait. She called it her rainbow parfait. She did great for her first year! She wants to do either another food project, a wood working project or we've discussed her taking turkeys next year. She is definitely ambitious. We are so proud of her!

Been awhile

Well it has been forever since I posted up. I don't know where the summer has gone! We've been so busy with the usually to-do projects plus finding time to relax and enjoy ourselves.

We've been very blessed to have great friends and family to do so many fun things we normally don't slow down to do. We've been camping, fishing, boating and so much more.

At the beginning of summer the kids made up a wish list. We did pretty good at getting it widdled down. : )

Now on to our fall projects. Hoping we have plenty of time to get the outside projects done - painting, etc. All the while trying to get a head start on the holiday rush.

I have quite a few new soaps since I've posted last. I have a few new ones for Halloween and I'm hoping to add a new, more delicate ladies collection in time for Christmas. I am so excited to share my new creations.

The weather is also cooling down so I will be adding my chocolate candies for sale again soon.

So many new, exciting things on the horizon : )

Spring and some new soaps

I have spring fever! The weather is slowing warming up and the flowers are starting to bloom. I can't wait for summer!

In the meantime, I've been working on more soaps. I thought the new Lemon cream Soap was a great new springtime addition. It smells so good and is so bright and cheery. I was pleasantly surprised how much I like this scent.

I also made some lavender soaps. I'm not a big lavender fan, but it smells so soothing and relaxing.

I've been making peep soaps like crazy. I had to get a picture of all of them lined up. A little peep army ready to fight the forces of dirt. lol I have one little lone black peep. This little guy was an accident - the vanilla fragrance turned. I must have missed putting stabilizer in it. I couldn't resist adding him in for the picture.

Birthday Boy

Well my son finally turned 5! I can't believe it! He is growing up so fast!

I made a really quick mini cake for him. We aren't having his party for another week so he'll get his big cake then, but I wanted to do something little for him on his actual birthday. When I say I made it really quick, I did. I only spent 15 minutes frosting the darn thing. I'm almost embarassed, but he was happy with it. I printed out a Bubble Guppies picture for on top onto edible wafer paper. I had too much blue frosting so I was trying to use it up for all the bubbles around the side. He seemed to like it so that is all that matters : )

He got to pick his birthday meal. He chose Burger King. lol Grandma and Grandpa came over to celebrate with us. All in all, he had a good day and finished it up with a couple of presents.

I made these funny smiley face sugar cookies to take to school for his classmates. He wasn't sure what kind of cookies he wanted me to make, but seemed so excited with these. He just loved all the different expressions and colors.