Princess Honey Combs

Here is my little girl in her beautiful Halloween costume that her wonderful Grandma Kristy made her:

Maxine's cupcakes

These cupcakes and cake were for a woman named Maxine, who was throwing herself a 39 Forever, Forever 39 party. In actuality, it was her 75th birthday. Anyway, I heard it looked beautiful and was a lot of fun.

Here they are all together


Here is the sleigh. Yes, I know it doesn't look that much like one, but I tried.


I think this was the most frequent design, as it was the easiest.


The lighthouse. I was pretty happy with how this turned out.


The paddlewheel of a Paddleboat.


Hot Air balloon. This, the lighthouse, the 39's, and the helm turned out the best.


Globe.


The helm of a Paddleboat. For some reason, when I said paddlewheel, this is what Maxine thought of, so I did some. No coloring too, I just made chocolate buttercream.


The Centerpiece. It was the combination of two cakes, the Standing Ovation, and the Can't Contain Our Excitement! I could only get a picture of the one it looks the most like. It was supposed to have streamers coming off also, but the fondant didn't cooperate, and I didn't give it enough time to dry.


http://www.wilton.com/idea/Birthday-Standing-Ovation

Well, better luck next time!

Kady and the Treehouse

Last summer Grandpa Combs started a treehouse. With the help of some grandsons, he got the platform done.


In the mean time, the Combs family was joined by a beautiful little girl. And a handsome little boy.



And the little girl moved into the house by the treehouse. Then summer came again, and the big grandkids were coming for a visit. So Grandma Combs, with some friends to help, started working on finishing the treehouse.








More pics to follow when it's done. I just wanted to do a post.

Pictures of Kady Scarlett!

So, I just took these pictures yesterday, so they're the most recent of the Kady!

Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing. ~Albert Laighton

Well, Tara always has quotes for her titles, so I thought I'd try.

Easter was lovely this year. Kady wore a dress made for her by Grandma Combs, and she looked beautiful for our family pics!

When I was little, we'd watch the first half of the Ten Commandments every year. The movie was so long, it was on past my bed time, or I just wouldn't last. Maybe that's why I don't like watching the beginnings of movies over and over without seeing the end. It just doesn't seem worth it. But really, isn't that how life is?

You see Moses' mother and sister go to the river, place him in a basket, and let him go. Would I be able to do that with Kady? I think not. Why would God do that? Why then would He have Moses grow up in the household of the man who wanted to kill him?

When I was little, I couldn't have told you the answer from watching the movie. As I got older, and could connect the Bible story with the movie, it made more sense- Moses had to grow up the way he did so that he would be humbled, and would have the skills and ability to free and lead his people out of Egypt.

So, Easter is a time to reflect on what we cannot see. We cannot see the whole picture, and we shouldn't forget that maybe there is a reason that something bad or not so great has happened to you.

On a lighter note, here's pics of Kady!



Kady's bloomers, everyone!



OH! There's people!



Hmmm....this is tasty!



So cute!



We went out to eat last week, and a cute old man came up to our smiling girl and said "You know, I think in all God's creations, I believe there's nothing more beautiful then a sleeping baby. I think the second is a smiling one.

Lions, tigers, and babies and bears! Oh, my!

Well this past week we got our last visit for awhile from Karl, Saren, and Jace. Then we heard about something going on at the mall that we just couldn't miss out on!

This pics from when KS&J visited with Creed. Kady really enjoyed visit. Jace 'shared' some of his gym toys with her, so she was good for us while we went to the temple.


Kady and Jace really liked playing together.


Where could we all be headed? Are we going on an adventure?


Look what we found in the Kiwisippi Mall wilderness! Baby tigers!


What's this? Jealousy? Poor little lions in the next cage, not very many people visited them, and they noticed!


Next we visited the bears! The babies had to say out though, cause these babies were teething, so Karl stayed out, then I switched him places.


You ever get that feeling that if something happens, it's happening to you? I had that feeling up until seconds after this pics was taken. When the bear peed on me.


We were so good with the animals, they let us take some home!

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo

I got to be in the Relief Society Re-enactment this past Thursday and Friday, and I got to play an ancestor of mine, Nancy Naomi Alexander Tracy.



Here I am at the end, singing 'As Sisters in Zion' with the other sisters.



Here's 'Nancy' with Joseph and Emma. They were the sweetest couple! I hope they're able to come back next year.

I was so glad to be able to participate in the Re-enactment, and I wish that every person I knew were able to see it.