Keeping busy and all that jazz!

SO I've just been trying to keep busy while I look for a job. I celebrated my birthday in a variety of ways. First Mum, Dad, Lauran, Dustin and I went to the State Fair!

We sat through a really cool pie demonstration and Dad won 2 pie crusts! Not a bad day!

Then, early EARLY EARLY that weekend was our not-quite-annual Fish Lake trip where we braved the rain and cold for "my birthday" to eventually out-fish EVERYONE on the lake with nine fish!

I'd made plans for a Hobbit party but it was later scaled down and turned into a "Bon-Voyage" party for Tuima as she is moving to Boston to become an even more accomplished chef.
(The decorations are all organic. The pumpkins are merely covered in glitter. Apparently they'll last for a month of two. All I did was paint the pumpkin in regular white glue and then covered them with a generous coating of glitter. Everything I read said to use the ultra fine glitter but I used the regular kind and I think they turned out quite nicely. Thanks to the Fuller family for providing the tomatoes, pears, and grapes.)

And, just because I couldn't get over the Hobbit theme, I made a GIANT CAKE! (In all fairness, it was meant to feed 20 people, but it was TOO much fun to actually make.)

(And yes, the sliced piece is sitting on a cookie sheet. We couldn't find a big enough plate.)

Everything was perfect...or so we thought.
The next morning revealed that the cake had collapsed under its own weight!

The crumbled cake filled 5 plates and made all the recipients very happy. :)

And finally my lovely sister and I went to Tucanos Brazillian Grill to wrap up the best month ever.

So, happy September to everyone! Here's to a great Holiday Season coming up with parties, crafts, and awesome people!