Kacee's Baby Shower cookies

Facebook is awesome for re-connecting with people.  Some people I choose to not re-connect with, haha!, but most of the time I love it.  One of the people I've gotten to know again thanks to facebook is a high school friend Kacee.  She is expecting her first baby due anytime now and last month i got to go to her baby shower.  her sister ordered this cookie bouquet for Kacee.  I love the pregnant mama cookie!

thanks so much to the Painted cookie for her inspiration of the pregnant mama cookie. i will link her blog soon it is amazing.

Hang in there, Kacee! Your sweet baby boy will be here before you know it!

Yummm Ice Cream!

I had this cookie cutter for a long time before I finally got to use it.  Last spring our youth group did an auction to raise money for their trip to the LA Dream Center.  I feel blessed to have been able to help them go by offering a dozen cookies a month for a year to a lucky bidder :)  We started with the first dozen in August and these were what I came up with.

Whats really fun about getting to do these cookies is I get to pick the cookies each month.  So I get to use a lot of cutters that I've never used before and try out new things.  So fun! Its the least I can do to give back to a wonderful church who has done so much for us, and of course to our Lord who provides for us every step of the way.

Toy Story cookies

I did these cookies back in August for my friend Serena in Michigan.  Her little boy Bennett was turning 4 and a huge Toy Story fan.  Serena is a very talented work-at-home-mama who owns The Serene Dream Shop which has everything from screen tees, cloth diapers (my fave!!) and more.  Check her out!

I love how the Mr. Potato Head turned out. Woodys face was a bit too long, but he and Buzz were a lot of fun :)

Belt buckles, cowboy hats, and sheriff badges :)

Mario...again!

Its hard to believe its been a year since I did my first Mario cake.  I think this is my 5th Mario cake now.  It was a lot of fun to do.  I added the side stuff as a last minute idea, if I do it again I'd make the "sky" a light blue.  but I was running out of icing, so this is what I kept it at.  Happy Birthday, Josh!  We love you, buddy!

Art Pallette cookies

These were so fun to do!

Monkeys and Beaches :)

I know this picture is small, but I hope you can see the cake.  It was a monkey theme and super cute.  My cousin Vicky helped me to do this cake, it was for her son's 1st birthday in June.  We covered the cake in green-dyed coconut to make it look like a jungle theme.  Vicky made monkeys out of gumpaste and we used a cupcake on top to make a little "hut".  So fun!

monkey cookies!

Vicky's step-daughter, Maggie, was also celebrating her birthday that weekend. (One day after Alex's!)  So we made her a beach theme cake.

Oliver's birthday!

Its been a long time since I've posted- things have been busy here!  We just moved, which has been crazy busy, but we are so happy.  Thrilled, in fact. :)  My kitchen has expanded exponentially and I love it.  This weekend was Oliver's birthday party, so I got to break in my new kitchen making Oliver's birthday cake and cookies.  My oven is *very* hot (I have to decrease my temps by about 50 degrees!) so its an adjustment.  I ended up staying up super late doing all the stuff for his party, so the cake ended up being less elaborate than I originally wanted, and the cookies didnt have Mickey faces on them, but thats ok. For the first time, Oliver got really excited about a cake! he was THRILLED with his cake and that totally made my day. 

So here's the cake and cookies!