Hopefully Carsten's Cake!

Okay so this is the cake I am attempting for Carsten's birthday on Friday!
We'll see how it turns out. There's a lot of colors so that could be time consuming. I made the sheet cake last night and I'm not sure if its going to work. I used self-rising flour instead of all-purpose or cake flour and I don't think the cake rose like it should have and it might not taste the same. So, I'm going to make another one today with the RIGHT flour and see how it turns out. I'm learning a lot about baking and more from my mistakes than from doing it right:)

I hope Carsten likes it, I have a feeling he will no matter what!:) We accepted an offer on our house! We are EXTREMELY excited and are still waiting for the inspection and appraisal but the papers have been officially signed! God has been so Good to provide a buyer for us:)

My friend Jana, her husband, and little Allyson their daughter are coming tonight for Allyson's heart surgery on Friday. Please keep them in your prayers. Pray that she would get out of ICU quickly before we have to leave and not have a place for them to stay. The movers are coming on Monday. I'm trying to just take one day at a time and not get anxious about the move. Its going to come soon enough. Right now I want to enjoy Chad's going away ceremony and Carsten's birthday party. We can't wait to see everyone!

The 4th

Here are some pictures from our holiday weekend. Probably the most unique part was a helicopter landed in the yard where we spend the 4th! The picture of the mule is what my family had to ride on to get down to the boat dock since the water was so high!

Carsten seems to be doing better since we got home, but he was pretty fussy all weekend so that part took some of the fun out of it:( His eating also seems to have gone downhill with this recent sickness (whatever he has) so please pray that he would start eating better again.

We are looking forward to getting to our new place in Kansas, however, sad to say our goodbyes very soon!

helicopter

 

Great-grandmother

 

Taking the mule to the boat dock

 

Carsten and Dad watching Lost together

 

Cake comments and Carsten

Okay guys, I know ANY minute now I'm going to get a TON of comments on how CUTE the cake was I made!! Really, trust me, you're going to be BEGGING me to make your wedding cake here in a few years!:) On a more serious note, please pray for Carsten, he's been running a fever for the last couple of days and tonight it was 101.5. I just get worried cause its hard to know whether is a cold, G-tube infection, UTI, etc.. I'm just giving him tylenol and will wait to see if it spikes any more before I take him in. I might take him in tomorrow just to be on the safe side. He's never been sick before since the hospital so this is new territory for me:(