Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone!!!  I hope you all had a wonderful day :)  I spent a good portion of yesterday in the kitchen making the cake featured below and then I was in the kitchen again today making a big dinner for my family (dad, mom, sister, her son and boyfriend, and Rene and I).  It was a busy two days but a lot of fun and now I get to enjoy some much needed downtime. :)  I even got a back massage from Rene, yay!!!!  

This morning I was talking to Rene about Easter family traditions and what I remember from my childhood.  As we were sharing, Rene shared some new things I never knew.  It's so amazing to me that after 5.5 years of marriage and a total 16 years of friendship (holy cow that's a long time!!!) that there are still things I don't know about him.  Wow, 16 years..... that's more years than my youngest niece has even been alive.  I feel old now :(  LOL  

My poor car :(

Last Friday, Rene and I got in my car to head downtown for a nice evening out.  Rene was going to drive but when he tried to start the car it just wouldn't.  :(  The car was making the juj juj juj sound but it just wasn't firing. We didn't have time to do much about it so we got into Rene's car and headed out.  The following day my parents came over so my dad could take a look.  And really, that's all he did :)  He tried what he could but he said he just doesn't know much about the newer cars.  I am so not excited about this....  If it's not something simple this could be a very BIG, unexpected cost. :(  Let's hope it's just a small thing!!!

I called a mechanic today, had my car towed to his shop and after they took a look he called to inform me my car was flooded.  What??!!  He said they looked at everything but there was nothing they could find so they drained the gas and it starts perfectly.  He asked if we had pumped the gas at all while we attempted starting it and I said how Rene may have when he tried but not initially.  The mechanic was befuddled as well so he said he'd keep the car over night and see how the car did in the morning with a cold start.  So far so good, let's keep this cheap!!  I'm guessing there was something loose and after they fiddled around it got fixed.  I just hope I get some more good news tomorrow morning.

Not much going on...

 Long time no blog.  There's really been nothing going on with us lately so nothing to blog about.  But I did decide it was time to update the blog with something so here are a few things.

In February, we celebrate the Fur Rondy here in Alaska and here are a few of the pics of our day.  Below is a picture of the winter carnival.  Yes, we do ride all the rides bundled up in our winter gear but NO, Rene and I did not do that this year as Rene isn't much of a fan ^_^

This is the blanket toss.... it's a seal skin (at least I think it's seal) and they let anyone who wants sit in the middle and they toss you up.  I was hoping they'd let people stand up during the toss but they only let them sit.

 This year we had our first Yukigassen (a snow ball fight).  It was pretty interesting but we didn't stay too long cause the day was so super cold with a very bitter wind.

And lastly, the sled dog races.  I love how happy the dogs look as they run by. 

 In March, my parents celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary!!!  Love you guys!  Anyways, I took a cake decorating class to learn how to make beautiful flowers and with that knowledge I made the below cake for my parents.  The flowers are carnations and roses made out of gumpaste (very pretty but no fun to eat! lol)

 My sister Tammy came up from Colorado for a week and I made this cake for her.  It's just a basket weave with some lilies. However, Tammy said the flowers looked like spiders, yuck!  I wasn't a fan of the flowers but I decided to use them instead of throwing them away.  I just really love the basket weave.  This was also my first attempt at the basket weave. ^_^

 Okay, last cake ^_^  This was spring inspired.... I made a bouquet of flowers and adorned it with leaves and a 'grass' border along the base.

 So on a completely different note, Rene made a comment the other day that I liked.  He mentioned how on Facebook there are quite a few people who only update their status with facts about their kids and only talk about their kids.  Since we have yet to have children I thought perhaps I should dedicate all of my FB posts to our puppies!  I didn't do it BUT here are some adorable pics of our cuties.

Cocoa - such the sweet heart & cuddler :)

 Indy - how can you say no to that face??  too cute!!

Now this last pic of Indy is so funny.... When Rene's up in the office on the computer, Indy loves to get up on the windowsill and look outside.  He will even lay on the desk and place his head on the windowsill sometimes.  He's such a funny guy.