This Monday!

Pink Lemonade Cake Bread

Last month Raquel wanted me to make a "Pink Lemonade Cake" for her Birthday Party. I thought that idea would actually be kind of fun and cute..Low and behold I didn't think it would be such a difficult task to take on...I usually make cakes from the box and make my own icing..I'm the queen of home made icing..One cake that I get A+'s on is "German Chocolate Cake"..That's a cake that was skipped down to me from my Grandmother..I love making that cake..It's delicious.. But when it came to finding a recipe for Raquel's cake I thought I found the perfect one.. The ingredients sounded very easy and a "piece of cake" to make.


I had all the ingredients set out for me..Very simple..flour, eggs, baking soda, baking powder, pink lemonade, etc.. However simple I thought this was going to be, it became a laughing stock of the day.. What I didn't realize was that the recipe called for only 9 cupcakes from the finish results.. ONLY 9? WTH! who makes cupcakes and only gets 9 out of it..I really wanted to make this cake despite the count..So I added more flour, more salt, more lemonade..You get the picture..I did this about 4 times I believe..I quit counting after so many tries to get a good amount of batter..During this time of mixing and adding, my sister and I couldn't stop laughing over the disaster..Flour was everywhere and I was a mess...Overall it was such fun..Really it was..Raquel approved of the batter..It really tasted like lemonade..Very clever indeed..But! The baking is the real result..You just never know what the cake will be like once it is cooked..


I let the cake sit out over night..I really thought it was gonna be perfect in the morning...Well......The cake turned out to be a bit shallow, and a bit dense..This is where the bread falls in..It turned out to be like a cake/bread..I didn't think it had any fluff or spring to it...I continued to think positive thoughts with my breading cake.. 

Onto the icing..The icing was the easy part.. It was simply delicious.. I was just worried about what all the kids would say about this interesting cake.. Raquel really enjoyed it..Thank God! I didn't get rave reviews from the kids even though they said they liked it..I guess with kids you just never can tell right? My sister and friends said it had a good flavor, but yes it was like a bread....But as a bread it wasn't even springing..I didn't like it.. 

Overall, I was proud that I accomplished something that I've never done before...I'm just curious to what I left out that made this cake/bread so dense..Maybe I didn't put enough baking powder in it..I felt like I used so much from the enormous bag that I had..(Smart and final bag that is LOLOL it's a huge bag)..I guess I'll never know..Not sure if i'll ever attempt at this cake again..But it sure was an experience i'll never forget..

Grandpa's 90th Bday

Before we headed for our "Kern River" Vacation we celebrated (Great) Grandpa West's 90th Birthday.. Grandpa was very surprised to see his great-grandchildren and so happy to receive homemade cards by the kids..This was a special moment.

 We brought Muffins and Mimosa's for Breakfast...

 Grandpa reading Raquel's card

 Reading Joey's Card

Happy Birthday Grandpa! We love you!

Bday Sleepover

Raquel went to a Birthday Sleepover at her Friend Tori's house.

Here are a few pics of that night. Thanks to my friend I got a few memories to share.
Here's Makaela and Sarah, with Raquel making choco covered marshmallows..

All the girls after opening gifts and ready for bed..

nighty night..

First Time Ice Skating

After being at Moms, we headed to a Birthday Party for Raquel's friend, Hallie. It was taken place at an ice skating rink.. This was Raquel's first time ice skating. And as for me, I haven't been on ice skates since I was a kid.. So it was a learning experience for myself as well... I didn't fall once on my booty! Yay!

Raquel and Hallie
Right before getting on the ice..

Here she goes!!!

When she first got on the ice Raquel was really scared.. Her poor little face was so sad and she almost started to cry.. I hurried up and got my skates and saved the day!

As time went on Raquel got more and more secure and did great!

She even tried letting go of the side.. I'm so proud of her..

Party time!! Raquel ate almost 3 pieces of pizza!!! Is she growing or something??? Then had ice cream and then cake.. Well, I did too.. hahaha~~!

Group photo.. Raquel is at the very right..

Hula Hooping..

My Niece, Sionna, Turns 6!

Another year has gone by and now Sionna has turned 6! I can't believe she's that age! I remember rushing from San Diego to see her be born. What stress I was feeling in hoping to be there in time. And what a thrilling sight it was for me to see Sionna come into this world. My children had a new baby cousin. I had a new Niece, and My sister was a brand new mother. What Joy Sionna has given to our lives. What a special, smart, beautiful 6 yr old girl she has become.

Barbie Cake!

The girls thought it was funny to see Barbie with no bottom half body

The cake was supurb!

Happy Bday Sionna!