Cakes of 2010

It was a crazy year for cakes for me. I didn't realize how many I had made until I was downloading all the pictures.                                                                                    

This was a challenge for me. I needed to make limes look beautiful and elegant . Mission accomplished. :)

This was one of my favorite cakes of the year. I love the bold orange on white.

My first real attempt at a topsy turvy cake. I loved the comments I got  on how it looked like a Dr. Seuss cake.

A birthday cake for an friends daughter. I made amazing friends through the deployment. 

The football and the helmet are also cake. This was a fun one.

My youngest daughter's 5th birthday cake. She is obsessed with Disney Princesses. :)

1st Deployment

Ty left for a year long deployment to Afghanistan on March 21, 2010 with the 144th ASMC.  It was all a little surreal at first. I don't think any of us really had a clue what we were getting into. It was definitely an emotional day for all of us.

This was the start of a year of growing, worry, and changes. Thankfully we all made it through with minimal scarring, and with lessons learned that we never would have experienced otherwise. I absolutely believe that it made us a stronger family, and stronger individually. I am so proud of my husband for serving his country. I am proud of my kids for making it through and believing in their hero every minute he was gone. I am also proud of myself. Any military wife would agree that a deployment is one, if not the hardest thing they have gone through. 

God Bless America and those that selflessly serve Her.

My beautiful Family

I am so far behind on this blog that I can never catch up. So instead of trying I am going to just post a few highlights from the last year in the next few days. :)

We had our family pictures taken right before Ty deployed in March of 2010.  Here is a sampling...