michigan - days three, four and five

On Friday it was rainy, rainy, rainy! Since we couldn't do much, we headed to the local grocery store to get a few things. For me, it was cupcake supplies for the next day. After we dropped our stuff off at Grandma and Grandpa's, we headed to the Petoskey movie theater to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It was a pretty good movie, and delicious popcorn! :) After the movie, we went to lunch, and then ate some amazing gelato for dessert. I had burnt caramel and chocolate flavored gelato. The burnt caramel was incredible!

my sister, brother-in-law, and samson the cat

mr. webb and the youngest cousin

We spent the evening with a pre-family reunion. A few people came to talk. Mr. Webb, my sister, my brother-in-law and I played frisbee for awhile, until we got to sticky and sweaty to go on. That humidity is crazy! Mr. Webb and my brother-in-law also had fun climbing the tree.

Saturday was family reunion day. I spent the morning baking and decorating around 70 cupcakes. That's the most cupcakes I've made at one time, so it was a bit intimidating, but turned out just fine. Unfortunately, after the first round of cupcakes, the ants decided they deserved the rest. So a good amount of the cupcakes got thrown in the garbage. :(

The family reunion was good. It was fun to catch up with family that I haven't seen for seven years! I especially loved playing ladder golf, although I was always on the losing team. What does that say about me...I wonder.

mr. webb, me, my mom, my sister, my brother-in-law

my grandma and her big sister

On Sunday we went to church with my grandparents, then came home and relaxed for the day. I love just sitting on the deck and looking at the beautiful flowers and garden in the yard.

Tomorrow, day six.

michigan - days one(ish) and two

Mr. Webb and I were able to go to Michigan for a week to visit my family. We flew out with my mom, my sister, and my brother-in-law last Wednesday. It was a long travel day. We flew into the Detroit airport (only one layover), and then drove about four and a half hours north to my Grandma and Grandpa's house.

giant basil from grandpa's garden

On Thursday, the fun began! We spent the day with my Aunt, Uncle, and two little cousins in Petoskey. We walked up and down the streets, stopping wherever we wanted to shop. My favorite shop was American Spoon Foods. They had delicious jams, spoon fruits, and salsas. I knew they were delicious, because you could sample just about anything! Mmmm, good! We left the store with the yummiest blackberry spoon fruit, mango habanero salsa, and cherry peach salsa.

My adorable cousin playing "barbles" with Mr. Webb and my brother-in-law.

We ate lunch at a darling little place called Roast and Toast. While we were eating our delectable sandwiches, wraps, and soups, the LDS missionaries came in, but they left before ordering, so we didn't get a chance to talk to them.

After lunch and a bit more shopping, we walked down to Lake Michigan. It was a beautiful view.

After a wonderful day of walking around Petoskey, we went back to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner.

Tomorrow, Days 3 and 4.

july birthday cupcakes

I made these for my father-in-law and brother-in-law's birthdays. We celebrated the birthdays on Sunday night, and I made chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting, white chocolate shavings, and a yummy addition!

My cupcakes turned out absolutely perfect...

Here's the final result:

Last week, I also got a new camera! It's a Sony TX7 Cybershot. And it takes cool pictures like this:

And I made this super awesome no-sew purse, minus the pink flower. But, by a pure coincidence, I did happen to use the exact same cloth! Funny how that happened!

words of wisdom from winnie the pooh

"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"

"What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say Piglet?"

"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully, "it's the same thing" he said.

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patriotic cupcakes parts 2 and 3

I got a call Saturday night. 3 dozen cupcakes to decorate? Why yes, thank you! Picked them up on Sunday. First batch was for the 4th of July celebration at the Webb's home. They were basically the same as the first, just different colors:

I made a second batch on Monday for my family's celebration. Instead of regular cupcakes, though, I decided to make Bakerella's cake pops. I made mine star-shaped, and they turned out pretty good, although not as perfect as Bakerella's do... :)