tornado twirling

where did my weekend go? it whooshed by like a tornado, picking me up, twirling me around a bit and then plopping me back down just in time to be exhausted for monday. but it was a good kind of twirling i guess, filled with lots of fun things. friday i spent the entire day with april running around the city trying to pick up donations for the fundraiser - april has always been super helpful with this kind of stuff, and it's always more fun to errand run with someone else. why we did not take a self-portait, i'll never know! we laughed and laughed while we made a mod podge dinner and took turns running my kids to and fro their friday night activities. after april left i started preparing cupcakes for jake's baptism. now that i mention this, i'm not sure that i ever blogged about doing his photos or announcement. how did forget this? it was one of the funnest shoots because he was a ham the whole time! i was flattered that he was comfortable enough around me to show some flair! i ended up enjoying the quiet time so much that i stayed up way too late -somewhere in the neighborhood of 3am. the cupcakes turned out super yummy and by the end of three different batches of homemade frosting - three different flavors - my whole kitchen was covered in a thin layer of powdered sugar. mmm, i love it when my kitchen is covered in powdered sugar because it means i'm baking and hopefully something yummy is on it's way to my tummy. i made more lemon cupcakes, because they were so divine at easter, then chocolate fudge with butter cream, and coconut with coconut butter cream frosting that i invented.i love inventing frosting. they were big hits. the baptism was so great, i have developed a real love for kristy these past few years and it was really wonderful to be part of her family circle that day. the food was incredible! (patsy thought so too!) the cupcakes were a hit. yay! kristy's boys love ethan and when we got back to their house they immediately turned on nemo for him to watch - they know it's his favorite because they read my blog! :) ethan LOVED seeing nemo on the big screen, the three of them were pretty much glued. when we got back home, i quickly grabbed a few shots of ethan in his easter suit since i blew it on easter sunday and missed my opportunity. doesn't the middle shot look a little GQish? sort of walking like a stud? i just love little boys in easter suits. i closed my eyes for about thirty minutes on the couch before i headed to memory grove to take pictures of this cute couple. they were nervous but playful and luckily the weather was mostly cooperative. i came home from the shoot just in time - ok late - to change into a skirt and zoom down to the church with allie for her first yw general broadcast. it was fantastic! i loved the talk about driving our "stakes" down deep. i'll blog more about this topic later. as i was sitting with all of those darling yw, i was thinking about how great camp is going to be and how i'm not as nervous as i used to be about it all coming together. i'm especially excited to be there with allie! i had to talk her into the self portait which we got in one shot! on the way home i tried to take a photo of her "you're ridiculous" look that she was giving me for dancing to the music on the radio. i wanted to be able to show her proof of that look some day when she's my age and claims to have been an angel growing up. instead of proof i just got a flying pony-tail, she must have known it would come back to haunt her some day. last but not least, rich and i had a yummy dinner at sizzler - i know, but i love that place. if rich were into self portaits i would've taken one but he would've just rolled his eyes. phew! you know, i was wondering why i fell asleep in the rocking chair putting ethan to bed, but now i think i understand.