Welcome Joshua!!!

Joshua Steven Parent was born on June 4th at 11:11 am. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. I am so glad to have him here so I can hold him and kiss his chubby cheeks.

Joshua is such a good baby!! He is happy and just so sweet! He looks a lot like his brother Michael did when he was born.

Joshua has also been sleeping 5-7 hours each night, which is fantastic! Cross my fingers that he stays that way!

Joshua is such a blessing to our family! Michael is a very proud big brother and such a big helper! He loves holding his baby brother and helping me change his diapers!

Picnic at Wheeler Farm

Wow it's been a long time since I have gotten on here to blog, so I thought I would start it back up today!

Michael and I took a picnic to Wheeler Farm and Wayne met us there on his lunch break since he is 2 blocks from there! We had a lot of fun! Michael loved seeing all the animals and had a blast playing on the tractors. I did forget to bring some bread to feed the ducks, so I promised Michael that next time I would remember to bring it. We had a lot of fun just walking around and seeing the different animals. Michael cracked me up by chasing a chicken around a tree. It kept going around and around. I finally got my camera out and took a video of it! Too funny!!

Michael's 4th Birthday!

My baby is 4 years old and I am not sure how I feel about that! :) Time goes by so fast! Michael had so much fun on his birthday!! He turned 4 on February 17th, so on his actual birthday, he opened up our presents for him which was his first bike! He loves it! We had to go for a bike ride that very second even though it was freezing!! Then we went out to dinner at Carls Jr with some of his friends. That night was so much fun!!

On Saturday, we had two birthday parties for him. One with friends at the Little Gym and one with family at my mom's house. I loved doing his party at the Little Gym because I didn't have to do anything!

Then at my mom's house we had more presents, a pinata and more cake! We had a lot of family and friends come. Thank you all for coming! Michael appreciates all the fun he had plus the presents he got!

Michael's Birthday Countdown

Michael has 28 days until his birthday and asks me everyday if it is his birthday yet. So, I decided to make another Birthday Chain. He had a lot of fun making it with me. So everyday, he will get to cut off a link on the chain until his birthday is here. Hopefully he will stop asking if it's his birthday, but I am not going to get my hopes up, because I am sure the question will still come. But at least this is a fun way for him to know how much longer he must endure until the big day comes!

Vote for Michael

I entered Michael into a photo contest and need your help in voting! One boy and one girl will win to be the cover model for Utah Family Magazine. Click here to vote and find Michael's picture. You will need to enter your email address, then check your email and confirm your vote for it to count. I need all your help!! You can do this every day until October 20th.


Thanks!!

Newcastle Preschool

Michael is going to preschool at the Newcastle preschool here in Draper. I love this school and am so impressed with what they have to offer. We had orientation last Thursday and he didn't want to leave! He asked me almost everyday if he can go to school. His first day is on Tuesday. I can't believe my baby is old enough to go to preschool! I do love that he is so excited about it!! He can't wait to finally go to school! Let's just hope that he always has that attitude toward school!! :)

My First Wedding Cake

I just made my first Wedding Cake and am so excited about it!!
You can also look at my cake blog to check out more pics! Click here to check it out.

Happy Father's Day!!

I just want to say Happy Father's Day to all you dad's out there!! Even if you are not a dad right now, you still play a special part to your family!! So Happy Father's Day to you too!!

Wayne, I love you very much!! You work so hard for our family and you are a wonderful man!! Happy Father's Day!! You are wonderful!!

More cakes added to my cake blog- Check it out!!

I have a made a few more cakes. I have added pictures to my other blog- www.cakesbysheree.blogspot.com

check it out!!

Viva Las Vegas!!

It was due time for us to take a break and go on vacation... Wayne took Michael to Logan to stay with his parents and from what I hear, he is loving it!

Wayne and I met my sister Cindi and her husband Eric in St. George yesterday then drove to Las Vegas. We are staying at one of our time shares here and had a great welcome party last night. There was live entertainment and they asked Wayne, who they thought was Danny Gokey from American Idol (I know it's kind of funny!!) to sing... Of course he didn't sing. A few people did come up and ask me or him if he was Danny Gokey, or that he looked a lot like him. We did stand up to introduce ourselves as owners and as a joke, Wayne introduced himself as Danny Gokey, then said he was kidding and gave his real name.

Today, I actually got to sleep through the night without a toddler coming into bed with us or waking me up because he has to pee.... It was fabulous!! Then I got to sleep in until 9 am which is un heard of at my house.

We drove up to Jean, NV to the Buffalo Bills Casino and Hotel to ride the biggest roller coaster which is the largest and fastest roller coaster in Nevada. It was awesome!! We rode it twice and had a blast! It was worth it!

Tonight we are going to see 'The Lion King' and are very excited about that! We got a free CD of the music last night at our welcome party so that was a nice surprise for us.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt @ Grandma's

We had our Annual Easter Egg Hunt at my Grandma Cluff's house today. It's always nice to get the whole family together. We ate lunch first, then sent the kids upstairs to play with toys while we went outside to hide eggs.

Michael had a blast. We had to keep taking eggs out of his basket and re-hiding them because he didn't want to stop. It's so fun him get so excited about everything.

I also made another cool cake for the party... see the bottom for the picture!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Yesterday was Wayne's Mom's birthday. We decided to go to Logan today to celebrate it with her. I made her dinner and a cake. It was fun day! Wayne and his sister Kari did a little wrestling and Michael of course had to get in on the action! It was so funny! Here are some pictures!

Michael took this picture... can you tell?

New addition to our family

We have a new addition in our family. We got a Chihuahua from a good friend of ours who had to give her a new home due to some changes in their apartments. They were really sad to lose her, but felt better knowing that she would be in a good home.

Cricket is 1 1/2 years old and fully grown and weighs 4 lbs. She is so cute and so sweet! She really has filled a void in our home since our dog Gigi was killed last December. She definitely has a different personality than Gigi, which is a good thing. Cricket is a lot calmer, but just as playful. She can play fetch for hours! She is so much fun! I already love her and am so excited to have her in our family.

She can also sit and lay down on command. We are working with her to 'come' to us, but that will take a little time since she is new to us. She is a very good dog. She is also paper trained ya!!!

We took her outside to play today, and she was a little hesitant because she is an inside dog. She didn't run away like Gigi would have, but she did explore. I was very nervous when my mom took her out without a leash because I don't know if she will run off and because of my experience with Gigi, I just was afraid. She did good, but I am not ready for that. We walked her down to the park with a leash, and she didn't really want to go. It took her running after a bowl of food in Wayne's hand to get her going. It was pretty funny. It's probably because she is in a new home and different surroundings.

We are very excited for Cricket to be in our home and look forward to getting to know her better.

Going into business

Hi everyone!

So, I think I am going to start a business. I have made 4 awesome cakes in the last month and have had so many compliments (and people telling me to start a business already!!) So, I think I will. I am looking into. I want to know if anyone has a suggestion for the perfect name for my business. Please let me know if you do. I would really appreciate it. Here are some pictures of some of the cakes I have made.

Here is the Penguin Cake I just finished today for a girl in my ward.

Dinosaur Cake for my nephew Kayzin

Curious George for a girl in my ward.

Michael's Monkey cake (3rd Birthday)

Thomas the Tank Cake for Michael's 2nd birthday

Wayne's Graduation cake (ice cream cake)

I also made a snowboard cake for my brother Steve, but I can't find that picture. It was really cool. It was the board, with boots. I will have to find a picture and post it.

If any of you have any suggestions for names, please let me know. Thanks!

Happy St. Patricks Day!!

For FHE last night, we made shamrock cupcakes. They turned out so cute!! It was really easy to make. Fill the cup cakes half full then make little foil balls and stick them between the cup and pan in three even spots. Once they are done and cooled, frost with green frosting (we also put on green sprinkles) then with a toothpick, make three lines to represent the leaves then insert a cut up piece of green licorice (I used Twizzlers Rainbow twists).

Fairy "Prince'

Michael and I went over to a friends house yesterday for a play date. My friends little girl, likes to dress up, so she dressed Michael up too. He was a fairy. He thought it was fun for a little bit, but then had to be back in his clothes... Here are a few pics.