cakes, cakes, cakes!

I love to decorate cakes, and when my mom asked me to do my Grandmas 85th birthday cake I was quite surprised. Since we had a big party for her, I was for sure we would just order a Costco cake. So I was pretty excited to do this for my Grandma, but I really didn't know what to do to decorate the cake. My mom reminded me that she loves sunflowers, so I sketched out some ideas and finally came up with the design I wanted to do. I decided to make a homemade chocolate "dump cake" and I made a big sheet cake, perfect for a big group. The day came and after my Grandma opened up her time capsule, I showed her the cake. I was thrilled to show her and to see what she thought of it. My Grandma loved it, and it was so special to me to be able to make her the cake! 

It turned out great and I am glad it was more than half gone so I didn't have to take much home, haha! I have pictures of my Grandma and I with the cake, but my mom has the camera and is in Kentucky so those pictures I will have to share with you later. 

want a free photo shoot? check out this giveaway!

My cousin Laura is one awesome photographer, and she is doing a giveaway! BUT entries end TODAY at 5:00! So make sure you enter, check out her facebook page here. 
That is all for today.
Peace. 

back to school, back to school, to prove to dad i'm not a fool!

Well everyone, I am FINALLY going back to school in the fall!! I am so excited and can't wait to go back! I am going to go to SLCC and I have decided to do Cosmetology. It's something I have always secretly wanted to do, just never told anyone cause everyone was so gung ho on me doing Culinary (don't worry I'll still bake people!)But I figure this is something I can do from home, and when I have kids and still make some money from it. I am really so excited to do this and get back to school and learn something new! I think it will be a good experience for me and I just can't wait to get started!

Well, that is all the updates for now, next post I promise I will post pictures of our new place!

aaaand we're back!

Nick and I got our internet back on Saturday, so I will be back to blogging! I am going to take pictures of our new place so you can see our wonderful new home, or as Nick calls it "our double wide" It's really nice, just you wait and see! 

one year anniversary

Yesterday was our one year anniversary. I can't believe that we have been married for a year! I love it though, I love being married and I love having Nick as my husband. 
So we celebrated this weekend and it was wonderful! I started my weekend off by taking Friday off. I met Nick for lunch, then went and got my hair cut by the fabulous Meagan Marz (best hair cut ever!) and then I went and laid out at my pool with Lolly! It was a great day and much needed! Nick and I also went down Los Hermanos in Lindon for dinner, it is one of my favorite mexican restaurants! Saturday we slept in and went to our new little home to get some paperwork and I got to see my little kitty cat, I can't wait to have her for my own! Then we went up to the zoo, it was so fun! Even though it rained on us towards the end, it was still so fun to walk around and see all the animals and see the newest addition, DINOSAURS! They were really neat! We decided to stay the night in a hotel in Salt Lake, we picked the Little America Hotel, it was amazing! Such a nice place for a great price! We went to the pool and laid out for a bit, then we got ready to go to dinner at The Steakhouse that was at the hotel, it was nice and sooo yummy! Then it was time for our presents, Nick got his present a week early cause he wanted a new phone, so I got him a Droid X. Nick spoiled me and got me, Snow White, Alice in Wonderland combo pack, a Downeast gift card, AND the complete series of I Love Lucy!! I was SO excited! I can't wait to start watching them! Then Sunday came, the day of our one year! We checked out of the hotel and went to a place called Finns for breakfast, it's located in Sugarhouse and it's a cute little cafe, it had delicious food and it was a fun place to go! Then our weekend ended by eating the top tier of our cake and watching our wedding video, it was perfect! 
I am so happy to have Nick in my life and it was so fun celebrating our Anniversary. I have never been happier and I can't wait to see what eternity brings us! I love you Nick! 

at the zoo!

elephants are my favorite!

all ready for our nice dinner 

one year!

Finn's, where we went to breakfast

all of our gifts

our cake!

There's an app for that.

Just testing out my blogger app for my phone! :)
I swear there is an app for everything, I think of something and go to the market on my phone and lo and behold there is an app for it! These smart phones are quite awesome, makes work a little less boring when there is down time! Like right now.... ;)

we're moving on up!

Nick and I are moving on up in life, we're moving in about a week into... drum roll please! A double-wide trailer. Yup, yup! We sure are, and we are so excited. My Aunt rents out the trailer she lives next to so we are going to be living there for the next 6 months! This trailer, or as my Aunt calls it "a manufactured home" is quite nice! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a nice little yard, porch and all for a great price that we just couldn't pass up. I have a cousin living there now, and she is moving up to Idaho to help with her in-laws cupcake store they have. She has 2 dogs and a cat, she can't take the cat with her cause everyone is allergic, soooo she gave us the cat! And we are so excited to finally have a pet! So meet the newest member of the Barfi family, Calliope:

Not the greatest picture but I am sure there will be more to come! I can't wait to move and go home to my cute kitty! :) 

So, next Sunday is our one year anniversary! Time flies, it's crazy. And I kept having a hard time thinking of what to get Nick for it, he's not the greatest at giving me hints as to what he wants, and he always tells me he doesn't want anything. So I'm always stumped on presents for him. But he actually told me a few things he wanted! So on Saturday we moved on up and upgraded our phones! We both now have these beauties:

We have what's called the Droid X. For the longest time Nick did not want to upgrade our phones, and now he is addicted to his phone. And I love mine too, they are great phones and our wonderful friend Todd was able to help us out with them. 

I can't believe it's our one year and I can't wait to have Friday off and celebrate and pull out our top tier of our cake! And hopefully the weather warms up so we can have a nice weekend and go to the zoo! 

Everything else is going just great for us, we are just working away and living life. Work is going well for the both of us, and I'm glad we both have jobs that we love. Nick has been starting to pack up all our stuff so we can just have a quick and easy move. I can't wait to move and be in our new place, it's going to be so nice not worrying about the people above us or below us. And I already know that we have one good neighbor ;) Well, that will wrap it up for tonight, thanks for reading!