a few other images.

i have never been the best or biggest picture taker. here are a few images that i have found that i have done over the last little while.

a poker party

simple but classy.

made these puppies for a friends husband's poker-themed birthday party.

vanilla cupcakes with almond buttercream

vanilla cupcakes with original buttercream

chocolate cupcakes with original chocolate buttercream

baby boy shower

these cupcakes and cake pops were for a friends sister's baby shower.

cake pops are red velvet with cream cheese icing and vanilla with original buttercream

there were 3 varieties of cupcakes

red velvet with cream cheese icing

lemon cupcake with fresh lemon buttercream

vanilla cupcake with original vanilla buttercream

all cupcakes were topped with a candy baby bottle and differentiated with sprinkles and icing design.

a new face...

since we have a different blog for our personal life, this will be revamped into my "new and improved" cupcake only blog. I always said I would use this later as a strictly cupcake blog...and now i'm runnin' with the idea. if you have any questions about my cupcakes just shoot me an email and i would be happy to answer.

lindseywyattrn@gmail.com

aloha...long lost friend.

it has been AGES since i wrote on here...and i have so much to update!

the most recent news is that in 3 months i will be laying on this...

and hiking in this...

i am going to MAUI!!!!

other exciting things....starting since my last post:

in november we had a nice thanksgiving in texas at cj, mardi, eli, and tate's and my parents and sophie were lucky enough to drive down for it. I worked the holiday, but it was still nice to spend time with them. It was nice enough to go running outside the day before thanksgiving in a tank top and shorts. oh the difference between utah/idaho and dallas.

in december, Christmas was a blast. miss maren and her parents made the trip to kansas city (as did auntie) and spend Christmas with mom, dad, and sophie. it was the first time i wore my coat, as the day before i left to go home, it was 85 degrees here in dallas. it was fun to be home and see jamie, robert, and maren for almost a week. we did many of our yearly traditions and went to the plaza (one of my favorite traditions). william sonoma gets me every time.

january was a VERY exciting month. shelly came in from utah and celebrated the new year in dallas. i had to work so our partying was a little on the short end. we enjoyed relaxing and catching up on sleep. i celebrated my 24th (ahem 21st for the 4th time) on the 8th. on the 26th i had surgery. MY HANDS ARE NO LONGER SWEATY!!!! after my whole life of dripping wet hands, they are dry! i had a bilateral thorascopic sympathectomy. my mom came to dallas for a week to help take care of me...i thought this was going to be a piece of cake. boy, was i wrong. thank you so much mom for being my nursemaid on hand 24/7. thank you to everyone who called and checked in. i much prefer being the nurse rather than the patient.

february was/is eventful as the superbowl was in dallas. this was right after i had surgery so i was pretty limited in wanting to do things. it has been fun to see the superbowl and the world series in the same year. i went to utah for a weekend to visit old friends. it was so fun to see everyone and i'm sorry if i missed you.

sorry for the delay and the shortened condensed version of my life! the next few months will be a blast. april i'm going to kansas city to run a 1/2 marathon with my dad. kesha comes to dallas on the 26th...and then to hawaii.

yes, everything IS bigger in texas.

tristyn came in town last weekend so i could try and convert her to become a texan. if it wasn't for the weather and the cowboys, i think she would be up to moving here. we had a nice relaxing weekend and did a few things in dallas that i hadn't experienced yet either.

we went to the hard rock cafe down in the west end. tristyn collects things from hard rock in every city, and i have since started over the last few cities.

we went to the dallas farmers market. i had been here before and love it. free samples galore! it is really pretty right now with all the fall plants and pumpkins up for sale. if you live near by i recommend heading over there. if anything, you get some free yummy samples.

the texas state fair was huge. i had been to the idaho and utah state fair, but the texas one is about 5 of those combined. i finally tried a fletcher's corny dog- yes, they are worth all the hype, and we shared some fried oreo's. they were delicious. we however skipped out on other fried goods such as fried poptarts, cookie dough, frito pies, lemonade, and many other "clog your artery" goodness. we didn't go on the ferris wheel, which is apparently the tallest in the nation.

i think i wore tristyn out of the ranger's games. don't worry, she now owns a ranger's shirt which she will wear with pride. it has been a blast having the ranger's be in the series living here. jam- i'm not sure if my experience is the same/similar to yours in boston, but it is quite the experience. go rangers!

we also went to the dallas world aquarium. it was more like a tropical zoo, but it was worth the money to get in. it kind of made me feel like i was in ecuador again.

we saw two movies...living up to our tradition. "life as we know it" is a must see (at least per my rating...i loved it!) and "easy a" (which is another must see, if you are under maybe the age of 30??) sorry mom and dad..that one may not be for you.

the weekend was a lot of fun and it was nice to have a friend in town! thanks trist for coming to the glorious heat of dallas.

fall time in kansas city.

being only 9 hours from kansas city, my brother and his family and I decided to drive up and see my parents and my sister and niece when they came in town to see my parents. we had a lot of fun being together as it has been almost two years since all 3 siblings have been home at the same time; it was also maren's first trip to kansas.

we made a trip to the pumpkin farm which was a lot of fun. it is a working farm so eli of course loved he animals and farm equipment. the weekend we were in kc it was really warm (in fact it felt like dallas) so we spent a ton of time outside.

the 9th was eli's 3rd birthday (he is growing up so fast! where has time gone?) it was fun to be at nana and papa's house. he loved it! he got lots of playdough, puzzles, football, and a grill from his auntie and aunt jamie. he currently is obsessed with baseball (right in time for the series. good job eli (and he knows who to cheer for, too!)). he is quite the doll.

maren is getting so big! she sitting, rolling, scooting, and boy can she squeel. she has the cutest sassy personality. she is the cutest little girl and her personality just makes her even cuter! she will be crawling before i know it (if she hasn't already). she is going to be a mover and a shaker for sure.

tate is the sweetest little boy. he is such a charmer and a cuddler. what more could a girl ask for, right? i can't believe he is almost 15 months already.

thanks mom and dad (and sophie, too) for having a full house!