Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I Love My Family

I don't know why, but God has blessed me with the best family - the one I have now and the one in which I was raised. I have always felt that some people were sent to their families because their families needed them and others were sent to their families because they needed their families. I think I belong to the latter group.

We had a family birthday party for Baylie on Saturday. Most of the family was able to be there (we missed you Tiff!). I love spending time with my family. It's my favorite thing about being back in Utah. I love that Baylie is surrounded by her cousins, aunts, uncles, Grammy and Grandad. I loved growing up that way and I'm glad she gets this experience. I hope that when David is finished with school, we can live close by family again.

My sister-in-law, Shanelle, made Baylie this awesome Princess and the Pea cake. She has all boys, so I think she had fun making a girl cake.


Our little party girl.

5 comments:

RazakFamily said...

that cake is stinkin' AWESOME!!!
Very cute...I am glad you guys had so much fun :)
Yeah for being 1!

Jen said...

Adorable girl! Doesn't the first year just fly by?? I can't believe how fast it went. That cake is awesome. You are lucky to live close to family. I am glad we have dh's family close by, but wish mine was closer.

Jenn said...

The Family Fun Magazine Cake!! I LOVE IT! I considered making that one for Alyssa's birthday but she was so set on a "doggy cake." What a talented sister you have-that took a lot of work. I bet Baylie just LOVED it! It IS so great to be surrounded by family-a wonderful blessing. She is such a doll!

Oh and I don't know how you could possibly look like his mother-you are so gorgeous and young looking! They are probably just jealous of your amazing-ness!

Tiffani said...

That cake is awesome. I am glad you guys had such a great time.

-Special Mothertivity- said...

What a blessing to be close to family here in Utah! A lot of my family is here too and I am so thankful to have them around. So great especially for birthday's and holidays.
Family birthday parties are the best! What a cute cake! That is such a clever idea.
I love the pictures of Baylie- she seems to have quite the skills to be able to crawl in a dress. That is always so tricky. :)