Blue and Gold Banquet

With 2 boys in Cub Scouts, this year we had the chance to make 2 cakes for the Blue and Gold Banquet. The theme was the United States, so the boys decided on what they wanted to do.Jacob wanted to do a flag. He chose the Betsy Ross Flag.

Here he is learning how to use the star tip and putting stars on the flag. As you can see it is just a basic rectangle cake pan decorated with red, white, and blue frosting. We got the can of red and blue, I thought that would be easier with the lines and such. Before we put the stars on, we marked on the blue with a toothpick the position for each star, so we would not end up with a lopsided circle.

Tyler really wanted to do a boat cake. He wanted the Mayflower. I was hesitant to do the cake at first, but then I remembered that for his birthday we got a SD car cake pan. I figured that we could use that and turn the car on its top giving a basic boat shape and then cut/shave it into an actual boat shape. It turned out pretty good, I think.

We had fun decorating it and cutting it up. The first cut to put the back and deck into the boat, it actually fell apart. I was afraid that we were done for right there. Luckily I brought home a lot of chopsticks from a party at work, so we used 3 chopsticks from back to front that held the whole thing together. Covered in icing you never even see them. LOL.

The front chopstick that angles out is actually holding the front of the boat together as well. Towards the end of putting it together, the front end started to crumble and fall apart. I was afraid we were going to loose it before the night actaully came. Tyler said if it did then we would just have a crashed Mayflower and explain how thankful we should be that this did not really happen. He had a great spirit about it. I was afraid he would be upset if it fell apart, but he really proved that he understood how hard of a task it was. he did a great job decorating it.

Here he is piping Mayflower onto the back of it with black icing. He also put the sails together and figured out how to do the crowsnest. We were tempted to put a few lego guys on deck and in the crowsnest, but did not want to tempt fate in holding the boat together.

Finished Mayflower


Finished Betsy Ross Flag

Both finished cakes together.

It was a pretty fun night. I was a bit overwhelmed at the thought of putting together 2 cakes with working full time and all, but it got done with happy boys in the end. I could not ask for anything more. They had a great time, learned a few things about cake decorating, and of course had fun eating it all as well.

Tyler's cake won Most Original and Jacob's cake won Most All American.

Jacob's Baptism

DADDY AND JACOB

What more can we say. We are so very proud of Jacob on this day. He was very adorable and very nervous, but he did great. He was a bit scared about the whole "getting dunked" issue. We practiced and practiced at home, but Jim said that when they were getting dressed he was a bit shaky and awkward. TOO CUTE.

Jacob enjoyed his day and said that he feels happy about the whole thing. It was a Stake Baptism, so there others from the Stake getting baptized at the same time. We all met in the chapel first where we had some talks about baptism and the Holy Ghost. There was also a great musical number by 2 of the Young Women. It was very well put together. The Glenrose Ward was then excused to go do the little girls baptism and we waited for a few minutes for that to get done. We then went to the Relief Society Room and did our Wards baptisms, which was Jacob and Cameron.

Our family did okay during the whole thing. We had to get up at 6 in the morning to get everyone breakfast, dressed, and up to the Church by 8:30 for pictures. It was hard and Jameson and Daniel were both very tired. Jameson was taken by a wonderful lady from our Ward who fed him and put him to sleep. That left Jim and I able to deal with Daniel who was so very grumpy. Abby ended up with a family friend as well drawing pictures and stuff. It is nice to have so many friends willing to help out so that we could enjoy the day with the kids. They did good though, considering they had to get up so early.

Here is a pic of the whole family at the baptism. I cant believe we were actually all able to squeeze onto that couch. LOL. Not for too much longer when all these boys grow up.

Here is a pic of all 3 of the children getting baptized with Jacob. I cannot remember the little girls name, but she is from Glenrose Ward. Cameron Johnson is on the end and he is from our Ward (6th Ward). He is in Jacob's class and they are friends.

Along with turning 8 and getting baptized, Jacob is very excited to have started Cub Scouts. He has watched Tyler go for the last few years and he is excited to finally have his chance to join in the fun. The first thing out of both of their mouths was "You are going down at the Pinewood Derby." LOL. Not that we encourage competition, but how can we help it with 5 boys. So begins our double duty in Cub Scouts. Soon Tyler will be in Scouts and Noah will be following Jacob into Cub Scouts. Fun and busy times are starting.