Hello hello! This week was pretty great. Like most weeks it had its ups and downs, but it was still great. Stetson is just hilarious these days. He has these obsessions and I’ve never met a 1 year old more persistent than he is. He also has the best memory ever. It’s almost weird how good it is.
Anyway. I did quite a lot of baking this week which always does my soul good and my wallet less good. I made some blackberry freezer jam that is now syrup (any suggestions on this?…), meringue Eton mess, and a copycat recipe for those frosted circus animal crackers. Those were awesome actually. I got the cutest cookie cutters and they tasted really similar to the real deal! I was really happy with the way they turned out. Then all the cake making got to my head and Cam and I finished off the week with a bake off: cakes. He chose to do a better than anything cake and I went with a classic carrot cake. His was the clear winner! I was super impressed that he was able to actually make the cake soggy even when it was stacked! The carrot cake was pretty good! I’ve been fascinated by buttercream painted flowers lately (look them up- they’re incredible) so I tried to replicate it and honestly it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be 😂 my colors weren’t my favorite but now I know for next time :)
We also got to go to the Layton temple open house which was so great. Mom and dad and Yanny and her kiddos went too and it was really awesome. The temple was huge and oh so gorgeous. Cam was especially taken with the stained glass and I loved the nature paintings. Stetson liked the fountain outside the best I think. It was super fun to spend some time with Yanny and play with her cute kiddos. Stetson is not a huge fan of Jane… well, that’s not true. He loves babies. Adores them actually. But I made the mistake of holding Jane and oh boy. That was not the right thing to do. I picked her up and he immediately said “all done” and began reaching for me and trying to push Jane out of my arms. The next time I tried to hold her he burst into tears, so Cam took her and, well, I guess you guys probably know how that ended 😂 there were lots of tears and “all dones” involved. I guess Stetson will just have to be an only child 🤷🏼♀️
If anyone wants to go camping, hiking, or rock climbing this summer, let us know! We’ve got the itch but it’s a lot more fun when there are other people around :) Cam really wants to do a lot of climbing, but it’s very difficult with Stetson around so if anyone wants to play with a really cute kid for a couple hours, let me know 😅 love you all! Can’t wait to see you in a few weeks!
Big fan of the puppies
Just hanging out with his great grandpa Hyde. He raises peacocks and chickens and Stetson was pretty enamored with both
Animal crackers! There were T-Rex shapes, cactuses, llamas, elephants, dogs, bunnies, and long necks. SO CUTE.
“So big!”
He loves his grandpa
He climbed into his chair and requested that alllllll of his balls be brought to him 😂 then he just grinned and grinned. I adore him
The master at work
Getting our hiking game on
Why is throwing rocks in water so therapeutic??! I love it
