.Easter cake.

I made an Easter cake.

Can ya tell?

I hope you all have a Happy Easter tomorrow and remember to keep Christ in your thoughts.

-Ives

.excuses.

"Excuses are the refuge of cowards."

A wise one (also known as "The Guru") once told me that. So I took it to heart. I have no excuses for not doing a single blogpost for a while.

"The Guru" has no idea who said it. Other than the fact that He himself said it.

Don't judge me.

-Ives.

.Now.

"Now is the time to do the right thing; no matter what the consequences are."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

Why wait, right?

-Ives

.Germany.

This is a map of the Germany Berlin Mission. It's composed of 8 areas, or zones. The zones follow the stake boundaries.

As you can see, it's a pretty big mission.

-Ives

.before.

Before you talk, Listen.

Before you react, Think.

Before you spend, Earn.

Before you criticize, Wait.

Before you pray, Forgive.

Before you quit, Try.

-Ernest Hemingway

Beautiful quote!

Hope you had a good day :)

-Ives

.rapunzel cake.

-Ives

I know that I said that I would post more pictures of the Rapunzel cake today, but when I got home from mission prep, I realized that the camera wasn't home. I promise to post them tomorrow though. :)

Today was such a busy day. Interview before church, then church with some very wild kids, then a 10 minute nap. After that there was another interview and ended with Mission prep which ended up lasting 3 hours.

I'm ready for bed. And may I say that my feet are killing me. Lots of walking in high heels. My toesies need a break! And they will...ohhh they will.

-Ives

.Rapunzel.

I made a Rapunzel cake for a very sweet little 3 year old.

I'm real tired, so I'll post more about it tomorrow.

-Ives

.expressions.

"If God spoke anciently, is it unreasonable to believe that He can speak in our time? What man would think to deny God the right to express himself?"

-Gordon B. Hinckley

Just a thought.

-Ives

.attempt.

One of my favorite quotes of all time. Simple, but it makes you think.

-Ives

.GBH.

"Industry, enthusiasm, and hard work lead to enlightened progress. You have to stay on your feet and keep moving if you are going to have light in your life."

-Gordon B. Hinckley

"Years later he [Gordon B. Hinckley] concurred with Emerson, who, when asked which of all the books he had read had most affected his life, said that he could no more remember the books he had read than the meals he had eaten, but that they had made him."

-Sheri Dew

These two quotes came from President Hinckley's biography, which I have yet to finish (we won't get in to that...), but I really loved what I read.

-Ives

It was Kenji's birthday today. And do you know who else shares his birthday? My stinkin' youngest brother Taylor! He's 17 years old!!!! AHHHH!!!! CRAZY!!!!!

How to make a spiderman cake head. As told by an amateur who has never attempted it.

This should be interesting...

Step one: Get some cake and form it into a block.

Step two: form a basic shape out of said block.

Step three: Try desperately to make that block into a recognizable human head.

Step four: Trim, trim, trim! I noticed his head was a little too big and round. Like a lightbulb!

Well, it still kind of looked like a lightbulb when it was all said and done, but we won't get in to that...

Step 5: Add a nose. I made just a rough little nose because, as you can see in the pictures, Spiderman's mask hides most of his features and squishes his nose down quite a bit.

Step 6: Cover in fondant. I was running out of time at this point, so it was a quick job and there's a whole ton of bumps and rips, but I really didn't care. The piping helped hide that anyway.

Step 7: remember to have someone take a picture of a very tired, basically demolished you when you're finished.

Step 8: Pipe on that frosting! This was a really quick job. Maybe 4-5 minutes worth of piping. Those kids were anxious! I probably would have tried to make the piping a lot cleaner...and make sure the eyes were the same size, but hey! It's cool right?

And there you have it. Cake. Spiderman Cake.

Happy Birthday Little Chenny :) Oh, and you too, Tay. If you would ever read my blog.

I forgive you though. Since it's your birthday and all. :)

-Ives

.your world.

I should be asleep. But I remembered that I didn't do a post for today. Ah!!!

Anyway.

Here's a quote for you. I might add something else tomorrow.

But probably not.

"your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
- Buddha

Did anyone else check out General Conference today? It was fantastic. I can't wait until tomorrow.

But that quite kind of goes along with Dallin H. Oaks talk on what we really desire and how what we desire determines our priorities and choices and eventually our actions. It was very interesting.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow :)

- Ives

.sweetums.

I spend the day with this little boo.

She even helped me design and decorate a cake.

She is so sweet. I just love her :)

-Ives