Farnum's 9th Birthday Cake

My nephew turned 9 years old on October 28th. Oh my god, that make me feel so old! Anyway, we were in Fargo for the Rob Zombie and Ozzy concert on the 29th, so I hadn't had a chance to make his birthday cake yet. I have made his birthday cake for every birthday he's had, except his 3rd birthday when Derek and I were living in Laramie, WY. "tear, sniffle" So better late than never! This was our dessert for our early thanksgiving dinner that we had on Sunday, 18th. My mom and my grandma came to town and Wendy made an awesome turkey dinner. It was delicious. I can't wait til Thursday, when I get to eat more with Derek's family.


These are lego blocks, if you can't tell. Made from 2 13" x 9" cakes.


Frosting was a little difficult because I almost ran out. But I think it came out ok.


Can anyone guess what the little knobs on top are made out of?
Hint: They're edible.

Here it is, in all it's Glory!!

View from the street...Exciting, huh?


Derek saying hello. He finally has a place to call home!


Crappy garage doors and an old time wood stove


An awesome work pit. A lucky workman crawls in here and someone else drives a car on top of him so he can work underneath the car - or - it could be used to bury a body!?


It's a 3 ft wide, 6 ft long, and about 5 ft deep...Creepy!

These pics were taken before we did any work on it. I'll have to get some new pics this weekend and post 'em . I'll keep you updated.

Finally, we're property owners!!

On October 23rd, we closed on a small residential lot with a 24'x34' garage on it. I'll post some pictures later. We started this process back in August and of course, nothing is easily done, so it took two months to finalize. Now we need to rewire, insulate, and cover the inside...all BEFORE snow falls. We don't have electricity in there right now because the wiring is pretty old and we need to get it replaced. But all the electricians are not available for another two weeks. So Derek borrowed a small generator so we could work on tearing out the windows and framing and boarding them up. We finally finished that last night. It's hard to get anything done, when you only have 2 hours of light to work with. Frickin' Winter!!!!
Anyway, I am going to Fargo this weekend with April and Karissa for a Girls Weekend Out. Only now I have caught myself a good cold. And I'm hacking and blowing and not feeling too well. I'm just gonna make myself better, so I can go and have fun. Hopefully, I don't pass my illness along to them.

It's been a long, long time...

I've been super busy lately, but I'll try to get everything posted sooner or later. I'll start with a follow up to my last post....

Karissa ended up not coming to Devils Lake with Doug on Oct. 19/20 cuz she wasn't feeling very well. So we just hung out with Doug for a little while on Friday and Saturday night. We just stayed at home and watched tv, surfed the internet, and I painted my toenails (orange with silver stripes, for the Halloween spirit)...exciting, I know! Derek and Doug discussed building a stand up bass out of a cardboard box and possibly one out of aluminum. They got there guitars out and had a nice little jam session. Sounded pretty good. I got a few pictures until my camera decided to crap out on me. It only turns on and works when it wants to...suppose Ill have to get a new one soon.

Derek and Doug jammin' out

Kitty wanted to play too!

Mr. Pumpkin meets Ms. Kitty

Ms. Kitty likes Mr. Pumpkin!

And his friends!!