Happy 5th Birthday Gracyn!!

It's hard to believe that the little baby who took 28 hours to bring into this world is now 5 years old and getting ready to start school in 2 weeks! Anna Gracyn turned 5 today and had a great birthday party surrounded by friends. What a blessing! Her theme this year was "Dora the Explorer". The goal was to make a Dora shaped cake, since her Mimi sent us a lovely pan. We made the cake and then a tragic thing occured when my icing bag busted in the first 20 minutes of decorating the cake. It was late in the evening and no one had a decorating kit that I could borrow. I went upstairs to explain the situation to Gracyn who had not yet fallen asleep. She had a frown on her face until I told her that she could come down and eat a piece of the unfinished cake and at least see it. After sending her back to bed, I set about making a round cake with the 1 cake mix I had left. That cake ended up looking like a volcano and left me in birthday cake stress. I had to have a cake. So after chucking 2 cakes and looking at the clock (10 P.M.), I called Jack, who was out on a minstry event, and said I needed help as a melt down was immenient. When he arrived home, we had no choice but to make a cake from scratch. We got a cookbook and I pretty much made Jack make the cake because I was feeling defeated. The cakes turned out great. We decorated the cake this afternoon at about T minus 20 minutes to go. The cake was cute and we were thankful to have a cake to serve. The party was great and we had several Mexcian appetizers to serve as a compliment to the theme. There were teammates, American friends and Thai friends. Presents were opened and all in all it was a great success. Now it is time Jack and me to put our feet up and relax. Thanks to all who were able to make it today!