Yesterday Kday turned the big 30. I wanted to make it a big deal, surprise party, food, fun, friends, and over the hill madness... but budget and time was a problem. I made him his favorite breakfast in bed and then I tried to make up for the lack of a big gift and spent 4.5 hours making a "Smith Island Cake" from scratch. 
As you can see, it doesn't exactly look like the picture in the cookbook.
It tasted, OK. Definitely not 4.5 hours worth of taste.
We had family over and it was madness trying to squeeze everyone into our tiny house but it kept us warm.
(completely embarrassed that my tree isn't lit and decorated yet.... I'll be working on that project until the wee hours of the morning tonight.)
Kday loved the gift Lady made him. We both agreed that there is no better gift for our birthdays and Christmas this year than Little Lady Layla.
He finished the evening rocking his sweet little baby to sleep... and staying with her until I woke him up a few hours later.
6 Responses:
happy birthday kev! shan...the cake looks 4.5 hours worth delicious and i like the look of the bare tree. no need for embarrassment, we don't even have a tree at all. no tree for us this year. our apartment looks sad and non-christmasy. you will make up for our non-christmasy apartment when we see you, won't you?!! love lady's gift. xo
Did you save some cake for us? That looks so good!!!!! Happy B day K day!
happy birthday Kevin! I'm sad we aren't doing the family Christmas party this year. Good thing you have this blog so that we can keep up.
Oh and totally random. We were talking about epidurals the other day and your dad came up in the conversation. My brother in law is a pilot and knows your dad from skydiving.
wow that cake looks good. talk about hard work look at all those layers! ok so we had no idea it was kevin's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEV!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like it was the best day ever! Way to go Shan for making all that happen. Steve's birthday is just around the corner.... giving me some ideas... :)
WOW, um I thought that cake looked EXACTLY like the picture! and the time is way more expensive than actually buying something!! so I think he got a good deal! anywho, LOVED little layla's card for her daddy! That is seriously a GREAT idea! love it! and as for the christmas tree oh well, atleast you have one up! and happy birthday kevin!
The cake was SO good! You did a great job!!!
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