YEAH! Inventor of the Year!

Well, I don't have the award pics downloaded yet, but for those of you who check my VERY unkept blog, I have exciting news!
Lauren entered the Invent America Invention Convention and did great! She was also awarded Inventor of the Year. What an honor! Her invention is called the Fire Alert, and it is an outdoor smoke detector that automatically calls the owner's home and cell phone, and fire department if smoke is in the area.

Okay, I know I've done my fair share of griping about the amount of time we ALL spent helping with this major endeavor, but, again, it was all worth it to see the smile of achievement across her sweet face! I'm so proud!

This is a pic of Lauren interviewing Ed Ramos (EMT and Volunteer Fireman)

I'MMMMM BAAAAAAAACK.

Okay, Shelley, here you go. I've decided to come out of blog slacker-dom. There have been so many happenings since the last post, I'll just take my pick... THE CAKE!

Okay, I know some of you have seen it, but for the rest of you...this was Lauren's Birthday cake. We used some really great stuff called fondant to cut out these circles and place on an iced cake. You can purchase it at Michael's or Hobby Lobby (other places, too, I'm sure). Lauren loved it and enjoyed helping cut out the circles. There have been many years of ugly birthday cakes (of my own making), but apparently year eight was the lucky year! It was fun!

More later...I promise!