September 23rd was Mike's birthday. We invited our friends, the Parker family, to come and celebrate with cake and ice cream. I tried a chocolate cake recipe that I have been dying to try for a few years. It required a lot of butter--9 sticks. That alone should have made it moist and delicious. The recipe called for the cake flour to be sifted in with cocoa in small increments. Once it was baked and put together, it was to be refrigerated for 3 to 4 days. The chocolate cake did not live up to my expectations. I did enjoy the frosting though.
I like to take pictures of my kids after church on Sundays. Unfortunately, Mike is usually not with us. I guess I do this to document our life in somewhat of a consistent manner. Ariel and Elsie's hot pink outfits were fun to photograph.
We do not own a dog but I think every one of our neighbors do. They vary greatly in breed. Elsie is especially fond of the the two little pugs, Gertie and Millie, who live across from us.
