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Well, my relationship with my plants has been rocky for the past several weeks. I can't blame it on them though. I have made some major mistakes and I will tell you all about it so you can learn from mine.   I planted most of these sugar snap pea beauties back in the end of February. The weather was nice and I felt hopeful! However, those few days of nice weather were followed by a major a cold snap and they all died.  These didn't get planted the first time around. I waited a few more weeks before putting them out hoping they would fare better. I planted these 2 weeks ago when the weather was nice. The same thing happened though, those few days of nice weather were followed by a cold, windy, icy cold snap and all but 2 or 3 died. I am really rooting for the 3 plants that survived and hope to get at least one delicious snap pea for all my hard work.  2 and half weeks ago I planted all my summer crop seeds. However, to my deep dismay when some of them...

Well you see... one of my sisters got married in June last year. It was a beautiful event! I made her cake, with the help of my Aunt Pam and twin sister Nicole. I wrote this post as a draft last summer and forgot about it until tonight. Oops.  I didn't get any pictures of the process myself, but my sister-in-law Kat graciously sent me some of the gorgeous pictures she took! Kat also recently started her own blog Voyages des Joie where she writes about the wonderful creations she invents in her kitchen. I must say, all her recipes look absolutely delicious! So, without further ado, here are pictures of the cake! My twin sister Nicole, and I baking the cakes. We had a blast working on it together. The reception. My Dad figured out a way to put a live tree in the auditorium, and hang japanese lanterns from the ceiling. The atmosphere was truly magical!  The cake had 4 tiers, 2 chocolate and 2 vanilla. It was torted and filled with raspberry filling...