Independence Day Celebrations!

Wow! What a weekend! On the 4th we celebrated at the Wright's house with lots of fellowship, great food and some hilarious games! First up was the "Marshmallow Drive" the object of the game was to place a marshmallow on a tee and with a golf club send the marshmallow flying as far as you possibly could. This sounds like it wouldn't be too hard and I yes... even I... the most nonathletic person you have ever seen could maybe do this, so I gave it a shot. HA! Whatch the video below and see the results for yourself! Warning: You are about to see someone who should never hold a golf club again! We also played a water balloon toss and an egg toss. We had a marvelous time.

On the 5th we went to the Bradrick's Independence Day celebration at their farm. It did rain for a good portion of the day but we enjoyed ourselves and had a great time. It was so good to see Laurelle Michener and her family again and other people that we met at the Christian Heritage Conference in April. To start things off there were some short historical presentations and some very fun patriotic songs. Then we did a sack race, three legged race, tug of war and a water balloon toss. Yes... we were soaked and looked rather dishevled but we had so much fun! We dried off in the barn while we ate a delicious barbeque dinner. Afterwards came the pie contest. Melina and I each made a pie, Melina a pecan chocolate chip pie and I a lemon cream pie. When they announced the winners I could hardly believe my ears! I placed First in the non fruit catagory and Melina tied for Grand Prize! We were both so happy! The funny thing is, I made Melina's pie crust! She was in a hurry and saw that I had some extra pie dough in the freezer. So I will have to give her a bad time about it. :) Then we got to enjoy all the pies. Later we sang hymns around the camp fire and talked a little more. Most of the family went home but Melina and I stayed and went home with the O'Briens later. The day was so enjoyable! A huge thankyou to the Bradrick family and everyone else who helped make that day so memorable and fun. I am already looking forward to next year! I will post pics of this day soon our camera is having problems.

The Dapper Chap Bakery!

Saturday was the opening day at the Grays Harbor Street Market for my little french bakery called "The Dapper Chap Bakery." Laurel and I spent all day sellling Pain au Chocolate, Almond Croissants, Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Brioche, Raspberry Almond Frangipane Brioche , Mozzarella and Basil Brioche and Honey Madeleines. I ended up selling out of everything but six croissants. I was so shocked when people started buying up my product. For some odd reason I guess I thought I had to fail before I could succeed. But praise God for his goodness, I could not have done it with out him. I am sure he is the one that brought all the customers! So I am planning on being at the market through the summer and who knows what will happen in the next years...but God is in control!

Last Day at Suzie's Cakes

Friday was my last day of work at Suzie's Cakes. I was sad to leave and yet I felt it was time to move on and experience other things. I have learned so much working for Suzie and I could not be more thankful for all that she has taught me. She has been an amazing boss to me for the past 2 years and 10 months. I appreciate her giving me the opportunity to be one of her employees. Thankyou Suzie! Here are some pictures of my last day. Mom brought my two little brothers down to see me and get a treat.

What a trip!

I don't have time to write now... but I did make an online photo album you can look through...
http://picasaweb.google.com/Claire.Backholm/NewYorkNewYorkTrevorSGraduationFromWestPoint

Enjoy,
Claire

New York! New York!

Watch out New York cause here come the Backholms! Yep... we are leaving tonight and we will be gone a whole week. We are actually going to West Point, New York where our cousin is graduating from the military academy and we are so excited to celebrate is achievements. I am hoping to keep you updated daily with lots of pics and stories of the days happenings, but we'll see how much time I get. If not, I promise a complete overview of the trip when we return. Well... gotta' run, it is crazy around here!

Remodel

Wyatt pulling up carpet

Mother's Day- Pear and Grandma Therese


Papa workin' away


Hmmm....Strawberry Jam!


Yesterday started the trek of remodeling part of the basement to make our wood shop bigger. Papa has taken the week off from his job and we are going at it like banshees. We had a very productive start to the week, we managed to make strawberry jam, do all the grocery shopping for the week, make bread, make two apple tarts, plant all our vegetable seeds and accomplish a boat load in the remodel project. And we were two men down!( well a guy and a girl,Wyatt and I are not at our best to say the least) To keep all the troops going we took a tea break, which consisted of warm fresh buttermilk bread with sparkling strawberry jam and strong English Breakfast tea. And then it was back to work. It felt so good to fall into bed last night but my alarm rang loud in my ear all too soon. :)

They Must Come OUT!

Well... I am going to have surgery to remove my wisdom teeth tomorrow morning at 9:30am. I don't think it is possible to express how much the thought of this drives me crazy and makes me want to die. But I guess I have no choice in the mater. So I could use ALL your prayers for a safe surgery and quick recovery and some peace inside. I would really appreciate it!