The key ingredient to a happy life...

So I just baked two cakes this evening...one for my friend Erin's baby boy and the other is a surprise for the recipient so I will reveal later.  But for my friend Erin's little one, who turns one on March 8, I am sooo honored that she asked me to make the cake.  I have not finished it yet so I will not post any pictures until this weekend but I had to write tonight.  


Baking cakes is so therapeutic for me.  Sometimes I cry and sometimes I laugh but by the end of the whole process, nothing makes me feel better about myself.   There is such a sense of accomplishment in doing something that you know other people will enjoy.  And, even though I gripe about this, Bryant always comes in the kitchen to help.  Normally the help annoys me because he has a tendency of taking over my projects but still, it is nice to share it with him.  There aren't many cakes that he hasn't had a hand in, figuratively, of course.  
Recently, we have been trying to find some hobbies to do together.  My friend Kim does some really fun and quirky stuff with her husband and I think that Bryant envies that because he keeps stealing their cool ideas.  Like this past Sunday we went geocaching.  Now for those of you who do not know what this is, I will explain; it is a website that gives you GPS coordinates to a location with a box that has all different kinds of treasures.  Not exactly my thing but he really enjoys it.  
Another thing that he wanted to do was start a book club together.  I have to admit, I am in a another book club and I have to read for school so I have not been all that great at participating in our couples book club.  But I have to say, of all of hobbies that we are trying to do, nothing is better than having him interested in one of my hobbies.  I love that I get to share baking with him.  So, since baking cakes makes me happy and Bryant makes me happy, tonight I am going to just post some pictures of cakes that I have baked with my husband!


P.S. The Family Law book cake is from our wedding.  It was the groom's cake.  I have to say that I feel pretty witty about that one.  For our wedding...Family Law...Bryant is a lawyer...Morrison is the author...funny right?  :)