Cheers to Love and Marriage

This past weekend Noah's parents came to visit us and celebrate their 39th Wedding Anniversary!! We were lucky enough to be able to celebrate this very special day with them, so we of course had to make sure we had a good Anniversary cake and some champagne on hand! I decided to tackle a recipe out of the Bon appe'tit magazine called Chocolate-Raspbery Layer Cake .  The cake seemed a little intimidating when I read the recipe, but I decided to go all out for them and give it a try! Not to toot my own horn, but the cake actually turned out really good...I was so excited! :) If any of you love chocolate...this cake is full of it and the raspberries add a nice sweetness to the cake as well as make it look really fancy. :)

The cake!

My Masterpiece!



Cheers to 39 Wonderful years!

Cheers Mom & Dad

A little slice of heaven!

It was really great to see two people so in love after 39 years together! And they admit they have experienced alot over the years, but they have done it together! This past year has been really difficult with Bill battling cnacer, and I think one thing I learned after visitng with them, is that through thick and thin they both are able to look at the bright side of things or when one isn't able to see the bright side, the other has been there to bring the bright side to light. :) They have always looked to God and trusted in his guidance when things are not easy...even through this past year they continue to learn more about God and each other every day and they have never given up on faith. I praise God for the time we spent with them and the great visit that we had together because it was one of my favorites!

After their visit I remembered something that I got from my friend Allison a while back, and I think now more than ever it really makes sense so I wanted to share it with you:
                                                                                                      What Cancer Cannot Do              

Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the Spirit.

                       Author: Unknown

Until we meet again my friends, cheers! :)