Cake, Cute Puppies, and a trip to the ER

This post was supposed to happen yesterday...but it didn't because I took my oldest brother Si to the hospital because of a leg infection. Now, I am not a hospital go-er...in fact the only time I've been in a hospital for treatment was when I was born. But I went and we waited, and waited. We watched Dancing with the Stars...it was the finale show...we picked apart their outfits and their dances, it was actually pretty fun! After one couple did their dance Si scoffed "oh, even I could dance better than that". I believed him. We ate nanaimo bars from a vending machine that I had to ask someone how to use, slightly embarrassing considering that I just wasn't pushing hard enough on the door thing-y. We watched a movie, oh and we watched some late night talk show tv. And then we waited some more. At 1 am we finally saw a doctor and Si was iv-ed up. I ate some stray mints from my purse and witnessed an old lady with an open back gown heading down the hall, classic. We eventually headed home shortly after 2 am. I'd show you a picture of Si with his iv in, because of course I took one, but I'm fairly certain he would maim me in some way and I'm not quite ready to back to the hospital.

Before all this happened I went out to the country with my cousin to look at a pair of 9 week old golden retrievers my Aunt and Uncle just got..awwwww! They were so cute and soft!How can you resist that!Annie Rose took this next picture as we were driving out...I have to say it's one of my favorites, it sums up almost everything I love about the prairies!

This weekend was my Grandpa's 80th birthday party and I was in charge of the cake. I hadn't made such a big cake since the last wedding one I did 2 years ago...I had forgotten how much I loved it! This one was a lemon cake with a rhubarb curd filling!