Early September Ups and Downs

The first part of September brought us a celebration and a loss to our family. Admittedly both sound more dramatic than they are because (1) I've already shared with you that we had our one year anniversary - (yes, old news is good news - in case you missed it, we've been married a year and we are still celebrating); and (2) the loss wasn't of a person or a pet, but of a car. However, it really was a very important car to us as it held a lot of memories for us.



First the positive: We didn't get to taste our wedding cake at our wedding last year (by the time the cake was handed out, we were too busy with things to do, people to see) and we wanted to take part in all the important rituals of the first anniversary, including eating the top tier of our wedding cake. So, since we didn't actually SAVE the top of the wedding cake, we ordered a replica of the top tier of our cake. We had a fantastic cake designer, who put a lot of effort into making our wedding cakes gorgeous - here is a copy of the wedding cake and Steve's groom's cake:




Never saw anything like that before, have you?! (Unless, of course, you were at the wedding.)

Condra (who owns Patisserie Angelica) made sure that we had an exact replica of the top tier of our wedding cake so that we could celebrate in style. It was delicious and gorgeous. A very elaborate shipping method had to be used to get this cake to us fresh and perfect.




The picture is from our wedding, waiting to be framed. The flowers were a gift from Steve's Mom and family. Very sweet and thoughtful reminder of such an important event for us.

So, now onto the loss: Steve sold his M3 race car. We fell in love in that car (so it has special meaning to me), and Steve has won two BMW racing championships in that car (so it has special meaning for him). I know he misses it, and it won't be long before he has another one to take its place.