some cool pictures

These pictures are not the most recent pictures however they have been taken within the past six months and I love them. Jacob fell asleep on Grandma after our wonderful evening out, I just love the picture of my Daddy and I :) ( Dad I miss you tons , thank you all you gave me growing up ) Then there is the ones of just Kaylie and Jacob and then the one of Brendon and I ( Maybe my fav.!!!)

Ok here are some more

Here is my last cake for my course and some flowers that I had to make for the course !!

Fondant Christmas cake

This cake is a Devils foods home made cake, then covered with homemade fondant ( the store bought stuff is NASTY and I would never but it on a cake that someone ordered so I have been trying different homemade fondant recipes) This fondant is a marshmallow fondant, it works great for rolling out and laying flat but I had a rough time making roses out of it, just a bit to dry , so I must try some more recipes to get the right ones for the job :) Hope you all like it !!! I didn't spend as much time on this one as I would of liked but with Jacob just having his Clavical broken I didn't want to take anymore time away .

Brendon and his " BIRD "

Brendon had a real life mission today and so he and 16 other helicopters headed out for the mission when 17 min. into the flight he and his I.P ( instructor pilot ) had to call in an emergency landing . Some thing was wrong with the aircraft and then had to set it down quick fast and in a hurry. They saw two fields right below them and went for the bigger of the two. They had a perfect landing and then while they waited for there flight home they enjoyed the pizza that they were suppose to give to the rangers that they were going to pick up !! Poor rangers got no pizza. Brendon is in the middle with his " stick buddy" to his right and his I.P. to his left !!! Hope you like the pictures

My final cake for course 2

Ok so here is my final cake for course 2 !!! Yea I did it :) for this cake I had to make 3 Victorian roses, 4 daisies, 5 primroses, 3 chrysanthemums,4 daffodils,9 violets, 4 rosebuds, 6 apple blossoms and 3 pansies ( the pansies I do not like making and hey I don't even like the name so I will always recommend to customers that they really don't want those sticking pansies :) )

Now please tell me what you think !!!!!

Practicing for hunting

So Brendon took Kaylie to a gun safety course in Oct. and here is one of her targets she was shooting 17 hmr rifle she was shooting 100 yards :) !!!! Look how good she did, and she is really wanting to go hunting to. Next fall she will be ready to go.

LOOK AT THIS. Our friend was over for dinner and we went outside to do some target practice Brendon got a shot that was unbelievable and that is why we took pictures of it. Amazing huh. I guess that is what comes of being in the army for 14 years and killing is your job !!! Yeap I feel totaly safe with him :)

Cakes from class

ok so these are backwards .The rainbow cake was the first cake that we did, followed by the light pink flower cake and the the last cake that I did in course one is the rose cake. I love doing roses now and they are very fast to do now !!! Then I thought that all the flowers that I had to make for the flower cake looked really cool so I snapped a shot of them too :) I love these classes and I am starting course two this coming tuesday !!!!! I will let you all know how it goes.


OH AND YES I DO KNOW THAT I SPELT MY OWN DAUGHTERS NAME WRONG . What can I say I am not prefect and Jacob was very quick to point out that I didn't forget the I it is just up stuck in the rainbow :) LOL

Only for the slightly twisted minded ( oh and their kids )

So you will have to tilt your head to one side or the other because the Husband that I have ( you know he is a Helicopter pilot of a 8 MILLION dollar aircraft , and yet can't take a video.... YIKES that's not comforting now is it hehehehe ) didn't know that you can't turn the camera with the video on like you could when taking a picture. The video explains this who scene.

**** THERE WE NO ANIMALS HURT IN THE SHOOTING OF THIS FILM !!!!

And still more from Cheaha

This picture is my favorite , Jacob saw this hook and said " hey Daddy , could you please hang me up on that hook ? , it looks really fun !" Thats our boy , thinking of the most dangerest things to do. It was really funny until he started to slip out of his pants , Brendon caught him just as his little bottom was starting to show.

So our dog doesn't really have eyes that look this scary , yeah not really sure what is going on here, but here are some of the most important people in my life !!

Just look at her !!! She is growing up so fast, I am just so proud of who she is and who she is working to become. I just wonder what she will do after she is out of school and on her own. I am sure she will be exceptional at what ever she decides to do. Kaylie you are and will always be our baby girl and we love you so very deeply. :)



Speaking of growing up , can you beleive that he is alreay five and in Kindergarden !!! Jacob brings so much laughter to our family, there are many times he has us rolling . We went on this SIX mile hike, I would say it was a moderate hike, lots of steep hills , climbing over trees, rocks and creeks and he was so awesome. He and Kaylie took turns being the " line leader " this job required many tasks. You would have to make sure that your group was with you at all times, warn them of dangerous things such as , roots, sharp rocks, pokie things that might stick you through your pants , you know those type of things. Jacob did a very good job as the line leader.

More from Cheaha

This first picture is my favorite of them all. Brendon took this when we were on our SIX MILE hike. The kids both did such an amazing job , never complained, or wanted to go back. We saw two falls and tons of other really neat things, we talked about survival and what to do if you got lost , I also told them about the time the my Dad and his best friend ( and my mother and Bridget ) dropped my sister , and brother and I off in the cold snow. We had been taught lots of survival things , we had been giving a specific amount of time to build a lean- to , and build a hot fire. I still remember how much fun we had ( and the coco and snacks around the fire were awesome.
Here we have Brendon getting ready to take a dive. It was hot, and the water hole was deep ...( or so we thought ) he is now in a neck brace and will go in for surgey next week.


PS. just kidding about the neck brace thing... :) had you going for a minute though didn't I !!

Camping trip !!!!

Here is our AWESOME camp spot!! We arrived in the dark ( but it did not rain and in the Horsman family that is unheard of :) ) We set up the tent , then started the fire and eat up some very yummy brawts . and then of course we had to make S'mores . And if any of you are wondering why in the heck I have the wood all stacked around the fire it is because the wood that we brought was a little bit wet when I split it so I need to dry it out and this was the only way. We camped at the Cheaha State Park .. elevation 2407 ft. Yeah not very high I know but the people of Alabama are very proud of their highest point in the state !!!!

Study Group

from Left to right ( top row ) Reggie, Brendon, Donnie, Andrew , Bottom left Tim, and then Randy

Here are " my " guys studying . They come over once a week, I make a big full supper for them all and then they study for HOURS.... and then they eat some more :) I just love them all and Brendon and I will miss them tons when we all leave !!!!