Four Layer Wedding Cake

4/18/2010
Boise, Idaho

So we've been back in Idaho for almost a month now. Once we got back we started immediately working on our endless list of things to do for the wedding. Other then that, we've been subbing, gardening and going to a premarital counselor.

Gardening has been a blast, I have four starter trays inside, I am growing 2 types of lettuce, chiles from Oaxaca, tiny cherry tomatoes, and spinach. Outside I have green onions, broccoli, strawberries, basil and purple sage. I am really excited to watch the garden grow as the weather warms up here.

Subbing has been great too, I've taught everything from high school band to 4th grade classroom. We hope to keep subbing the rest of our time in Boise to make some money to make the move to California.

We have also been going to a premarital counselor out in Eagle (~25 min drive). The class has been interesting and valuable. We are going through some books, quizzes, and worksheets, and a lot of discussion.

Here in Boise there is a small couchsurfing (CS) community that is actually very warm and friendly. We started going to the monthly potlucks, whenever we are in town. The old CS ambassador, Abby, used to host them, and now Dan, who owns that house, he has started hosting them with his CSer roommates. On saturday, we decided to bring our trial wedding cake the party, and share it with fellow CSers. Laina made a five layer wedding cake a little while before we headed down to mexico, and subsequently froze it and let it sit while we were traveling, with hopes to return and make a giant cake. Our big question was, "where in the world are going to find the 80+ people it takes to finish this cake?". After we got back we decided CS was a good solution to having many, many people indulge on it. We joined up with Dan's potluck, and announced it to everyone, and told them to come ready to eat cake. The day of the party Laina got really sick, and she was not able to frost the cake, let alone be 20 feet from the bathroom. So I frosted the whole cake for her (how sweet...literally) which really ended up being an all day thing, the kitchen is still dirty. After the frosting I added tulip petals, red and yellow and a big shell to the top. It was ready to go to the party. I showed up about an hour into the party, so everyone could be salivating as this 20 pound monstrosity made its way to the den of Dan's house. As it turned out, Everyone was hungry for cake, it was only on display for 5 minutes and then disassembled and cut up. A CSer name Kyme came up to me and asked if I knew how to cut a wedding cake, I didn't, so she helped. Kyme is a semi-pro wedding cake baker and experienced at serving them. After a minute or two I was wound u pin conversation with a couple from Tahoe city, where the wedding will be, and then I was sitting down on a couch while Kyme had totally taken over serving the cake. She seemed very happy, and in her "zone", so I let her finish serving the cake. I also spent a large portion of the evening out at the bonfire in the backyard chatting about CS and sharing stories. In the end, about half of the cake was eaten, Which was actually a lot of cake. We split up the left overs, and headed home for the evening.