Rory is 31 today and we are celebrating! Last year I asked him how he felt turning 30 and he commented, "I have been waiting to be 30 my whole life." So 31 is just one better than 30 in his mind.
And we got to celebrate with family! We are in Fremont, California for the week staying at Rory's Aunt Carolyn and Uncle John's. They graciously opened their home to us while they are in Southern California visiting family.
Their daughter, Laura, lives a few miles away. I first met Laura while working for Sara and Troy when we came out to California for a women's conference. Laura and Aunt Carolyn met us at the conference and after a few conversations Laura announced at the dinner table that she thought Rory and I would be good together. (This was before I had ever met Rory!) But she was right, and I love her for seeing it before we did!
So here is Rory's cake this year:
His new product, Weather Defender will come out in a few weeks. It is incredible ... each version I get to see is astounding. This shield is his new logo- so I thought this would be a fitting cake to celebrate his 31st year. I had to go from memory, so the shield isn't exactly the same, but it's close.
It took me two tries to make the cake! I added extra pineapple to the carrot cake recipe, buttered the sides of a cookie sheet and hoped that the cake would be 1 1/2 inches high when it came out of the oven. (I envisioned a very large shield.) But between the larger pan and the buttered sides and the pineapple addition something went terribly wrong. It came out 1/4 inch thick!
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