This year, Lester was working on my bday so we decided to test out his baking skills and have a bunch of people over for dessert. Initially, it was for cake-princess cake to be exact. I was skeptical to say the least when he said he could execute that. But in true Lester fashion, he took that as a challenge and went to work. He kept cockily saying "Julia-its SCIENCE. How hard can it be?" It was so so fun when we literally got to eat his words haha. I was impressed that he actually got something assembled though-I think most husbands wouldn't have even gotten that far. And the jam was good-it ended up coming down to textures. He insisted on grinding down his own almonds for the marzipan and couldn't get them small enough, so that was weirdly crunchy/chewy. The custard had separated and was a little cooked eggish. And the sponge cake didn't have any air whipped into it so it was dense. One of my favourite things about Lester is how real he is-when it was done, he was cracking up  and said I should see if I could do better from the left over ingredients. I did, and learning from his mistakes, it turned out great. So from now on, he said I could do the baking and he'll do the photography-and that we could do all the cooking together. I love him so much. I looked at him as he was changing Bear's diaper the other day, and saw that he finally had one white hair to match my little patch of white and I said 'Lester. We are actually growing old together! Just like we wanted!' I think sometimes we get so busy that I forget that's what we're doing. This year has started out a little rough and I'm feeling a little nervous for all the changes that could potentially be coming our way. So it was good reminder that no matter what happens, or the fact that we're entering our 30s, we can do hard things, and we will do them together-just like we always wanted! 

Isla was in ice cream heaven.

I love these people.