Melting Ice-Cream CAKE

This past Saturday night some of my friends threw a suprise birthday party for our friend Josh. Robert, Charme's boyfriend, told him that we were celebrating an Award my mom had recieved. Robert was very vague about this award, & even though Josh kept inquring about what exactly we were honoring, Robert insisted it was a special award and that he better pick up a card for her. HAHA.

Josh is this stand-up Godly guy that wouldn't accuse his good friend of lying over the sake of throwing him a suprise party...so he went along with it I'm sure...yet I wonder if in his car there was a back-up card for my mom just in case. We will just never know lol.

 I was racing around with my head cut off after a crazy day at the Provi Grand Opening. I had to run home, go deliver baby shower petit fours in Rockwall, go get Josh a Birthday card which then turned into being in the card aisle for way too long laughing dileriously by myself at all the card messages. You know those ones that are pre-recorded that all the employees at Walgreens despise & are cursing and pulling out their hair because people like me want to hear every one before choosing one...which always ends up being the first one I pulled anyways haha.

So I show up an hour late to the suprise party I'm hosting at my house, miss the suprise, but its all good. The guys grilled out some steaks and filets and we stuffed ourselves. Played a lil pool, Jammed out on my dad's music equipment, sang Josh Happy Birthday on the mic, then it was time for DESSERTTTTTTTTT! No birthday party is complete without the cake. So me & Charme went downstairs to secretly light the candles.

It was a 7 Layer ICE-CREAM cake. I made it before a few Christmas's ago. It's basically everything I think is good piled on top of eachother. Since I was so busy, I told my mom step by step what to do & she graciously put everything together. God Bless her...you know what; she does deserve an Award. I need to throw her a REAL Award party & make Josh buy her a Card!

7 Layer Ice-Cream CAke from the bottom up!

•  Mashed Oreo Cookie with butter
• Blue Bell Home-MadeVanilla Ice-Cream
• 1/2 Torted 10" white cake
• Caramel Sauce with whole Peanuts
• The other 1/2 of Torted white cake
• Chocolate Sauce
• Cool Whip

 Freeze in-between every layer so the layer come out clean & even...Sprinkle with some Oreo Crumbles, and stick a fork in it....Cause you are Done!!! Super easy to make, you just need time to freeze it.

We lit the thing a blaze and Jason walked it upstairs. We all gathered around the pool table & watched Josh with a big grin on his face blow out his candle as we finished the Happy Birthday tune.

Josh thanks everyone for what a blessing the party & all of us were to him, and then Robert asked if we would go around and say what about Josh we were thankful for. Lots of kind words were shared, a few tears, and a few laughs. I haven't known him for very long, but he is truely a genuine man living & serving the Lord & leading these men in encouraging ways. And you can tell by the way the guys speak about their friend & his heart & character. Josh ended by giving all the glory to God & saying everything he does is by the grace of God & what his son did for him and us on the cross.

It's just so cool to see men today being able to care for one another outloud & & reveal their hearts so openly and in the raw. I know in our girls community group it is that way as well. And I tell you this, there is no way I would do that with people...I'm not that kind of person, I'm too protective of my heart & shy.....AND YET here I am doing it with these girls...and that is by the grace of God, the movement of the Spirit in my life, and the freedom that Christ's sacrafice brought me & is continually bringing me. Trust is being restored, walls are being torn down, my guards are being surrendered, & my heart is speaking again...one word at a time. Glory be to God!

So it was time to cut the cake, but we all had so many great things we wanted to say about Josh & how he reflected the Lord's character, that the frozen ice-cream cake had turned into more of a melted frozen yogurt 7 layer cake at this point. But no worries, we scooped it out with a big spoon and down it went. Tasted like a giant Snickers Bar! Johnna made the comment that the cake was just like Josh, made of many layers...and Charme said "All good, chocolate goood, ice-cream good, peanuts goooood..." haha

We ended the night with a game of sharades with me crawling on the floor trying to act like a Turtle for the movie "Teenage Mutant Nijna Turtles" pretty ridiculous..i love my friends.

Thanks to all of you that have been there for me and continually inspire me to chase the Lord everyday. A group of faithful saints & servants, a grounded pillar to always hold me up through His strength.


"...To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." ~Mark 12:33