Gone Sailing

Twinkle Lights and Cookies

Phew! We finally made it to Christmas break. The last month has been crazy! Here are the pictures that we have been collecting and been to busy to post.

Falling in Love with Pumpkin

Despite the fact that fall always comes too quickly for my taste, I love the changing of the season for a few reasons...

1. the sound of leaves crunching

2. the smell (not sure exactly what is is, but its great!)

3. the explosion of color after summer has burnt all of the green away

4. boots...I love boots...and coats

5. PUMPKIN

Brendan and I have been having fun with pumpkin the last month. Here are my favorites!

Pumpkin Biscuit

Pumpkin Oatmeal

1/2 cup cooked oats

1/4 cup pumpkin
Cinnamon, to taste

Nutmeg, to taste

Brown Sugar, to taste

Nuts and Cranberries optional

Pumpkin Pancakes

AMAZING...So thick and great with Cinnamon Syrup

Pumpkin Gnocchi with Gorgonzola Sauce

A Few Successes

My Very First Apple Pie

Snickerdoodle Cake

Carmelized Onion and Pear Pizza

I adapted this one...no figs!

Happy Halloween

October flew by. Brendan's been super busy with school and work. I have had so much to do at work. But in our few spare minutes we have been having fun! Brendan carved this amazing pumpkin!


On Halloween Brendan and I watched The Village (which, if you are looking for this at Blockbuster is in the Drama section...not Horror/Scary...who knew?) and we dipped our Halloween Oreos.


Also, I made these adorable candy jars. Thank you Pinterest for the wonderful idea! :)


For our ward Halloween Party we dressed up as the characters of Clue! I am Mrs. Peacock, Brendan is Mr. Green, Carly is Ms. White, David is Col. Mustard, Jessica is Ms. Scarlett and David is Professor Plum.


Needless to say, we had a good Halloween!

Is it Mooses or Meeses?

On Labor Day, we decided we needed to enjoy the last of the good weather so took the Pratts and grabbed sandwich makings went to the Wasatch National Forest to go fishing! No, we didn't catch anything, but I got some good photos and we had a great time.

I love this man!

By far the most exciting part of the day was when I saw my first and second moose (excluding the zoo)!
This moose and its baby were playing in the water just across the small lake! So we did the smartest thing and got a bit closer to get a picture. This is as close as I was comfortable going without freaking the mamma moose out so the picture is blurry. No, I didn't get any good pictures of the moose playing in the water. They just look like brown blurs.

All in all, a good day!

Rose Cupcakes

Cherry Chip Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting!!!

Sick...

This has been us for the last two weeks....

On the plus side,

my Barbie and Brendan's Lego mugs have never been used more!

Brendan's Birthday Bash

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A Happy Birthday for Brendan


Thanks to all who were able to come and celebrate!

So, in the last month, Brendan has been here...

and here...

and here!

He's been interviewing for optometry school.

And Guess What!

He got into all 3!!!

Any votes?

Summer Check List

Teal...yes, I dyed it...

Chocolate Cheesecake...yes we made & devoured it...

Happiest Place on Earth...yes, we went there...


and ate glittered cake...


Old Abandoned Mine ...yes, we crawled through it...

Herb garden...no, I haven't killed it...yet...

Angels Game...yes, we ate peanuts and cracker jacks...


Summer Concerts...yes, we heard Joshua James, Josh Ritter, & The Decemberists...

with these lovely people...

2 Year Anniversary...yes, we made it!!!