Thursday, October 30, 2008

Cookies!


Made my annual pumpkin chocolate chip cookies today. I love making these every Halloween because they are still festive but not too sugary. Plus I don't really like cutting out sugar cookies so this is a good replacement cookie. Here is the recipe:

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

1 c. pumpkin
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. oil
1 egg
2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. milk
1 c. chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla
Nuts (optional)

Dissolve baking soda in milk; set aside. In large bowl add pumpkin, sugar, oil, and egg; stir. Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda mixture. Mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and vanilla. Spoon onto cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees 10 to 12 minutes or until done.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Best Deal Ever


Last weekend, I went to a scrapbook yard sale. The lady  doing the yard sale had previously owned a scrapbook store and was trying to get rid of everything she had left over.  So me and Justin went at noon when they were about to clean up and scored a big box of scrapbook paper and a bag of about 30 sheets of alphabet stickers and threw in two gamecube games on the side all for $27.  The box of paper alone probably would've cost over $700 if we would have bought the paper new.  Justin let me buy it hoping that I would never go scrapbook shopping again.  I think this paper might actually last me that long. Now I just have to sort it all out.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sunshine Getaway

Last week we were able to go to Orlando, Florida with Joe and Sara. Justin was going to an NBAA conference over there with Joe. Me and Sara and the kids were lucky enough to get to tag along with them. We also took a little trip to the beach while we were down there. Jaiden loved playing in the sand on the beach. Oh, and we forgot our camera so we had to steal all of the pictures that Sara took of us to put on our blog.

Jaiden always had to keep his eye on Emily.  
Anytime she wasn't nearby he had to ask where she was
 to make sure she was okay.

Jaiden showing off his new hat.
He was always so patient with us taking him everywhere.  


Playing with his trucks in the restaurant.


The beach at Ft. Lauderdale



Okay, I just have to show the very unhealthy lunch I had 
the first day we were in Florida.
(But it tasted so good) Waffle fries with nacho cheese and bacon, 
plus sour cream and ranch on the side. Yum!

Friday, October 3, 2008

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty

I was trying to decide if I really should do this post or not because the pictures aren't the best but I decided why not. The story behind the pictures is why I'm posting anyway so it's okay. This is our neighbors cat that comes around to play with us some days that we are outside. I like being able to adopt this cat to play with occasionally because then we don't actually have to get our own cat and the neighbor likes having it gone for awhile too. It's a win-win situation. 

About a week ago, I showed Jaiden how to pick the dandelions and blow on them so that all the seeds would float away. (probably not the best thing for our grass but hey, it's great entertainment for a 2 year old so I didn't care)  He had a blast blowing on all of the dandelions that he could find.  So the other day the cat wandered over and of course Jaiden had to hang out with it for the rest of the morning. I decided to go check on the two after I had been reading in the backyard for awhile.  I found him sitting next to the cat in the grass with handfuls of dandelions.  He was holding each one up to the cat trying to get the cat to blow on them.  Then he would blow on it to show the cat how to do it and move on to the next one to try again. It was the funniest thing to watch. They looked so cute sitting in the grass together before I got the camera out and then as soon I brought out the camera they started going everywhere so that's why I wasn't able to get a good pic.