Gingerbread House

We bought Gingerbread House parts from the bakery at Reams and last night was construction night. Nathan was at Kirsten's house working on his super secret project, so the girls and Thayne worked on the house. I was happy to watch and snap some pics.  They had a great time and I think it turned out lovely! When I find out what the super secret project is I'll post a picture.

MAYHAM----Pumpkin Pies!

We made pumpkin pies yesterday and our house still smells wonderful!!  We ended up with ten pumpkin pies and aunt Michelle came and got two of them.  I just love the Thanksgiving holiday.  It smells good and tastes good but most of all, you get to spend time with family members.  I am thankful for the loving family that I have and all of the memories I share with them.  Have a very happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Bountiful Baskets

Kirsten and I ordered a Bountiful Basket again this week. For our $15.00 we got a head of romaine lettuce, eight oranges, a bag of carrots, two bunches of onions, three zuchinni, four cucumbers, a cantelope, a bag of grapes, a bunch of broccoli, eight bananas, two pomegranites, eleven apples and four tomatoes! A few weeks ago we ordered a tortilla pack along with our basket, you get a ton of tortillas and they are so yummy! There are Bountiful Basket Food Co-op locations all over Utah, if you want to check it out you can go to http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/

MAYHAM

I finally made my shirt on zazzle!! It looks really cool. Unfortunately it had a hole in it so we had to send it back. But have no fear! Nathan is getting another one and it is on its way right now. Here are some pictures of the process I went through to make it.

First I made the original copy.

Then I copied it onto a bigger piece of paper.

After that I traced it with a black pen. (and yes my hand hurt really bad!)

I took it and put it on the computer where Nathan did some magical thing to make it look better. After a couple of weeks waiting it finally came (hole and all). Here are some pictures of the finished product.

Halloween

Hannah and I decided to get a little crafty! We took this plain metal bucket.

Pulled out lots of pictures from our old Country Living magazines. Lots of Mod Podge later..................

Very messy, but very fun.

We had french toast for dinner last night. I made a yummy homemade maple syrup to go on it. It wasn't as thick as store bought syrup but it tasted the same. Here's the recipe so you can try it.

1 cup water

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 tsp imitation maple flavor

2 tsp butter

Stir water and sugars together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium/high heat. Reduce to medium/low and stir in butter and maple flavoring. Simmer for 3-5 minutes. Let cool.

Yummy.

Well, today was back to school for the girls. Everyone was up and going early! I am the PTSA President again this year at the junior high so I was at the school early to help. Tennis practice after school will make this one very long , but great, day! Have a happy day everyone!