brutal honesty

it is currently Halloween and the trick-or-treaters are in full swing in the neighborhood. Last year we had no one, but this year due to more houses being built by our house we have loads of kids. Plus this year it isn't raining.

I love to see the costumes...especially the young toddlers and slightly older ones. Tho they can be brutally honest. Thankfully they didn't complain about the candy we are handing out. It's our house! Kevin was currently cooking dinner and i was handing out the candy. Well you must be able to smell our meal when i open the door.

here's the the scene....

(doorbell rings)
I grab the candy bowl and answering the door.
Kids: trick-or-treat
me: here you go (and place candy in bag)
kids: thank you
Me: you're welcome, have fun!
girl to her mom: Her house stinks! (as she is waving her hand in front of her nose)

I shut the door and start laughing my head off! I replay it for Kevin. He laughs.

and we are still laughing about it.

And by the way this new chicken recipe....SO GOOD!!!!!

blue ones

We thought it would be cool to grow some blue one's (along with some regular russet's)....

Our haul of potatoes
(5 gallon bucket full)

Outside of a Blue potato

Inside of a blue Potato
Cool huh?!?
They taste just like a regular russet.

apple day

So at the end of our sick week we decided to keep our plans of canning apples with Kevin's family. Here are just a few pics. None of our finished products... 28 Quarts Apple Pie Filling (thanks Tegan for the recipe), 14 pints "death apple rings" and 35 pints apple sauce....all in about 10 hrs. Not too shabby! We were EXHAUSTED afterwards tho.

a few of the 13 boxes of apples

Linda stirring our first batch of pie filling
*yes we had propane going in the house all day*
**and yes we had ALL possible windows open all day**

And then the COOLEST invention ever!!!

An apple peeler/core-er/slicer
this made pie filling a breeze to do!!!
I want to get me one of these!

flu bug

So Kevin and i were hit with the flu bug this week.
Thankfully we are on the up swing.
Kevin had to ask what day it was today. LOL.

new me...

So in the 31 yrs of my life i have NEVER EVER done anything with my hair. I guess other then a few cuts and nothing ever drastic. I wanted a change and i knew kind of what i wanted. So thanks to my dear friend Lauren and the nice lady a Sally Beauty supply....

Here is the new me!

First Snow Fall 2009

This is what i woke up to this morning.

Isn't it beautiful?!
Makes me excited for winter.

Fun with Uncle Kevin

We had the opportunity to watch our nephews today and it was super fun. Kevin is always so great with the boys. He took them to an elementary school near by and they had a lot of fun. i met them over there after i got showered. I am SO glad i took the camera. I love these boys!

Karson helping Kevin eat breakfast

Karter watching Monsters Vs. Aliens

Karter going down the pole.

Now it's Karson's turn.
He didn't understand to hold on with his legs

Karter just hanging

Karson just hanging
Kevin & Karter on the slide
Just some cute pics of Karter.
Now Karson
He was hard to catch with eyes open
Karson done with me saying "smile!"
Kevin showing the boys how it's done!
...almost.
Then my favorite for last.

got it!!

MY BOOK CAME TODAY!!!

WOOT WOOT!!!

*now i'll have something to read while i wait for Kevin at his doctors appt tonight.

Scary

So i was messing around with my "new to me" computer at work and i took this scary picture. Cool but Scary.

Ready for Halloween??

ordered...

I have ordered THE book (see two posts down)!
I can't wait for it to arrive!!!

Thanks D & L!!!!

Twenty-One!!

so today seems to be loaded with odd jobs that don't normally get done. We are cleaning the oven (self clean), cleaning & organizing the pantry, pulled massive weeds (not all in our yard - some was service) and just going thru some items that we don't need. Like old cell phones we've kept as we've "upgraded" phones. Kevin is mailing them in for recycling. I'm going thru our cookbooks. Apparently without realizing it...we had TWENTY-ONE cookbooks!! We are now down to ELEVEN. Not too shabby. Makes the shelf look better.

Happy Spring? Cleaning everyone!

could this be what i need??

I know there is "natural" stuff i could be doing to help with fertility problems (PCOS). I just ran across this book. Could it be what i need?! But we are talking $40+ here. But i guess that is better then the THOUSANDS we paid to just have another miscarriage. Plus it will probably help with weight issues.

Maybe for Christmas I can get it as a gift.

Quote

"Happiness keeps you sweet, Trials keep you strong, Sorrow keeps you human, Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith & Attitude keeps you going... " - Arthur Ashe

* Thank you Kate for posting this on FB. I needed this today.

gift giver

Today there was a blood drive up at the Stake Center and i signed up to donate. I use to do it alot in CA and since moving to ID I just haven't. So i am glad i was able to do it today. The lady there was VERY excited to see me...well not ME per se...but my O negative blood type. We were chatting a bit and i said my mom & i would get called ALOT to donate. She said...you'll get called alot now too. We are in NEED of your blood type.

So to those that can....Donate blood. Its an easy gift to be given.

55 cents

So they built a Valley Country Store near my work. We frequent it every so often. But the week Kevin was gone in PA it was a daily stop for me. Wasn't till Friday when i saw they had 44oz plastic cups for soda for only 99 cents. DANG! Why didn't i see that on Monday?!? Well i kept the cup to do "refills" with. Come to find out when they have this special cups for sale....the refills are only 55 CENTS!!! Other times it's like 70-90 cents--i can't remember. But you can't beat 55 cent refills for 44 oz of soda. Granted as previously posted about...i am trying to get OFF soda...but i'm sorry there are days where you just need some. And for those days...i'm glad for the 55 cent refills!

sunrise

Sunrise this morning at 6:50 am.
(taken out my back door)

Rockin'

So these are almost a month old. But i thought I'd get them up here anyway. When my sister Natalie & her boys came out the boys were scared and didn't want to see Uncle Kevin (which we don't understand they've met him only 3 times) but he won them over big time!

Here are pics of "The Boys" rocking out.

notice Sam's tongue sticking out?!
He was ALWAYS way into Rockin'!!

Dallin super happy drumming

Group shot.

Kevin as a drumming batman!
(the mask was for Sam's birthday that day)

For more pics of Sam's celebration with us click...HERE.

Happy 1yr Anniversary

HAPPY 1yr ANNIVERSARY HOUSE!!!
(this was taken about 5 days before we closed on the house last year)

We are so excited you are ours. We love you!

ZUMBA

My good friend Cat is really into this new fitness called...Zumba Fitness! It looks like a total blast! And a great workout! I haven't been able to locate a class near me...till today! They do it at the YMCA in Twin Falls!!! WOO HOO! I'm so excited. I am going to call and ask about it today.

Check out ZUMBA.

** So i called the YMCA about the class - You can buy a day pass for $5 or you can buy a month pass for $35. It starts in September. I might have to try it out. We'll see once i talk to Kevin. It will probably be shot down for financial reasons. Which i totally understand. Damn Bills.

new favorite

I found these lovely little treats the other day...

My new favorite!