For my birthday we went out to Mexican food and then Mark and Xan came over to help John sing. John got me a Marionberry pie...yum! He also got me a KitchenAid Mixer and he surprised me with tickets to a Sarah Bareilles Concert at The Knitting Factory. We had a great time at the Concert, she sounded GREAT live.
I was worried that Nathan would be screaming on Halloween when I forced him to wear his costume, but last week Nathan pulled it out of his closet and wanted to put it on! Yay!! Hopefully this means he will wear it for a little while on Halloween! I think he makes such a cute dragon!
Nathan with his Elmo slippers!
I was cleaning bathrooms a couple weeks ago and Nathan had disappeared. I found him "reading" his books in his room. It was so cute!
We had a great time in Salt Lake with my family! We celebrated Megan and Jarom's birthday's and just had fun hanging out. Nathan liked the plane ride, it was fun cause he could say plane this time around (sounds like pane)!
I made these cookies the other day, and a friend wanted me to post this recipe. Maybe somebody else will love it too! Here it is:
1 1/2 C. pumpkin
1/4 C. water
2 C. brown sugar
1 C. oil
1 tsp. vanilla
4 C. flour
2 tsp. soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 C. choc. chips
Mix together first 4 ingredients. Mix together dry ingredients and stir in, add choc chips last. Drop by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie sheet. Bake @ 350 for about 10 min.
Enjoy!
As I was reading blogs this morning, I noticed a recurring theme...most people are still wearing shorts! It has gotten a bit chilly here lately, highs in the 60's, 70's if we're lucky. Now, I'm not saying this is really cold, but it has warranted pants and jackets. It's not even October yet! I am excited to be pulling out my cute winter clothes that haven't had much use in the past few years, but I am also beginning to wonder how long I'm going to have to wear them! I am a little sad that I can't wear shorts and sandals anymore, but I am also loving the fact that I can curl up on the sofa in front of the fireplace with some hot cocoa! :)
This is Nathan and his cousin Ayden one day while I worked. My sister-in-law Xan watched him for a few days and my mother-in-law Sally watched him for a couple of other days. It would take him some time to warm back up to me. I think he was trying to decide if he was going to forgive me or not, and if I was going to be leaving him again. I finished almost two weeks ago, so it's nice to be back at home again. He had lots of fun playing with Ayden, Xan and Sally.
On another note, it has been pretty nice weather until yesterday. We woke up to rain this morning, hopefully it doesn't rain too much!
