Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pumpkin Carving


Pumpkin Carving


Cooked Pumpkins



Finished Pumpkin Puree


Adam & I went got our pumpkins last Sunday and carved our pumpkins. Adam's is the big pumpkin and mine is the little pumpkin. We went to Target and got some pumpkin carving supplies which included a booklet of pumpkin carving patterns. I used the monster pattern which was level 2 and Adam used the Jack-O'-Lantern pattern which was level 1. I thought my pattern looked hard and I wasn't really sure if mine was going to turn out but it did and I was very happy with my finished product. Adam & I both had a few problems but I think our pumpkins turned out looking pretty good!!

I also decided to get two pie pumpkins so I could make my own pumpkin puree instead of having to buy pumpkin in a can. I really love this time of year because pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread are some of my favorite things to eat. So I thought it would be even better if I had homemade pumpkin to put into my favorite recipes. It wasn't very difficult at all to do but it was kind of time consuming, especially because I was trying to carve my pumpkin at the same time. After I was done making the pumpkin puree I made some pumpkin bread using my mom's wonderful recipe. It turned out to be very delicious and I even sent some bread with Adam to his office. Next I plan on making a pumpkin pie and I can't wait but since Adam doesn't really like anything with pumpkin in it I'm going to have to wait till I have more people around to eat the pie.


This weekend is Halloween and I'm excited. I think we are heading out to Bowie to celebrate and make sure the place is ready for hunting season. The weekend after that is my wonderful husband's 25th birthday!!  I can't wait to celebrate Adam's birthday with him!!! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and Halloween!!!!





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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Trips, Trips & More Trips

Baby Brenden



Michigan Trip

Michigan Trip


Katy & Travis

Bowie


Sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything new but things have just started to settle down with Adam & I. Adam had my computer at work for a long time so I didn't have many opportunities to update the blog without my computer.

As you can see Adam & I welcomed our new little nephew Brenden into the world. He was born on October 5, 2009, 4lb 12oz, 18 inches long, at 5:o5 p.m. I was able to make the trip to Waco to see him born but Adam had to stay here and work. He is a small little guy but he is also a very healthy little guy. Ben, Allison, and Brenden have a trip planned to come see us soon so Adam will get to meet his little nephew soon.

We also traveled to Michigan about a month ago for Mike & Katie's wedding. We had a lot of fun watching them get married and we wish them all the best! Michigan was really pretty and if you've never seen the great lakes before they are defiantly a site to see, nothing like our lakes here in Texas. We had a chance to site see on Sunday and he headed to a place called Mackinac Island, there are no motorized vehicles on the the island so everyone walks or rides bikes and horses. We decided we would try riding horses around the island, I got a crazy horse that I really think was trying to kill me and Emily got a very very slow horse that she though might be dying. The horse riding is defiantly an experience that we can now all laugh about! We had a really great time in Michigan and are glad Katie and Mike gave us a reason to go.

Last weekend we went to Bowie to enjoy the cold weather. I love being out at Bowie when it's cold because you can build big fires and actually enjoy the heat from them. Adam tried to impress me by taking me off the trail on the four wheeler, I was not so impressed when we got lost in the woods and the four wheeler broke down and we had to walk back to camp. Luckily Adam had at least brought a flash light with him so I wasn't as scared as I could of been and we made it back to the trail and camp safely. It was an interesting experience and I reminded Adam that he already married me and did not have to impress me and also that is not the kind of thing that impresses me!! We had a good time out in Bowie and soon deer season will start up so we will be heading out there many more weekends.

We've had a lot of stuff going on over the past few months but I think things are finally settling down until the holidays start up. Aggie Football season has started which is one of my favorite times of year!! We started off pretty well but once we started playing hard teams things have gone downhill. I still love my Aggies and will still continue to watch them every Saturday! I will try really hard to get better this time about posting stuff! Hope everyone has a great week!


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