Black Island Farms

We had a great time at Black Island Farms for Brooklyn's preschool field trip! What a fun place. Too bad they are putting the new strip of Legacy Highway right through the farm. It wont be around (at least the way it is now) for long. The owners say that they will continue operating the last full-working farm in the area as long as they can. I suggest you get out there with your kids, and enjoy it before it is gone!

What a BUSY fall!

This Fall has been absolutely INSANE around here! Homework is coming by the truck-load and fall activities have been crazy! Forgive me for not updating sooner!!! Anyway...Brooklyn was Harry Potter for Halloween, Here he is (I can't get the kid to just be normal in pictures these days! haha!) in his costume, with a milk-mustache.

Here we are carving pumpkins. Brooklyn wouldn't touch the pumpkin-goo, unless he had this scoop. He called in pumpkin ickies.

Hopefully now that the semester is winding down, I will be able to update more often!!!

Den-Va!

We just got back from Denver on Monday night. We were lucky enough to be able to stay with Nate's Aunt Teresa. We had so much fun! We went to a Rockies game, did a lot of shopping, went to a bunch of museums, and the Denver Mint. But the highlight of our vacation was the Denver Broncos/Colts game! We splurged on really great seats, 19th row above the end-zone. I am really not that into football, but it was so awesome to be there in person!

Nate was SO HAPPY! here he is by our seats. It was so incredibly hot! Luckily we were in the shade for most of the game.

OH MY FREAK!!! Its Peyton Manning!!!! Right there!

There was over 75,000 people there!! It was crazy! I don't think I have ever been somewhere with that many people before.

All-in-all it was a great trip. We had a great time with Nate's aunt and we hope to be able to go back next year!

I {heart} fall!

We had a little fall-time (the best season ever) photo shoot at the begining of October. Brooklyn is usually super uncooperative when I am taking pictures of him. He either is completey distracted, or angry, because he thinks that he has to look at the picture (on the camera screen) after we take every one. The camera clicks, and he says automatically "I see it, PLEASE?" So it's hard to have any kind of formal shoot with him. and it is next to impossible to get Brooky to just smile normally! He either does the wierd face(above) or the extra cheesy, almost painful-looking ultra smile (below). I guess it doesn't matter, they are both adorable.

My personal FAVE! I love this one. (below)

BAKE AWAY!

That nasty cold that everyone has finally hit our little family. We're over it, and now feeling anxious! But the weather is supposed to turn cold and ugly! UGH! Now, we are heading into baking season, and I have the best of intentions to bake something delish twice a week, at least.
Today we made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, a family fave. Brooklyn insisted on helping, so I let him dump the chocolate chips in at the end. He sneakily kept some in the bag, and right after I took this picture, I looked up and he had a mouthful of chocolate! It seems like I always bake the same stuff, and I do so, because I know those recipes are good. But I want to branch out, so if you have a good recipe, E-mail it to me! Happy Baking!

Meatloaf Massacre

Today, I was craving meatloaf (for some unknown reason) all day. So I decided to make it. I bought everything for it, and didn't forget a thing. I mixed up all the nasty ingredients into a usual pre-meatloaf meat-slime, and just as it was ready to be put in a pan, I realized that I had packed away my loaf pan!!!!! ARGHHH! So this is what I ended up with. Yea, you all know what it looks like, but it was the best that I could do without a loaf pan. Sigh. BUT, IT WAS DELICIOUS, thank you very much. Brooklyn loved it, and he doesn't love any food. Any ideas on how to cure such a picky eater? It would be much appreciated.

Anyway, after dinner Brooklyn wanted a nectarine for dessert, and I just couldn't resist taking these oh-so-juicy pictures.