Instead of Blogging...

Instead of blogging....I cooked dinner for friends last sunday and finally made the caramel apple pizza, cleaned, did laundry, packed up Lincoln's baby clothes for storage (sad!) took pictures of Lincoln goofing around, chased Lincoln around that house and taught him how to peek-a-boo and hide and jump out and say "Boo" (or BAAaugh in his language) he now does it to strangers, hung pictures of up Lincoln, went for a lot of walks in the last of Indian Summer, played and shopped with the husband because he took a day off from work, he bought me a cute pair of jeans and mostly clothes for Lincoln, finally got him to mow and fertalize the grass one last time, tried to figure out what the spots were all over Lincoln (chicken pox?) enjoyed my nights of quiet and watched HEROs, The Office, Kath and Kim, and American Choppers, took a long bath, Hung up shelves the bathroom, went to work, stuck to my low-carb diet even though I made yummy spaghetti for dinner ( I had the fish) broke my diet when mother-in-law came to town and took us to dinner (it was garlic mash potatoes for crying out loud!!) talked about a trip to Hawaii next April (maybe, heopfully!), had a girls night out and saw one of the best movies of all time "Ghost Town" I highly recommend! Went to church, took sunday naps and made caramel apple crunch pie, which jordan will eat. And stole this idea from my cute sister-in-law Rochelle!

Boys will be Boys

Lincoln had been laughing at Collin all during lunch so I finally got in on tape with Collin's help. What a good sport.

Farmers and Pirates

My Pumpkins grew!

Another week but nothing exciting, that's why this is more about me, sorry. We did have a good weekend last week, for general conference Me, Jordan, Lincoln, Brett's family and Jeremy and Vanessa all stayed at my parents and gorged ourselves on my parents good cooking and hung out (and watched pirated movies like Get Smart but I promised to buy it when it comes out so they'll actually get $20 instead of $8, there my conscience is clear) My dad is like our own personal farmers market, it's great! We had fresh picked roasted butternut squash, apples picked right of the tree for caramel apples and pie, fresh picked tomatoes, corn bread and chicken. MMMmm, I getting hungry just thinking about it. Good thing my dad sent me home with a bags of tomatoes, apples, and squash. I tried a new receipt this week, -Tomato Squash Bisque, it was oh so yum!!!!! I'm dieing to make this Caramel Apple Pizza receipt I got off of Studio 5, but I need to go get some dough and caramel first. Have any of you ever tried the "Apple Corer Peeler Slicer" from Pampered Cheif? It's Amaaaazing, I highly recommend you get one! I also made some curtains with my moms help but more on those at a later date when I'm finished. Lincoln loved playing with cousins and Aunts and Uncles.

I also spent some time out in my little flower beds today getting them ready for winter since it's suppose to hit, oh like TOMORROW! Snow already! I can not believe! I trimed all my bushes and planted bulbs! Yikes! Hope they grow! I did Queen of the Night Tulips, they're suppose to be a dark purple. Here is a picture of my pumpkins that have grown, since those of you that read my blog know I grew some pumpkins in my front yard.

September Projects

We added Sicis glass tile mosaics around our mirror and this new light fixture in our Master bath. I did the tiling, not hard, the glass comes on sheets so don't worry I didn't do them one at a time, I left that to the Italians.
The same glass is in our shower. Jordan put up the light.
Added this vinyl lettering to Lincoln's room
so you can see loc.
And of course this is what Lincoln was doing during project time...distroying his room!

So because i'm a clean freak I do spring and fall cleaning, so the past few weeks I've been digging through closets,cabinets and drawers and wiping and organizing everything! It's a good feeling. You know spring clean came from the pioneers who literally had to wipe everything down in the spring because the wood and coal burning stoves created black soot on everything. (A little fact I picked up years ago from the pre-felon Martha Stewart) I also wanted to finish those projects that have been pilling up as well. I love house projects so I'll always have some to do I'm sure, but it's nice to get one down and stand back and enjoy.

So here are a few pictures of what I've been up too!

A Day at the Zoo

At the "Ghost of the Bayou"
This elephant sprays water out it's nose!

We went to the Zoo last week! My mom wanted to take the grandkids (that live in UT) so me and Lincoln and Brett, Alisa and Carter, and Collin went. Some of the other family had to work so they couldn't make it. It was fun and not to crowded now that kids are back in school. I hadn't been to Hogle Zoo in a long time and they have really made it nice! With the new Elephant Encounter and the new Asian Highlands with the cats. Oh and the new Conservation Carousel which was Lincoln's favorite thing. I think the little boys had fun. The Zoo is currently trying to raise money so they can redo the bears and add polar bears. We were lucky enough to by-pass the reptile house..... ugg! Fun Fact: Did you know that the Albino Aligator rarely lives for more than day after it is born... why is that? Because it is white it burns in the sun and dies. So maybe not a "fun" fact but something interesting I learned.

Lincoln is Number 1!

More picture from the party... we washed him off in the sink from the messy cake! And the video is a little long but I posted it anyway for those who want to watch.

Party Time!

Saturday we had a little family shin-dig celebrating Lincoln's birthday. It was a pizza party, with a little game called "How well do you know Lincoln" I put questions on there like "what time was he born? what's his favorite food? His favorite toy? ect..." The one who got the most right won a prize. Just a short game. Jordan also made this great video with pictures through the year, but it wouldn't play in our DVD player! I was bummed! Of course we did the one year old cake thing. He was reluctant at first and didn't like the frosting on his fingers. He eventually started eating but very carefully. He got some nice toys and clothes and books from his loved ones, and his Aunt Cassie made that very cute cake! Oh and the movie at the botton only 3 min. it's shorter than I thought.