Halloween

Dylan was a firefighter this year! It was fun this year, because Dylan understood Halloween a little better. We went to our ward's trunk or treat and Dylan enjoyed having candy handed to him over and over again. It was cute to see him interact with our backdoor neighbor who is his friend Zane at the end of the trunk or treat. They just jabbered back and forth to each other and were so excited! I also took Dylan around to some of the neighbor's and he would knock on the door and say trick or treat! So cute and fun to watch my little boy grow up and learn of the fun American traditions. We are looking forward to Christmas!

There are 5 other new posts besides this one, so keep looking!! Now that I am done with school I have more time to blog, cook, potty train, and play with my crazy two year old and handsome husband. I need to get the pics from my mom's camera I borrowed for our date night when we went to the Lion King on broadway, it was awesome!

First Snow Fall

It is so weird because today it was 68 degrees and just a week or so ago we woke up to this. Dylan had a good time playing in the snow, and insisted on riding his bike right on through it, and also jumping on the trampoline.

Family Times

This picture was taken at a baby shower for Kara. I love my mom and sisters!

My cute nieces after I did their hair. Lindsie said, "I wish I could have my hair done like this everyday." So cute, seriously Melanie, please can I adopt your children?

Melanie's kids Peyton, Aubrey, and Lindsie posing at Thanksgiving Point! They came and stayed overnight at my house and helped me babysit my brother Darrin's two boys. It was a house full, but with Melanie's kids around it felt like I had 3 maids staying with me. They are so well behaved and trained by their mother to keep everything very clean and in order.

My best friend's wedding...

One of my best friends recently was married and it was so fun to be able to attend the wedding ceremony at the Timpanogas Temple, especially because it was in the same sealing room that Bryan and I were married in! She looked beautiful and she was so happy! It is great to see two people so in love and excited for the future. Krystal has been such a good friend to me and I am so happy for her!

My new found joy of Canning!

These year I decided to expand my homemaking skills to include canning. I canned 23 jars of peaches and we have already loved them. Dylan will eat peaches every meal of the day if I serve them, he loves them! Also, I have the best recipe for peach cobbler in the world, and my canned peaches are perfect for cobbler! I only wish I had canned more cause we have already used up quite a few jars.

My other canning experience was with apple butter. MMM, yummy. And what is even better is that I made it with my crockpot, which I love! So easy, so good, and they will make great Christmas gifts with a fresh homemade loaf of bread.

My canning started with a new found dedication to food storage and emergency preparedness. I now have a well stocked pantry, fridge, and freezer with lots more in my storage room in the basement. My next two projects are organizing my storage room in the basement and finding a system for all of my recipes. If anyone has any good recipe systems they have, please share!

Sneak Peek of our New Family Pictures

Our friend Kristina, was nice enough to take our pictures again this year and these are the few that she has shown us so far. Considering Dylan's behavior during the shoot, I am relieved and excited for how the pics turned out.