New Favorite Snack

 My super awesome friend Megan, who is a very yummy cook, introduced me to this very yummy snack. You get this Greek yogurt dip at Costco and it is to die for. I pair it with pretzels or our all time favorite chip Food Should Taste Good Multi-Grain chip. When I eat this snack I don't feel as guilty. It tastes good and is good for you.We will be munching on this next week during the Super Bowl for sure. Happy snacking!

Sometimes it stinks to be tiny!

We have had a record breaking snowstorm here in the great Northwest and poor Skipper is not equipped with long enough legs for this kind of accumulation. He loves the snow and tries his best, but he really has to work at getting around. It sure is funny to watch though.

We love our pup!

Addison & I love our little dog Skipper. He is our lap buddy, sleep buddy and all around cuddler. He is definately a woman's dog and has to be with us wherever we are in the house. If we lock him out he scratched and whines at the door until we let him in, and don't even think about leaving him at home. He LOVES to go in the car with us everywhere we go. We would be lost without our little munchkin.

Thankful Heart

I am feeling very greatful today. I am greatful for a wonderful family who love and support me no matter what. I am also so thankful for great friends. God had lead wonderful people into my life to help me endure the bumps in the road of life. I am so greatful that the holidays are a joyous time for our family. May you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Holiday season.

November This and That

I had several pictures that were not really related to much of anything, but still fun. So, I decided to post them together in one fun mish mash of topics.

 Logan made a really neat model of the world. He had to take a picture because I had no idea how to store this for posterity. You can already see the cracks in it. He did a great job and it was a really fun project for him.

 Landon made this cute little feather head band at school for fall. You can tell by the look on his face that he is pretty proud of it.

 Logan finished up his last game for soccer. Here he is with his medal and his favorite soccer buddy Brett. They have been playing together since they were 4 and were so excited to be on the same team.

 We let Honey Bee come visit in the house one day and she loved running all over the couch. She is sniffing Addison and I think Addison is a little scared! Maybe she is afraid of goat cooties.

I just love crisp fall mornings. The front yard just looked so beautiful that I had to grab the camera.

Easy (Microwave) Halloween Carmel Corn

 

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In honor of Halloween today I am posting a really great recipe that I stumbled on last week when I was looking for a fall snack for watching this...

I was looking for a different recipe when I found this one in a cookbook my mom gave me. It is super easy and super yummy! So here we go.

Carmel Corn
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. Karo syrup
pinch of salt
1 t. vanilla
1/4 t. soda
6 qt. popped popcorn
(three bags of microwave popcorn, any flavor)
In a glass bowl, put brown sugar, Karo syrup, butter, and salt, microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir and microwave for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla, baking soda and stir together and pour over 6 popped popcorn in a brown paper sack. Stir with large spoon and shake bag. Roll down top of sack and microwave 1 1/2 minutes on high. Shake. Microwave 1 1/2 minutes more. Pour onto large pan or bowl and let cool. Break apart and enjoy!

This recipe makes ALOT of popcorn, so you may want to bag some up and share with some friends. It is ready in about 10 minutes and gone in about 5 minutes. I love this flavor, because it reminds me of Cracker Jacks. So good! Hope you enjoy it! Hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!

Sounders

We are the newest Seattle Sounders Fans. We got free tickets from our neighbors and headed to Seattle for the game and had the best time! Soccer fans are the craziest. We were the only 4 people in the entire stadium of 64,000 that did not have some sort of Sounders attire.

We were way up in the nosebleed section, but it was still so action packed and fun! Everyone was so pumped up and cheering all the time.

It was a bit of a chilly night so we bundled up and sipped hot chocolate. We also cheered until we all lost our voices.

Logan got lots of inspiration for his own soccer playing. As we were walking out he said he was going to play just as hard as they Sounders did. You can't buy that!

As luck would have it, it happened to be Kasey Keller's (the goalie) last home game of his career. He had a great game and they had a celebration for him after the game. So now we are an official Sounders family! Go Sounders. 

Pumpkin Time!

We finally got around to carving our pumpkins for the front porch.

 I kept Landon busy with is pumpkin. I tried and tried to get him to help me clean out the guts, be we couldn't bring himself to touch the "guts".

 Addison did a great job on her big one all by herself. I love that she is old enough do it all on her own.

 Logan was very excited about getting the guts out this year. He did need a bit of help from Dad to get that big thing cleaned out.

All done and ready for the big night. Sorry the pic is so dark, but it was dark out when we tried to take this. Now our porch is super spooky for Halloween, even though we don't ever get any trick or treaters. Happy Haunting!

Pumpkin Patch

Landon's Pre-School class went to the pumpkin patch for a special day choosing a pumpkin, riding on a tractor, and playing on a hay maze.

These are his cute teachers who are so patient with the kids. I don't know how they do it day in and day out. 

 Landon and I had so much fun riding on the tractor together. It was a really cold day with lots of fog.

 Landon LOVED the hay maze and went through it several times. There is something magical about haybales and kids. They had a really fun slide that all the kids slid down about 75 times each.

 Landon picked out the perfect little pumpkin and seemed quite proud of himself.

 Landon and his class.



New Rainy Day Farm Arrival

Yesterday afternoon, Yasmine, decided to finally go into labor. I have been waiting all week for her to deliver. I have not been able to leave the house for long stretches at a time waiting and waiting.

 I went to church and worried the whole time, came home tired and grumpy and went and took a nap. Robb and I went out to check around 6:15 and saw that she was in labor.

 With a little pulling from Robb we got her out and she is happy and healthy. She was the only one so she should develop really well. She has mom all to herself.

Yasmine is such a good mommy and baby is just as sweet as she looks. Now I need to head out to the barn and snuggle with them. See ya later.