Yummy Treat I had at my friends party!

This Recipe was featured on KSL's Studio 5. I just looked up their website and they have 3000 different recipes. Fun place to look if you like to try new things!

Pumpkin Surprise
2 C. Canned Pumpkin
1/2 tsp. salt
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 c sugar
3 eggs beaten
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 white or yellow cake mix
1 1/2 c butter (cold)

Combine the first 5 ingredients and pur into a 9x13 greased pan. Then Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top. Then slice the butter and cover the dry cake evenly with it. Bake at 350 for 45 min. Can be served warm or cold. Swerve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. You can also top with pecans.

Whipped Cream
1 pint whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg

I guess his name is KYLE!!!

You know....I do have the power to edit my posts if they are wrong. But for all of you that said I might become a sports fan because I had so much fun at the game.....I got his name wrong! It's Kyle Korver....not Kevin. Ha Ha Ha, I'm so dumb sometimes! And it's better to laugh at yourself before everyone else does!!

Secret Obsession.....

I guess my sister in-law has some secret love obsession with Kevin Korver....so I was trying to get some good pictures of him...I'm sure she'll like the one of his *butt* the best:)

Shaq plays for the Suns? No way....

Yes, I really am that disconnected to the world of sports. I was telling Taylor how huge all the guys were and he said, "Look at Shaq." What? Shaq? He's here? Who does he play for? I could probably wear his shoe as a snow suit....his feet are huge! Taylor said Shaq could drill him into the ground like a nail (cause he's so skinny). I took lots of pictures of him:)

Jazz Game...my first!!

Can you believe after all of the season BYU basketball games I have never been to a Jazz game? In a round about way we got awesome seats right behing the hoop for FREE!!! We got some slappy sticks and I attribute the win to my expert skills at clapping them very loud!! Even though I didn't know a whole lot of what was going on (fouls), it was so fun!!!! We also won...which is cool! Look at how serious Taylor is...what is he looking at?

Wahooie!

Gymnastics

A little shy at first...but as long as you look this cute, who freaking cares?!? Front and Back view included!

Leaves

If you have never been to my house you have never seen the trees that are not mine that leave tons of leaves in my yard (poor Taylor). They all suited up because it was raining to go rake them up. Sad to say only half were on the ground so far!!!

My Scrapbook Apprentice

I gave Chloe a few stamps to play with so I could hurry and make some Christmas cards (don't worry I did 3). She is a mess!!!!

VACATION!!

I had so much fun hanging out with Aunt Karen in St George! Their condo is so nice (plus it's almost as big as my house:) Chloe and Logan thought the condo was SOOOO cool! Chloe thought she had to sleep in the closet where the playpen was and thought the fur rug on the floor was made from a kitty cat. We almost got in a huge wreck on the way down, but thankfully we only got a flat tire which was a little tough to fix because Mr McGyver (uncle ron) forgot to put the right lug wrench back. We were all really greatful when a nice neighbor offered to take Aunt Karen to the store to buy a new one!

All day Friday we spent at the scrapbook expo.....I think I might have given her the scrapbook bug...ha ha ha! We can still blog too no worries.

We had a lot of fun shopping and got quite a bit done for Christmas! We went to a really cool store that Aunt Karen loves and I'm sure we'll be back again. And for all of you that know us we ONLY played cards ONCE because we were too busy scrapbooking. I beat her really bad the first hand at nerts and then she came back and kicked my butt. We also took the kids bowling and to the movie which they loved.

Grandma Chloe

Grandma will NEVER let me take pictures of her. I don't know why today was any different. But....this is such a CUTE picture. It will definately make the scrapbook!

Time to stop Showering with Chloe

Chloe is very good to entertain herself by drawing. Well today she drew a picture and told me it looked like a big boob!!! I had to video her and share it with you all. Now she has covered every inch of her paper with boobs.

Why is she being so cute...I think she knows!

My dog has decided to be very lovey-dovey and well behaved the last couple of days....she knows. Besides the creep from an address that doesn't exist we haven't had too much luck selling her. Uh-Oh I think we're changing our minds.

Today was Bella's first adventure in the snow...she didn't know what to do!!! She kept trying to bite it and it would melt it was so funny! I got her this little coat at Target yesterday (love the $1 spot) because I shaved Bella and it's getting cold. She is pretty cute.

PS-Julie we'll still take the hampster:)

What the?!? I blame Julie

So my ultimate goal for today was to pack up my scrapbook stuff for my trip! But no....Julie gave me this cute website and I've spent like 2 hours just playing with layouts on my blog. I will not give in! Scrapbooking comes first! :) (thanks for the website it's really cute...he he he)

It's Coming.....

The scrapbook expo is coming!!! It is one of the things I most look forward to! We are actually driving down to St. George to go this time. So it's the best of both worlds. Mini-vacay plus scrapbook weekend. This picture is of my scrapbook room when we first moved in...uh and Kourtnie cleaned it. Let's just say it's slightly more cluttered right now....and Grandma gave me her desk.

Happy Halloween

We LOVED our Trunk or Treat

It was raining here on Halloween right as we started to go out. We went to our wards trunk or treat and it went suprisingly FAST. The kids loved seeing all of their friends and they got just as much candy if not more than we would of roaming the streets. The best part? We were at home in bed by 8:00!!! Logan was Bumblebee the Transformer and Chloe was a "Mean" Kitty Cat.

Happy Birthday Taylor!!!

We went to Joe's Crab Shack for Taylors birthday, you think if he didn't want me to post dumb pictures of him....he would st0p letting me take them!!!

Skeleton Cookies

I saw this cute recipe in a magazine! All you do is add black food coloring to your sugar cookie dough, cut them out with gingerbread man cookie cutters, bake them, and then put on the icing with an icing bag. Super easy and super cute!

Bella's Boyfriend

So...while I was so enjoying myself downstairs blogging away my dumb dog was barking her freaking guts out at somethig. I yelled outside a couple of times but finally told Logan to go tell Bella to SHUT UP! He replied in his little "duh mom" voice, "mom, that's NOT Bella's voice!" What? I was so confused...until I went outside and saw a little white dog (excuse the language) *humping the crap* out of my dog!!! I yelled and he stopped, but poor Bella felt VIOLATED! She was walking around with her ears back and her tail down. I went out and grabbed the little only to see that yes he was a very happy little BOY dog! I took him (Jack) on a walk and asked around until I found out who his family was...looked them up and called them....no answer. So I had to break it to Taylor that Bella's boyfriend was sleeping over. I was sitting on my front porch holding him when my crazy neighbor with no teeth came over and said "You found your dog!" I let her know that no, this wasn't my dog. Turns out she had seen him outside and put him in my backyard because she thought he was mine...on Monday. I found him on Thursday...thank everything holy my dog can't get knocked up! She told me that I should try to sell him if he wasn't mine....what the crap lady!?! I took him inside and gave him a bath....he was adorable!! He didn't have any accidents in the house, used the potty pad, and liked to be cuddled. I made sure to let Logan know that we couldn't keep Jack and he replied , "Ya, because Jack is just too perfect!" Jack's family called the next morning and came to get him. We wanted to ask them to trade!

Why NOT to get a puppy....This is a simple list of reasons

• poop...everywhere. One day my dog actually pooped in my shoe! If you know me well....shoes are sacred! plus why does the poop stick to her butt?



• pee....what is it that is so confusing for dog's about potty trainig. I mean do you really need to pee on my foot while I'm making dinner...come on!



• Chewing.....coffee table, entertainment center, cedar chest, end table, couch , dressers, chloe's bed, barbies...but not her bone!!!!



• Chewing (I know I already mentioned this...) She ate my pink shoe...enough said!

And last but not least...How Bella got name of "My Retard"

We have had a really hard time with the chewing and the potty training of our puppy, so we couldn't leave her to roam the house while we were gone. We felt really bad leaving her in her tiny kennel all day so we tried to come up with a couple of solutions....none of which worked. We kept her in our upstairs bathroom...until she started pulling the carpet up trying to get out! It's ugly navy blue carpet but it's worse with holes in it! Then we put her under our steps with a baby gate. She climbed over. We put up 2 baby gates. She climbed over. It was time for the kennel. Now let me explain a little about the kennel...it was pricy. It's kind of a canvas with zippers on the top and side and it folds down for easy storage and is nice if you like to take your dog places. Bella went in the kennel and rammed her head at it until she popped the zipper open on the front. So I put it against the wall (ouch) this didn't stop her. I duct taped it shut. Then she proceeded to scratch a hole in the back and weasle herself out of it. More duct tape. Then somehow she rammed her head at the top zipper until it popped open and she got out. Wait it gets better.....

One day before work I put her in there and then put a couple of 12 packs of soda on top of the kennel. My thought was that she would jump up and hit her head....and stop! NO! She jumped up and down until she knocked the soda off....it exploded everywhere! I was telling Grandma this on the phone and she said, "I think your dog is retarded!" I said, "If she wasn't already she is now for bashing her head on the soda boxes!" My little Chloe overheard and soaked in this new word...retard. When we got home that night she was giving Bella loves got right in her face and said, "You're my retard huh Bella?"

I know this picture is sideways...I can't figure out how to change it!

MY MAN!

Taylor had to have a passport photo for something and he would kill me to know I'm posting this....oh well! Love you baby!

Princess Chloe! That is exactly what she is. All she has to do is bat her long eyelashes at you and you cave! Right now she's into everything but mostly loves Disney Princess stuff and coloring. She loves to read stories and go to "another store" with mom!

Logan Man 5 years old.....He just started kindergarten this fall. I think he likes it but he hates getting up early ( me too!). He loves action figures, super heroes and transformers. You can always find Logan standing on his head somewhere!

Risher Family

Since everyone else has a blog now....maybe I better do one too! But if I don't update it remember that I am a REAL SCRAPBOOKER at heart and that I'm technology impaired!