halloween...

elayna and i had fun making these cute little treat boxes and filling them with candy corn. perfect for friends, teachers, visiting teachers. i got the template from martha stewart crafts.

nightmare

our computer crashed over the weekend and we lost everything. what hurts the most is the over 300 photos that weren't backed up yet. i'm just so sick about it. i've learned my lesson the hard and painful way. from now on i'm going to back up all files and photos once a week, if not more!! i will be back to blogging when we get our computer back up and running.

the happy news is that i have a new niece! sister emily's baby girl was born today. can't wait to see her this weekend :)

today.

enoying the beautiful fall weather. the last few days have been gorgeous. it's nice to spend lots of time outdoors and have the windows open to let in the cooler air.

halloween party

we had our annual ward halloween party on saturday. the girls had tons of fun. i didn't want to bring my camera along so i took a few quick pics of the girls before we left the house. elayna dressed up as a cute cowgirl...

avery was a sweet little honeybee..

and kyla was a pretty princess...

dan was a crazy hunchback laboratory assistant/mad scientist. he was scaring all the little kids all night long. he put this costume together about an hour before the party started. i'm not quite as creative as him and didn't have a costume.

i hope to get a photo of all the girls together in their costumes on halloween. :)

20 weeks...

i had another ultrasound today and everything looks good with baby boy. i love this picture of his little profile. so cute.

by request...

...my pumpkin chocolate chip muffin recipe from my 10/1 post.

i got this recipe off the internet a few years back. can't remember where, or i would give credit to the source.

1 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. ground pumpkin (canned)
1/2 c. cooking oil (i use a little less than this)
1/3 c. chocolate chips

mix together. fill muffin cups and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. so easy and yummy too!

silly girl

lately every time avery sees me with my camera she says "take picture me!" she always makes the funniest little faces for the camera. i just had to post a few.

princess party

on saturday we had a fun little princess party for Kyla. we were going to have her party in september but we had to postpone it because of the hurricane.

the girls came dressed as princesses. they looked so beautiful! for one of the activities they decorated foam princess crowns.

we played lots of fun princess games. ring pops were the prize. (that's what kyla has in her mouth)

she loved her princess party!

choo-choo...

..kyla's newest love. aunt jessica took her to build-a-bear for her birthday. she picked out this cute koala bear and named her choo-choo. these two are inseperable. in other news, dan got his cast off today! hurray! now he just has a "boot" on for two weeks.

pumpkins

even though it doesn't feel much like fall around here, i am so ready for it. i can't wait for the cooler weather of fall. i picked up some little pumpkins at target to decorate with. i love pumpkins! lately i have been craving anything pumpkin: pumpkin bread, pumpkin cake, pumpkin muffins... so today i made some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. yum. kyla was my little kitchen helper. here she is waiting for the muffins to finish baking

a peek of the chocolate chips inside