Our Christmas

This year we spent our Christmas in Missouri visiting Glen’s Mom, Grandma, Brett and Steph. We had a wonderful time seeing all the St. Louis attractions, spending time with wonderful family, and having a nice time away from school. When we got back we had more great family time and got everything we wanted for Christmas! We got a lot of fun things and really were blessed this Christmas! I do have to put in a plug for my favorite present... I finally got a KitchenAid! Glen is probably sick of me talking about it but it's wonderful! I cannot wait for all the things I will make in it! It will make my baking a lot easier! So don't be surprised if the next few posts are food! We have a lot of pictures so enjoy!

Glen, his mom, and Ryun

We had to go to Lamberts again!

Outdoor ice rink! Glen is a pro!

Brett & Steph

Steph, Alex, and I

In the museum at the bottom of the Arch

View from the arch

Ryun, Debbie, Mindi, and Steph

I made peppermint meringue

Craft night with the girls before we left.

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break went way too fast for us! This was one of BYU's first breaks longer than a day. We are already counting down the days till Christmas break! We spent most of our time at my parents house. Tay had to have surgery this week so it was our job to entertain Tori and Taylor's roommate who was down for the week, Tanya. For this Holiday's treat, I decided to attempt my first pumpkin roll. While it was not easy it turned out so so good! It was very yummy and something I will make again for sure. Stratton also had his first sleepover at our place this week. Ice cream, Nintendo, lots of Toy Story 3 and sleeping in our bed led to a fun, little party. I am already getting started on some Christmas crafts and have all my decorations up! We can't wait for Christmas! More crafts will come soon!

Halloween

Halloween for us this year was pretty chill. We went to our ward trunk-or-treat which ended up being indoors and pretty boring... After that we went up to our parents house to see Tori, Stratton, and Easton in their costumes. We ate, played games, and just hung out all night. Sunday we went back up to my parents house for Tori's birthday party. She wanted me to make cake pops for her cake so i decided to make cute little mummy ones.


This is a picture from Bakerella's website but these ones were easy enough that mine actually looked like hers!Glen found this giant inflatable deer head online so i of course had to be the hunter.

A present for my Brother

The other day, my brother saw a beanie with a beard connected to it. He asked me if I could try and make one for him. So... I compiled all my crochet experience which I had learned in highschool to make one for him. It turned out pretty good. Its all made of yarn and I crocheted it all. I was surprised it turned out the way it did. And, apparently, so was Ryun.

HALLOWEEN

Its that time again! We celebrated tonight by carving pumpkins. Kandace carved the cat and I carved the whatever. We still don't know what it is. The ward is having a trunk-or-treat and we have a great scene planned for our trunk and surroundings. Pictures to come.

Our ward had a friends for scouting auction this last week. They thought it would be better than going around the ward, asking for money. We agreed and volunteered a baked good for the auction. For those of you who know my wife, she loves to make cake pops, and I being her little sous chef, assisted in making cake pops. We then dropped them off because we had to go to family pictures. At what first seemed like a good idea to make them for the auction, later turned to stress for her as she wondered if her cake pops would even be sold at the auction. I texted one of my sources at the auction, and they informed us that they had just sold for over $20! Talk about a confidence boost! We made them in honor of Halloween. We were glad we could help contribute to friends of scouting through the ward in a way that was so much fun!

Spiders!!!

So were sitting on the couch the other day, just watching some tv, and a little spider happened to descend from its web and land on Kandace's stomach. Before I knew it, she let out a blood curdling scream! (Exactly like the one below) I am talking about the one off Home Alone 1 when Kevin puts that spider on Marv's face. It was like 9:00 at night. I am pretty sure the neighbors though that I was killing her... Darn Spiders...