Halloween Pi

For Halloween, Caroline and I (at 6:30 p.m.) made Halloween costumes. We went as apple pie and pumpkin pie.As you can see, we dressed up as our designated pie filling and made belts that said "3.14159." YESSSS WE ARE CREATIVE!! The only downfall was that only one person guessed our costumes right off the bat, otherwise, we had to tell them. It was still a lot of fun though!

Also at the party, I made our friend, Ryan, a costume out of some old beer cans. He wanted to go as Katy Perry but the only thing he had was the hair. So, I made him some whip cream cans for his chest...just like Katy Perry in the video.

Halloween 2010 was one for the books!

This morning I made california sushi rolls for lunch. I thought about them allllllll morning during my classes and I finally got to indulge at 12:30!

Awww, food! Why do you have to taste so darn good?!

Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday, we went to the Pumpkin Patch outside Ellis. We had a lot of fun out there, even though the hay made me itch like crazy! There were lots of fun activities for Jaci while we waited for our ride out to the actual pumpkin patch...and numerous photo opportunities everywhere we went.

Jaci also got a purple pumpkin with a brown stem painted on her face while we were waiting! She was very excited and sat very still while the girl painted it on.
Jaci also went down this ultra unsafe slide that was bolted into a hay bale. Yeah, only in Kansas, right? Caroline took her up there and helped her go down so that she wouldn't get hurt.
FINALLY, our ride out to the pumpkin patch came...
And, after much time spent looking at icky broken pumpkins, we finally found some that were adequate enough to call our own. Caroline and I have matching pumpkins and Derek found Jaci a small ALL GREEN one! Overall, it was a perfect day for our family to spend some quality time together..and Jaci had a lot of fun! Next time, we will have to make plans for Mindy and John to come with us!

Chocolate chip cookies

So I'm on the phone with Derek when Jaci pops in the room and says, "I want to make cookies!" Naturally, I can't resist a cooking project so I tell her we will make some. We asked Derek what his favorite kind were and he told us chocolate chip cookies. Now, I have a very generic recipe for chocolate chip cookies that I got from my mother, and I love that I know it off the top of my head. However, for some stupid reason, I decided to look up recipes for chocolate chip cookies. Maybe to make absolutely amazing cookies that were better than my own...or just wanting to try something new. So I find a recipe entitled, "Award winning soft chocolate chip cookies" Sounds like a winner, right? Jaci and I made them mini-cookies or as I like to call them "two-biters."
The recipe called for "a box of instant vanilla pudding" which I thought was the only ODD thing about the recipe. So, I dump in a box of vanilla pudding and we bake these cookies that are to die for outta the oven. (We ate some of the cookie dough too...couldn't resist!)However, when I woke up this morning, these cookies were like BRICKS! I couldn't believe how HARD they were...didn't the name of the recipe state SOFT? If you throw them in the microwave for 8 seconds they go back to being AMAZING but still, they are hard as rocks!

goodbye, Mountain Dew, my only friend.

Soda is not a significant source of....anything. This four letter word, that I hold dear to my heart, is loaded with high-fructose corn syrup.

High fructose corn syrup = not good.

Last year, I gave up soda my fall semester just to see if I could do it. It was pretty easy to do, but once I started drinking it again, it was hard to cut it out. I am again going to attempt to eliminate soda from my house because it is all around better for ME and definitely better for my daughter. Instead, we are drinking juice, water, and milk. I, for one, am dying without Cerv's snoballs.

I was contemplating going and buying a snoball from Cerv's to take a photo of it for my blog, and THEN cutting out soda..but..that's just the Cerv's snoball devil tempting me and I'm not giving in!

Toby.

We have a new addition to our household. Caroline has gotten herself a puppy! His name is Toby!

Looks pretty big, huh? Well, this should put his "size" into perspective!!

He's soooo tiny!! I've fallen in love. He is very spunky but wears himself out easily. He came into my room tonight to help me do a little homework. However, he fell asleep, and that's when the photoshoot ensued. =0p

Asher Roth got it right.

I LOVE COLLEGE. haha

Balance is everything.

Having the time to play with my daughter, do my homework, research and write papers, study for exams, and get Jaci a healthy meal on the table and bathed and ready for bed EVERY NIGHT is beyond me. I don't know how I do it...but I do.99.5% yeah, I'll take that! Balance is everything. =0D

OKTOBERFEST!

Oktoberfest was a success this year! My boyfriend and my dad came back this year, and I just knew it was going to be a lot of fun. In fact, my dad had a BLAST! Everyone that met him congratulated me and my little sister for having the coolest dad on the planet. They are absolutely right!

Caroline and me during Oktoberfest. 10/1/10

I had a great time with family and friends this past weekend and I can't wait to see Jaci after work today so I can hear about her fun weekend she had at her daddy's house! She'll be excited to find out that we are going to the pumpkin patch in two weeks!