Our new favorite thing!

We were introduced to a new yummy treat! It is so good that I feel like I have to share it with everyone! It is a creamy buttery syrup. Our family isn't that fond of pancakes, but after we had this syrup, it is our new favorite thing, thanks to Aaron's cousin Tash. I hope she doesn't mind me sharing this wonderful recipe! We even had it for dinner tonight, that is how much we love it! Here are some pics!

Now it isn't very figure friendly, but I rationalize that by making krusteaz honey wheat pancakes. They are actually really good for you! So here is the recipe.

1 cup Sugar

1/4 cup Karo syrup

1/2 cup buttermilk (or regular milk with 1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice)

1/2 cup butter

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Boil for 5 minutes

Pretty Princess

We dressed Ally up for the ward Halloween party. She was a pretty princess! She didn't mind getting dressed up, she actually had a lot of fun. We didn't stay for the trunk or treat, she isn't old enough for that yet, thank goodness! Next year it will probably be different though.


I should have taken more pictures of her earlier in the day, because by the time we got home she wasn't in the mood for them!

Baby Da Vinci

Ally is addicted to baby da vinci. She watches it like 4-5 times a day. She points to the tv and crys for us to turn it on. She loves the puppets, she gets so excited when they come on. They blow kisses in one part, and she finally can blow a kiss because of the puppets. The movie is really cute it teaches them thier eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Thank you to Natasha for leaving the video's here!

The puppets, and ally watching them. (I had to put this picture in, I thought she looked so cute with little pigtails!)


Ally blowing kisses to the puppets


I do have to say that she also loves to read her books, over and over again!

Grape Juice

This weekend we bottled grape juice. It was a lot of work!! Aaron's whole family helped, picking the grapes off the vine, pulling them from the stems, juicing them, and processing! I don't know how I would have done it all by myself! Even with all the help I still ended up getting hurt. While pulling the grapes from the stems I got stung by a wasp, and then I burnt myself on the juicer.

So maybe the pictures don't look that bad, but it wasn't fun. But after all that hard work, and the wonderful help from my inlaws, we ended up with 39 bottles of grape juice, and I still have more to do tomorrow! The hard work really payed off!

We ended up with three different types of grape juice, white grape, mixed white & purple, and regular grape juice. We had never done white before and it turned out really good. That night Aaron's parents got us some pizza, thank goodness! Ally didn't want us to feed her, she wanted to hold her own piece, just like everyone else! What a mess, but it was a really fun and rewarding weekend!

Aaron's Birthday

Happy birthday sweetheart! Aaron turned 27 last wednesday, wow time flys! Ally and I are so greatful for Aaron! He is wonderful husband and father, and a great provider for our family! We are so blessed to have him in our lives! Aaron's family came over that night and we had some cake and ice cream, the cake was a hit, Cathy's susie-q cake, chocolate cake with a whipped cream/cream cheese filling! I think he had a great day, I hope, we love him so much!

Best Friends

Aaron's cousin Natasha and her cute little girl Azlyn stayed with us last week. Azlyn is a month younger than Ally, so a perfect little playmate, you would think. We learned that Ally has become very territorial to the things in our house. She was not very nice to Azlyn, the only child syndrome came out full fledge! There were some moments when Ally let her guard down and played with Azlyn. Natasha fortunatlly got those moments on camera! Those are the pictures in the slide show. All and all, we did have a great weekend, it was so much fun to have them stay with us! We stayed up late every night and watched fun movies like, what happens in vegas, and P.S. I Love You. It was great! We wish that they lived closer!