PuMpKiN bReAd!!!!

I made this tonite for the first time and it is SO SO good! It made my whole house smell so "pUmPkInY" while it was baking! This recipe is really easy and it only took about 10 mins to make and it bakes for 1 hour. ENJOY!!!

Pumpkin Bread
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
3 cups white sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp ground allspice
1 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 c chopped walnuts (if desired)
Milk chocolate chips (if desired)

Directions

Combine pumpkin, oil and eggs. Sift together dry ingredients. Combine the two mixtures, blending thoroughly.

Pour into greased loaf pans and bake at 35o degrees for 1 hour, or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean! Before putting pans into oven, you may also top with some chocolate chips! WALA!!!

LoNdYn SkYE

My little neice Londyn is the cutest thing. My brother just took some recent pics of her and she is so cute I had to post some and give a little shout out to Londyn.
We still have not met yet (TYLER!!!) And we can't wait to see her and squeeze her little cheeks and give her hugs n loves! Hopefully we can make a trip to SLC this fall and finally meet little Londie Loo!

My NeW tHaNg!!!!

Well, now that the twilight series is over, and I'm down to one babe, I have some extra time on my hands. I have been very crafty lately (if I do say so myself:) These hair clips are my new thang! I am making the silk flower clips, as well as the ribbon clips. All of the flowers I have found so far have been 1/2 off and I get my silver clips at Sally's, and they are pretty cheap as well. I have a few burns from my glue gun, but its all worth it in the end! I have made a clip for every girl in our fam so far, and can't wait to give them out! ps. Sorry the pics are so dang big!

Nascar Truck Races / Worst Stomach Ache Ever!!!!

Dave got tickets to Nascar this weekend and he usually just takes Brook and they have a little daddy/daughter time. I was planning on having some good old quiet time and running some errands and making a much needed trip to the grocery store. Well, as they were getting ready to head out they kept asking me to come and making me feel guilty, so of course I gave in and went. Well, I hadn't eaten all day and it was about 4:30. I have always said Nascar has yummy concession stands, so I was looking forward to stuffing my face with some good ol greasy goodness! Well, we arrived and walked about 10 miles to the race-track and by this time I was FAMISHED! I told Dave we HAD to get food before we went in. I hadn't had a coke ALL day and I was starting to shake! Well, we found a place to eat and ordered lots of food. We got cheesesteak phillys, corndogs, cheesefries and some soda's. As we were walking past the concession stands to go find our seats I saw an ice-cream and funnel cake sign, and knew we would be coming back for some dessert! So we went to our seats and pigged out! The races began and I was so scared! The whole stadium was shaking and I felt like I couldn't even breath. The trucks were flying by so fast and I couldn't hear anything! We had pretty close seats and every time the trucks came around the turn I kept thinking they were going to crash and flip up and hit us! I'm a nervous ninny I know. Well, there were a few crashes and the fumes nearly killed me! Brook & I had just about enuf of all the fun and we decied to go hit the concession stands one last time for dessert! We got funnel cake and ice cream. We went back to our seats and once again pigged out! The fumes were making me really sick and the noise thing was driving me crazy so we decied to leave a bit early. I guess I'm not a big "racing fan". Well, on the way home I started feeling kinda icky. I thought I just over-ate and it would pass in no time. Boy was I wrong! We got home and I felt so dizzy and gaggish and I was feeling so barfy! I layed on the couch and thought I was going to die! I think it was a combo of ALOT of greasy food, too much junk on an empty stomach, stinky car fumes, and a whole LOT of soda! I went and layed down and realized I had what my mom would call a "GUT ACHE"! I finally cried myself to sleep and woke up this morning feeling so much better! So the lesson here is...NO MORE RACES, and NO MORE GREASY FOOD! Looks like I've written a novel here, but thought you'd all like to know about my horrible "gut ache"!!!!:):):)

LaBoR dAy In PaRoWaN, uTaH!

For Labor Day we headed up to Parowan, Utah for some much needed rEsT and rElAxAtIoN! We hung out with Gpa & Gma Bean and the kids had a bLaSt! We spent lots of time fIsHiNg at Panguitch Lake and caught tons of big HuGe fish! We also took part in the labor day festivites in Parowan. We went to the pArAde, went on some ScArY rides, and ate some YuMmY food! All of the apples were falling off the tree's in the back yard so the girls set up a little "aPpLe BuSiNeSs" and were selling apples. Too bad Dave and I were their only customers! The PuPs also enjoyed the cool weather and they had so much fUn running around in the grass. We had such a gOoD time and its was so nIcE and CoOl and we did't want to come back to VeGaS! GoOd thing were going back in a couple of weeks! We can't wait!

Girls in the tree house

Girls selling their apples to dad

Gma Bean, Tay, & Dave with their catch!

Brook & Dave with the all the fish

Cute pups in the leaves napping

Pups in the grass

Brook & her "apple business" cash

All the cousins at the parade

Girls roasting marshmellows in the backyard

Lookout at Cedar Breaks

Dave giving all the cousins a ride on the John Deer

Abbey & Brook

Brook, Dave, & Abbey

Girls eating dinner at sunset

So Long Pups!

Well we have sold 3 pups, and have only 1 left. Big Mambo is left. Anyone want a puppy? Its so hard taking care of them on top of everything else so we are so ready for him to go. He is the big fatty of the bunch and we just can't seem to get rid of him...Pup anyone????