Mom I figured out the bouncer

Dinners

Ok, I'm also pretty impressed by this.

Today for dinner I made Nick's favorite: chicken quesadillas.  But!  I made everything from scratch.  Even butchered the chicken…..just kidding.  I did however make the tortillas all by myself, nice huh?  It did take a really long time to put it all together, and I made quite the mess, but it tasted good.  Nick helped by cutting up the chickens (dead meat, not my favorite thing…)  It even was nummy blended!  (I know, I know….gross)

Peanut Butter Redo

Hmmm….I bake when I'm bored.  And while I haven't really had time to be bored, what with my screaming insane son (have no idea what his deal is lately, he won't let me put him down.  Nick thinks he has severe anxiety….I think he's right), I barely have time to feed myself.  And with what little sleep I'm getting, thanks again Tristan, I really have no desire to do anything but watch Hulu.  But!  Last night I made pumpkin bread with a can of leftover pumpkin from thanksgiving.  And today I found this awesome recipe for peanut butter cookies.  It only took sugar and peanut butter!  So I mixed it up and put little drop cookies in the oven.  Mmmmm they smelled good.  But every time I checked, they didn't seem done.  I consulted the recipe again.  And there it was, blaringly obvious: 1 egg.  Oops

But wait!  I can still salvage the situation!  I'll just add the egg now!  So I pulled out the cookies, luckily they were still piles of goo, and scraped them back into the bowl.  Then I cracked an egg in and started to stir…….poop.  It cooked the egg!  So there I was with a bowl full of gooey egg chunks.  Sorry, no pictures, I was too embarrassed.

Anyhoo, I dumped the whole bowl in the trash.  At least my house smells like sugary peanut butter, hehe?  So I tried again, and as soon as those are cooked, I will show you.  So much for a "quick and simple recipe!"……

New ornaments

Every year I like to add to my reindeer collection, and Nick took me to Hobby Lobby on Black Friday to find something.  Here's what we found!  He also got me a tree topper and some kitty decorations.

Flash!

Ah yes, finally, my camera has a flash!  I found one on ebay for under $50 and ordered it.  Now we will be able to take pictures that actually look descent and not blurry, haha.  I'm excited to try it out!  My dad warned me though to make sure the flash and shutter speed are in sync…..otherwise I will have pictures that come out half light and dark.  Nick said that would be cool, but I didn't really think so. Well, I'll pick up some film in the next few days and let you know how it goes!

Thanksgiving pics

This year we went to my brother Jacob's for Thanksgiving.  Even though my family never gets very formal (we love using paper plates and plastic forks!), it's always fun to spend time together.  After all, isn't that what it's all about?  The food was great, the company better, and I'm going to miss being able to get together like this when Nick and I eventually leave to do his PhD somewhere.  But in the mean time, we still love going over to visit, it means lots of games hehe.  Well, let's just say the second round of Wizard I was in the very last place, I'm not too great at betting.  But I still had a lot of fun doing it!

Ani, Isaiah and Lizzie

Isaiah Ani and Elena

Jacob carving the Turkey

Becky and Matt

Baby and Daddy

Matt, Becky, Nick and Phil eating

The kiddie table downstairs

What do you think of the greenbeans?

They were a little strong…..very flarorful

Jacob and Andrea

Esther and Garion

Best part, Pies!

Auntie Becky and Tristan baby

Daddy makes baby giggle

Thanksgiving is about family

Cousins! (Ani)

And more cousins! (Elena)

The necklace Becky made, she sells them too! 

 Let me know if you are interested

Tristan's latest thing: playing peek-a-boo with himself.  Only he forgets to take the blanket off his face.  Then he doesn't make any noise, just flails his arms.  It's super funny, because he laughs so loud when I pull the blanket off.  The problem is, he does it when I'm not looking….so then I'm wondering why he's being quiet, and find him smothering himself with whatever he can find around him.  What a crazy kid.  So I've learned to not leave blankets or clothes around him, he thinks its too funny to cover his face.

And here are a couple catch up pictures!

The doggie hat….hahaha

Sleeping with his blankie

Loving his high chair, he can

see things better like this

Christmas portrait!

Suki hiding under the tree

Part of my reindeer collection, I try to add

to it every year

Our little tree, got it for 20 bucks 3 years ago!

Nick and I got super festive, and hung

decorations all over the living room

Pumpkin rolls rising

All baked for Thanksgiving