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Archive for September, 2008

another delicious dinner

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

This was so simple and really, really yummy.  I cored and sliced (leaving the peel on) 3 large apples and placed the slices in a 9×13 baking pan.  I drizzled about 3 tbsp of melted butter over them and then sprinkled a splenda-cinnamon mix (1/4 cup splenda, 1 tsp cinnamon).  Then I placed five boneless [...]

mmmm…. pie….

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Tonight, I made a Honey Apple Pie:

Behind the pie you can see David’s glass with Wild Turkey American Honey – he said it was a perfect compliment.  The pie itself was amazing.  Really, really amazing.  The kind of amazing that makes your eyes roll back in your head, like this:

The kind of amazing that makes [...]

skeletons, pirates, Wii, and a lovely ensemble

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

So, Halloween is next month and the kids are already getting very excited about it!  Ellie can’t decide if she wants to be a skeleton like Killian or a pirate…

Killy is enjoying WiiFit, which I managed to find at Target one day this week:

You can see his cute Mii on the screen in that picture!
And, [...]

Portraits, with quilts

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

The quilt show also made for a wonderful opportunity to take pictures of people.  I love this picture of Nana:

And, I think this one captures Erin’s personality very well:

And this one also turned out kind of cool, because of how crisp the quilt is in the background:

Quilt Post

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

I went to the coolest quilt show ever today!  It was outdoors at a Living History Farm, and the quilts were hanging on clotheslines.  It was amazing to see quilts out in the sunlight, blowing in the breeze – every quilt show I’ve been to has been indoors under fluorescent lights.  This was so much [...]

I’m jealous!

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Remember when I was thinking of getting a pixie cut earlier this year?  This is EXACTLY what I wanted:

I think its interesting that Posh Spice got that haircut, especially since her last haircut is one of the most popular  styles for women my age and I absolutely don’t like it on 90% of the people [...]

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

How much difference three years can make!  This was our beach family picture from our summer vacation in 2005:

And the picture from this summer (again):

I started to say its hard to tell who has changed the most – but Ellie prettymuch wins that one, hands down!!  So much has changed in our family, in our [...]