Two Holidays--One Blog.

Well aren't the holidays just awesome (And I mean they really are).

Chris & I had a rockin' night at the Fall Ball here at SUU--we got to dress up and get dinner for free! The dance was a lot of fun--and who knew I married a man with such...unique...moves? ;)

The Sunday before Thanksgiving we threw our annual Pre-Thanksgiving party. We deep-fried a TWENTY-THREE POUND turkey! Phew. We also managed to squeeze 22 people into our kitchen! It turned out to be oodles of fun and I was so grateful for all of the wonderful friends who came to spend time with us!

Here are all the pies/desserts we had...so good...

I had to wait a couple hours after dinner was over before I even had room for any! So much food!

And just this past Sunday we decided to have a 'hot chocolate party' and hand around some gifts we'd bought for our friends. We had a pretty good time watching the expressions on their faces as they opened their gifts. Russell got a baby launcher...Matt got an 'Awesome' pin....Mario got fry sauce...haha they were all pretty random! After that we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Definitely one of my top Christmas movies! 

Happy Holidays y'all. :)

You All Know You Need This

Yummy Homemade Apple Crisp (For those just-too-freakin-cold days) (Plus its so super easy to make)

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups flour  

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. salt

Blend together until crumbled.

Core, peel, and cut about 6 apples.  Place them in a 13×9 baking dish.  Sprinkle with a little cinnamon and sugar.  Crumble topping on top and bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until slightly brown on top.  Broil it for a couple minutes after cooking to make it nice and crispy – but watch so it doesn't burn! I also like to sprinkle a little bit of brown sugar over the top. 

Mmmm...

I made this last week and it was delicious! Just what we needed on those cold mornings. Sadly, it was gone too fast. 

This week we both have colds. I am quite seriously ready to shoot my nose off if it doesn't stop running. 

:( 

Halloweeeeeeeen!

So Chris & I threw an epic Halloween party....just sayin'. :) But this was by far my favorite year! We celebrated carnival-style: we had a ring-toss, apple-bobbing, find the penny in the pudding, a ball toss to win goldfish, marshmallow roasting and plain old fun! It  was a success! We were a little unsure if anyone was going to come, but we ended up with a really good turnout. Chris went as David Bowie, and I went as Lady Gaga; we figured they made an awesome couple. :)

Also, we went to see Thriller at Tuacahn! AMAZING.

 

And completely unrelated to that, here are some crafts I completed! 

Go me!