Saturday, December 31, 2011
Cheesecake Contest
So Dan makes amazing cheesecake and our friends Dusty and Julie challenged us to a cheesecake contest. Both were beautiful and delicious! Ours was more traditional and theirs was more outrageous.
Here is our handy work... our raspberry sauce was mmm...mmm... good
side by side sweetness
Here is our handy work... our raspberry sauce was mmm...mmm... good
side by side sweetness
He loves his Mommy
I have to blog this so I never forget it! It warms my heart :)
We had gone to my sister D'Laina's house a little while ago and when we were driving home Orson had fallen asleep. (explainable since it was late and it's a 45 minute drive) When we got home, I went to carefully take him out of his car seat. I took him out gently and snuggled him so he would stay asleep and he says "Is that you Mommy?" and takes a deep breathe and lets out a big sigh. I felt like the most loved mom in the whole world! It was awesome!
We had gone to my sister D'Laina's house a little while ago and when we were driving home Orson had fallen asleep. (explainable since it was late and it's a 45 minute drive) When we got home, I went to carefully take him out of his car seat. I took him out gently and snuggled him so he would stay asleep and he says "Is that you Mommy?" and takes a deep breathe and lets out a big sigh. I felt like the most loved mom in the whole world! It was awesome!
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'til Morning
Orson's costume kind of looked like Robin Hood... Oh well... I should have make his hat green.
You can see Dan's hands in this picture but Orson's face is priceless and he looks like he is flying.
He can fly...
He can fly...
He can fly!
How Do We Get to Neverland?
Come with us of course :)
For Halloween this year we wanted to be Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Captain Hook. I wanted to make our costumes this year. I didn't make Dan's but I put it together and jazzed up the jacket with some awesome buttons. Orson did NOT want to take picture this year. There was too much going on and he didn't want to stand still for long.
This is what we call Orson's "sour puss face"
"I'll get you Captain Hook!"
...and strangle you...
...just kidding... "huggies"
Eating at Trunk-or-Treat
I love this picture because Orson, I mean, Peter Pan's dagger looks like it's photoshopped in. It's jut the angle though :)
For Halloween this year we wanted to be Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Captain Hook. I wanted to make our costumes this year. I didn't make Dan's but I put it together and jazzed up the jacket with some awesome buttons. Orson did NOT want to take picture this year. There was too much going on and he didn't want to stand still for long.
This is what we call Orson's "sour puss face"
"I'll get you Captain Hook!"
...and strangle you...
...just kidding... "huggies"
Eating at Trunk-or-Treat
I love this picture because Orson, I mean, Peter Pan's dagger looks like it's photoshopped in. It's jut the angle though :)
Sewing week
So... this was the first time I sewed a pattern before. Usually I would pick out a pattern and D'Laina would do most of the sewing :) (by the way, thanks to D'Laina for making me such awesome costumes, you made Halloween fun for me all those years)
This year I decided I wanted to learn how to sew on my own. Well, I don't know who does it but I commend the people out there that can pick out a pattern for the first time and know exactly how to read the pattern. I had no idea, I didn't know really anything about sewing... such as, what the heck is basting?! I know the cooking term ;) But I didn't think that would work for sewing. I decided to get help from Dan's mom and thankfully she decided to help me! She explained the directions and taught me some need-to-know things about sewing. I cut out the pattern before I went over to her house to sew. It so happened that Danielle was sewing Jason's ninja costume as well. He just had a house FULL of projects!
Orson "helping" Aunt Danielle. We actually had a hard time keeping Orson from stepping all over her fabric.
So, thanks to Melinda for helping me sew my costume. I did the sewing but she helped me with SO much! THANKS!
I've decided to enter the Simplicity pattern contest so this is the picture of my finished costume that I will be sending in.
This year I decided I wanted to learn how to sew on my own. Well, I don't know who does it but I commend the people out there that can pick out a pattern for the first time and know exactly how to read the pattern. I had no idea, I didn't know really anything about sewing... such as, what the heck is basting?! I know the cooking term ;) But I didn't think that would work for sewing. I decided to get help from Dan's mom and thankfully she decided to help me! She explained the directions and taught me some need-to-know things about sewing. I cut out the pattern before I went over to her house to sew. It so happened that Danielle was sewing Jason's ninja costume as well. He just had a house FULL of projects!
Orson "helping" Aunt Danielle. We actually had a hard time keeping Orson from stepping all over her fabric.
So, thanks to Melinda for helping me sew my costume. I did the sewing but she helped me with SO much! THANKS!
I've decided to enter the Simplicity pattern contest so this is the picture of my finished costume that I will be sending in.
Pumpkin Carving
On Halloween Eve we decided to carve our pumpkins. I love to carve pumpkins! I'm a little OCD about it actually. I have to clean out the guts REALLY good (you could probably eat out of it with no pumpkin floaties.) Anyway, this was the first year that Orson got to participate. Last year he was sleeping while we were carving.
I had Orson help me pull out the guts...
He didn't like it very much. He just liked to be by me while I was cleaning out our 2 pumpkins.
Of course Oscar had to check out what we were doing
After I cleaned out Orson's pumpkin, I took a break to put him to bed. But before he picked out what he wanted for his carving.
Orson LOVES Elmo! This was the pumpkin he wanted to do... I thought I did a pretty good job with it.
This is the carving I chose. I wanted to do a scary one this year.
This is Dan's. He did such a great job! I don't have any pictures of Dan doing his pumpkin because I was putting Orson to bed and he was pretty much finished by the time I got back to the kitchen.
Here they are! We love pumpkin carving and Hallween!
I had Orson help me pull out the guts...
He didn't like it very much. He just liked to be by me while I was cleaning out our 2 pumpkins.
Of course Oscar had to check out what we were doing
After I cleaned out Orson's pumpkin, I took a break to put him to bed. But before he picked out what he wanted for his carving.
Orson LOVES Elmo! This was the pumpkin he wanted to do... I thought I did a pretty good job with it.
This is the carving I chose. I wanted to do a scary one this year.
This is Dan's. He did such a great job! I don't have any pictures of Dan doing his pumpkin because I was putting Orson to bed and he was pretty much finished by the time I got back to the kitchen.
Here they are! We love pumpkin carving and Hallween!
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