Fall Fun!
October 14, 2009 by Kasey
Filed under Family, Family Time
This past weekend, we packed up the kids and headed to the local Pumpkin Patch for some pumpkins and mums. So much fun! Ella was in search of the perfect pumpkin. Andrew was in awe and spent the entire time running around and touching all the pumpkins and “telling” us all about it in his own little language. So cute! I wasn’t able to get any pictures of him looking at me because he was so into it. HaHa!
After some searching, we found some great Fall treasures and EVEN a homemade Apple Pie!
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They’re Falling!
October 9, 2009 by Kasey
Filed under Family, Family Time
Ella: Mom, Dad! Mom, Dad!!! You have to come look!!! HURRYYYYY!!!!
Me: WHAT?! What is it?! (as I run towards her expecting to see a broken toy or markers all over the walls or the dog dressed up like a fairy)
Ella: They’re falling! The leaves are falling!
Me: Yes, honey…they sure are.
Enjoy this 3 day weekend with your family and the joys that Fall brings – where ever you are!
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Baking The Perfect Apple Crisp
October 7, 2009 by Kasey
Filed under Home & Garden, Recipes
As promised….
APPLE CRISP!!
Ella and I LOVE to be in the kitchen together. She is quite the little helper. It doesn’t matter if I’m taking out a frozen pizza or making a Thanksgiving Meal, she is right there beside me!
We’ve been making quite a few trips over the past few weeks to our local Orchard called The Apple Barn. They have the most amazing little store full of fresh baked goodies and bread, canned jams and jellies, fresh eggs, butter and cheese, homemade apple cider, mums, pumpkin and of course, APPLES! We’ve been eating them with every meal and every snack. They are just too darn good!
We first made a recipe I found online and it was YUKO! But, I called up my mother-in-law who makes the best Apple Crisp and asked her to share her recipe with me. It’s always so good and it was exactly what we had been craving!
So, here we go!
Peaces or apples, peeled (or not) and sliced into an 8 x 8 or 9 x 9.
½ C. Apple Cider or Water (I used Cider)
½ C. flour
1 ½ C. sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
Cinnamon, nutmeg, (other spices if desired—e.g. clove, all spice) I just use the first two.
1 egg
½ C. ( 1 stick) butter or margarine. I use butter.
Pour cider or water over fruit. Put all dry ingredients together. Put egg on top; stir. Crumble mixture over fruit.
Melt butter and drizzle over the top.
Bake in greased 8 x 8 at 375 for 30 minutes.
Top with Cool Whip or Vanilla Ice Cream and ENJOY!
I promise that this will turn out perfectly for you if you follow the directions above. So go ahead and make it for your next family dinner or pot-luck – you’ll be the hit of the party and everyone will be asking for more!
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Cake & Ice Cream
September 26, 2009 by Kasey
Filed under Family Time, Outings
Today was my sister, Kari’s, 26th birthday. It’s so hard to believe that 26 years ago today, I became a big sister for the 1st time. Kari is the best sister and the most wonderful aunt. The kids love her to death and we do as well. My little sister is also a Hospice Nurse and a damn good one at that. It takes a special kind of person to do the job she does and to do it well. We’re so proud of her and that she found something that she is so passionate about. God knows that I could NEVER do the job that she does. So, thank you for doing it for the rest of us!
Kari hosted her 1st party at her house today and we made the 1 hour trip to join her and her fiance and their friends. It was a wonderful time and I hate that we don’t get to do it more often.
Ella always asks me if her dad and I can go on a date night so that “Aunt Klair” can come over and watch them. So cute! As you may remember, Aunt Klair spoils them by letting them stay up late and eat lots of junk food. Mainly sweets, but really anything she can find in the house that they normally wouldn’t be allowed stuff themselves with.
I know that my mom would be very proud of the beautiful women she has become.I’m glad we were able to spend some time with her today and to celebrate her 26th. It was a fun time!
After the party, we headed to the grandparents house to visit a while. They have a wonderful house and a big yard that the kids love. But, today it was muddy from all the rain and we mainly stayed inside. Andrew discovered the piano and Ella the dog – lucky.
It was a great day and we were able to grab some awesome shots out in their back yard with the “river”(pond), as Ella calls it, in the background. Ella didn’t want to leave and was very upset that we couldn’t stay for “breakfast”, even though it was 7:00pm at night.
The day was kinda damp and chilly, a reminder that Fall is here and winter is coming. I’m sad that pretty soon we’ll be cooped up indoors most days and won’t feel the warmth of a summer breeze for another few seasons. I need to move somewhere warm. I miss the ocean and the sand. I need them and would love to be near there year-round. One day….one day I’ll pack up my family and move to warmer shores. But, for now, I’ll make the best of the last warm days of the year and spend time with the ones I love doing the Fall-like “things” we love to do! Pumpkins, mums, apple pie, Halloween, Thanksgiving…they’re all some of my favorite times of the year and I’m glad to pass on those joys to my children!
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Our 1st Family Fall
September 22, 2009 by Kasey
Filed under Family, Family Time
Fall 2007
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