I have the cutest little girls!

Abby loves eating snow!

Eliza has the sweetest smile!

Eric's Family Tradition

Every year the day after Thanksgiving Eric's family likes to go up to Idaho to cut down Christmas trees. This has been a fun tradition we've enjoyed. The hard part is trying to find a tree that doesn't look like something off of Charlie Brown. But, being in the mountains with the kids, seeing them play and enjoy trying to find a tree is a lot of fun and makes it well worth it. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a great time and for starting such a fun tradition!

A Thanksgiving recipe

This Pecan pie recipe is a family favorite I grew up with and it makes me pretty happy my husband loves it too. Enjoy!

Pie crust ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup cold butter

3 to 4 tablespoons cold water

Filling Ingredients:

1 cup light corn syrup

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3 eggs

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 (4 ounce) package (1 cup) pecan halves

Instructions:

Heat oven to 375* F. Combine flour and salt in large brown; cut in butter with fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. stir in enough water just until flour is moist. Shape into ball.

Roll out dough on lightly floured surface into 12 inch circle. Fold into quarters. place into 9 inch pie pan; unfold, pressing firmly against bottom and sides. trim crust; Crimp or flute edge. Set aside.

Combine corn syrup, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla and salt in small bowl. beat speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. stir in pecans by hand.

pour into crust. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes until center is set. Cool completely.

Serve with whipped cream or ( my favorite) french vanilla ice cream.

This came from my friend's blog. I just love the way she put this. I had to laugh! Everyone should check out her blog. just click on moms for america on my blog roll and it will take you there. Anyway, here is what she wrote:



Friday, November 14, 2008

Change of mind
So I decided to change my mind about Obama...i mean how could you not like him!Gone are the days of personal responsibility; with an Obama Nation it is okay to make mistakes, His Government has promised to take on the consequences. My husband and I realized that with all the great promises Obama has made, we will always be okay in our financial situation...even better! I mean we can go buy a 400,000 dollar dream home, a 60,000 dollar dream car and even though we can't afford this, it is okay b/c according to Obama, not only will we be bailed out but we deserve this and guess what the GOVERNMENT will pay for our financial disaster!!We also will get FREE healthcare...EVERYONE will get FREE healthcare...isn't that so awesome!! (althought, in the wee dark hours of the night, i wonder where exactly this money will be coming from...gee i sure hope not from our hard earn money, b/c then it would not exactly be free...)Our country's economic system will improve not just for us but especially for our children; with his plan to slowly abolish a free market system by allowing government to control everything, just make sooo much sense...I mean just look at how well our government has been able to accomplish things in the past (can't wait to see what they do to our healthcare)!!This whole thing about redistribution of the wealth, it sure does not take a genius to figure out how this will CREATE more money for the middle class and our troubled economy...No more terrorism and wars to trouble our country with; I hear from all of Obama's community organizing events, he has become quite an extraordinary negotiator.He is also a pretty popular man these days, as it seems every celebrity in our high moral society of Hollywood has adamantly endorsed him.Lastly, he is really someone for everyone; he is muslim, christian (probably catholic as well), white, black...(ann coultar, talks more on this).So please ignore those silly conservatives...They will tell you he is just a puppet to the secular progressives-he is now at there bidding....they will tell you that he is one of the most liberal voting senators in Washington, they will also tell you that he has ties with some pretty bad people...just ignore these lies, and just be complacent to the change that will slowly take place in these next 4 years.

I just love your blog, Cami! Keep up the good work!

Happy Anniversary!

Sunday will be our 4 year anniversary. It didn't take long after we first met to realize that we wanted to be married for time and all eternity. We were married only 3 months after our first date. It amazes me how fast the time has flown by. It feels like we were married just yesterday, but still amazing how many things can be accomplished in that amount of time. We have 2 beautiful little girls and a baby boy on the way, Eric has a good career so I can stay at home with our kids, and we have experienced so many things together that have been both challenging and enjoyable. I am so blessed to be married to such a wonderful man. He is so patient and sweet to me (especially while I'm prego) , our girls and to everyone in my family. I am so blessed to have him in my life. His smile and goofy sense of humor brightens my day. I couldn't have asked for a better best friend and eternal sweetheart. I love you, hunny.

Halloween Fun

So cute in their costumes.

A festive dinner. ( Chili in a carved out pumpkin.)

A spooky lunch Eliza just can't wait to eat.

This was an idea I found in a parenting magazine I thought would be fun to try. Gummy worm jello, hootwiches, and scary tomato eyes w/ veggie dip. Yum! Doesn't it just sound so delicious?!?! The gummy worm jello was actually pretty gross, but the hootwiches were a hit!

A day at the fair.

Okay, so the fair was a month or so ago. But I couldn't find the USB cord to my camera till now. I just thought these pics were to cute to pass up.

Gotta get a pic with the UHP car.

"Come on Mom, another pic!?!?!"

Abby just loves horses.