The end of Fall and Thanksgiving in a box

Well I think Fall is officially over. It has been sooooo cold the last few days and we're starting to get snow here and there. Fall is my favorite season, I'm not ready to say goodbye yet! It was so gorgeous this year. A few weeks ago I went behind my complex and took some pictures. Here are a few of them.

Last week our apartment complex had a big combined FHE at the ice skating rink. I am horrible but we had a blast! I learned that if you are really terrible guys will offer to hold your hand ;) INVALUABLE information!!!!! I held like 9 guys hands! It was so much fun.

A week ago Sunday our apartment decided we wanted to do a little service project before Thanksgiving. So we decided to do "Thanksgiving in a Box" for a local family. It was so much fun. We went shopping on Saturday night after I got off work. This was our shopping list:

1 20 lb. turkey

turkey pan

bag potatoes

bag yams

marshmallows

brown sugar

butter

jam

2 boxes of stove top

gravy

canned veggies

olives

rolls

pumpkin pie

apple pie

celery

cheese whiz (for the celery, a family tradition)

pickles (Anne's family tradition)

rolls

veggie tray

The best part: I found coupons (I cant believe I just said that) and with my employee discount we bought the whole lot for $60.

So yesterday we wrapped and stuffed the box and hauled it over. We put it on the doorstep, rang the doorbell, and ran like crazy. It was a little dicey, we didn't count on the Beware of Dog sign, but we all made it out. It was so much fun!!! I think I want to do it every year.

I love Thanksgiving!!!!! Not only do we get to eat a lot of yams, We have an official holiday to count our many blessings. I am so grateful for my wonderful family, who I get to see in 3 DAYS!!!!!!! I cant wait! I am also so grateful for my friends, my job, the gospel, and this country we live in. I know my life is truly blessed. Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!

Halloween '09

Wow!! I can't believe how long its been since I last posted. Where has this month gone? It will be Christmas before we know it. Sometimes it seems like there is either too much going on or not enough to blog about. The last couple days have been a BLAST!! Friday night we had a little party/blind group date. Jamie (my roommate) and her date Reed were the only ones who knew each other. So he brought friends and her sister and husband came too. Reed hadn't met us and Jamie hadn't met his friends, so we joked it was a double-blind date. It was really fun though. We made lots of food, carved pumpkins, and watched Halloween movies.

This is all of our pumpkins together. I just cant believe how talented we are! :) j/k

This was our pumpkin (me and my date). He was tall and skinny and picked out this pumpkin that looked exactly like him. So we made a deal that if he gutted it, I would carve it. I told him that the pumpkin was going to be him, glasses and all. We were going to take a big group picture at the end, but I forgot so I don't even have a picture of him. But this is exactly what he looks like. It was so funny!

We had these pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They were delicious and soooooo easy to make. For the cupcakes you use:

-1 yellow cake mix (just the mix)

-1 lrg. can of pumpkin pie filling

-2 eggs

The recipe for the frosting is:

-1/2 c. butter;

-1 pkg cream cheese (8 oz);

-4 c. powdered sugar (more or less);

-2 tsp vanilla

A couple weeks ago we were trying to decide what we could be for Halloween. Jamie had these cute winter boots but couldn't think of what to be. So just joking I said we should be the 4 seasons. She liked it and we decided to do it! None of us wanted to buy costumes, so we could use stuff we already had. Beth was summer, I was spring, Jamie was winter, and Anne was fall. It was really fun. After we got ready we cranked some music and had a fashion show.

Beth was a lifeguard

I had some rain boots and an umbrella. So I bought some rhinestone stickers and stuck them all over me to look like raindrops. I put flowers in my hair, and bought silvery ribbon to hang from my umbrella to look like it was raining= $8 costume

Jamie

The 4 Seasons: Spring, Summer, fall, and winter

Skylar is our best friend and might as well be our 5th roommate !

Ours and another ward in our stake had a big Halloween party at this big mansion in the foothills. It was huge, it had a full size gym in it.

We played volleyball and toilet paper dodge ball

They gave out a few costume awards at the end of the night and we won "most unique costume"! Not bad for basically free.



On the way home we had to stop at the grocery store, so I couldn't resist the photo op with our little banana. I guess I'm my mother's child after all! :) love ya mom

...........and possibly the scariest thing of the entire day, after we washed our faces my roommates wanted to see what my hair looks like if I brush through the curls. BEWARE, this is frightening!!!!!!!!!!

If only it was still the 80's. I'd rule the world!