halloween fun

This year I got to be a Pink Triceratops--ROAR!!! Did I scare you???
I got to go to our church's Trunk or Treat, made some stops at friends houses and then we ended the night at Grandma Pam and Russ' house.
I got a lot of candy!!! Mom and dad even got some candy too! Mom says "it's for the baby"...I think she just says that so she can have two helpings :) I hope you had as fun a night as I did! Love, Riley Joanne

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Reason #57: Why I will NEVER have a cooking show

I thought I would make a nice dinner for my family. I thought I would try a new recipe. Or 3. I also thought I had turned on the back burner. I had not. Thankfully, Dan saw what was happening and grabbed it before the whole thing caught on fire. (who says a husband can't be handy sometimes?)

Yes, this is a picture of my trash. Do you notice all the uncooked rice? That would be my next fiasco...knocking over the "just been opened" box of instant rice. We now have 1/4 box left. *sigh*

This, however, is a picture of my final products. Despite all the craziness, they turned out rather nicely! The fried rice, teriyaki (or yucki sauce as Riley calls it--she can't quite seem to get the TERI part to come out) and the honey butter were all SUPER SUPER DE-LISH!!!
Now that I have hopefully worked out the kinks, I may make them again! Or maybe even try another new recipe....I may wait till the smoke clears a little though....

halloween delight

The other day Riley wanted to make some cookies for Grandma Pam and Papa Russ. I was at the store, and saw some already made cookies with frosting and decorations included...super! I thought...Less mess and less cookies to have around the house!
We brought them home, and got set to decorate :) Riley really enjoyed spreading (and eating) the frosting. She put all the decorations on herself! Okay, so I helped a little with the sprinkles :) All in all the cookies turned out great and Riley had a lot of fun. A special note though...the cookies LOOKED pretty, but tasted AWFUL!!! Next time I think I'll just make a batch and give them ALL away! Ohhh, and more importantly, Grandma Pam and Papa Russ thought they were absolutely delightful!!!