Domestic Goddess [In Training]: Kitchen Edition

So, I have a new addiction... one that will probably come back to haunt me. And my waistline. Especially since the holidays are fast approaching. I have been baking with wild abandon. and no recipes. I've cooked up two batches of brownies... a peanut butter chocolate cakey brownies and a mint chocolate brownies. AJ's favorites have been the chocolate mint brownies, but he's not really a big fan of peanut butter.

We also made homemade pizza on Sunday. We invited some friends over and baked up four delicious pizzas... We only ate like one and a half of them. We didn't even cook up the last one because we knew we were all too full to eat any of it! They turned out pretty darn awesome, if we do say so ourselves.

Ever so slowly I just might make my way to Domestic Goddess status... however, I do believe it will only ever apply to cooking. Cleaning isn't really my thing... you know this if you've ever seen my house... especially since a certain, adorable little Joseph came to live at our house. =]

p.s. once the camera battery charges and i can transfer pictures to the computer, i'll post pictures of our creations.

Candids...

Here are some recent photos of Joseph: What a silly boy!!

Pumpkin Carvin'

We have an institute class on Thursday nights. My cousin, Heather, is in our institute class. We usually play a couple games of billiards after class... but this week we carved pumpkins with them. Well, I guess to put it more accurately, AJ carved pumpkins with them while I took care of our little Joseph... But, not to worry, I came home and carved mine while the boys had some Daddy Time. And, of course, Joseph needed a pumpkin this year too... OUR MASTERPIECES:

AJ's Pumpkin

Joseph's Pumpkin

Krista's Pumpkin

All three jack o' lanterns.

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Off Road Adventure

It's been a while since I posted, or more accurately had anything to post, but this last week has just exploded with post-able occurrences. And I've fallen WAAY behind. So, here goes:

Last Sunday, AJ and I took some family photos for some family and some friends.

I'm not real great at it but... I take enough of them that at least some of them turn out decent and aren't embarrassing to display on the wall. I enjoy playing around with it though. It may be something I'd have an interest in pursuing enough to take a few classes (and possibly someday maybe make a little money from it...) but for now, free is a heck of a lot cheaper than what it would cost to get them done professionally... that's the excuse I use in taking Joseph's pictures, anyway. It was way cold, but all of them were total troopers thru their whole shoot. I hope they turned out satisfactorily for both families.

And AJ was awesome... Thank you for taking Joseph while I took pictures, Sweetie!

After we got done taking the last set of pictures, AJ had a little adventure in mind. We drove through Old Town until he found the road he was looking for. Then we climbed up, up, up the hillside. Next thing I know we're driving up this bouncy, rocky, steep hill. When we got to the top we stopped and got out to take some pictures.

It was rather windy and there was the proverbial fall chill in the air... so we didn't stay out long. Joseph was sleeping in his car seat when we stopped... he slept A LOT that day.

We took our pictures and got back in the car... Oh, but AJ wasn't finished yet. He kept going along these bumpy, rocky roads. There was only a couple times I was a little on edge, usually when I was literally on the edge (of the cliffside or whatever).

We went up and down hills and over rocks I would never have dreamed of driving over... but I'm much better at riding in these situations. AJ had a blast, but what did I expect... boys will be boys. No matter how big they get.