Weekly Darth

What a treat it is to see this joker via pictures. 3 weeks and then we get to be reunited! I’m so jazzed.

Why is this baby so weird? Always with the open mouths. Granted, that’s how his mom takes pictures, but still. He’s looking pretty sleepy and adorable here.

Literally I have no words for this face.

Pumpkin Silk Pie

Basically, I’ve been making this pie over and over for the last few weeks. It’s super easy and delicious, and we’ve had loads of events lately for food, being Thanksgiving, and my ward Christmas party, and all that jazz. So, lets dive in.

First, I cheat. I use store-bought graham cracker crusts. Because, and stick with me here, crusts are hard, and my time is super limited right now, with finals just around the corner. To start with, either have 2 graham cracker pie crusts bought, or go ahead and make those yourself, I’m no one to judge. Ok now that you have those, here are your ingredients:

8 oz package cream cheese, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
8-16 oz Cool Whip
2 cups whipped cream

Beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy, and no chunks of cream cheese floating around anywhere. Add the powdered sugar, pumpkin, vanilla, and pumpkin pie spice, mix until well blended and smooth. Here’s where things get tricky. The place I got this from said to add 16 oz of Cool Whip. That’s a lot of Cool Whip, makes for a lot of pie. Then, I made it just by adding a hair over 8 oz, maybe 9 oz. And it’s the same. The amount it makes is just about the same, it tastes the same, it seems the same, so go with your gut, see how you like it. Spread the mixture into the two pie pans, and then put the pies into the fridge for a few hours, or overnight. You just want things to set is all. Then, when you’re ready to eat it, either pipe your whipped cream onto the pie or spread it, it doesn’t matter. Nobody cares if your pie is fancy. I (on this one pie, the only time I’ve done this) piped mine on using a Wilton 4B tip, so fance.

Even though it took forever, look how nice it looks? Awwww. Anyway, then enjoy the heck out of that pie. Because it’s amazing.

We did it!

Guys, we did it! We made it the full thirty days of blogging without missing a day! I wish I could say that I’m proud, but really, it’s not that hard of a thing to do, it’s not super important either. I’ll most likely be taking a super small blogging break for a couple of weeks – I have the end of the semester, with days of homework, plus my finals, Christmas to get ready for, and my brother-in-law’s wedding to prepare for also. So, I’ll blog when I can, but it won’t be happening all the time, but dry your eyes. We’ll make it to the end of the year together!

Family Photos

A week ago, we did family pictures with Husband’s side of the family. We did them by Utah Lake, and I think they turned out all right. Well, some of them. Some of them are awkward, but that’s all right. I’ll ignore them. For your viewing pleasure, the better pictures:

My sis-in-law and I were in charge of coordinating everybody’s outfits, and I think we did a pretty good job, we all look pretty snazzy. I’m glad they turned out good, it’s always nice to get a fresh batch of pictures every few years!

Ready For the Holidays

All right, now that the wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving is over, I took the day to decorate the house for Christmas. It didn’t take me too long, and I’m pleased with the final result.

I do love doing the tree, but it always gives me such anxiety. Why? I don’t know. I never remember if I put the ribbon garland on before or after the ornaments, and I don’t want there to be too few or too many ornaments, and the whole thing makes me nervous.This is just one of the tiny trees I have around the house. I like having them on the floors where the Christmas tree isn’t, to keep the holiday alive everywhere.

It seems like every year I add a little something to the ledge with the letters. I like it though.

And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care…now the holiday season feels like it’s begun!

Foto Friday

Here’s the best picture that could have happened on Thanksgiving. I leave it with no story.

Happy Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving! I started the day as I usually, the Earn Your Turkey 4-miler near my house. I finished it pretty good, I thought:

Finished the 4 (well, 3.97 according to my watch) in 33:42, not too bad! My goal was 35 minutes, so I feel all right with it. It was so bleeding cold this morning and so windy, I was surprised I didn’t freeze to death there. But luckily I finished, and came home and sat in front of a space heater for a bit.

Then it was time for the delicious pies that I spent all night baking. Here are two of them, cherry-apple and peach.

These were pretty good, I won’t lie. Hope you had a good thanksgiving too!