For Mandy

I just thought it might be fun to post a couple pictures of my sweet little cousins. (from when they were sweet and little)

Love you girlies!

Look how handsome that Alex is! And I'm pretty sure Mom made that blue dress for me. The apron was dotted swiss. I will always remember that.

And could Mandy's shoes be any sweeter? Well, the shoes weren't quite as cute as....

THESE!

"Amanda Balcom Dunn - Put Your Dress Down and stop showing everyone your ruffled panties!"

Countdown To Thanksgiving

Daddy's side of the family

Gretchen,
Do you have all these? I can print them out and send them to you. Enjoy.
Love,
Liza

Happy Halloween

Dinner in a pumpkin

samtheory25 said...
I am very intrigued by this "dinner in a pumpkin" There are not enough serving gourds in the world.

It is really tasty! Get some friends together and try it this weekend.

Ingredients
1 medium pumpkin
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 lbs ground beef
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
1 (15 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 1/2 cups cooked rice
1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts
Directions
1Cut off the top of the pumpkin and thoroughly clean out pulp and seeds.
2Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) In a large skillet sauté onions in vegetable oil until tender.
3Add meat and brown.
4Drain drippings from skillet.
5Add soy sauce, mushrooms,brown sugar and soup.
6Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
7Add cooked rice and water chestnuts.
8Spoon mixture into cleaned pumpkin shell.
9Replace pumpkin top and place entire pumpkin, with filling, on a baking sheet.
10Bake 1 hour or until inside meat of the pumpkin is tender.
11Put pumpkin on a plate.
12Remove pumpkin lid and serve meat.
13For your vegetable, scoop out pumpkin and serve

Super Saturday Numero Uno

The Mormons have this great thing in the Autumn called "Super Saturday!" Basically each church plans a day of craft projects and lunch. Most of these projects are very inexpensive and are really fun to work on. And there is a woman from the church that will show you how to make your tea towels, or centerpiece, or felt turkey...you name it, you can find it at Super Saturday!

This year I have, very luckily, been invited to several of these craft days. (Get ready for some homemade Christmas gifts made with love!)

Saturday the 18th I got to spend the whole day with my friend Lisha, eat something called "dinner in a pumpkin" and work on fun, fun, projects.

(My friend Clark)

I'll teach you how to make one if you like :0)

Just a quick question

My Mother-In-Law sent me this today and I thought it might be kind of fun to post it on the blog. It will just take a minute for you to answer.

Four places that I go to over and over:

Sam's Club, Blackfoot, Rigby for dance practice, Apple Athletic Club

Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
Mom, Work, Listeners, Kaaren

Four of my favorite places to eat:
The Sandpiper, Bajio Grill, Home, Sam's Club (hot dogs and samples - yum!)

Four places I would rather be right now

Nowhere, Meeker, Somplace with pink sand beaches, but really nowhere. The bellies are full, the homework is done, the Bronco's are on, the husband is home, the socks are wool, the laundry is folded, the voicetracks are cut, the phone is not ringing, the tea is hot, the feet are up...what else could a woman want?

Four TV Shows I watch

The Amazing Race, Survivor, Pushing Daisies, Desperate Housewives