Phantomed

So this past week I woke up early in the morning and opened the door to find a pleasant surprise sitting on our porch. It was a little plate of cinnamon rolls with a little poem and a picture of a ghost. The poem read:

The Phantom Ghost
The Phantom Ghost has come to town,
To leave some goodies as I see you've found.
If you do not wish a curse to fall,
Continue this greeting, this phantom call.
First, place this Phantom where it can be seen,
And leave it there 'til Halloween.
This will scare other Phantoms who may try to call,
Be sure to participate - you'll have a ball!
Second, make 2 treats, 2 Phantoms, and 2 notes like this,
Deliver them to 2 neighbors who might have been missed.
Don't let them see you, be sneaky and quick,
The hardest part is deciding whose house to pick.
Third, leave at the door where there is no light,
Ring the doorbell, run, stay out of sight.
Be happy, have fun and come join the season,
The best kind of tricks are the ones that are pleasin'.
And remember this one very important fact,
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE DAY TO ACT!

Then it also had a picture of a cute ghost that you hang on your door so that people know you have already been "phantomed."


So I made some cupcakes and made some orange and brown frosting to deliver to our neighbors. It was fun to see them put their ghosts up on their doors the next day.

It was really fun. Then two days later, on sunday morning, we found another plate this time with carrot cake on it and a poem much like the first but a little different. It had a picture of a "Boo" ghost (basically a ghost with a bubble coming from his mouth that says boo) that we need to put up in the window and we have more treats to deliver. Its so fun. If any of you are looking for a fun activity to do one evening this is a good one. You could start the Phantom in your neighborhood! :)

Yumm

Today I made a pizza for dinner...not just any pizza. The Best pizza I have ever eaten I think. Well, I had some really good pizza compliments of Shanna, but this is the best pizza I have ever made. The crust turned out perfect. The sauce turned out great and the toppings were delicious! It was a chicken alfredo broccoli tomato pizza. YUM! Rob is not big on broccoli so I left half of it without it. It was so so yummy! This will for sure make its way into my usual dinners that I make!

For the grandparents

Here is a cute video that I shot while Rob was at work. I wish you could see Sadie's face more but it is kinda hard when you don't have control of the camera. This is one of Sadie's favorite games. Anyway, I hope this makes everyone smile. Enjoy!

Sunflowers and garden

Our garden is winding down...the squash and tomatoes are still going strong. This last week or so we cut down the huge sunflowers we had and roasted the seeds. I must say they were the best sunflower seeds that I have ever had. Delicious! Unfortunately, they are all gone already...Rob and I are pretty die-hard seed eaters. Anyway, here are a few pictures of our biggest sunflower and the seeds we got.

Here is Rob holding our largest sunflower head. Pretty big eh?

Taking the seeds out.

The delicious finished product! Yumm. We will definitely be planting more sunflowers next year.

College Graduate...almost

I have always known that I would graduate college. It has been a goal of mine since...well...for ever. I am so close that I am not too motivated lately. The plan was to finish school in 4 and a half years(I switched majors as a sophomore). Then I got married and the new plan was to finish in only 4 years because I could take spring and summer classes to speed up the process. Well, then I got pregnant and I went to school through December and had only 6.5 more credits to go. So I am taking them online and the goal was to get them done before Sadie arrived meaning I would need to finish them all in 2 months or so. I signed up for 3 classes and I am still not graduated.

The good news...drum roll please...I FINISHED ONE CLASS!!! yay! I will finish another one next week and then I will only have to write my english paper and take the final in that class. It will be so nice when I am completely done so I can focus on other projects without feeling guilty about not working on my class. Anyway...I'm just really ggald that I finished my first online class...and the best part...I GOT AN A! Wahooooo! That is all.

It Starts...

Sadie is officially 7 months old as of Saturday and here is a little something she has been working on the past couple of days.



That's right! She is now mobile! Yikes...Pretty slow moving right now but she is getting faster and faster everyday.

ps. notice the duct tape on her diaper. The little tab broke off and we didn't want to waste it, so we used tape. Yes we are cheap.

5 Things I love...

1. When she feeds herself these Gerber puffs and misses her mouth.

2. I was out in the kitchen fixing dinner when I heard some bangs on the guitar. I walked out to find this. I saved her right before it fell right on top of her. I love that she loves the guitar. Anytime she is crying, she will stop if one of us plays guitar for her.

3. When my husband does yardwork. :)

4. When we go for walks and Sadie puts her little feetsies on the bar. Its adorable.

5. I finally got around to putting up new curtains. These were the ones that were up when we moved in. Notice that the "rod" is actually a pvc pipe. Really nice.

These are some new curtains that I made. My favorite part are the buttons. :) They make me happy.