caramel apples

apples before dipping and messy

caramel coating, I did the cheater version where you microwave the caramels, it worked really good!


Finished product, and they didn't even get very messy! Just Mady's face when she tries to sneak tastes of everything before it 's done.

Spooky House!

We love Halloween time! Me and the kids decorated as scary as we could. Mason is so into all the ghory costumes and things but it really scares Mady. Every costume he picks out she says no he can't wear that because she will scream and get scared if he does. This is our front door area, the kids love to put up all the spider webs, even though they are a pain to hang up. This is also our spooky tree. We had to put every halloween ornament on the tree.

Halloween BUNKO

The other night was BUNKO and we were supposed to dress up for Halloween. I went, as my costume says, a ritzy witch! I had the black fingernails and the tattoo on my face. This was a big thing for me because I usually am not one to dress up for anything, but it actually turned out to be really fun. I even won a prize for the last bunko! Maybe my costume was good luck.

The best costumes of all were (can you guess who) Aunt Jemima and her husband. Underneath all that body paint is Dani and Jenyce. They played it up so good with the big bootie and all! They were voted the favorite costume of the night! Congrats.


This is the whole bunko gang.
Batwoman, Superwoman, Jemimas husband, Jemima,Whoopie cushion, cheerleader, disco girl, pregnant nun, Sarah Palin, ritzy witch, doctor girl, renasciance girl, BUNKO dice, statue of liberty! What a fun night!

Before & After

Madisen decided she wanted to do her own hair today. She sprayed it all down with the water bottle and then put my clips in it. She did a beautiful job!

Later that day we made a visit to Aunt Dani at her salon and got a hair cut. It looks so much better, it was getting a little long and scraggly since the top half of her hair is straight and the bottom half is curly, it makes it hard to do things with it.

What a cute little girl!

banana bread

Mady wanted to help me make some banana bread, more like keep tasting it. She got all dressed up in her sleeping beauty outfit and then put on her apron. She is such a good helper and she loves to help cook and make a big mess also!