cake pops

November 5, 2010

i wanted to do something new for myla’s halloween class party last week.
i was in charge of the drink/treat…

so, i chose cake pops.
i used this recipe,
and they were a huge success!

i made 130 cake pops the night before,
and froze them in the freezer over night.

{my kids made a few at home as a trial run & they loved it!}


in class, i used my crock pot to melt the chocolate, it took about 30 minutes,
and melted really well. and, the consistency lasted for the hour+ the kids
were making the cake pops.

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looming clouds.
rain showers.
perfect fall weather.
not-so-perfect fall weather…

and, sunshine.

…because we’re splitting it between three cities in two states.

{my constant parenting motto for husband & i: we will divide and conquer!}

on friday & saturday, we will all be staying in slc to watch
kiana’s dance competition, then kiana and i will be headed
to L.A. on saturday afternoon.

{kiana’s dance team has a callback audition for this!}
husband will return home to cover all the festivities
with the three younger kiddo’s.

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mindy.
she took our family pictures recently…

since my kids have been wearing these 3D movie glasses as an accessory
for the past 2 months, they were my inspiration for our session.
and, we took the pictures here, right next to our home,
so i love the home sweet home scenery connection.

i am obsessed with the pictures {obsessed!},
they turned out exactly how i’d hoped and better.
mindy totally captured our family life through her lens…

her photography style is brilliant.

the first time i saw the pictures, i just sat there stunned,
and had one thought over and over and over…

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so, i walked down the hall, turned the corner, and found daddy throwing these munchkins across our room, into a ginormous pile of pillows!

…they had raided the linen closet, {pulled out almost every pillow we own},
and later that night i found this picture on my camera…

the calm, after the storm. watching tv.

they sure love it when daddy is home!

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owl smores

October 21, 2010
…i saw this adorable idea here, and couldn’t resist.

we had to try it!


…you can imagine the laughter when the kids’ owls
were mis-shaped after microwaving them!
we didn’t follow the instructions very well,
you need to cut the marshmellows in HALF,
that would help with the major distortion!

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