The Football Cake

My sister Colette invited me to her house last week to watch the Texas vs. Oklahoma football game. Aaron was even nice enough to let me watch the Gators play after the Texas game was over. We had and tons of food. Colette wrote about all of that on her blog. I was so excited to have been invited to there indoor tailgate party. I felt like I had to contribute so I made a cupcake football cake. I got the recipe from the Betty Crocker Fall Baking cookbook. It's one of the best cookbooks I've ever purchased. I'm proud of the cake and happy with the way it turned out. Not to mention it was YUMMY!!!

Call Me Crafty

Last weekend during General Conference my Mom, Kim, Colette and I made some fall crafties to decorate our house with. I was put in charge of going to Lowe's to get the wood to make the decorations. There was a very kind gentlemen that offered to help me. I told him I needed 2 4x4's and 2 2x4's. He asked what type of project I was doing and I said, "We are making pumpkins." He looked at me a little bit confused and said, "You're making pumpkins out of 2x4's and 4x4's?" I said, "Yep square pumpkins and wooden blocks with fall written in vinyl letters." He just smiled and very graciously helped me find what I needed.

Today I decided I wanted to make some hair clips for my nieces that have birthdays in October. I was in the craft store forever trying to decide which ribbons and flowers to buy. Then, after I had everything picked out I walked by an isle that had an entire section of kits to make hair clips. It comes with the ribbon, jewels, flowers and everything. So, I decided to use a mixture. I kept some of the things I had picked out and bought a couple of kits as well. I hope my nieces like them. I think they turned out pretty well.

First Snow of the Season

It snowed yesterday on September 30th. The question is... Are we going to skip fall and head straight to winter or are we going to be able to enjoy any fall weather? Your guess is as good as mine. Just as a note. It was about 90 degrees the day before it snowed. How is a girl supposed to plan her wardrobe with such drastic changes in the temperature? However, I have to admit, I think the mountains look kind or pretty with the white snow and the color of the fall leaves. The statement I just made does not by any means suggest I am ready for snow. I want fall..leaves, pumpkins and corn stalks.