Saturday, December 29, 2007

Gingerbread houses







Well we attepmpted to make gingerbread houses, my little sister paige definitely one this contest nobody else could get theirs to stick together, my brother ty just gave up and ate all of his candy, and mylee just thought she would put all of our houses candy in the bowl of frosting and then eat it, and creat as big of a mess as possible, but we had a great time, you can't have fun in life unless you get messy in the process!!!

Monday, December 3, 2007

Thanksgiving at the Spackman residence

Well this year i decided to take upon me the task of making Thanksgiving dinner, so on saturday I spent most of the day baking pies, and getting groceries for Sunday's dinner, (My family always does a late thanksgiving to try and make it so the whole family can be there) I had quite the pie disaster, i have been baking so many pies lately you think i would have it down to an art, but knowing me, something bad has to happen so after completeing my pies, i made 1 blueberry, 1 apple, 2 pumpkin, 1 lemon merangue, and 1 cherry pie, i was lying in bed trying to sleep and i realized that i had forgotton to add the sugar tot he pumpking pie( how do you forget the sugar, well leave it to me to make that mistake) it was to late to go to the store, so in the morning i told my mom of my pie disaster, she just laughed and we both search the house high and low to find another can of pumpkin so we could start over, well hooray we found one small can so i was able to make one normal pumkin pie, well, we also decided to experiment we scooped out the already cooked pumpkin pie filling and put them in a bowl, added the sugar another egg and some extra evaporated milk and made some new pies out of it, when they were all cooked the "twice baked pumpkin pies looked absolutely horrible, but my mom and I put on our brave faces and took a bite and to our surprise they didn't taste bad at all, it was a little thicker than a normal pumpkin pie, but it almost tasted the same. So if anybody ever makes this mistake (which i am sure none of you ever will) and your not going for a pie beauty contest, then this actually works out pretty good. So I cooked the turkey, my brother and my mom made the marshmellow yams, and keely and I peeled potatoes and made mashed potatoes, paige set the table, and we added a few other items to our menu and then the family started coming, my sister amber made rolls and dinner was perfect, however, nobody in my family other than my mom and I dared to eat my delicious pumpkin pies. but oh well more for me!!! Then we all sat around the table and played games, Tyler and Amber taught us a new game called old margarete, it is a game a pure luck, but it was really fun, as usual, i lost every round, but i enjoyed my self, so other than my pie disaster, thanksgiving dinner was a big success

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Trick- or -Treat


HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

I took Mylee trick-or-treating, it was alot of fun, she made the cutest little chicken. My Sister Amber, her husband, and their two kids came with us, Mylee and Emily ran from door to door fighting over who could knock the most on each door, it was funny, then everybody dumped handfuls of candy into there buckets. I tell you what, if you ever want to collect alot of halloween candy bring a few cute little kids, it works great, i think I have enough candy to hand out to next years trick-or-treaters!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007


yesterday was a great day, I went and picked up mylee from her dads house and played with her for a bit, then we went to Wal-Mart and did some grocery shopping for dinner. I was excited i made Dinner in a pumpkin, it was beef stew, it took like 4 1/2 hours to make, but the end result was worth it, for dessert I made a peach cobbler!! YUM!

Friday, October 19, 2007

Fall Pictures















My sister and I went and took pictures of our kids, it was lots of fun, however, we couldn't have picked a worse time to go, mylee was due for a nap, and refused to keep her hair done, so it just looks like a mess. I got a few smiles out of her but the rest of them she looked stoned, oh well atleast i got a few good ones!
The leaves looked beautiful, and it was fairly nice weather!



Monday, October 8, 2007

Amanda and Kevins goodbye party


This party was actually in August, but i just got the pics. it was tons of fun to see everybody, I just wish it wasn't to say goodbye and it was just a get together party, well someday! We had a barbeque, played volleyball and shared horrible dating stories (well i did anyway) I can't believe how fast time goes by, well hopefully the next few years will fly even faster, so you guys can come back home to utah!! At least you get to visit! Good luck in Dental School!!

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Human Sling Shot


This is even funner than it looks, it is called the human sling shot, it gives you quite the adrenaline rush i loved every moment of it, but you know me, i'm kind of a little dare devil!!

Monday, September 24, 2007

Mylee's idea of clean up after cooking brownies!























Mylee "four wheeling" with great grandpa



This is my Studly Grandpa Winfield, he is probably one of my favorite people ever. There is never a dull moment when he is around.


Hooray!!! Mylee finally has enough hair for me to do something with it.

Mylee and her cousin Emily Playing





My Favorites:
Color: Yellow
Season: Summer
Flower: Daisy
Food: Chicken Pillows
Candy: Gummies
Book: Lost and Found (Claire Poulsen)
Movie: Depends on the day

Camping Trip at Smith and Moorehouse!!








Mylee's Birthday Cake I made. I'm working on being more creative, this was tons of fun to make. However, it looked better than it tasted.


My sister and I and our little ones!!

Watch me grow!!


I can't believe how fast the time goes by, being a mom is the most incredible experience, I love every minute of it.

Fun at Dinosaur Park