Carving Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins on Sunday. From left to right they are Aveire's girl pumpkin with eyelashes and ears, Brian's Jack the Pumpkin King pumpkin, and Laura's haunted house pumpkin. We all had a fun time scooping out the insides and then it took Laura a long time to carve her's because she wanted to try something hard. Then after Brian was playing video games for a while he didn't want to carve his so Laura did it for him but at least he picked out the design. We also had to roast the seeds and they tasted so good but there were too many to eat last night so we still have quite a few left to eat later.

Worms!

Our ward had a Halloween potluck and trunk-or-treat on Saturday so Brian and I decided to make Jello Worms to bring. They were so fun to make and not very many people ate them probably because they were just not sure what it was. It was fun for the kids though, Romney and Averie thought it was cool to eat worms. Ben helped us eat the Jello scraps from the mold.

For the recipe go here. It was basically make Jello and then pour it into a half gallon milk carton with a lot of straws inside. The bendy ones make them look more real. Then when it is hard you separate the straws and push out the Jello. In a bowl they looked pretty gross.

Wrench Case

Brian has been having a lot of trouble lately finding his wrenches because we do not have a lot of room in the garage and we never had a better way of organizing his tools other than throwing everything into 1 toolbox so I started making cloth wrap up cases for his wrenches so he can carry them over to where he is working and every size has its own spot so he can just put them back in each slot when he is done. I think it will work pretty well. Here is the first one I made all from stuff I already had, cost me nothing.

Camping at O'Neill Regional Park

Just Brian and I went camping last Friday to O'Neill Regional Park. It is a fairly close place and the facilities are very nice, shady campsites, nice bathrooms. We cooked steak, sweet potatoes, and carrots on the barbecue for dinner and that tasted very nice. We made dutch oven peach cobbler and ice-cream in ziploc bags. Our hands got very cold making the ice-cream but it tasted so good with the cobbler. We put the leftover ice bags back in the cooler and I think one had a leak because then all of our sodas had salt on the lid which made it hard to drink. We just had a fun time sitting around the fire and in the morning we rode our bicycles around the park for a while and that was pretty fun. All in all it was a more relaxing camping trip than others but it was nice to get outside and just have a chance to be together. We had a lot of fun.

Pregnancy 12 Weeks

Here I am at 12 weeks. I am not sure if you can see anything in this picture but Brian has noticed my tummy increasing in size.

11 Weeks Ultrasound

We got some pretty good pictures at my first ultrasound yesterday at 11 weeks. Baby is still due around April 1-5. At first the baby was just laying there not moving and then it was very exciting when he started jumping around doing flips and flailing his arms and legs. We were so happy. :) It is still too early to tell if it is a boy or girl yet but picture 8 looks interesting.

Another Motorcycle?

Brian's Honda Rebel broke right before I went to Washington on his way to school. I had to go pick him up and put the bike on our car rack to drive back home. We are not sure yet what happened but it sounds like a major engine issue. Brian plans on trying to fix it when he has some time like Christmas break or something and then try to sell it for around $2500 but for now he needed a motorcycle to drive to school in the meantime.

He found a 1981 Honda Goldwing GL 1100 on Craigslist for $1000 so he went and picked that up when I was gone. It has been a pretty good bike. He had to replace a head gasket and get the head re-surfaced because it had some low spots and wasn't making a good seal. But considering we only paid $1000 and the repair wasn't much either because he did it all himself except getting the head re-surfaced which was only $35 and now that it is running very good it was a good deal. So that is what Brian drives to school everyday and the seats are much more comfortable to ride on than the Rebel. I like it. It is a lot bigger bike and very heavy so I am always careful the never tip it over because I would not be able to pick it up.

We are taking it to oceanside on Friday which is a 2 hour drive to go camping with Eric & Desi because the bags can hold a lot more stuff than the Rebel did and the ride will be better with the more comfortable seats. It is going to be so fun.