Happy Thanksgiving!

Taylor

Baby Taylor

More to come soon!

Sam & Cam

We met these two in our small group that we joined earlier this year. They are such wonderful and fun people and we are enjoying getting to know them better and hanging out with them more. 

I took these pictures on Day Lights Savings day and we miss calculated the sunset time, so only the first few I took turned out. We are going to reshoot soon though. 

 

More Raegan

I know I have lagged on posting these pictures of Raegan. We just bought a new computer, because our old one wasn't working up to my standards, so I had some down time with editing during the transition. 

Anyways, here are a handful of my favorites. Raegan was so fun to shoot and I can't wait to do it again! I am really into the vintage look right now, but this was my first time messing around with vintage black and whites. Also, I had some trouble with the uploading sizes, but if you click on them, they should open larger. Enjoy!

Happy Fall!

I know fall technically started a few months ago, but it is just starting to feel like fall, here in California (though I hear on Friday it is supposed to be 94 degrees! Yuck!). I am loving the color change and the cool evenings and I will be even more excited for the cool days! This is my favorite season. I love dressing in sweaters, hats and scarves. Everything about the season reminds me of being cozy and being with family, sipping apple cider. I wish we got more of the real "fall" weather here in California, but I still love it.

So, in spirit of fall, I am posting a fall recipe. I saw this on Paula Deen's show and I had to try it! I made it for our small group and everyone loved it, so I am going to make it for Thanksgiving as well. Beware, you might gain 10 pounds from eating it!

Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake

Ingredients:

Cake: 1 18 1/4-ounce package yellow cake mix

1 egg

8 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling: 1 15-ounce can of pumpkin

1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

8 tablespoons butter, melted

1 16-ounce box powdered sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

To make the cake, combine all of the ingredients and mix well.

Pat the mixture into a lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
Prepare filling: In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth.

Add the eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together.

Next, add the powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and mix well.
Spread pumpkin mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

Make sure not to over bake as the center should be a little gooey.
Serve with fresh whipped cream.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Ease of preparation: easy

one of my favorites...

I think this picture might be one of my favorite pictures that I have taken. I mean, is there anything cuter than those rolls? I love it! I couldn't decide which one I liked better, so I posted both.

Crap.

Raegan

Look at this cutie! She turns one in a few weeks. More pics to come, hopefully tomorrow.

Halloween

For Halloween, we put our costumes back on and went to our good friend, Don's house. I was a hideous chola gangster mexican again, but Ian decided to change his costume up and add a mullet wig. Later in the night, everyone switched up their wigs and Ian put an afro wig on. I think he looked like Will Ferrel in that basketball movie. It was pretty hilarious! 

The trio

The Lighting of the Lantern, a tradition at Don's house for every party.

I'm loosing some eyebrow and I think Ian has had one too many drinks!

The Boys

The Girls