happy birthday dollycakes

sure love you.  

NYC

this year for my birthday jeremy gave me a weekend away.  i went and spent a long weekend in new york city and stayed with my sister holly and her hubby ty.  it was so nice to have an adult weekend without any baby anything, and i finally broke the dry spell and went to a movie in a theatre.  it had been two years!  thanks holly and ty for being fantastic hosts and thanks jeremy for holding down the fort while i was away.  it's a lot of work.  i loved every minute of the trip, it went by way too fast.  

some first words

i took this a few days before dez got sick, he is talking a lot these days and it's so fun to hear him say new words.

new president

i usually don't post anything political on this blog, but this is such a remarkable day, i just couldn't resist. i just have to say that i am so excited that barack obama won the presidency.  the speech he gave last night gave me new hope in our country and made me proud to be an american.  go barack!

happy halloween

autumn yumminess

pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting

ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

directions

cream butter and sugar.  add in egg and pumpkin.  blend in all dry ingredients.  drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheet.  bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  top with cream cheese frosting.  

cream cheese frosting

4 oz cream cheese, softened

2 1/4 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened 

vanilla to taste

look dad, no hands

last week i was sick, and the one day i didn't see desmond, he did this.............

a lemmon weekend

david and diane (jeremy's parents) came to town this past weekend.  we packed a lot in in the days they were here.  we went to north georgia and spent a night, took long walks, played games, ate, and most of all, played with desmond.  we loved having them here, it went by way too fast.  we love you lemmons! 

burt's pumpkin farm

hillcrest apple orchard

on our cabin's deck

piedmont park

walking (and saying "daddy")

zoo atlanta

this morning we went with a few other ladies from the ward and their kids to the atlanta zoo.  it was a beautiful day so it was nice to get out.  desmond couldn't have cared less about the animals, he was more interested in the trees (he is obsessed with trees) and all of the kids running around. regardless, it was a fun outing.   (thanks for the tickets jan!)