Apples and Pumpkins

APPLES!

Ever try to make caramel apples? its not as easy as it looks. I don't know what the trick is but the caramel did not want to stick to the apples and then the toppings would slide off as well. LOL Oh well, It sure was fun though.




The ingredients



Nick smashing a butterfinger for toppings










See all the toppings sliiiiiiiiiding off?


But they were gooooood :)

pumpkins!!!

Today we headed off to the pumpkin patch. It was so hot that we did not stay long

 

The kids got to pick out any pumpkin they wanted







Sophie fell in love with this blue one, She calls it the "Cinderella" pumpkin.



They even got to pet some interesting animals






Evie made a friend




Poor turkey, if it only knew what holiday is next.

TOMBSTONE

We took a trip to "The town to tough to die" Tombstone, Arizona. It was real neat to travel back in time to the Wild West.  We watched a re-enactment of the OK Corral shooting where Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday,Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and McLaurys on October 26, 1881. But first, we had to get some grub!

We ate at the Longhorn restaurant, The oldest restaurant in Tombstone, It use to be called the "Bucket of Blood saloon" nice huh? and its where Virgil Earp was shot from the second floor.


I had the pulled pork sandwhich and it was pretty darn good. I laughed at Joe because he ordered the french dip, I for sure thought he would order a big steak or something.



















The famous Bird Cage theatre


Me and the girls got to ride the horse carriage











We had a great time!

At home I decided to try my hand at making my own pulled pork sandwhiches.



Not to brag but mine was way better. ;)

5lb pork loin rib roast
1-2 apples
3 cups of rootbeer
2 bottles of honey BBQ sauce
hamburger buns or bread (whatever you have)

place the pork in the slow cooker with 3 cups of rootbeer and sliced apples. simmer on high for about 6 hours. When its falling off the bone and pulling apart, shred it and mix with the two bottles of BBQ sauce.

Sooooo good.

Yummy fall food

Even though we still have our AC on full blast here in Arizona, I still wanted to make fall food. I used our Crock pot for Chili and baked a pumpkin pie.

The Crock pot came with a recipe for Chili and I thought I would use it. Well, I don't know what it was but it did not taste good at all, I ended up throwing in some of my own ingredients like rice, salsa and some spices. In the end it was delicious!

I also just threw whatever I wanted into the pumpkin pie recipe, I was using the recipe off the can of pumpkin puree but since I don't like nutmeg I added cinnamon and pumpkin spice, I just sprinkled some in and did not measure, instead of sugar I used splenda. I thought it was the best pie I have ever made. I think it had to do with me forgetting about it in the oven and it overcooked a little making it more firm



My awesome spiderweb table cloth from Kohls. The dishes are corelle that I got new in box at the thrift store.

This mug is my all time favorite mug ever, it has the American flag on it and the words "Land that I Love" :)  its of good weight and it fits perfectly in my hand. I also love the wide handle. It was purchased at the thrift store for .99 cents.

Both the hubby and I are total coffee junkies. we had pumpkin spice coffee with our meal. I swear I'm going to buy tons of the Coffee Mate pumpkin creamer and freeze it so I can have it all year round.

Guess where we went on Fall vacation?

That's right, the Happiest Place on Earth! I swear, You can be having a crappy week and as soon as you step in to Disneyland its like MAGIC. All your worries dissapear and its all about having fun and family time.

We attended Mickey's Halloween Party and we had a blast. The rides were all open and we got tons of candy.










We can't wait to visit again! meanwhile I brought home some Disney Magic. I got this adorable toast press



Just press it on white bread and wala! Mickey toast :)






Try to say no to that, Kids eat it up.

I also made some Mickey pancakes.


Make a round pancake and then add the ears with two small spoonfulls of batter







would you like some eggs with your ketchup?

yummy mummies!

Its Fall!!!!!!!!!! yayyy, I love fall. I mean, what's not to love? the weather cools down, You get to bake so many yummies such as apple pie, pumpkin pie and lots of stews. We get Halloween and even my wedding anniversary. This year Joe and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. 10 years, Wow.

Well, I also love decorating. We did just that the other day. They have really cute stuff in places you would not think about. I found some cute vintage looking paper decorations at Albertsons and some other goodies at The Dollar Tree.


Nick's so creative he decided to half the witch "speak"

The menus in the kitchen








Our mantle. I really need to get my print framed. You see the frame to the left? that's the fat lady from Harry Potter, She talks, lights up and moves her eyes when you walk by.



This pumpkin lantern is from Walmart and the tea lights are not real. a must around here with two little ones.

I was in the mood to do something fun for the kids so I made mummies for lunch. Its just hot dogs wrapped in biscuit dough, the kind that comes in a can from the refrigerated area.


Just cut the dough in strips and wrap the wienie.

Bake till golden brown

and add mustard eyes. cute right?


I tried ketchup for red eyes but it blended in with the wienie, So mustard it was. I used a dipped chop stick.









we turned off the lights to eat over candlelight.