Pumpkin Time

Pumpkin time is here again,
Time to play trick or Treat.
Pumpkin time is here again,
Our Spooky friends we'll meet.

See the costumes we have on,
Monsters, ghosts, goblins too.
See the costumes we have on,
Hear us all shout "BOO!"

2 Recipes For Hot Chocolate

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup 1% milk, divided
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of ground cinnamon

Nutrition:
Calories: 224
Carbohydrates: 42 g
Dietary Fiber: 3 g
Fat: 3 g
Protein: 10 g
Sugars: 25 g


Cooking Directions:
Mix sugar, cocoa and 2 tablespoons cold milk in a mug until smooth. Heat the remaining milk in a small saucepan on the stove top or in a 2-cup glass measure in the microwave until steaming hot but not boiling. Stir in the cocoa mixture and vanilla.
To froth the hot chocolate, whirl a whisk in it by rubbing your hands back and forth. (Alternatively, pour the hot chocolate into a blender, cover with the lid and a kitchen towel and blend until frothy.) Pour it back into the mug and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Yield: 1 servings



Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Ingredients:
3 cups instant dry milk
1 cup sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1 tbsp. cinnamon (optional)

Mix together all ingredients and store in a container with a tight fitting lid. To make a cup of hot chocolate, add 1/3 cup of mixture to 8 oz boiling water and stir well. Makes about 15 cups.

Nutrition:
210 calories
3g protein
5g fat (3g sat, 0g trans fat)
40g carbohydrates
1g fiber
28g sugar
5mg cholesterol
25 mg sodium
4 points

Enjoy!!!

Convention

We were in Huntington Beach for convention this year. Convention for me is a vacation, for Brett and his family, it's work. Their day's are filled with meetings and speakers. My days are filled with shopping, outings and room service. We stayed at the Hyatt. It was a beautiful hotel. I wouldn't normally have the kids with me at convention, but since we were planning for Disneyland afterwards, we had to have them there.

Here's Bryson next to one of the numerous fountains.



Bryson playing in the courtyard with one of his numerous girlfriends.



A mermaid statue that I just love.



Coy fish pond next to the spa.



Just a cute picture of Chase in Uncle Jeremy's arms.



On the last day of convention my parents joined us to help babysit. We spent the day at The Aquarium of the Pacific. Bryson loved the bird enclosure. We fed the birds little cups of nectar. Later in the week he would try to get birds to land on his hand again. He kept asking for honey to feed the wild birds.







A shot of Brett and I right before the banquet. My parents were watching Bryson for the night at their hotel just so I could go to this. It's a really fancy sit down dinner. Women in gowns and Men in suits. 4 course meal. Fancy Schmancy. Unfortunately I had Chase with me and he didn't want me to have any fun. I scarfed down whatever food was in front of me and took crying Chase out numerous times. I missed desert (my favorite part) and ended up having to take Chase back to the room after an hour. I was upset. Oh well. In hindsight I should of had my parents stay at our room, with both the boys. I don't know what I was thinking.

Disneyland

Just got back from Disneyland last night. We had a blast. It was hot for October, which we did not like, but we endured and made some fun memories. My parents came with us and we had all of Brett's side of the family there as well. We spent 3 days in all.



Bryson and Brett, waiting in line at the rocket ride. Bryson loves playing with daddy's beard.



Bryson's favorite ride, the rocket.



Cute baby chase wearing the smallest hat we could find...still too big.



Love all the Halloween decorations. The haunted house was decorated with "The Nightmare Before Christmas" but I never got to see it. I didn't feel like waiting over an hour to go in.



Bryson's terrified of the characters walking around. But we just had to get photos with them.






Okay, so not so terrified of "Mcqueen". He posed with 2 of his cousins, Cole and Dallas. We had to tear him away from this one. He loves "Cars".



Sleepy babies. Not sure why this loaded sideways.



Teacup ride.



Dumbo ride. He had to ride this one with me, otherwise all my dreams would have been dashed.



Here's some more photos from my dad's camera





Bryson's in Brett's lap. You can't see him. He did so well for his first real rollercoaster, "The Materhorn"

Little Angel

Go ahead, swoon.

First Halloween Party

Aunt Tiffany had all her nephews over (and their parents) for an early Halloween Party at her new apartment. She made hot dog mummy's, spiderweb pizzas and lot's of sweets. The boys were in heaven!

Here's Troy getting loves from Chase. He couldn't get enough of him!



Bryson and Chase



Tiffany with her boys.



We love Tiffany!

Cameron's 3rd Birthday Party

Bryson's cousin Cameron just turned 3. They had a cute Scooby Doo themed party. It was so much fun!


The cake, made by my sister in law's mom.



Chase having a good time.



The man of the hour, Cameron. So cute.



Cameron's brother Jayden, showing the little kids how to "really" hit a pinata.



Cameron and Bryson. Bryson's wearing a shirt that Cameron and Jayden made for him.