What's in that pumpkin??

This past weekend I had my parents and brother over for some good o'l Fall FUN! I have been wanting to try to put a soup of some sort into a hallowed out pumpkin....and I FINALLY did it! Nick and I were thinking about it, and I have been talking about doing this since we started dating...and that was over 2 years ago! So, I made some FAB Chili, the best recipe compliments of Aunt Anna! It was SOOOOO good and we hated to see the leftovers go! OH---I also made homemade rolls....they were good! I am excited to keep trying to bake and think of cute things to keep doing for the holidays! This will be a fun tradition for my new little Smith family!

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Our fun Weekend!!!

Well, we had a busy and fun filled weekend! On Saturday morning we met my parents at my Grandparents (Shipley's) house to help with some yard work. What was supposed to be a 30 minute clean up turned into a 2 hour event!!! It's okay...we got free bagels out of it,YUM! It was fun goofing off with my mom while the strong guys worked away. As you can see in the pictures, Cookie and Dawn came out to help. After that Nick and I ran some errands and then met the family @ My Big Fat Greek Restaurant to celebrate little Larry's 49th birthday!!! It is a very fun place to eat. The music was pumpin and the service was fun! My dad opened his presents and then off we went to have some cake and ice cream. I made the cake.....it didn't urn out quiet the way it was supposed to....but the frosting and chocolate were GREAT!!!! Robin didn't have any candles....so we had to settle for using the leftover 7 and 8 candles (SAD...who doesn't have spare birthday candles?? :) ) The night ended with the Smith,Bowler,Shipley gals sitting in the spa and talking! It was a very fun weekend and we were so glad we were able to celebrate Larry's birthday with him!!! Can't wait till the 50th, now THAT my friends, will be something to celebrate!:)

Robin Hood!!!

We were invited by Keith and Kim to go to the Gaslight Theatre!!! It was SO much fun!!! "Robin Hood" was playing and boy was it funny. It was Nick's first experience at the Gaslight, he had FUN!!! Kim's son Chase went with us too, it was so funny to watch him and how much fun he was having. We can't wait to go in December with the Shipley,Hunsaker,Bowler families!