so halloween has come and gone, and quickly i might add.
and even though i didn’t think of a clever costume (i was still festive ) and the husby had to work,
it turned out to be a pretty spooktacular evening with my favorite trick or treater’s!
look how creepy my nephew looks in the back like a shadow
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halloween is here, but it’s not such a happy halloween for everyone.
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i hope everyone has a fun, safe and happy halloween!
boo
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we had a little pumpkin party over here this past weekend. i went a little over board in the pumpkin purchasing department.i just couldn’t help myself, they were all staring me down at the store. and all those goodies you saw from the last post, i made for this party. (check them out here ) i also bought carving stencils, tools, and pumpkin gut scrappers, along with paint and brushes. i love getting family and friends together, and decorating pumpkins just made it feel a little more like the holidays!!
holiday’s mean holiday parties and with that comes food, the question is,
what food???
well i’ve got a couple halloween festive foods that are super easy and super yummy!!!
i hope this takes that stress out of your holiday party planning.
what fun festive foods do you like to make?!
“pepperoni pizza snake”
“white chocolate pretzel bones”
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things you will need for the pizza snake
– begin by pre heating your oven to 350 degrees
– flour the surface of your counter and roll out the dough to a rectangular shape
– add your topping to the center portion making the first and last layer cheese
– roll the pizza into a log
– form into an “s” on your greased sheet pan, seam side down
– brush the top of the roll with the beaten egg and food coloring
– bake for 30-35 min. or until golden
-place toothpicks where the eyes would go and then place olives on the toothpicks
– cut the pepper into a tongue shape and place in the mouth
– then serve!!!!
easy as that!!!
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now for the white chocolate pretzel bones
– put a mini marshmallow on each end of the pretzel rod
– dip in melted white chocolate (i melt my chocolate in the microwave at 30 sec 3x)
– use the fork to fish the bone out
– place on wax paper
– refrigerate for 15-20 min or until chocolate is hard
– place in a bowl and serve
happy party planning everyone!!!!!
i’ve been having some difficulty deciding on a costume for the husby and i this year.
i love dressing up… the husby… not so much.
but he’s a good sport, or i’m just torturing him every year and he doesn’t say anything.
either way, we need some costumes.
any suggestions????!!!!
please and thank you :)
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here’s a few pictures through the years to get your halloween juices flowing!
i had to through this one in there cuz it’s so stinking cute!
i know it’s only the 5th, but october is looking to be a promising month. between work and play, the calendar is full. and i’ve got quite a few things to share with you this month!
so here’s a little teaser of things to come!!!!
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happy october!!!!
i’ll through some other goodies in there too, you’ll just have to wait and see what they are!!!
we had ourselves a nice little 4th of july at my parents house yesterday, which also happened to be my dad’s birthday and my mom’s return from her 2 week trip to italy (so happy to have her back). just some close friends and family with good food and fun. we barbecued some chicken, burgers, lamb chops and steak sandwiches. i made all the desserts, which were italian cream puffs and an angel food cake trifle, 4th of july themed, of course. after all the yummy food, we got a good laugh with everyone playing the Wii, just dance 3. we ended the night with our little baby fireworks for the kids. only thing missing from the night for me…. sparklers…. not one single sparkler in the pack, so sad. overall the day was great and i am so thankful that i got to spend the holiday with such amazing people.
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yummy steak sandwiches on a pretzel roll
brother playing grill master
red, white and blue cream puffs
nico liked the happy birthday song so much that we had to sing it like 5 times so he could blowout the candle
mom and sister dancing
brother and cousin dancing
the husby resting his scorpion leg
our little baby fireworks. yay!!!
p.s. so happy to have pictures back!!!
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i kind of like this whole holiday in the middle of the week, makes for a nice long weekend!
happy 4th of july !!!
unfortunately, the husby got bit by a scorpion last night, which made for a pretty painful night for him, and a pretty sleepless night for the both of us. so aside from the sleep deprivation, we are looking forward to having a much happy, more festive day, which should be, cuz it’s the 4th, yeah!!!! today is my dad’s birthday, so we are having a bbq at their house, so stay tuned for the holiday post. i’m hoping to have the whole computer situation taken care of by monday, so sad to say, no pictures again today :(…
we really hope everyone has a safe and spark-tacular day with your friends and family!!!!
xoxo
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