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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Pumkin Pie the Hard Way

This year we had several pumpkins left over from Halloween. Logan and I were out shopping and so I purchased 3 pumpkins to carve for Halloween. Well, it just so happens that Kerry brought home 3 pumpkins on the exact same day to surprise Logan. So, we ended up with not 3, but 6 pumpkins this year...and they were all HUGE. Since we had so many pumpkins that weren't getting put to use, I decided to make Homemade Pumpkin Pie from scratch. I wish I could say it was easy and fun, but that was so not the case. The pies were delicious for sure, but wow...it was a lot of work. So, since it was so time consuming and took several hours in the kitchen, I thought it warranted it's very own post. I do have to say it is nice to have the extra pureed pumpkin in the freezer so we can pull it out whenever we'd like for pumpkin pancakes, pies or cookies. Yummy! So, here was the l-o-n-g process of making pumpkin pie from scratch! Warning...do not try this from home unless you have several hours of free time. hee hee.

So the first step was cutting the pumpkin into smaller
sections so they'll fit in a pot to steam.

The next step was to steam the cut sections of pumpkins
till they were soft which took about 30 min per batch.

After they were soft, I had to separate the pumpkin from the skin
and puree the pumpkin in the blender.

Once it was pureed, it looked like this...

After the pumpkin was pureed, I had to gather the right amount
of pumpkin puree and add the ingredients to make a pie. Once
it was in the pie shell, it was ready to bake. I had a few already made
pie crusts that I decided to use since it took so long to make the filling.

And, last but not least, the finished product baking in the oven. Delicious!

Overall we made a total of 7 pumpkin pies which was perfect since we were hosting Thanksgiving at our home this year. With all of the other food for Thanksgiving, there was barely room in the fridge for the pies. However, we managed to fit everything in. YEAH!

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Karate Tournament

We enrolled Logan in Karate since he's too young to play any other sports right now and he is very athletic. We thought we'd try it for a few months and see how it goes. So far everything is great! Logan is picking up on the moves super quick and is probably the best student in his class (ages 4-6). He practices twice a week for 30 minutes which is the perfect amount of time. It's not only been great for him, but it's been great for me since the weather is turning cold out and this gives him a chance to get some energy out as well. After the first few months of karate, the students were encouraged to enroll in the local tournament which is sponsored by Logan's Karate School and it encompasses all of their schools in the area...which is a lot. Logan was a little intimidated at first, but once he found out there was a medal involved, he was in! So, off to the tournament we went. He was able to show to the judges what is called "star block" and then he was done. After all of the kids in his group were finished, they were all awarded with a medal. Can I just say how excited we were for Logan and for the courage he had to get up and show his moves all by himself. Way to go LOGAN!!! When the judge awarded him with his medal, he was smiling from ear to ear.
Logan continues to work hard during class and is improving every day. We're excited to continue with his classes and to watch him progress. And, we're excited to have the opportunity to watch him participate in other sports when he's in kindergarten next year. He's already informed us that he wants to play football for sure, so we'll have to see about that one.

Here's also a few photos of his first test to advance from a white belt to a white belt with a yellow stripe. He was so excited to get a new belt and can't wait till he gets another one in a few months.


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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Halloween 2009

This year for Halloween our costumes were kind of random and they didn't match at all. Kerry had to be Snake Eyes to fit into the theme with his department at work. Logan insisted on being Robin. And, I was so busy with other things that I didn't have a costume at all. Luckily, a friend of mine told me I couldn't go without a costume and so she lent me her sons baseball uniform. He played for BYU and was awesome! We spent the Friday before Halloween at my husbands work party and afterward took Logan to a Karate Halloween Party where there were bounce houses and games. Logan's favorite was the donut eating contest. On Saturday evening, which was Halloween, we spent the evening at Kerry's sister home for trick-or-treating and a family party. We had a delicious dinner, followed by games, crafts, and visiting. Overall we had a great Halloween and luckily this year it didn't snow. YEAH!!! Logan made out with a pretty good stash of candy, but luckily he's not that crazy about candy...unless it's chocolate. The chocolate was gone a long time ago, but he's still working on the other stuff.


The two pictures below are photos of a turret Kerry made for his work party. He is amazingly creative and can make or draw anything you ask him to do. His gun was so great and everyone loved it! He even made it so it would shoot out smoke. I know, I have a super creative husband...which is so not fair because all I can do is draw stick figures and that's about it. hee hee. Anyway, Happy Halloween!


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