High Five for Friday

1. The GRE test is finally out of the way for Scott!  He looked up his scores for the computer portion and they are in the average range.  He won't know his essay score for another week or so.  Now, he just needs to finish his application to BYU for a masters in nursing.  We will see come January if he gets in!

2. Having Kylie at home made it a little difficult for Scott to study during the day, so the day before his test, I took Kylie to school with me all day.  We were both a little nervous since she can be fussy sometimes, but she did great!  The kids all loved her and Kylie loved to smile at them.  During my Teen Living class, I had us do an activity and Kylie was just talking the whole time.  She even waited to eat until I had my lunch!  She was such a good baby and it was so much fun to have her at school with me.

Staring at herself in the giant mirror in the kitchen.

3. Scott & I got new callings in our ward.  It was a little funny/awkward how we found out.  I went to church without Scott since he had worked the night before and didn't come home until late in the morning.  I headed off to Sunday School and there were two sisters already sitting in the classroom.  I asked if they were having a class in there and they said yes.  I asked which and they said the 16-17 year olds.  We were all so confused as I had no idea we were released since no one had come and talked to us, but these two ladies had been told that they were supposed to teach that Sunday.  I talked to the bishop later and he apologized.
      Anyway, Scott is the deacons quorum adviser and in Scouts now and I am a Relief Society visiting teaching supervisor.  That means that I have to call everyone and find out if they did their visiting teaching that month.  I am not the biggest fan of calling people on the phone.  Especially with what I have to ask them.  Scott's calling is going to be new and different for us.  There are a lot of obligations with Scouting and it's definitely hard with Scott's work schedule being night shifts and on the weekends.  I do know that if Scott gets into school, he most likely wouldn't be able to keep up with the calling on top of school and work.  I think he'll have fun though because there are so many deacons (about 12 right now!).

4. Kylie and I went to celebrate her cousin Dylan's first birthday the other day.  Dylan had fun playing with Kylie and it will be even more fun when she can play back.

5. A couple weeks ago I used a buy one get one free coupon to get some cupcakes from The Sweet Tooth Fairy.  It was the most tastiest, delicious cupcake I've ever had in my life.  Seriously, I usually do not like chocolate cake or cupcakes, but if I could only eat one flavor of cupcake for the rest of my life, it would be this one.  The chocolate cake was so moist unlike some cupcakes which are really dense.  Top that cake with peanut butter frosting, pretzels and drizzled chocolate and caramel and you have heaven in your mouth!  I wanted to go and buy one of those again the next day I loved it so much.  Too bad cupcakes aren't good for an every day diet, but this will be the cupcake I'm getting for any special occasion from now on. 

The picture doesn't do it justice. I have bad lighting.

3 Month Pictures

I forgot to post the pictures I took of Kylie when she turned 3 months.  Here they are!

3 Months

Kylie is 3 months now! It is crazy how fast time flies.  I hear people say it all the time about their kids, but I didn't really understand until now.  Kylie is still growing and just being the best baby for Scott & I.

Some things about Kylie:

• She loves to squeal/scream now! When she gets super excited, she squeals very loud.  I can't help but laugh and Scott has screaming matches with her. 
• She still loves tummy time.  She sometimes acts a little disinterested in rolling over, so I wonder when she'll start to roll over all the time.
• Kylie likes to play with her toys now.  She really focuses on the toy in front of her face then brings it to her mouth to chew on.
• She likes to chew on her hands.
• She can sit up really well now.  
• Kylie likes to stand and dance.
• We are still trying to get her on a more consistent sleeping schedule.  She is sleeping longer at night then she used to, but has trouble napping during the day. 
• She is still a happy, smiley baby.

I caught Kylie sucking her thumb one day.  She hasn't done it since.

Meeting Second Cousins

Saturday, I attended a bridal shower for my cousin Alice.  I arrived early to help my mom put together a cupcake wedding dress.  I think it turned out okay.  The frosting wasn't as hard as it should have been, so it started falling apart.  It was also a little challenging to find something to put across the middle.  My mom bought some beads, but they just didn't look good.  Brianna and I tried to think of something and I think it worked just fine. 

My cousin Laura, my cousin's wife Jessica and I all had a baby within 3 weeks of each other.  Laura had her baby first, Jessica had hers 5 days later and I had mine 2 weeks later.  It's pretty fun that we all have babies the same age.  Alice's bridal shower was a great opportunity for us to finally have all our babies in the same vicinity.  I felt a little bad though that a lot of the conversation was around the babies instead of Alice since we were there because of her.  We tried getting pictures of all of us, but Kylie was sleeping and woke up and was crying.  So, we did the best we could. :)

Halloween

Halloween this year was not as eventful as last year when we threw a party for friends.  I made sugar cookies again at school which always wears me out.  Using the dough that I demonstrated, I made cookies along with the students.  There was so much that I sent Scott with 6 plates worth of cookies to work, gave some to co-workers and still had leftovers to bring home.

Since Scott had to work that night, the evening was spent with Kylie and I hanging on the couch passing out candy.  Kylie was dressed up in her strawberry costume that my mom bought her and I made sure to hold her when I opened the door so people could see.  Halloween will be more fun when Kylie can actually go trick or treating.

Bite Size Apple Pies

Scott & I bought a bushel of apples a week ago and as much as Scott likes apples, I don't eat enough to help him out.  Apples can last about a month, but I'm sure that we won't eat them fast enough before they might start to go bad.  What do you do with apples that you can't or don't want to eat raw? You bake with them! 

I like apple pie, I really do.  I just don't enjoy making apple pie as much.  I made an apple pie from scratch for Thanksgiving last year and it took longer than I thought and didn't turn out as well as I wanted it too.  With Kylie, the night is when I have time to spend with her since during the day I am at school.  I don't want half of my night to be spent making an apple pie.  So, I looked though my pinterest boards and never fail, I found these Bite Size Apple Pies!!

I had all the ingredients on hand to make them and I even made them while wearing Kylie in the baby carrier.  It was that easy.  It took about 30 minutes start to finish.  Super easy and delicious straight from the oven with a scoop or two of ice cream.

Bite Size Apple Pies

Ingredients:

1 (Tart) Apple Slice
3 Heaping Tbsp. Brown Sugar (I didn't really measure. I just spread brown sugar on the crescent roll out of the bag)
2 Tbsp. Cinnamon ( I used a homemade Cinnamon-Sugar Mix)
1 Tbsp. Melted Butter

Directions:

1.Preheat Oven to 350˚
2. Roll out the dough on a greased cookie sheet, brush with butter and sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon on individual pieces of dough.
3. Roll up an apple slice in the dough forming a crescent, brush with melted butter and top with cinnamon.  Repeat for others.
4. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350˚.
5. Remove from oven, filling will be hot!

High Five for Friday

I haven't done one of these in a while, so here we go.

1. Scott made me lunch to take to work the other day.  He packed it after I had gone to bed, so I didn't have any say on what went in it.  When I got into my lunch, this is what I saw. It made me smile and laugh and made lunchtime so much better.  My husband really does have a good sense of humor.

2. On Wednesday, My sister-in-law Brita called up and asked if I wanted to come to her enrichment activity. I follow this blog called Jamie Cooks It Up. I knew that she lived in Herriman, I just didn't know how close she lived to Brita. Some people in her ward knew her and asked her to show how to make rolls since Thanksgiving is coming up. She showed how to make these frozen butter flake rolls that are pretty good! You can make a big batch and freeze for up to a month, but they do take 3-5 hours to rise, so you do have to plan for that. They aren't ones you can take straight from the freezer to the oven. I'll have to try them sometime because it would be nice to have rolls you can take out early in the day and be ready by dinner time.  It was fun to meet and talk with her.  

3. It's been a little busy this week, so yesterday I was as finally able to catch up on some of my T.V. shows. Kylie just sat on my lap watching them with me.  I hope she wants to cuddle with me as she gets older. I loved just sitting there holding my baby.

4. I've gone out walking a few times with Kylie now.  Sometimes it's hard to get up and go because I am tired when I get home from school and just want to take a nap.  I have enjoyed it though because it's allowed me to explore my neighborhood a bit more and let me tell you, it is huge!  I never realized how big the neighborhood is we live in.  Kylie also likes the walks too. I try to go when she's already asleep so I don't have to worry about her crying the whole time.  Just yesterday, she was awake for about half the walk just chilling and then fell right to sleep. I think the bouncing from the sidewalk puts her to sleep.

5. I put up my Halloween decorations last week. I don't have a lot at the moment, but I do like the ones I have now.  I also have fall decor that I will stick up once Halloween is over. It's amazing how big a house can feel when you're trying to decorate it because you hope you have enough that's going to be noticeable.