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October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone!!! 🙂 Remember the days of going up to random houses and asking for candy … sheesh! Cannot believe that was almost decades ago. Reality check: That’s sad that I can now say decadeS! Really?! Funny story about my last Halloween of trick-or-treating … I was feeling like I was getting too old to trick-or-treat, so I jokingly told my sister to go around and trick-or-treat with two baskets (one for her and one for me). SHE DID IT! I cannot believe she did that for me and she’s only a year younger! Hahah! I forgot this story until it was brought into a conversation the other night at dinner with my grandparents. Ohhhhh the stories that were brought up…

I hope everyone has fun plans set up for this evening! This is the first time that I will be home with no obligations of a portrait session/wedding or anything! Which means I get to buy candy and turn on my front porch light to see if we get any trick-or-treaters out in the middle of nowhere! Haha! This evening, I plan to make a delicious Halloween dinner, carve pumpkins with Kyle and watch a scary movie … guys, really I don’t like scary movies … AT ALL. Let’s see how this goes. Hopefully better than the last time I saw the original Exorcist! Funny thing is that when I was living at JMU with my roommates, I walked into the living room watching the horrifying scene of the girl’s head spinning around in circles and screaming … that’s all it took for me to sleep with my lights on for the next two months! Lol! Not really sure what Kyle plans to watch tonight, but what I do know is that it won’t be the Exorcist!

What’s for dinner tonight besides candy?! Of course I found all of this yumminess on Pinterest! 🙂 Looks so good!

Hot Apple Cider with cut out apple heads (lol!)
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Yummy Pumpkin Rolls!
beyond_kimchee_pumpkin_dinner_rolls_webPumpkin Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter!
Although, I will admit that I probably won’t be making this from scratch as it asks for … but I am hoping to find some at Wegmans! 🙂
pumpkin_ravioli_sage_brown_sugar_martha_stewart_webPumpkin Cake with Brown Butter Icing … looks delicious!
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Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!!!

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