Coastal Living

So I have been in Oregon this past week-which stinks because Alan had the week off work before he starts his new job, ask him how his Physicis is going! But everytime I come out here I am reminded how much I love the Ocean. I love the smells, the sounds, the sunsets, the fog, the hippies, all of it-well maybe not the big storms. I thought I would share some of the pictures I have taken while I have been visiting here for work

Ok-so this one is from our honeymoon, but I love it!

I am determined that one of these times I will see a whale-you never know earlier this month I was in Colorado Springs hiking in Garden of the Gods and I hiked right up to 3 deer, they just stared an me then walked away! Glad it was deer and not a bear! :)

Don't Forget to Vote!

Ok, so I know I am a week early-but just a reminder for the procrastinators out there! Regardless of who your "candidate" is I really do think that this will be an interesting election and that in these times that we live in we cannot afford to not let our voice be heard. As I have traveled through different states during this election year I have seen and heard many different ideas and thoughts, and I find it still amazing how the media can spin so many different stories from the same event. So I guess my soapbox is this, study the candidates, learn about what they support and really pray and think about who you believe will lead our country the best. I don't think we are at a point yet in this world that we are in the minority, so stand and be heard.

Oh, I am down now! :)


Happy Voting!

Apple Pie

I was at Walmart the other day to buy a new rug for the front entryway since we just got our carpets clean and I noticed that apples were on sale for 98 cents a pound! So I of course bought like three pounds and then when I got home wondered how we were going to eat 3 pounds of apples. And then genius struck! Alan loves apple pie so I thought it would be fun to make one, so we did! The only problem is that my pie dish is a litlle small so as you can see, we had quite the mountain of pie!

I kept telling Alan that if we put all the apples in it was going to be soupy, but he insisted. So we popped the pie in the oven, with a pan underneath to catch what I was sure was going to bubble over.

35 Minutes later, we had a beautiful goldern brown pie!

Until we cut into it that is...and then we realized that yes, we now have a very tasty apple soup! So back in the oven it went and about 20 minutes later and we had a much denser and even tastier pie. Finally! Never mind it was almost midnight, it still tasted wonderful!

I guess we will just have to keep trying until we make it perfect! YUMM!

Autumn is here...I hope to stay!

I love Autumn-thus the new layout for our blog. I love the colors, I love the smells, I love the weather! It actually dropped below 60 degress last night. I had the windows open and it was quite chilly in the house in the morning but when I came home from work, Alan had closed the windows and the crisp, cool air was gone. He said he was cold! I love it though, nothing beats being able to wear jeans and a sweatshirt-I could live in those clothes everyday. Too bad I can't wear that to work anymore!