Edwin's only day off (Monday), we went to the Pumpkin Patch! :) We had a great time on the hay ride, petting the pony (and rabbit, duck, cow, sheep, pig . . .) and picking out our very first set of pumpkins! :) Tory loved looking inside the pumpkins as we were cleaning them out and especially when the candles went in and they lit up! Wow. Oh, yeah... and the ice cream! Boy, was that fun! :) Yum!
El único día libre de Edwin (lunes) fuimos a escoger unas calabazas para decorar en la casa. Nos divertimos mucho al subirnos al "carruaje" que jalaba el tractor, ver los animales (pony, conejo, pato, vaca, oveja, cerdo . . . ) y escojer nuestras calabazas. A Tory le fascinó ver cómo le quitabamos "las entrañas" a la calabaza y especialmente cuando le pusimos la velita y se veían tan bonito en la oscuridad! Ah! Y también le encantó el sorbete... vaya, que divertido! :) Y rico!
There's not too much to say about these pictures... :) except that Tory is wearing a red cape that I used to wear when I was little (around 5 years old, I think) and I can still remember wearing it and playing that I was Little Red Riding Hood! Tory thinks it's fun too. She also really enjoys copying whatever I'm doing around the house... you know, all that exciting sweeping and loading of the dishwasher stuff we do here. At the end... you can see how much she LOVES popsicles - but now it is TOO COLD!! Brrr!!
No hay mucho que decir sobre estas fotos... :) solamente que Tory tiene puesto una capa roja que yo usaba cuando era chiquita (como de 5 años o por ahi) y aun me acuerdo habermelo puesto y de jugar que era la Caperucita Roja. Tory también piensa que es divertido. También le gusta copiar lo que hago por la casa... cosas emocionantes como barrer y llenar el lavaplatos. :) Al final verán cuánto le gustan las paletas . . . pero ya no las comemos porque hace UN FRIO!!!
Or in my MOUTH!! :) Here's to my attempt at catching up... these were taken sometime during September (probably the middle of it). I wanted to give a tribute to Elizabeth, Jonathan, and my attempts at getting Tory's hair to stick straight up! :) I think her hair is just too long! But at least she sure loves those bubbles! :) The next set of pictures were one day when Tory and I were a little bored... and I had this huge cooler just laying around.... why not put it to good use? She wasn't in for very long, but she looked so cute, I took a couple of pictures. :)
Estas fotos las tomamos a mediadas de Septiembre asi que, como podrán ver, estoy un poco atrasada... Las primeras fotos son un tributo a el intento que hicimos Elizabeth, Jonathan y yo de parar el pelo de Tory al bañarla... creo que su pelo es demasiado largo! :) Pero si que le gustaron las burbujas. . . hasta en la boca!! Uy!!!! Las otras fotos son de un dia en Septiembre que estabamos un poco aburriditas las dos y habia ese cooler en la cocina asi que lo usamos para divertirnos un ratito. No duro mucho tiempo ahi, pero se veia tan linda, que le tome unas fotitos... :)
My friend, Stacey, from my college years... just had twins!! :) They are so beautiful . . . Please keep them in prayer, as they grow stronger each day. Enjoy her pictures! They can be found on my links. Many blessing on Stacey, Dan, and the girls!
Mi amiga, Stacey (la peliroja que fue a nuestra boda) acaba de tener gemelitas!! :) Son tan hermosas . . . porfavor oren por ellas al ir creciendo mas cada dia. Disfruten de sus fotos! Se pueden ver en mis enlaces. Muchas bendiciones a Stacey, Dan y a sus hijitas! :)
I feel like I'm never going to catch up on all the pictures we've taken.... but here's a go at it. The celebration of Tory's birthday here in WA was calm, yet fun. My aunt Laura had to work during the party, so Tory got to open her and Zack's present before. As you can see, we all had lots of fun. Thank you to all (near and far) who helped make this a special day! :)
Siento como que nunce voy a estar al tanto con todas las fotos que hemos tomado... pero, bueno... lo intentaré. La celebración del cumpleaños de Tory aqui and Washington fué bien calmado, pero divertido. Mi tía Laura no pudo ir a la fiesta por ir a trabajar, así que Tory abrió su regalo antes de la fiesta. Como pueden ver, nos divertimos mucho. Gracias a todos (lejos y cerca -GRACIAS HECTOR!) los que hicieron que este día fuera muy especial.
In my head, I had this cake all planned out. It was Tory's actual birthday, and Edwin's was going to be the next day. He really likes chocolate, but rarely gets any, 'cause I'm not such a huge fan; so I decided it would be a chocolate cake (plus, I had all the ingredients and a great recipe... so, why not?). Now, I know and have admitted many times (especially to my students when I taught) that I am NO artist. But I figured, "hey! I can draw like a first grader at least!" So, in my head, my two layered cake would have a tree, an Edwin, and a Tory under the tree, smiling. I would then write: "Happy Birthday Edwin and Tory!" or maybe "Feliz Cumpleaños Edwin y Tory". But anyway... I had not even thought about the background. SO... I go to make the cake. Tory's birthday, remember? I was also planning on making steak and some awesome potatoes, but thankfully, decided to better do that on Edwin's birthday. So, the chocolate cakes (layered, remember) came out beautifully. I placed them on the front burners to cool while I made dinner. Put dinner pans on the back bunner and turn the burners on.... check. Begin to cut broccoli... check. Put broccoli in pan.... WOA!! Where is all this SMOKE coming from?? Yeah... that's me. Turns out I turned on the FRONT burners... not the back ones... and now the cakes are BLACK (not just chocolate brown - NO - BLACK), stuck to the pans, and smell very smoky. VERY BUMMED... but at least I can try again tomorrow, right? (Not so bad having their birthdays next to each other after all. :) SO... go through the whole thing again the next day (this time with the steaks and potatoes to do as well)... but was VERY careful NOT to turn on the wrong burners - didn't even USE the burners today! Oh, no! Nice! Cakes came out well, now for the frosting. WOW!! Now... my very creative sister-in-law (Michele) did this a year ago, right before Tory was born. She made like 48 cupcakes and decorated them all by putting the frosting in a small zip-lock bag, cutting a small hole in the bottom corner and decorating the cupcakes!! How hard can that be??? Beautiful job!! Well... enough talking. Scroll down a bit, and you will see my creation. Where is the tree? Where is Edwin . . . and... JUST STOP!! (Sigh..) Well... at least it was a VERY tasty cake - I even ate some and enjoyed it! :) As you can see in the video... we let Tory have at it. She was very generous and wanted to share it all with Edwin too. :) The next set of pictures was a Grandma G's house where we had another yummy cake for Edwin and Tory. If you look closely at the video... you will see Tory trying to imitate daddy and blow out the candles... :) So cute!!
Perdón que no ponga toda la gran historia en español.... pero la cosa es que yo tenía un pastel bien chivo planeado en mi mente (no con las gran aspiraciones a artista porque ustedes bien saben que yo no puedo dibujar... eso se lo dejo a Edwin). Pero si iba a tratar algo básico... un arbolito, quisas... y a Edwin y Tory abajo del árbol, sonriendo.... eso no sonaba tan dificil... :) Pues, es día que cociné los pasteles.... al salir del horno, los puse en cima de la cocina para enfriar y empecé a cocinar la cena... pero encendí las estufas incorrectas.... y cociné los pasteles otra vez!! Me salieron negras!! Y se pegaron al pairex (no se como se dice la cosa en donde se cocinan los pasteles, pero ahí). Asi que traté otra vez el siguiente día, en el cumpleaños de Edwin. Esta vez si me salieron los pasteles.... pero la decoración!! Ay, ay, ay... pues verán ustedes mismos cómo me salió. Ni me hablen de ese árbol tonto que iba a poner!!! Al menos el sabor estaba buena... como pueden ver en el video... hasta yo me comí el pastel (y eso que no me gusta mucho el chocolate)... :) En las otras fotos estábamos donde mis abuelos... ellos también hicieron pastel para los cumpleañeros... y si miran de cerca en el video, verán que Tory está tratando de copiar a su papito al soplar las velitas... Ahhh.... que linda! :)
