Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010...the coldest on record!
Oh my, was it cold up at my grandparents this year! We had a WONDERFUL, relaxing time up at my grandparents again this year. I was worried that Ty wouldn't sleep well because he won't use a blanket and it was FREEZING, but he did great both at night and during his naps. My Grandpa had crushed his heel a few months prior (not building our tree house thankfully) so I thought I he would need some extra help this year but nooo, he wouldn't let us do a thing and he was exhausted by the end.
We had 29 people this year, 6 up from last year. My niece and nephew Kelsey and Zach were able to come which was wonderful and we didn't think Krystal was going to make it because she was completely snowed in at her house in Camino, California but things turned around the night before and she made it after all.
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| Kelsey, Zach and Krystal |
Ty had so much fun playing with Adam and Christopher; last year he was too little to play with playmates. Brooke contracted a fabulous case of poison oak, but other than that, the older kids had a great time too.
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| Ty and Christopher |
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| Just back from Black Friday and this is what I find! |
Coming home was fun because I decided to decorate for Christmas the Saturday before we left so I could come home to a nice cozy, festive house; it was perfect! Our poor cat Salem had a run-in with a couple raccoons while we were gone so he was happy to see us and warm up inside the house and eat. The dang coons got in the garage and ate all of his food, bathed in his water bowl and found his food bin, opened that, and ate all that food too! That night, as Brian was leaving to go on a late night errand (Wendy's :), he hears an animal growling at him in our front yard so he comes back inside, goes out again and it's still growling. He gets a flashlight and sure enough...DANG COONS! They wanted in our garage for more food. I'm sure they have been stalking us all week! Phew...lots of typing but lots of excitement. Now onto Christmas...
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| Mom and Ty |
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| Adam in his coon skin hat |
Monday, November 8, 2010
Halloween 2010
This Halloween was fabulous! The weather was absolutely beautiful; I had a 3/4 length light weight sweater on and it felt wonderful. The kids costumes came together really well; everything, with the exception of Morgan's $8 clearance skirt that I couldn't resist, came out of our dress up buckets or pulled somehow from stuff we already had. They were very clever and inventive and I couldn't be more proud of their creativity.
Ty was completely freaked out by Troy in his costume but other than that, he totally caught on this year and had a great time trick or treating! He knew to hold his candy bag out and wore his costume the entire night and loved it. He can now say "CANDY!" The pumpkins turned out really cute and everyone enjoyed carving their own including Ty a.k.a "mom". It was too cute to see Ty concentrating so hard on "carving" his pumpkin, paying very close attention to detail.
There are so many things I love about this time of year. I love going to the pumpkin patch every year with my family and pulling out the first of the seasons decorations. I love the weather change, the first rain of the season, burning my pumpkin scented candles and the smell of burning jack o lanterns on Halloween night. Well, it's been fun but...so long ghouls and goblins...hello Santa Claus!
Ty was completely freaked out by Troy in his costume but other than that, he totally caught on this year and had a great time trick or treating! He knew to hold his candy bag out and wore his costume the entire night and loved it. He can now say "CANDY!" The pumpkins turned out really cute and everyone enjoyed carving their own including Ty a.k.a "mom". It was too cute to see Ty concentrating so hard on "carving" his pumpkin, paying very close attention to detail.
There are so many things I love about this time of year. I love going to the pumpkin patch every year with my family and pulling out the first of the seasons decorations. I love the weather change, the first rain of the season, burning my pumpkin scented candles and the smell of burning jack o lanterns on Halloween night. Well, it's been fun but...so long ghouls and goblins...hello Santa Claus!
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| Paying close attention to detail! |
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| The cutest puppy ever! |
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| Guitar playin' Raggedy Ann |
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| Super Nerd! |
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| Major Flirt! |
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| LA Ink Rocker |
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| Striking a pose! |
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| His back side was really cute too! |
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| SUGAR COMA!!! |
Sunday, October 24, 2010
SFBI
On September 24th I completed a week long course at the San Francisco Baking Institute. It was a great experience and I really learned a lot. It was a grueling week in the sense that I was on my feet for 9 hours a day for 5 days and the commute to SF sucked. The instructor was fabulous but hardcore. She was very ambitious with our time and in the end we completed 10 cakes, 4 buttercreams, 5 cream bases, 1 syrup and marzipan while still fitting in lecture and demo. We were all complaining of exhaustion by the end. I learned some great cake "science" and can adamantly say I will never "measure" again!
Interestingly, most of the students were working professionals from all over the United States with two students attending from different parts of Canada. In the beginning it was a little disconcerting because the instructor gave us a tour of the kitchen and then put us straight to work spitting out all sorts of french culinary terminology that I had never heard before. I caught on rather quickly and the rest of the week went extremely smooth, in fact, amazingly smooth! I felt very confident in my abilities, surprising myself at times, and never once felt inferior to the professionals there. I was very pleased with all of my final products. We learned all sorts of crazy cakes with very interesting histories like a genoise, dacquoise, biscuit viennois and le fraisier, just to name a few.
I am proud to say that I can now keep up with all of the professional kitchen jargon (almost always in french). The hardest adjustment coming home was cooking in my home kitchen again after using a commercial kitchen all week...that sucks! I had the time of my life and definitely feel that this is what I am suppose to be doing. I am also so thankful to my husband who took a few days off, and my sweet friends who helped me with Ty all week; it's so great to have a group of people who love and support you.
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| After a long 10 hour day (our last day) |
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| Mmmm...golden chiffon with a butter lemon curd, raspberries and pastry cream |
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| My favorite...Chocolate Hazelnut Dacquoise with a Praline Buttercream |
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| The ovens |
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| The kitchen |
They say...
...kids grow up so fast these days:
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| Starts the day with a shave... |
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| Followed by some housework... |
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| More cleaning... |
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| Then some yard work... |
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| Ends the day with some web surfin'... |
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Nursery!
Once again, I am really behind on my posts; life has been so busy. I could be on the computer for hours trying to catch up on all the happenings in the Addington household or, I could journal our most recent experiences with some occasional "flashbacks" in hopes of eventually getting caught up. So here's the latest:
Ty started nursery! It was a great day; Ty's first day in nursery was on his actual 18 month birthday, so cool. It was also the first rainy day of the season, also very cool! We went to church, took Ty to nursery for the first time, came home and started our first fire of the season and vegged on the couch watching movies until it was time to go to our friends, the Hornfischer's, for a birthday dinner. We ate delicious food and cupcakes (of course), and had great conversation. Good, good day!
Ty started nursery! It was a great day; Ty's first day in nursery was on his actual 18 month birthday, so cool. It was also the first rainy day of the season, also very cool! We went to church, took Ty to nursery for the first time, came home and started our first fire of the season and vegged on the couch watching movies until it was time to go to our friends, the Hornfischer's, for a birthday dinner. We ate delicious food and cupcakes (of course), and had great conversation. Good, good day!
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| On Arrival |
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| He had escaped... |
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| ...and wanted back in. |
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| Checkin' things out. |
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| Thank you Bro. Olsen! |
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| Snacks at last! |
Sunday, August 8, 2010
EFY baby!
I am so happy that we were able to send Cody to EFY this year. He went to an EFY Provo session so he had a great time staying in the dorms at BYU.
At the airport, once through security, he had to navigate through the terminal to catch his flight and then catch a shuttle once he landed in Salt Lake to make the 45 minute drive to Provo. Once on campus, he had to figure out where to go and what to do and then catch the shuttle back when it was all over. I think that's a lot for a first time solo traveler! He wasn't really solo, he had his friend Damian with him, but it was also Damian's first solo trip. Needless to say, I was really nervous all day but he made it and he had a great time.
The few pictures he took where very nice pictures:
At the airport, once through security, he had to navigate through the terminal to catch his flight and then catch a shuttle once he landed in Salt Lake to make the 45 minute drive to Provo. Once on campus, he had to figure out where to go and what to do and then catch the shuttle back when it was all over. I think that's a lot for a first time solo traveler! He wasn't really solo, he had his friend Damian with him, but it was also Damian's first solo trip. Needless to say, I was really nervous all day but he made it and he had a great time.
The few pictures he took where very nice pictures:
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| At the airport saying their goodbyes |
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| The best ice cream ever!! |
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| Girls...of course. |
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| The Y |
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| Campus |
Hi Uncle Dan!
This is Ty Daniel visiting Dad at work. He had fun (and was spoiled rotten) with "Uncle" Dan.
Ladies man...
The ladies sure love Ty. It looks like he may be destined to be related to the Hornfischer's, one way or another. :)
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