Happiness

Welcome leaves, Falling down Like bits of Heaven, Star crusted in Flakes Of dark red, orange and yellow. Welcome jack-o-laterns, Smiling at me from t-shirts, Porches and the Prairie Home Companion. Welcome cool, crisp apples, Ready to be dipped in warm melted Carmel and enjoyed. Welcome clean new Preschool Calendar, Dotted with tiny orange pumpkins And announcing a field trip to The Pumpking Patch and a Pizza Party. Welcome Martha's Stewart's Halloween Central, Kids changing their minds on what to be that magical Night: a vampire bride turned into a butterfly fairy, Things 1 and 2 become Mummies and a Spiderman lurks in the distance. Welcome, Fall, with your cooler temperatures, Your textured sweaters, your promises of snow In the near future. I welcome you. Even though I am not in California, where the Fall barely exists or in Utah, where the leaves change colors on Mountainsides. I am in Maryland, where Fall Foliage and no humidity Means a time for...

I have been trying to make it to the temple all this month. Things kept happening to make it not happen- Josh had to work, we decided to go camping before the weather turned cold this past weekend, etc. I complained to my friend that I would not make it this month. She generously offered to watch Asher while I went to the Temple. I drove down to the D.C. Temple, which is a 25 minute drive door-to-door. That is unless you go on Tuesday morning and with traffic, it is about a 35 minute drive door to babysitters door to Temple door. I've been sleeping crazily. Sunday Night, after Dinner, at 5:45 pm, I went to bed and fell asleep right away, only to awaken at 8:15 pm to the sounds of Josh singing GoodNight hymns to the kids. What a good way to wake up. (We just started doing this officially btw. When your 8 year old starts singing along with the hymns it may be a sign you started too late- oh, well!) The kitchen was sparkling, the left-overs put away (which were just Spaghetti- which i...

Got married this summer and had a big Wedding Party to Celebrate? That's right- Josh's little brother Ben and Barbara! I stole these pics from Barbara's Facebook page- hope she doesn't mind, but I had to share such gorgeousness! I love her 50's era dress she designed herself, complete with perfect shoes and accessories. And from said pictures, it looks like it was the Celebration of the Decade! Wish we could have been there! Don't you just love the last one with Ben and his 4 yr. old niece? So cute!!! Now on to the weddings of the Nieces and Nephews on the Abbott side of the family which hopefully won't happen for at least a good six years. Hear that, Kristen? I know, I know. It's crazy! This is my blog. My name is Megan A.

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A warm Asiago (my fav) Bagel, cut in two, from Einstein Bagels (I had a coupon for a free bagel on Friday morning! Thank you sales inserts!) I brought it home, nuked it and spread it with whipped cream cheese. Divine! -Sweet Peas in Ranch Dressing. Sams Club sells two bags of these babies for $4.99- $2.50 a pop and I LOVE them! I feed them to the kids as a snack before dinner and they aren't too full to not eat. I munch on them for lunch, snack and anytime in between! Yesterday, at Book Club, we ate them with a Ranch Dressing. Divine! -Candy Corn. Who can say no to this sweet little treat? I put mine on brownies, in my cranberry-walnut oatmeal and anything else that is warm and will melt it into a gooey sweetness. If you haven't tried warm salty popcorn sprinkled with cold sweet candy corn, you are missing out. My favorite by far! Have to have a movie night with hubby and do that sometime soon! Before they are all gone! -Mini Brownies, made in my new mini muffin tin, with mini ...

When you give three boys a set of Bathroom crayons, this is what happens! Jonah Ethan This is my blog. My name is Megan A.

Monday Night at our house is Family Home Evening Night, or Family Night, as some may say. Sometimes Josh has to work and we don't do it until Tuesday or wait until the next week. Sometimes I do it on my own. Not usually though. And this is why... I was sitting on the piano bench, having just played " I love to see the Temple " and the opening prayer had just been said, when Asher, our 4 year old, leans over to me, hands me something small and dark and says "What is this?" Then two things happen almost simultaneously. He said "It smells like poo..." I brought it to my nose and smelled it. Let me tell you, if a 4 year old hands you something that looks like chocolate, odds are it is definitely NOT chocolate. I screamed and dropped the "item" onto the floor. Josh gave me the look of death like "What in the world?!" I stammered out something like "Poo...it's poo..." Then, I asked my little innocent one calmly "Where d...