October is Spectacular

*800th Post

I've decided that I really like October. The colors are so intense and it means lots of delicious squash for me to pick. The other day I went down to Half Moon Bay with my friend and her 2 adorable children (yup that's me, always hanging out with other moms) to pick out pumpkins.

It's so great, you get a little wagon to pull your stash around.

I got the lumpiest pumpkins I could find for Jared and I to carve. Most of them were too perfect.

This one wouldn't fit in the car.

I love the trees by the ocean in Northern California.

My loot. I made butternut squash risotto last night. It was delicious.

My creative cousin

My cousin's wife has her website up and she is awesome, darling, beautiful, artistic, and just amazing.

Check it out!

http://www.jaimerugh.com/

Spices have arrived

Spices in Switzerland ARE CHEAP! So naturally I shipped them home on our sea shipment which FINALLY arrived. I've been dieing without them. I should have bought more.

In love with crockpots

Meat turns out to be so tender, juicy and delicious. Cooking right now: chicken breasts in white wine, oregano, s/p, crushed tomatoes, chopped up fresh garlic.

Fall Food

We had the missionaries over for dinner last week. I made a Quinoa salad with: cucumbers, tomatoes, cilantro, green onions and a tad of cilantro dressing from TJ's

I sauteed baby zucchini in oregano and cumin. Not sure if I like baby zucchini. It has a weird flavor.



German cheesecake and homemade raspberry sauce. I could make it because a friend of mine found some quark for me:) Thanks Travis!

Flowers From Jared

I love it when Jared brings flowers home. Especially when they're yellow.

This one snapped off, Jared was sad and I said, "have no fear, I have a solution."

Is it fall yet?

I'm a spring kind of girl myself but something that I love love love about fall is squash. I love all the fall/winter squashes. I can't wait to make butternut squash bread, risotto, soup and who knows what else this year.

I thought it was going to rain the other day...but it didn't. Remember how I hated the rain in Zürich? Well I miss it now.

I LOVE telephone poles.

I dig

this purse....from piperlime.