What We've Been Up To...

I've been a bad blogger lately. And for our few faithful readers, thank you for your persistence and your patience!

Jeff has started to settle into his school routine, which means that I'm settling into my new "single wife" routine. There are many days where he leaves before I wake up and gets home after I'm all ready asleep. He's working hard and doing well and I'm using my new-found free time to explore some of my creative interests!

I finally started my cake decorating class and I really enjoy it! I love to bake and the class is very helpful. My first week I made this...

This week we're learning how to do boarders and flowers and I'm excited about that. We use buttercream icing and after making about 8 cups of it every Sunday, I don't think I will ever truly be able to enjoy it again. All that Crisco...I can't imagine it actually looks all that different from its original form when it deposits itself securely on my thighs. Sigh...

We're also in the middle of Gator football season! It was homecoming weekend and we enjoyed Gator Growl and the game last night was pretty intense! I'm still recovering!

Waiting for Growl to start. This is year they had Dana Carvey, the Jabawokeez dance crew and O.A.R. I thought the Jabawokeez stole the show and I really enjoyed OAR. Jeff didn't really care for them but, I liked it!

A quick picture with our friends, the Savages, after one crazy game! Notice that I'm wearing a sweatshirt!! I can't tell you how happy I am that fall has come to Gainesville!

Domestic Divas

Since Jeff has another round of tests this week and I would've been a single wife all weekend, I decided to head to my mom's for a weekend of estrogen and domesticity with my mom and sisters. We made and canned a bunch of chili (pronounced "chilla") sauce and I finally got to make the Pioneer Woman cinnamon rolls (which I highly recommend; as an aside, is it weird that she makes me want to move to a ranch in Oklahoma? Or maybe leave my post as a professor and be her intern?).

Greer has started taking guitar lessons. She serenaded us for a few minutes.



Our finished product, the chilla sauce. Once you try it, you won't eat eggs or roast beef without it. (Unless you're Jeff and prefer gravy and ketchup)



Hey, Greer. Do you like the cinnamon rolls?



Careful, Ashley. We don't want your mouth getting stuck open, again.

iLove...

My new...

and my new...

In addition to feeling trendy and cool, I'm impressed with the speed of the operating system and software. I'm one happy Apple customer and I cannot wait to welcome the iPhone into my life!

And, of course, I love this guy too. He studies so hard all the time. He even occasionally studies the insides of his eyelids.