Brownie... in a mug

Is anyone else dying for Fall to start? The temperature is finally cooling down at night and I am craving pumpkin cookies, caramel apples, and apple cider.

So, I bought a turkey breast a few weeks ago and found this delicious crockpot recipe which led me to find on the same blog (A Year of Slow Cooking) one of my new Fall/Winter favorites: brownie in a mug. I know you can make the same thing in a fraction of time in your microwave but ours is pretty ancient and not very reliable. Plus, there's something wonderful about waiting and smelling something cooking in a crockpot. My only tip is to use 8 mugs instead of 4 (you might not be able to fit them all in at once) and to load on the ice cream afterwards! mmmmmmmmmm


This comes from the same blog as the recipe because of course we didn't remember to take a picture.

Other great news and updates:

• Only 10 more weeks until our baby's due date! We took 11 hours of child birth class last week and feel much more knowledgeable and excited!

• I was initially upset about being placed at 3 schools on the other side of DC this year (covering someone's maternity leave) but I am actually very happy and like my kiddos and schools!
• Stephen's night classes only go until 8pm instead of 9 or later. Yay for earlier nights and being together!
• We bought a stroller/carseat travel system! It was the same price as getting a carseat and a snap-and-go stroller so we decided to just get the travel system and buy another stroller later if this one doesn't work.

Classic Graco snugride! I was sick of researching and this seemed the safest for the best price.

Great Falls

Last weekend we took a little drive to see Great Falls in VA/MD. They were a little disappointing after our recent trip to Niagara Falls, but still fun!

Here's part of the falls, I think!

I really liked the rocks here. I think the water was a little low because most of what we could see was just rocky.

Looking handsome as usual

Stephen thought the baby should have a picture :) This is my belly at 29 weeks

Haskin family lake trip

After a great trip to Utah, I got to meet up with my sweet hubby for a few days of boating and fun with his family. The Haskins have a fun tradition of renting a cabin every summer and we're glad we could continue the tradition in Georgia. I might say I enjoyed the tradition even more now that the boating takes place in bath-water Georgia lakes and not icy Minnesota water. And now, the pictures! (I happened to take a lot more on this leg of my summer trip since I couldn't do any of the dangerous stuff on the boat).

Master water skiier Steve!

Nerding out, reading the manual for the awesome board game Todd brought (it's called Small World in case you are looking for something cool)

Chilling together on the tube on the pregnancy friendly "ride"

ahhh, the joy of reading on summer vacations!!

see? everyone's doing it

Yum! what would the cabin trip be without all the delicious food! thanks Mom and Dad!

The boy table

Traditional ride... I have a feeling this is going to get tougher in a few years

Not a tradition... yet

hahaha I guess this is what happens with too many hours in the sun and too many wipeouts

lol I'm not sure what was going on but I'm glad Katie took a picture of it

And the real picture :)

My aim for the timer picture was horrible, but at least it's the whole family! We had a great time attending the nearby LDS church meeting

The rest of the cabin decor was great, but this was just hilarious/hideous

Along with this wall and lamps

Yay! Even though Stephen couldn't take time off to go to both Utah and Georgia, I'm so glad we got to spend a few days of our summer hanging out and relaxing. Can't wait to take Baby Haskin to the lake next year!