Things are getting spooky!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It's been awhile since I've posted last...so much for being on top of it!

The visit with the in-laws was a blast. We went to a restaurant called Terminus, which was good as always. The service seems to lack there, so it'll probably be awhile before we go back.
We took them out to the gun range that we're members of, and did some shooting! It's become a really great pastime of ours - I have realized the importance of home defense and am starting to take it more seriously. Plus it's a huge rush!

We were so glad to have our first visitors at our little apartment in Corvallis, and to show off this special town we call home for now!

Tonight's plans include dressing up and passing out candy to (hopefully) a bunch of kids from the apartment complex we live in. There aren't a ton, but I can hear them - so I know they're out there. :)

I feel a little nostalgic of the days that I used to party it up for Halloween, but I am also grateful to have a lazy night in with my hubby, watching scary movies and seeing little kids dressed up in their special costumes.

As for our decorations around here, we didn't get too creative. I wanted to make sure the kids knew we were home, and that we'd be passing out candy, so I dolled the front stoop up just a touch.

I made this 'Boo' sign with a small wooden board from Michaels, and painted the wooden letters, also from Michaels. A little glue, and voila! A fancy little sign. Similar signs at Michaels are normally $8-10, so I decided I'd make one myself. We have a 'no soliciting' sign that we wanted to cover...we get a ton of people coming by asking for donations, etc., but tonight we wanted to make sure people come by!

We got this funny skeleton man from the dollar store. Score!

Of course I had to do some spiderwebs:

...and our spoooooky pumpkin!

In all honesty, this is our second pumpkin. We got excited that it was almost Halloween, and carved our first pumpkin about 3 weeks ago. We learned our lesson! That poor guy was moldy in 5 days. 

I'm looking forward to our night in. I'll let you know how it goes!

Xo,

Kelsey

Stuffed.

When I came across this photo on Pinterest, I knew that I needed to have some of these in.my.belly.:

Source

Chocolate filled pancakes. AMAZING!

So I did some research and discovered they are a danish breakfast dish that are basically filled pancake balls, called Ebelskivers. You buy a special pan and make special pancake mix, and poof! Yummiest breakfast ever. I went ahead and ordered my pan from Macy's, and found as many recipes as possible. My favorite of all was one that featured Nutella filled ebelskivers. They seemed pretty easy, so I thought it would be a good place to start.

Flash forward to last Saturday, I had all of my necessities, and got to work. I'm not amazing in the kitchen, but am definitely working on it! Pinterest really is to blame for all of my wild ideas. 

Ta-Da! My nommy Nutella stuffed pancakes :). They turned out a little more burnt than I wanted, but I think next time I make them, I'll do medium heat instead of med. high. Those suckers cooked fast! 

For all of you interested...the 'flipping' part is the hardest of all. I ended up using a soup spoon to scoop the cooked side and a knife to make sure it turned over all the way. Sort of wonky to explain, but once you try you'll see what I mean. Tomorrow I'll use this lady's technique of doing lots of different turns.

Tomorrow I think I'll try them with jam, per a friend's suggestion! 

Have you tried any fun recipes lately? 

In other news, Erin's parents are coming up to Corvallis tomorrow, so it will be fun to finally have visitors here. It will be our first ones! We're going to take them out to a restaurant that we went to for my birthday and really enjoyed, and then to our favorite breakfast place, called the Broken Yolk. It's basically heaven on earth.

Have a great weekend!

Xo,

Kelsey