Fall and Baking!

Ya finally another update..

So this past summer and this fall i have been doing a TON of baking! Dirks work and our family have been enjoying a lot of it but i thought i would share some pictures of what i have been baking.

Homemade blueberry muffins!

Blueberry Crumble Bars

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Peaches and Cream Bars.
And finally Homemade Pumpkin Puree, I made this today, it started with a pie pumpkin, went into the oven and this is the end result. No more canned pumpkin in this house. With this dirk has requested that i make Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting! So those are up tomorrow! More updates soon!

UPDATE!!!!!!!!

Finally an update!!! I am so bad at this blogging thing!

So 2 weeks ago Dirk and I arrived in Virginia for the summer! We are living with some great people and so far having a great time. Virginia is beautiful and so far i am loving it much more then Maryland. We have been keeping busy and finding bunches of new things to do.

Our first weekend here Dirk and I went Strawberry picking, this was our first time strawberry picking, it was super fun!


Dirk with our 7 1/2 pounds of strawberries that we picked.

Yummy strawberry waiting to be picked.
Strawberry cobbler i made with some of our strawberries, i also made strawberry shortcake cookies. Dirk and the roommates seemed to like both.
On the 28th Dirk and I headed to Great Falls National Park, we hiked on a river trail that was about 5 miles long. It was so hot out that day, but so much fun. This is Dirk on a rock.
This is the overlook when you where you can see the falls which is the Potomac River, across the river is Maryland.
A better look at the falls!

So that is what we have been up to so far in Virginia. We are coming home (back to Holland) this weekend for Josh's graduation. We are super excited to see our families. I promise to get better at updating so everyone can see what we are doing while we are in Virginia! :)

Notre Dame VS. Utah

Dirk, Josh and I went to the Notre Dame VS. Utah game this past weekend and it was great! We all had so much fun even though it rained the first half of the game.

Dirk and I in front of Touchdown Jesus before the game!
Josh enjoying his Steak sandwich. A student group on campus makes the best steak sandwiches and they sell them before the game, plus all the money goes to charity!
Dirk and his yummy steak sandwich!
Josh and Dirk in front of the Golden Dome. Don't they look like they are having fun! :)
Everyone having fun tailgating and having a good time!
A very empty stadium about an hour and a half before the game starts.
Waiting for the team to run out! The band forming the ND.
A bunch of Utah fans all dressed in there Red.
Touchdown Jesus at night!

We had a great time at the game and Notre Dame beat Utah!!! 28 - 3! We cant wait to go to a game next year!

LOOK an update!

Okay so its been over a month since my last update, so i guess i better update everyone with what is going on with our lives down here in Indiana.

Um...

Dirk has started his 2nd year of Grad School. He is doing great and is working on some really cool projects.

I am working on my cupcake stuff and trying to get that up and running before Christmas. Also doing lots of cooking and baking.

This weekend Josh is coming down to visit us and we are all headed to our first Notre Dame Football Game. Should be tons of fun! Pictures after this weekend(PROMISE!)

I think that is all that is new down here in Indiana! Another update after the game!

(Dirk with one of his favorites paintings at Art Prize)

Back to Michigan and Indiana

We've been home for some time now. Things have just been too busy to update. A better update will come later.

Countdown

11 Days till we are back in Indiana!

17 Till Michigan!!!

28 Days till Utah!!!

CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!

July Randomness

Yes i am finally updating!

July has been a VERY busy month here in Maryland for Dirk and I. It started with me traveling back to Michigan because Dirk was supposed to be going on a business trip, well his dates for that trip got changed last minute but I still went home. After a week in Michigan i came home and we spent the 4th of July in Washington. It was amazing...and HOT!!!! The following weekend Dirk's Mom and Step Dad came to visit us and spent the weekend with us. That Sunday i went back to Michigan with them and Dirk finally went on his trip to New Mexico. We are both back in Maryland now and we are counting down the days till we get to go back home for good. 24 Days and we are heading home! I CANT WAIT!

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to!



Paddington Bear was in the parade, he danced and waved.
Random people carrying giant stick flags
Madeline was there too!
This is where we were to watch the parade...more people just kept coming, it was hot and busy!
The Washington Monument before sundown.
This was our view for the fireworks!
We sat in the same spot for hours on a 100 degree day so we could see the fireworks and that tree was in the way for half of them!

Dirks mom and Step Dad came and we went out and had a traditional Maryland crab dinner!
The following day we took them to see all the sites of Washington.

In front of the Lincoln Memorial...it was busy.
Us with the reflecting pool and the Washington monument in the background. The reflecting pool smells REALLY bad!
Those crabs are my brothers birthday present, we got him a dozen! I brought them back to Michigan with me the second time i went.
Me with one of the crabs..Dont worry they are pre cooked and dead! :)

So that has been out July! We have 3 weekends left here and still so much to see and do. Next up, The Spy Museum, The Holocaust Museum, Georgetown, and Baltimore one last time.