A Great Seasonal Recipe

Homemade Caramel

We made caramel apples for Halloween and they turned out really good because of the homemade caramel. The recipe is so delicious and so easy, so I thought I would share.

Here you go:

1/2 C. Butter
1/2 C. White sugar
1/2 C. Brown sugar
1/2 C. Corn syrup
1/2 C. Sweetened condensed milk

Melt all of the ingredients together in the microwave for 5 minutes. Take the bowl out and stir ingredients together, and then return to the microwave for another 2 minutes. Stir and pour into a buttered 8x8 pan (or dip your apples in it if you would like). Allow to cool. Cut into bite size caramels and wrap in wax paper.

I made this recipe two different times in two different microwaves. In one microwave the caramel turned out to be over cooked,but in the other it was just right. You may need to adjust the time to fit your microwave.

You can all thank grandma Stephenson for the recipe. Enjoy!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Going Private

Hey all! Just wanted to let you know that this blog is going private. I know I know, it really puts a damper on all the fun of blog stalking, but what do you do?

Leave us your e-mail if you want an invite. We would love to keep in touch with all of you.

Happy 36th

This is for my parents.

Today is their 36th wedding anniversary, and I wanted to tell them congratulations, and way to go.

They are spending the week in Vegas to celebrate, and I hope they have a fantastic time.

Thanks for being such wonderful parents and friends.


We love you!!

Little Visitors

This is Jarin...what a little cutie!

I don't know about you, but I get so excited for Maddi to know her cousins. She had a total of 15, and as of Monday she now has a total of 16 (Christina, Spencer's sister, just had her 2nd baby boy. I hopefully will get some pics soon). I'm really glad that we get to live close to our families.

Jarin and EmmaLee came to visit the other day, and Madelyn absolutely loved it. She loves being in on the action.

Jarin is just like a big brother. He walked in our door and said "Where is Madelyn". Unfortunately she was sleeping, but Jarin was not going to be stopped from seeing her. "Where is her room?" He asked. Fortunately she woke up on her own accord soon after they arrived.


While I was feeding Madelyn he asked "Can I pet him?" Is that not the cutest thing for a little three year old to say?

EmmaLee was a little grabby and wanted to pulled Madelyn over so she could suck on her. It was very cute, but gave Madelyn a scare. Jarin soothed Maddi by saying "It's otay Maddi, it's otay." Seriously, this little kid melts my heart.

We have sheep that live across the street from our house. I really appreciate the fact that these sheep live here because it helps Spencer and I to maintain our status as favorite aunt and uncle. Well, to be honest, I am probably not as favorite as Spencer. If I arrive at anyone of my nieces or nephews homes without Spence, the immediate question is "Where is Spencer?" I don't mind. It makes me really happy that they love him so much.

Baby on Board

Hey everyone! So, our most recent fun family activity was boating up at Pine View reservoir.

As you can see we had to put Maddi in a little life jacket in order to transport her to the beach. We thought it was pretty funny to see her little legs get suctioned in by this body suit, but I think she was less than amused with the way that it fit.

Maddi got to spend lots of time with Grandpa who sang her our favorite family song, 16 tons, and even let her suck on his finger.

Spence and I got to try to water ski again (I say again because neither Spence nor I have been on a boat since before our missions. Yes, this makes me very sad). Our lack of being boating showed in our lack of ability to ski. We were less than impressive.

BUT, I can tell you, we can tube with the best of them, and we had a lot of fun doing it.


It was great to be there with Bryn and Becton's families. I love being able to spend the time with their kids. They are all so cute, and hopefully we will get to go again before it is way to cold (hint hint to Becton).