Sweetest Day & Last Weekend

Today is "Sweetest Day", a holiday celebrated mostly in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin. We didn't get to celebrate today, but I'm crossing my fingers for something sweet tomorrow!! My husband is already skeptical of Valentine's Day, so it's taking some convincing to embrace this new holiday we've never heard of, that eerily seems similar to Valentine's day with the chocolate, flowers, and romance. He is all about taking pride in Cleveland though, so why not celebrate a holiday that was FOUNDED in Cleveland?!

Last weekend we were home in PA for an extended family get together at my Parent's house. It was a fun day, and a VERY busy weekend! We stayed at the barn because Claudia and Ross had to go away for the weekend, so it was fun to be around the horses again and to get the opportunity to ride a couple times. It was also Homecoming at Grove City College (where Jon attended). He was very sad that he couldn't attend, but ironically- we ended up stopping in Grove City on the way back to Lancaster for dinner! This is where Claudia and Ross crossed paths with us on their trip to see family, so we decided to meet them for dinner on the way home. Since it was in Grove City, Jon got to see some friends from school briefly, which helped to heal the wound of missing Homecoming entirely.

Throughout the weekend, I got to spend a lot of time with my 2-year-old niece, Katie. That is one of the things I miss most about living in PA. We had such a great weekend, which of course made it VERY hard to leave. As I was saying bye to her, she said in the saddest voice "More Kimmy". That's enough to break my heart right there. Luckily, I am planning on visiting next weekend to help John and Tina move- so I will be getting more Katie and Johnny (my nephew) time!

I don't have many pictures from our Family Day, but I'm hoping to get them from my brother and post some soon!

This weekend we are taking it easy and enjoying the Fall weather. This week was busy with Jon traveling a couple days for work, my emergency dentist appointment, an interview, and trying to put away the 3 weeks worth of laundry that we did in PA last weekend!

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies

Yesterday, we had lunch with friends from Grove City at one of our favorite places in Lakewood, Dewey's Pizza. For dessert, we had an AMAZING piece of pumpkin cheesecake! It was SO good that I was inspired to make something "pumpkin" ASAP... so we headed to the grocery store! I ended up making "Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies", and they were VERY yummy. Here is the recipe~~

Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pumpkin Cookies Recipe


Here are some pictures! I had an audience, hoping to get some scraps the whole time. He ended up being very disappointed, but good company anyway! The few without icing are per Jon's request. They are good without icing, but not "melt-in-your-mouth" good!