Pull out winter clothing.

The kids making their first snowman of the year, Sept 29, 2007.

Pull out winter clothing.

September snow. Sigh.

Man up, Autumn! Can't you hold off winter at least a month or so? You fight for what, less than two weeks, and you give in, just like that?

I do love the smell of the furnace the first times it fires up for the season. And the excitement of the kids with their noses pressed against the window asking when they can go outside and make snowballs in the season's first snow. I could, however, have waited another 6 weeks for those moments.

Make Veil for Wedding.

Make Veil for Wedding.

It only took eight years, but one of my brothers got married last week, making me no longer the black sheep in the family. Yay!

Taylor and Chase were both flower girls, er, children. They were both, of course, adorable.

Chase and Nana

Taylor

My sister-in-law put way too much faith in me to make the flowergirl headbands, baskets, and yup, the veil.

I only accepted because my own veil was made by (family secret now being revealed) my father. If Big Al could pull it off, I figured, so could I.

It went off without a hitch! Unless you count the headband being too big for the other flower girl and her refusing to wear it and the bride's homemade veil flying off in the wind and rain in the middle of the ceremony.

Oops. I tried.

(Photo of the beautiful bride only moments before her veil took flight)

Other then that, it was a beautiful and delightful ceremony. Congrats to my bro and new sister-in-law!

(Joining of families representation with flower bouquets)

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Wow! I hadn't checked my mail since Thursday and what a mistake! I opened it today to find, along with--I counted--nine clothing catalogs, no other than the incredible Baker's Edge brownie pan in my last post! Anonymous gifter, reveal yourself!

What a great surprise, thank you!

I also wanted to now blog about this awesome car, that if it was priced $170 instead of $1.7 million, I would totally buy it...

Bake brownies.

Bake brownies.

If this pan was $15 instead of $35 I would buy it in a heartbeat. I am so glad to know I am not the only one who loves the edge pieces of brownies.

I think it would be awesome for lasagna too.