Pilsbury Prize Pack Winner!

Congratulations to #10, Ann Wager! Thanks to all who left comments. If you'd still like to try the Pilsbury pie crust, be sure to print a coupon from the link in my previous post.

Apple Pie with Pillsbury refrigerated Pie Crust

If only baking an apple pie were as easy as this
(According to Allie this was all we needed to do)

With the pillsbury refrigerated pie crusts it's pretty close.

I was really excited when I found out I was going to get to do a review for these pie crusts especially when the prize pack showed up with all of these items.

(Pillsbury provided me with the products seen above, information, and giveaway through MyBlogSpark)

I thought I might add that I haven't made a pie since my foods class in high school mainly because I could never get the hang of making the crust taste right or have it be the right consistency. So needless to say it's been awhile since I made a pie and these crusts made it so easy. I might just have to make another one.

If you too would like to receive a prize pack from Pillsbury leave me a comment telling me what your favorite type of pie is and leave a second comment for a second entry telling me your favorite way to eat an apple. I will use random.org to select the winner so be sure to leave your comment by Sunday November 7th.

You can visit Pillsbury.com/pie to download a printable coupon for $0.50 off a package of Pillsbury Pie Crusts today!

Pillsbury gave the following information for those who are newbies to pie baking I used the perfect apple pie recipe and it sure tasted good.
Pillsbury Pie Crusts are an easy base for your favorite warm apple treats. Simply unroll into a pie plate, fill with your favorite variety of sliced apples and filling, and bake! From orchard to oven, Pillsbury Pie Crusts make apple pie baking simple with delicious results.
Here are a few delicious recipes to help inspire your readers to create delicious, homemade apple pies!
Perfect Apple Pie is the model of a classic dessert - a beautiful double-crust creation with sugary cinnamon, nutmeg and a splash of lemon juice. So easy to make, this recipe is great for beginner pie bakers looking for impressive results.
Festive Apple-berry Pie is the perfect blend of sweet and tart, with a gorgeous color palette of golden apples and dark red cranberries. Use frozen cranberries to make this dish even more quick and easy!
Topsy-Turvy Apple Pie combines two classics - apple and pecan. Invert the plate to reveal a gorgeous pecan topping. This is a dessert that both apple and pecan pie fans will "flip over".
Easy Apple Pie Foldover is a great solution for keeping the kids happy; a simple mixture of apples and brown sugar folded inside a golden brown baked Pillsbury pie crust. With four servings, it´s a modestly sized apple treat that is kid-friendly to make, and eat.
Cinnamon-Apple Pie with Caramel-Pecan Sauce truly harvests all of autumn´s bounty in a clever presentation. Ready in just under an hour - each slice is topped off with a luscious blend of butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, pecans, whipping cream and vanilla for a saucy treat.
For even more delicious pie ideas throughout the year visit Pillsbury.com/pie for fun and easy recipes to satisfy every season.

Sleeping Beauty and Cake Balls for the Firemen

Ok so many of you know that Allie really wanted to be a princess again for Halloween and for a while I kept saying okay you can be a princess but you're going to use the yellow dress from last year again if that's what you want to be. That was fine for awhile until we went to Walmart and she saw a pink southern belle costume and decided that she wanted to be a pink princess not a yellow princess. So what did I do... Yes Amanda I caved. Allan and I saw this dress on sale (less than the pink costume at walmart) in Sunday ads and agreed that she could be a pink princess. We told her that if she was good and went to bed I would take her to the store in the morning to get a surprise. She was so excited to finally have her pink dress. These were the best pictures I could get because trying to take a picture of her these days is not very easy. I'm not sure though which she was more excited about trick-or-treating or the fact that I put makeup on her.

MMMM CAKE BALLS!!! I made Allan some cake balls for his birthday and took them to his work the next day one of the guys there called him over and asked him what it would take to make some cake balls for their Firefighter Halloween Party. I said I would make them if they would buy the ingredients. They tried to pay me for my time but really how can you take money from volunteer firefighters. The only problem with cakeballs is that they are really good and I really wanted to eat them myself. I did save a few since there ended up being way more than what they said they needed.

stay tuned...

I get to do a review for pilsbury refrigerated pie crusts but I have to make an apple pie with it first before I can post anything but there should be a really good giveaway package when I do so keep watching so you can enter.

My little helper

I unloaded the dishwasher and started to get ready to load it and Allie said "here mom I can do it I'm a good helper". So she "loaded" the dishwasher for me :) I think I'm pretty lucky!

Allie + Makeup = Is that a Bruise?

As most people know, whenever things get quite and there's kids in the house it generally means they are not being perfect little angels playing with their own toys. It's usually a sign they are into something they know they shouldn't be in. Well that's what happened here. It was quiet and I thought okay she must still be watching her show little did I know that the show ended and a little girl was playing with my makeup. I came in to check on her and immediately she threw my makeup behind her back and covered it up with a pillow. Did she really think I couldn't tell what she had been doing with her face looking like this?

I sent a picture of her like this to Allan and he thought something must have happened and she had bruises. Times like this you just shake your head and think it's a good thing you're cute.

Congrats Galen & Kim

My brother Galen got married on Friday the 13th to Kim. Allie is so excited to have Kim be her aunt. We were able to meet her back in March when we went to california for a visit and Allie instantly bonded with her. We're excited for them so Welcome to the Family Kim!