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Pumpkin Brownies

I am having a jewelry party tonight at our apartment, and last night I was getting all the food ready for it. I tried making this new recipe for pumpkin brownies from my friend Stacey. Well, I had them completely done and thought all was going well, until I finished frosting them, and cut a little sliver for Ryan to try out. To make a long story short, lets just say that as I'm typing this at school, Ryan is at home re-making them for me. I'm so glad that I married someone who can bake and cook! Apparently, I still need some lessons. Mom--maybe thats something we could work on over the holidays?

We officially booked our hotel and flight last night for our trip to Vegas over New Years! We are getting really excited! Now we are looking at shows and restaurants that we want to try out while we're there. I saw a show on the travel channel that said that Vegas has the 2nd largest NYE party in the U.S. other than Times Square. They completely shut down the strip. No cars are allowed and everyone parties in the streets along the entire strip! It's going to be so fun! The only thing that is sort of a drag, is that we leave the morning of the 1st at 6:45 am! Ryan thinks we shouldn't even go to sleep on New Years...but we'll see what happens :) I tend to get cranky when I don't have much sleep. I'm not sure if he's up for the challenge or not.

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