Baked Squash and Apples

This is one of my favorite dishes. I never get to make it because no one in my family besides me likes squash. It would be a great Thanksgiving side dish. Yummy!

1 butternut squash
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. brown sugar
2-3 baking apples, peeled cored & cut into 12 slices each
1/4 c. melted butter
1tbsp. flour
1tsp. salt

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut squash in half. Remove seeds and fibers; pare squash, cut into 1/2 inch slices. Arrange squash in ungreased 11x7 baking dish; top with apples. Combine dry ingredients and sprinkle over apples. Drizzle melted butter over all. Bake 50-60 min. or until squash is tender. (Serves 6)

I AM by Jacob Bowser (age 10)

I am a boy who laughs while
riding bikes and finds fun in football

I wonder if I will ever get a X-Box 360
I hear people chanting my name
I see me making the big hit in football
I want an IPod touch

I am a boy who laughs while
riding bikes and finds fun in football

I pretend I'm famous
I feel a million dollars
I touch the sky whne I jump
I worry about rain forests
I cry when football's over

I am a boy who laughs while
riding bikes and finds fun in football

I understand how to play football
I say don't cut down trees
I dream about when I grow up
I try to get good grades
I hope to be rich

I am a boy who laughs while
riding bikes and finds fun in football

Hail Storm 11/9/08

We had quite the hail storm this afternoon. It was awesome! We are weird here in Arizona; we get excited when it rains. We had some neighbors over and none of us could remember the last time it rained.

Anyway, the hail was cool. It's about 75-80 degrees these days so it seems so weird to have these marble sized ice-balls fall from the sky. It lasted about 45 minutes. At the end of the storm my mentally challanged dog Lucky got out the front door and went for a run around the neighborhood. She came back when she got tired, and took a nap.

Halloween 2008

For halloween this year Jake decided to be the Joker and his friend Josh was the very scary Devil. Once again they systematically conquered the neighborhood with Josh's dad Donnie, while Cindy (Josh's mom) and I sat in the driveway with GMom and family friend Vern and handed out candy. It was a beautiful night but we ran out of candy early this year (around 7:30).
I'm not really a fan of Halloween. Now christmas, that's my favorite holiday!