Fall Fun!

Good Afternoon!

Here the weather has finally become like fall! When the weather turns fall like we here at the Sorensen house want to get out and enjoy all the fall activites! Meaning time to get out and pick some apples which is exactly what we did!
Yesterday we went apple picking for the very first time! It was so much fun! Of course I had to try one of each of all the apples so that we knew which ones we wanted to pick!

We had a great time tasting and exploring all that Spicer's Orchards had to offer! We came home with 41 Mutsus, 4 Ida Reds, a few Northern Spies, and 3 Jonathans!

All in all it was a great day! Now the only question was what to do with all our apples! So we made apple tart, apple crisp and for good measure homemade carmel corn!

Homemade Carmel Corn Recipe
A family recipe revised by Kristin Sorensen
I revised it because I like extra carmel!

•  Stick margerine or butter
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• hot air popcorn- two batches

1. First prepare the hot air popcorn. Go through to take out all the "old maids" (kernals)
2. Melt butter in a microwaveable bowl.
3. After butter is melted add brown sugar, corn syrup and salt.  Place in microwave.  Watch until it starts to bubble and expand.  Once that starts time it for two minutes.  Remove from microwave and make sure to place on a trivet! It will be really hot!
4. Add baking soda and stir. The carmel will become a creamier color.  It will also expand. 
5. Lastly add vanilla.
6. After all ingredients have been incorporated carefully stir over hot air popcorn.  CAUTION! Do not burn yourself with the carmel it is very warm! 

Now to settle down on the couch for some warm apple cider and tv time with my two favorite dogs Kota and Berk!

Now for a song to send you off!

Hold Me- Jamie Grace & TobyMac

Have a great fall afternoon!

Happy Wednesday!

Happy middle of the week! Welcome to Bless Our Nest. We are Chris and Kristin (Kris) Sorensen! We are newlyweds who are busy living every day to the fullest. Chris is a paramedic and I am currently a stay at home wife who just had a job interview and will be starting soon as a 911 dispatcher.  We also have two black labs who we spoil as if they were our children.  We hope to add to our nest with a minivan full of children in the future!

I originally started a recipe blog but had a bunch of technical difficulties.  Therefore I have decided to start this blog to share our daily activities and and adventures as a couple. Included in this blog will be recipes we try, trips we take, organizational endeavors we embark on, and the money saving tips that are worth giving a shot. It all boils down to the fact that this blog will be filled with the lessons we learn together as we embark on this adventure together! I am so grateful that God brought Chris into my life. Just when you think you have a plan God shows us that he is in charge and has our future in his hands!

My newest endeavor is trying to decide how to plan for retirement.  I know being young and just starting out I am getting a head start on it however, I know it will be to our advantage to have a plan and start saving NOW!   I have been doing research on 401ks, Roth and traditional IRAs and other types of more aggressive investments.  It is all very overwhelming!  If you have any ideas on how to save for retirement please leave a comment for this post!

For the rest of the afternoon I will be baking something yummy and getting housework done! More to come on how to set up a home management binder complete with my chore lists and how to get things done! We shall see if these lists need revamping as I start my new job which will have me working 12 hour shifts! However, for now they seem to work, the Mr. makes it out the door with a clean uniform on and meals in tote for his 24 hour shifts! So, as far as that goes we are seeing success from the lists and the organization. 


And as my signature on this blog, I would like to leave each post with a song to listen to we are big music fans here in "our nest" lol! This song holds a special place in our hearts so ENJOY!

Dave Barnes "God Gave Me You"

Have a blessed day!