Pumpkin Cake....

I found this recipe the other week and it is AWESOME!!!!
I loved it!








Ingredients:
for cake:

• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 15 ounce can pumpkin
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

for cream cheese frosting:

• 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups 10x sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a 9x13 pan.
2. In a large bowl combine the eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin until light and fluffy.
3. In another large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.
4. Mix the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just combined.  Do not over mix.  Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan.  Bake for 25-30 minutes.
5. Cool completely.
6. For the frosting combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add 10x sugar and mix until combined.  Stir in vanilla.  Spread on pumpkin cake and ENJOY!!!!!

Always So Busy....

Ever since the begining of summer,

it seems that our weekends

have been so busy.

I don't think we have had a weekend

all summer that we didn't have

something going on.

It has countinued into the fall.

Two weekends ago,

we took a mini vacation

to the cabin.

It was so nice not to have anything

at all to do.

We went with Mom & Dad,

it was so nice to spend some time with them.

 

 

Sam, Dad, and Caleb went hunting.

We spent some time at

World's End State Park,

and went to the rock garden.

We had such a fun time,

just relaxing and spending

time together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Gabe and his big leaf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gabe took this pic

We went to the rock garden and

the boys had fun playing on the

big rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Sunday Mom & Dad left,

but we stayed up for an extra day.

We went to the park and walked

back the one path,

that we walked this summer.

It was so pretty up there.

The pictures don't do it justice

for how beautiful it was.

It was so nice to spend some time

as a family,

and not have anywhere to be.

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we returned home our busy weekends

started again.

The first weekend we had my

a youth group harvest party, friday night.

Then Saturday, we had a pig roast.

 

Then this past weekend,

we went to a birthday party for my Grandma,

who turned 89 last week.

Then Sunday, we had a baby shower at church,

and then we had a 40th anniversary party

for Sam's parents. 

We are way too busy.

It would be nice not to have anything to do

some weekend,

but that won't be this weekend.

 



Cherry Crest Farm

Last week I went with Gabe's

class for there field trip to Cherry Crest Farm.

It was such a beautiful day. 

The kids had lots of fun.

 

 

 

They learned how to make butter.

 

 

They got to take a hayride to the pumpkin patch

 

 

 

 

Gabe's pumpkin.

They each got to pick a pumpkin

to take home.

 

 

pigs

 

 

Gabe's class

 

 



 

my group

 

 

 

 

We had a fun day.

 

Gabe loves it at Cherry Crest.

He would have loved to stay longer.

Solanco Fair

This week was the Solanco Fair.

We love going there every year.

The last couple of years the boys

have entered crops in the fair.

The first year Gabe won a blue ribbon

and last year Caleb won a blue ribbon.

This year Gabe entered haylage and

high moisture ground corn,

and Caleb entered

corn silage and ryelage.

 

Gabe won first place for the ground corn,

and Caleb won second for corn silage

and fifth for ryelage.

They were so happy!!!



 

 Gabe playing on the tractors.
He loved seeing them and
playing on the playground.

 

 

School...

So I am very behind on getting 

stuff posted on here,

maybe it would help if

 our internet worked better.

The Sunday before school started

we went to Muddy Run for the afternoon.

We hadn't been there for years.

We had fun walking around.

Spending some quality family

time together before the boys went

back to school.

Such a silly boy :)

Two weeks ago they started school.

Caleb 5th grade and

Gabe 1st grade.

They have been doing great!!!

Everything is going good for Gabe!!

He starts his reading class today.

He has one of the teachers Caleb had

 when he was in first grade for reading.

Caleb seems to be doing very well,

he wasn't to sure the first day,

since everything was new.

After he figured his locker out 

he seemed much better.

We are loving this beautiful fall

weather.  It is so nice to 

be able to turn the air conditioners off

and open the windows!!!

Bees....

I have had an awful time

with bees this summer.

I have gotten stung more then I 

ever remember getting stung.

The first time I stepped on 

a bumble bee in our basement.

My foot swelled up so bad

I could hardly walk for a couple days.

Then about a month ago,

we were doing sweet corn,

and I got down off the back

of the truck

and put my hand right on

another bumble bee.

That time my hand swelled up 

pretty bad.

Both times I got stung,

I would start to feel very funny.

My ears would get really hot

and my head would get very itchy.

Yesterday I was up at Mom's talking to her

and Heather.

We were standing near where is was burning stuff.

And all of the sudden 

there was yellow jackets everywhere.

Mom got stung 9 times

and I got stung about 12 times.

It is kind of hard to tell how many

because some spots there is two stings 

right next to each other.

I started to panic a little bit

because of my reaction to one bee.

I thought what is going to happen with

that many stings.

So Sam took me to the doctor right away.

Thank goodness I didn't react how

I did earlier in the summer.

The doctor gave me some 

meds to let with the swelling 

so maybe that is helping.

But I didn't seem to react to how 

I did earlier this summer.

I am so thankful for my amazing husband

who kept my mind off of things

while we went to the doctor.

I must have different reactions

to different bees.

In other happenings,

I took the boys to the bounce place on Monday.

They had a great time.

Gabe loved it.

School starts Monday.

It will be fun getting 

everyone to go to bed early

and get them up early.

Life....

I found this that I had written 
about a month ago:




Life can change in the blink

of an eye.

Last week our old pastor,

from when we went to Maple Grove.

His wife was in a freak

bicycle accident.

Now she is in a coma

and they are sure

what is going to happen.

She was on vacation in Oregon

and now her life and her

families life is changed forever.

Sometimes you forget how

fast something can happen.

I have really been reflecting

on that this week.

I haven't seen Glenda for years

and it hit me so hard.

I remember them helping with the

youth group when I was in it.

Pastor Bill dedicated Caleb when 

he was a baby.

I pray that they will have a miracle

and she will be healed.

We had our miracle,

I hope they get theirs.

It is amazing how something can happen

so fast and change you life completely.

We need to trust God to take care of us

and know what is best for us.

Talking to him daily about the little

things in life. 

Stuff you don't think matters but it really does.

Praying throughout the day for 

our families.