One of the best parts of this time of year is getting to eat things with pumpkin in them!!! I LOVE it!!
It is probably one of my favorite ingredients. In past years, I have sort of stuck to 2 main pumpkin dishes, the pumpkin roll, and my staple- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread!!! I love it, Adam loves it, and the whole family loves it!!! I always make several loaves a year for everyone!! It's really great, and if you want to recipe I will totally share!! :)
This year thanks to the internet, and more free time I have stumbled upon SOOO many more pumpkin recipes. They all look delcious and I can't wait to try them!!
Even though fall has officially began, I sorta feel like I have to wait for the temperature to drop down just a little bit, so I can really enjoy them!!
Here are 2 new ones I'm going to try first:
http://jessicainsd.blogspot.com/2011/09/pull-apart-cinnamon-sugar-pumpkin-bread.html#comment-form
http://www.bakerella.com/pumpkin-pecan-chocolate-chunk-cookies-with-maple-brown-butter-frosting/
I'll let you know how they turn out!!! :)
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
A Day of Baking
Yesterday Audra, Webber and I got together to bake a few recipes we have been waiting to try.
They all turned out very good
We made a chocolate sheet cake
a Mochiko Blueberry Cake
Mochiko is an asian rice flour (if you hadn't heard of it, because I hadn't)
and Devils Food Cake Cookies with Rolos in the Middle
They all turned out very good
As good as they were, we all felt a little overloaded with sugar after we finished our sampler platters and had to counter with something salty... so we made an emergency trip to Sonic :)
All in all a very fun day with friends!!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
On the Run
I have been having some trouble getting back on the horse when it comes to running. I love to run and was doing really good there for a while. However, since being pregnant and now having a baby I have not been exercising consistently.
I have been doing good so far this week (lol) and it has felt great. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to someone and they mentioned that their New Year Resolution was to do at least 1 run each month. First of all I thought, what an awesome resolution, and second of all I thought how awesome it was that it was August that we were having this conversation and she had still kept her resolution... I think I might steal her resolution for next year...
In the mean time, there is a Bay Area Turkey Day 10K/5K. It is in my neighborhood and it is Thanksgiving Day morning. What an awesome way to start out the day, before you go home with your family and eat way too much! I know I can do a 5K. I could probably even do it without training, I would just be realllly slow since I am wayyy out of shape right now. So I am debating if I want to attempt the 10K??? I'm scared. My sister in law is totally on board with this run too, and she may do the 10K as well. I am pretty excited about it, and it will hopefully be the motivation I need to start getting back in shape!!
I have been doing good so far this week (lol) and it has felt great. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to someone and they mentioned that their New Year Resolution was to do at least 1 run each month. First of all I thought, what an awesome resolution, and second of all I thought how awesome it was that it was August that we were having this conversation and she had still kept her resolution... I think I might steal her resolution for next year...
In the mean time, there is a Bay Area Turkey Day 10K/5K. It is in my neighborhood and it is Thanksgiving Day morning. What an awesome way to start out the day, before you go home with your family and eat way too much! I know I can do a 5K. I could probably even do it without training, I would just be realllly slow since I am wayyy out of shape right now. So I am debating if I want to attempt the 10K??? I'm scared. My sister in law is totally on board with this run too, and she may do the 10K as well. I am pretty excited about it, and it will hopefully be the motivation I need to start getting back in shape!!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
She CAN do it!!!
Addie finally stood up and put weight on her legs!!!! Up until now she has never done that, she completely refused. I was a little worried about it and I asked her doctor at her last appt. She told me not to really worry about it yet, that everything looked fine and we would revisit the issue at the next check up. Well thankfully it is no longer an issue. I guess that little girl is on her own schedule, and will not be rushed by anyone to do anything!!
Also, a friend of mine called me today and asked if I was interested in a job. It sounded really great and it really did interest me. Unfortunately, with the baby and my online classes I just don't feel that I would be able to give my best effort and do a really good job right now. The job is part time, only 10 hours a week, and you do most of the work from home. It is a personal assistant job for a lady that just had a baby and has been starting up her own business, but as she is getting more success is needing some help. She is basically a pregnancy concierge. From what my friend described she does the same job as on the TV show Pregnant in Heels (which I love to watch). Doesn't that sound awesome??
My friend plans to keep working there until she can find someone to replace her. So maybe if she is still working there in January and I think it is something I can handle I might rethink taking the job.
I do start Nannying little Raylee Ann at the end of this year though, so that may just keep me too busy for much else. :)
Also, a friend of mine called me today and asked if I was interested in a job. It sounded really great and it really did interest me. Unfortunately, with the baby and my online classes I just don't feel that I would be able to give my best effort and do a really good job right now. The job is part time, only 10 hours a week, and you do most of the work from home. It is a personal assistant job for a lady that just had a baby and has been starting up her own business, but as she is getting more success is needing some help. She is basically a pregnancy concierge. From what my friend described she does the same job as on the TV show Pregnant in Heels (which I love to watch). Doesn't that sound awesome??
My friend plans to keep working there until she can find someone to replace her. So maybe if she is still working there in January and I think it is something I can handle I might rethink taking the job.
I do start Nannying little Raylee Ann at the end of this year though, so that may just keep me too busy for much else. :)
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Hello
I have been slacking on blogging... but with all the activity on the blogs I follow plus having some new blogs to follow, I have been inspired to try to get back with it!!!
First of all I have joined a MOPS group at church. "Mothers of PreSchoolers"
Ive been attending this group for close to 2 months now and am really enjoying it. It is so great for so many reasons. For one, it gives me somewhere to go rather than always being at home :). Other than that though, it has been great to meet some women who are in similar seasons in their life and that love the Lord. The ladies in this group have been so friendly and welcoming, which is good, especially since I can be a little shy when first meeting new people. Addie usually goes to the nursery during the MOPS meeting (It is 2 hours twice a month). The ladies that work there are so sweet and are good with Addie, plus she gets to socialize with the other babies :)!!!
The speaker at MOPs today was the author of "Power of Parenting, Easy as A,B,C". I left feeling really blessed by what she had to say, and excited to read her book!
She talked a lot about the power of your words and speaking faith into you and your families life. At one point she even talked about Sleep!!! I don't know why, but I have a lot of issues falling asleep at night. I had trouble before I had Addie, and it has come back again. (I had no trouble falling asleep when I was pregnant :) ). I lay awake at night for hours trying to fall asleep and one night I was even awake until 7 AM. Anyway.... the speaker, Barabara, talked about how important sleep is for everyone epsecially Mothers, and how everyone has probably at one point had trouble with sleep due to stress or any other factor!! She talked about speaking scripture over your sleep, inparticular Psalm 127: 2 -
2It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep
God WANTS to bless me with sleep and a restful night!!! I couldn't believe how she was speaking straight to me!!! anyway I'm rambling!!!
Addie turned 4 months on Tuesday!!! I can't believe it! Her doctor said she is doing great, she can start trying solids and has doubled her birth weight!! (and I think of Rachel on Friends when I say that, but it really is all true).
She is now 11 lbs 11 ozs. and 24" long. Her weight is 6th percentile and height is 26th percentile, so she is catching up a little bit!!
Right now we are working on sitting. She is getting better!!! She holds herself up a few seconds now before she starts to tilt over. She refuses however to ever put any weight on her legs. I asked her Dr. about it. She said her hips and legs seem fine, and she does have the ability to hold her weight, just not the desire. she might just be a little stubborn and will do it only when she is ready. For now we will just keep working on sitting and revisit her legs at her 6 month check up.
oh, and she also does NOT like Tummy Time.... At our house Tummy Time is more accurately called Torture time.... since that is what it would sound like to any passer by who may hear her screams. :(
Lately I have been starting to really enjoy baking. I always have enjoyed it, but never had a lot of time on my hands. I have so many recipes I want to try. As with any new hobby though there are a lot of supplies I also need/ want to buy!! For now Im trying to stick to the recipes that I already have all the tools to make!! Some of the things I have made have turned out SOO great, others have not. I have made cream cheese pumpkin rolls before (from scratch), and thought I would like to try to make a red velvet roll. I made the cream cheese from scratch but thought I would just use a box mix for the red velvet cake... maybe thats where I went wrong?? I rolled the cake to cool, and when it was no longer warm I unrolled it covered it in cream cheese and when I tried to re-roll it things went disasterously wrong. It didnt look very pretty, but still tasted good.
There is more catching up to do, but maybe if I save some of it for later I wont wait as long to blog again.
First of all I have joined a MOPS group at church. "Mothers of PreSchoolers"
Ive been attending this group for close to 2 months now and am really enjoying it. It is so great for so many reasons. For one, it gives me somewhere to go rather than always being at home :). Other than that though, it has been great to meet some women who are in similar seasons in their life and that love the Lord. The ladies in this group have been so friendly and welcoming, which is good, especially since I can be a little shy when first meeting new people. Addie usually goes to the nursery during the MOPS meeting (It is 2 hours twice a month). The ladies that work there are so sweet and are good with Addie, plus she gets to socialize with the other babies :)!!!
The speaker at MOPs today was the author of "Power of Parenting, Easy as A,B,C". I left feeling really blessed by what she had to say, and excited to read her book!
She talked a lot about the power of your words and speaking faith into you and your families life. At one point she even talked about Sleep!!! I don't know why, but I have a lot of issues falling asleep at night. I had trouble before I had Addie, and it has come back again. (I had no trouble falling asleep when I was pregnant :) ). I lay awake at night for hours trying to fall asleep and one night I was even awake until 7 AM. Anyway.... the speaker, Barabara, talked about how important sleep is for everyone epsecially Mothers, and how everyone has probably at one point had trouble with sleep due to stress or any other factor!! She talked about speaking scripture over your sleep, inparticular Psalm 127: 2 -
2It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep
God WANTS to bless me with sleep and a restful night!!! I couldn't believe how she was speaking straight to me!!! anyway I'm rambling!!!
Addie turned 4 months on Tuesday!!! I can't believe it! Her doctor said she is doing great, she can start trying solids and has doubled her birth weight!! (and I think of Rachel on Friends when I say that, but it really is all true).
She is now 11 lbs 11 ozs. and 24" long. Her weight is 6th percentile and height is 26th percentile, so she is catching up a little bit!!
Right now we are working on sitting. She is getting better!!! She holds herself up a few seconds now before she starts to tilt over. She refuses however to ever put any weight on her legs. I asked her Dr. about it. She said her hips and legs seem fine, and she does have the ability to hold her weight, just not the desire. she might just be a little stubborn and will do it only when she is ready. For now we will just keep working on sitting and revisit her legs at her 6 month check up.
oh, and she also does NOT like Tummy Time.... At our house Tummy Time is more accurately called Torture time.... since that is what it would sound like to any passer by who may hear her screams. :(
Lately I have been starting to really enjoy baking. I always have enjoyed it, but never had a lot of time on my hands. I have so many recipes I want to try. As with any new hobby though there are a lot of supplies I also need/ want to buy!! For now Im trying to stick to the recipes that I already have all the tools to make!! Some of the things I have made have turned out SOO great, others have not. I have made cream cheese pumpkin rolls before (from scratch), and thought I would like to try to make a red velvet roll. I made the cream cheese from scratch but thought I would just use a box mix for the red velvet cake... maybe thats where I went wrong?? I rolled the cake to cool, and when it was no longer warm I unrolled it covered it in cream cheese and when I tried to re-roll it things went disasterously wrong. It didnt look very pretty, but still tasted good.
There is more catching up to do, but maybe if I save some of it for later I wont wait as long to blog again.
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