Cooking, Baking & Lovin: October 2011

Who dosen't LOVE a FREE day??

Last week I took the kids to the FREE day at the Zoo! We had a great time.

There are a few more FREE days at the Zoo, The Art Museum, and the Denver Museum this year I wanted to share the link so you and your family can mark your calendar.

Click Here for Dates and Places

See you there ;)

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

4 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 1/4 cup applesauce

2 cups white sugar

1 cup light brown sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 tsp pumpkin spice

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Grease and flour three loaf pans. (I used parchment paper)

In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, applesauce and sugars until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flours, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.

Pour into the prepared pans.

Bake for about 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean

Enjoy!

Go ahead draw on your wall!

Recently my daughter went to a birthday party. She would not stop talking about how cool she thought it was that her friend had a chalk board wall. So for her birthday guess what she asked grandma for?

It was simple to do and clean up has been as easy as a vaccum and damp towel. All three of my kids love it. So next up will be the boys room!

Addicted to Pinterest!

My new love is PINTEREST!!

My friend Breena told me about it and its my absolute new favorite thing. Don't you just love a new favorite thing from a friend? I have been telling anyone who will listen about it. So if you don't know about it, take a second to check it out! I have a link on the side -> and if you are already on it follow my boards :)

Fall has Arrived!

Hi all!

I haven't written in a long time. Been busy. Fall is my favorite time of year. I've been spending all my free time cleaning, baking and spending time with my family. This is the time of year that I love to make all those yummy treats with pumpkin, burn the fall smelling candles and get the house straightened back up! (Posts about that to come) The weather in Colorado has been crazy beautiful. We have had the most amazing fall. The grass is still green here and the trees are full of color. Recently we drove up North to a pumpkin patch our friends told us about it was a fantastic day

Wanted to share some of the pictures I snapped.