Pumpkin Bars

Pumpkin Bars

Combine the following:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

In a large bowl, beat together:
4 eggs
1 - 15 oz pumpkin
1 2/3 cup sugar
1 cup canola oil

stir in dry goods

put in ungreased pan ( i use a jelly roll pan 15 x 10 x 1)
bake at 350 for 25-30 min.

Cream Cheese Frosting
3 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar

this recipe was given to me by a beautiful and talented friend of mine.

i hope you enjoy it.

Halloween

i LOVE halloween!
and thanks to becky and chelsie, i LOVE this blog!
room to inspire has some awesome halloween ideas that are truly worth making.

have fun creating.

Oh Christmas Tree

do you remember this quilt?
you can find the pattern and many others, here.
last year i hosted a strip swap and gave everyone a timeline to get this done.
some completed the hundreds of nine patch blocks, many did not. (i'm one of those who didn't. *sigh*)



but. look at what these gals did!!!
susan's class had their own swap and i want to share a couple different versions with you.



mary used barri's santa and reindeer from a tree skirt pattern to adorn the quilt
and also added wool presents to the bottom.



susan added presents from cheri's all wrapped up pattern.
p.s. did you know that cheri and barri are sisters???
yep. they are. love them both!


and speaking of love,
we love these pumpkin bars!

i'll be back to give you the recipe. they are super good!

Her 1st Homecoming

saturday was homecoming.
gavin had ZERO interest in going but fortunately my niece kenzie was going. (she and gavin are 6 days apart and in the same grade at the same school) i like it because what i don't get to experience with my boy, i get to with kenz.
after the hair was done and she was all dolled up i went over and took photos of her.
here are a few of my faves!

thanks for letting me share, with you, these moments in your life kenz!
love,
auntie julie!

Talented & Nice!!!

i thought i'd share this great gift idea.

thanks sheryl!
i LOVE it!

The "HOUSE" quilt

is found.

here's the book that it is in.

Halloween Decorations

this is it. the extent of my halloween decorating this year...
well...maybe.



back in may, when we were supposed to be moving in august, we moved ALL my holiday bins to the attic of the "new" house. now, as the holidays are quickly approaching, shawn is up to his eyeballs, drowning in work and i don't have the heart to ask him to go through the attic, find the bins, and bring them back here.

but masyn does...

here's today's conversation.

masyn, "mommy, why is everyone putting up their halloween stuff already?"
me, "well, actually macy, it's time to decorate. i'm not going to be decorating this year."
masyn, "WHY???"
me, "i don't have the heart to ask daddy to get my stuff out of nana's attic, when he's so busy."
masyn, "i do mommy, i have heart."
me, "laughing"
masyn, "daddy won't tell me no, he never tells me no."

cute. we'll see if i get my decorations...

Thunder, Lightning & Paint...Oh my!

as the rain trickled down from the dark sky this morning, i broke the paints out for nolan so that he could paint. it started out fine, painting a fabulous painting on PAPER.

the next thing i knew, he was painting his hand and arm. no big deal...

i went to put evyn down and came back to this!

"nolan what are you doing?"

"painting my bace!"

face painting! perfect!

We Wear Helmets When We Play with MeMaw...

just kiddin'!
nolan, just as bub did, loves to wear his helmet and it cracks me up!



he likes playing ball with memaw just as much, if not more!



using whatever they could find for the bat/club they had a great time.
we really need to get some real sports equipment!

what a good sport memaw is, playing whatever nolan wants in her heels and work clothes!
we LOVE memaw!

Oh My...

jen over at tatertots and jello is featuring a GREAT site that i just MUST share with those of you who may not follow jen's blog.
it's whipperberry and it's amazing! just take a look at a few of the amazing things going on over there!



cupcake skewers. holy cow, i'm thinking that may or may not be my new obsession!



so cute!!!
and you have to look at all the party ideas!



loved it all!
have a good one!

More answers...

i think sheryl opened a can of worms when she let us into here home.
well really, when she let me take pictures. :)

here's the picture of the entire room. from the living room you can look into it. the window to the left is at the front door.



and sheryl is looking for the pattern for this wallhanging for you guys. if you have to have this one, go on over to her website, and email her. she's happy to her from you!

have a good one! i for one, am hoping that we don't have 105 degree weather again today! i think mother nature forgot that we don't have that kind of weather here!

Answers...

thanks for the comments, sheryl has a beautiful home and a giving spirit and i'm thrilled that you enjoyed the peak into her home. i didn't realize that the laundry room picture wouldn't open up, so here it is and it should work.



the quilt below is a favorite of mine, and apparently, yours as well. the quilt is Miss Jumps "those are not weeds" and you can find the pattern here.

this quilt is a hit.
sheryl designed this herself. the back is a cheater cloth by judie rothermel and sheryl is looking for the drawing of the weathervane. if you are interested in it, hop on over to her store and she'll hook you up as soon as she finds it...

and last, but not least, one of my forever faves is this wallhanging from kindred spirits titled "these things do please me well" it is easily over ten years old so google it and hopefully you can find it.



and someone asked which of the quilts were mine. it was the America for Me quilt that i posted here.
hope you are enjoying fall, we just got summer. it's 112 degrees today! YUCK!!!