The Best Pumpkin Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting

As I might have mentioned before, I am not a fan of pumpkin pie but I LOVE pumpkin! O here is a great recipe that is soo moist and uber yummy with the cream cheese frosting!! MMM mmm!

Pumpkin Cake

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

2 cups pumpkin

2 cups flour

2 tsp. baking soda

2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

Mix together eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Pour into a large greased cookies sheet or jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degres for 20 min. Cool completely and frost with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream Cheese Frosting 

1/2 cup butter

3 oz. cream cheese

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups powedered sugar

Beat together until smooth. Spread on cold cake:)

Then you can eat it!!! YUMMY!!!

This has also been posted on 9X13 where you can pick up a recipe card :)

Hoo are You?

1. Do you like to listen to Christmas music?

LOVE Christmas music!! I listen to it occasionally throughout the year!

 

2. Are you one of those people who get all their shopping done early,

or do you do most of it in December?

Definatly! I have all my Christmas shopping done- although I find that I get more little things as Christmas gets closer :)

 

3. Do you set a budget on how much you spend on each person?

For extended family we try too and for my husband and me we try to stay in the same range but for our kids we haven't gotten there yet:)

4. Do you send out Christmas cards?

I am going to do it this year!! Every year I say I am going to but I have actually ordered the cards this year!! Love getting them too!

 

5. Do you enjoy this holiday season or does it stress you out?

Enjoy every minute of it! It is my favorite time of year!! Can't wait to be done with school and enjoy it all!

The Best Rolls

Ever since I tried these rolls I have never gone back! They are easy, and never fail!! I make this dough for rolls and any other dough related thing I might need!! Hope you enjoy these as much as we do!!

Parker House Rolls

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

1 TBLS cold butter

1 1/2 tsp. sugar

1 tsp. salt (omit if you used salted butter)

1 tsp. dry active yeast

1 cup + 2 TBLS warm milk

Crumble cold butter into flour with fingers until course mixture appears. 

 Stir in sugar, salt, and yeast.

Add milk and stir until dough forms.

 Knead dough on lightly floured surface for 3-4 minutes.

Place in greased bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise 2-3 hours or until doubled.

Lightly knead and cover with towel. Let rest 10-15 min to relax gluten. Roll out and cut with circle cutter. Place dab of butter/marg. in center and fold in half. Place on greased cookie sheet.

Cover with towel and let rise for 45 min. Bake at 400 degrees for  15-20 min. 

* to freeze: place COOLED rolls in a zip-lock freezer bag. Freeze for up to 2 months.  To re-heat,  wrap frozen rolls in tinfoil and  place in a 350 degree oven for 15 min.

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Thanks to My Computer is My Canvas for the recipe card!

Hoo are You?

1. Do you ever burp out loud in private or public?
I burp outloud sometimes but I usually try to only do it at home

2. How often do you get sick each year?

Probably 3-4 times a year-- was sick with the flu just last week!!

3. Would you rather paint a room in your house yourself, or have someone else do it for you?

I can't wait for the day when I can paint my own rooms in my own house!!!

4. If you get 30 minutes to yourself, what do you do?

Read a book, craft or just listen to some music:)

5. Do you allow people to wear shoes in your house?
 
I allow guests to wear shoes but with my family its you walk in and take off your shoes- I have seen how gross my carpets get even without shoes adding shoes!!! YUCK!!

Hoo are You?

1. Name two things you consider yourself to be very good at.\

Planning parties (love it!!) and taking pictures of the everyday funniness of life:)

2. Name two things you consider yourself to be very bad at.

Keeping things uncluttered (I am always losing things and it drves me crazy!) and telling people how I really feel when they upset me

3. Do you believe everything happens for a reason?

Definatly! Even if I never know why.

4. What is something you have eaten lately that you shouldn't have?

Halloween candy- the trials of being a mom...

5. Do you think the time should change or leave it alone?

I HATE time change! I think it should just stay the same - its too hard on kids and moms!

So ....what are your answers?

Hoo are You?

1. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?

Giving birth... never thought I could do it without drugs but I did!!

2. What would you name your next child or if you don't have any your first child?

I am anxiously waiting for the day we have a girl and I can name her Kazzity LeAnne... right now I have used my boys names!!

3. If you could add one feature to your car, what would you choose?

Automatic windows! That way I could lock them in the back and my two year old would stop trying to freeze him and the three month old out!!

4. If you named your house (or car or computer) what would you name it?

My home!! -nothing better than that!!! It is the best thing in the world!

5. What is your dream occupation?

Being a stay at home mom and once my kids are in school, I want to have my own little preschool!! Love kids, crafts and treats!!!

What are your answers?

Hoo are you?

Sorry this is late:) This week has been sooo crazy, two days of doing plays at our local library!! Over 1,000 kids and 11 performances later and I am pooped!! Anyway, here are my answers for this week!

1. How many times a year do you get your hair cut?

probably 3 or 4, I am soo bad about trimming my hair!

2. Where is the worst place to be stuck waiting?

A doctors office or any office for you appointment! I hate being on time and waiting to get in.

3. What are your favorite pizza toppings?

Canadian bacon!!!

4. What's your favorite thing about where you live?

The awesome library!!

5. What's your favorite fruit? Veggie?

Fruit: Watermelon  Veggie: Broccoli-yum

What are your answers?? Hope you all have a happy Halloween!!

Menu Board Pics

Hear are they Halloween days of the week that I created!

All images are 4x6

CLICK HERE

Thanks to Summer Designs and Crazy 4 Monograms for the kits!



Homemade Caramel!!

This stuff is super yummy, worked great on my apples and is really pretty easy to make!!! Enjoy!!

Caramel

1/2 cup butter
1 cup light corn syrup
dash of salt
2 cups brown sugar
1- 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Melt butter in saucepan. Add salt, syrup, and sugar. Cook of MEDIUM heat until it comes to full boil, about 10-12 min. Stir in milk and cook until soft ball stage (245 degrees on candy therm.) Remove from heat and add vanilla.

Now you can dip apples, cool and use as ice cream topping or whatever you want!! Its soo creamy and yummy!!

Hoo are You?

Here are my answers:

1.What was your favorite meal growing up?

 BBQ Baby Back Ribs.. yummilicous and soo messy!!

 2. What's your favorite month?

December- I used to always say I would be married in December and I was!! Love the cold, the snow, ( came from growing up in Southern Cali and wishing we had it!) and you can't forget Christmas!

3. What store is most represented in your wardrobe?

Rue 21- great sales and cute stuff!

  4. How many times do you go to the movie theater each month/year?

 I am lucky to get to a movie once a year. I just like to Redbox them and lounge in my living with my jammies cuddling up with my hubby eating ice cream.... however, Harry Potter always calls my name!!

5. Fill in the blank- I've never been able to ___________________

draw anything other than stick figures. My sibelings have great talent in that area but its nilich for me!!

Here is a set from a previous one

1. List 3 words that remind you of fall.
Leaves, pumpkins, cinnamon


2. Do you wear jewelry often?
always have my wedding ring (of course:), a CTR ring and its about 50/50 on earrings. I love necklaces but with little ones they aren't the easiest to wear.

3. Do you like your toe nails painted or natural?
I love to paint them but then I just leave it until it looks nasty and then start all over!

4. Do you ever wear a hat?
LOVE hats, don't wear them as often as I used to but LOVE to have them!

5. Do you have someone that you talk to everyday on the phone?
 I can actually go DAYS without talking to anyone but the most common callers are my hubby and my mom :)

Spider Nachos

I got the idea from While You Were Sleeping but decided to add my own twist.

YUMMY!!! and not too creepy:)

It was really easy to make:)

Here is an ingredient list I used but you can be as creative as you want!!

Tortilla chips
Refried Beans
Taco-Seasoned Hamburger
Chopped Tomatoes
Nacho Cheese or any grated cheese

Layer on a pizza pan. Put in 350 degree oven for 5-10 min until cheese is melted and heated through. Put about 1/4 cup sour cream in a ziplock bag and snip off corner to make a spider web on top!! Serve and enjoy the yummy nachos!!!

I think next time I am going to add some guacolmole:) Let me know what you do with yours!!!

Halloween Menu Board

So I finally broke down and made a menu board. I have wanted one for a while and I had looked at all the different blogs with their ideas but I just couldn't find one that worked for me (or that I had the supplies on hand). Today it just all came together. I kept walking past a picture frame I got for 25 cents at a yard sale this summer wondering what pictures I was going to put in it... but today the light bulb came on! I could use this for my menu board and it would be cute because I could customize it every month and change it whenever I was getting 'board; with it! :) So here it was I did (Sorry I didn't take pictures) The frame had 8- 4x6 picture frame spots. I created 7 cards (one for each day of the week ) and 1 card to celebrate the month (so Halloween) and printed them out on just plain paper, stuck them in the frame and used a dry erase marker to write on the glass! Simple, easy and super cute ( my opinion! ) This could be done with any picture frame so be imaginative and show us what you can do!

Here is the finished product with next weeks menu on it! Isn't it cute? and so festive too!!

CLICK HERE for the images used:)

Hoo are you...

I found this really cool link party called Hoo are You Tuesdays and so here are my answers for this week!!  Check back for more each Tuesday!!

1. How tall are you? How tall do you WISH you were?

I am 5'8'' and sometimes I wish I was 5' 6'' so jeans would be long enough and I would be the same height as my husband again!

2. Do you have a birthmark? Where?

My right leg has white splotchy patches from my big toe all the way up to my hip!

3. What is your biggest money waster?

The good "finds' I find at the Dollar Tree but really don't need!

4. What song are you tired of?

I really don't get tired of songs.. I just cycle through them! Love music!!

5. What stresses you out most?

Wondering if we will have have a steady income and a steady job... or if we have to go back to school:(

Here are five past questions:
1. If you could add one room to our house, what would it be?

I would add a family room so I could a realy living room meaning one room in my house that didn't get destroyed constantly:)
2. How many pillows do you sleep with at night?
I sleep with at least 2 sometimes 3:)
3. What is the best costume you've ever worn for Halloween?
My Cruella DeVil outfit last year! Total hotness@
4. If you could erase one item off the face of the earth, what would it be?
Misquitoes
5. Where do you do your best thinking?
In bed right before I fall asleep, need to find time to think again since I just fall into bed these days!!

So thats me for this week!! Hope you all have a great one!