Apple Pumpkin Muffins

This time of year, I love everything pumpkin. I constantly want to bake with it because then the whole house smells like pumpkin. ah....sigh.... Gotta love fall.

Here is a reciepe you may enjoy. They are so moist and yummy! It made a gazillion (24) so I was able to freeze some. Even better!

I have heard that you can replace some of the oil with applesauce but I've never tried that before.

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups finely chopped peeled apples

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. Combine eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. For topping, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; sprinkle 1 teaspoon over each muffin. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Hello Fall!!

The fall weather is amazing! There is something about temps in the 70's, windows open and hearing the wind chimes that makes me want to clean out something and work on scrapbooks. Too bad it doesn't make me want to exercise. That would be great. Halloween was so much fun! We had dinner with our sweet neighbors and then enjoyed walking around the neighborhood with the girls. Ava never tired out. She went to every house she could. I was proud of how polite she was to everyone. Nora just hung out in the wagon. She was the most adorable pink bunny. We didn't realize until we put it on that she looked like the Energizer bunny...not our intention.




Kevin and I are tackling our habits with Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover. I'm not someone who likes to read but I zipped through his book. It was easy to read and just made sense. I felt like he was writing some of the information just for me. What I love is that it makes sense for people with tons of debt and for those with just a little who need to change habits. So, here is a picture of our commitment to God and our marriage to be better stewards with what He has blessed us with. Bye bye credit cards...hello cash!

October 2009

This thing is frustrating b/c I can't figure out why I can't get the slideshow to post with the text. So...you will have to view both posts. Sorry about that.

I'm so sorry that I have been MIA. October was a busy and crazy month. Kevin was in TX for almost the entire month. So, here are some highlights and a slideshow of October pictures (minus Halloween...those will come). I plan to blog more. I will start posting favorite recipes and crafts that I find to do with Ava. We hope everyone had an amazing October.

OH....and if you can, please vote for Ava by going to this link, registering and then you can vote every 24 hours. :)
http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/entries/lenaandkevin/

* Kevin was in Houston for 3 weeks out of the month.
* Hosted a coupon class and had a wonderful time with friends and neighbors.
* I turned 32. Crazy.
* Nora started sitting up and turned 8 months old. She had her first cold. :(
* We spent days at the pumpkin patch, the park and of course, Target.