It's been a fabulous Sabbath Day. The whole weekend has been pretty awesome. Quayd gave a talk in Sacrament Meeting, in which, mom or not, I thought he did a pretty darn good job. He's a good boy. I gave my Relief Society lesson, which was a panic yesterday when I decided to redo most of the lesson because after giving the lesson to Liza on Skype, I didn't feel it was what I was supposed to be saying. Then, after church, we went to see Doug's mom, who's recovering from a knee replacement, came home and had a short nap then just took the rest of the day to rest. Perfect.
On Friday night, I joined Carol and her daughter, Taylor at a hotel for hottubbing and dinner. We never made it to the hottub, but we gabbed and laughed and had a great time. Too much fun! I also got to meet Madi's fiance', which was nice and hear about thre spook houses in SLC when Carol's boys came in after midnight. It was a nice little getaway.
The rest of the weekend was spent in lesson prep, keeping up with kiddos and meals and husband who worked Friday and Saturday, which will be nice when payday comes around. A nice hour and a half Skyping with Liza made my day. Simple pleasures.
While at the hotel, friend Jamie/Carol's adult niece, came with her babes to swim in the pool for an hour. Jamie came bearing the best cookies I've had all fall. And the most simple. I had to have the recipe and realized that I already had it but hadn't made it this way. Seriously.... low fat, high taste, and super easy!
Jamie's Pumpkin Cookies ~ to die for!
1 large can of pumpkin puree
2 Spice Cake mixes
chocolate chips
That's it! Mix the dry cake mix with the pumpkin. Pour in chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes. Jamie underbaked and they were perfect! Now, here's what makes them "Jamie's" Pumpkin Cookies.
Orange Juice Concentrate
Powdered Sugar
Vanilla
Mix up a little glaze with powdered sugar, thinned with the OJ concentrate and vanilla and a bit of water. Drizzle over the cookies when they are cooled. The orange and the chocolate were what made these pumpkin cookies divine! I'll be making some this week! SO GOOD!
And I fell in love with this cute picture of my little granddaughter, Willow Moon. She's 4. Look at those eyes!
A casual but busy weekend. Perfect. This week...I'm making applesauce, hosting a shower and a party, doing wedding prep, sewing Halloween costume parts (well, teaching the girls to sew), the Pumpkin Walk and a few other fun things. Life is good.
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
Willow is adorable!! These cookies look delish! And easy to make too!
Posted by: Nicole | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 03:41 PM
Willow is a cutie. And those cookies are dang good! If I do say so myself. I don't put water in the glaze though. Just the OJ, powdered sugar, and a little cream cheese or butter if I feel like it. But I bet each cook has their favorite glaze recipe and anything works. I think I will go eat one right now.
Posted by: Jamie | Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:30 PM