Hey,girlfriends! I have not been able to take the time to blog and I would like to share a little of that with you. Then I will share my recent pumpkin capers! grin
Some of you know we have been trying to help Kevin, a young man that we have known since he was 5 years old because he and Mark have been in school together and been friends all through elementary school. Kevin has been with our family on vacations, weekend camping trips, church, lake days, and more through out the years. We moved away, but still tried to keep in touch with him and see him when we could. A year ago he was in a pretty bad accident and we did not know if he would live, then we did not have much hope he would be able to function in any kind of normal way. But our God is generous and He gave Kevin a miracle of life and such vast improvement, so much that if you met him today you would not have any idea that he was practically lifeless and broken last October. Well, Kevin lives with us now. He came to be with us about 3 weeks ago. The process was a long one, but he is here. Please lift him in prayer often. I won't go into detail, but God knows his needs, so if you will pray for God's hand in Kevin's life, it would mean so much to me. And pray for us, too.
Here is a picture of Kevin and Mark at the fair. A fun fall outing!
It's fall! Don't you just love it??!! And when fall comes so do the pumpkins! We can decorate, carve, and cook our pumpkins! There are so many options!!!! I am going to give you a Pumpkin Dump Cake recipe that I tried the other day. It is simple to make and taste very good, pumpkin lovers!
1 - 20 oz. can pure pumpkin
1 - 12 oz. evaporated milk
3 whole eggs
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 - yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9X13 pan.
Mix the pumpkin, evaporated mild, the eggs with a mixer. Add the spices. The mixture will be liquidy, not real thick. Pour into greased pan. Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the entire pumpkin mixture then pour the melted butter over the cake mix. Now place it in the oven and let it bake for 50 minutes. Once it is baked, set it out to cool completely. Then put in refrigerator for 4 hours or over night before serving. I served with a dollop of whipped cream.
Let me tell you what I did. Instead of buying the 20 oz can of pumpkin, I got the larger one so I could have a little left over for other things like Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Latte! I have not tried the Pumpkins Latte yet, but it is coming soon. But we did have the pancakes this morning!!!
I used the Heart Smart Bisquick mix and the directions they have for pancakes. The only difference is that I did not use milk, but used water instead and then I added 1/2 cup of the pure pumpkin. I also added some spices - cinnamon and nutmeg. They turned out delicious. The recipe fed four of us and made about 20 mid size pancakes.
Like I said before, I have a Pumpkin Latte recipe I plan to try real soon and I won't forget to let you know how it turns out. The recipe says you can make a nice size portion and keep it in the refrigerator and heat it as you need it. So that just might be the ticket!! But I will let you know!
I hope you enjoy the fall weather and festivities. Make special times for your family - they are precious!
God bless you, my friends!
Some of you know we have been trying to help Kevin, a young man that we have known since he was 5 years old because he and Mark have been in school together and been friends all through elementary school. Kevin has been with our family on vacations, weekend camping trips, church, lake days, and more through out the years. We moved away, but still tried to keep in touch with him and see him when we could. A year ago he was in a pretty bad accident and we did not know if he would live, then we did not have much hope he would be able to function in any kind of normal way. But our God is generous and He gave Kevin a miracle of life and such vast improvement, so much that if you met him today you would not have any idea that he was practically lifeless and broken last October. Well, Kevin lives with us now. He came to be with us about 3 weeks ago. The process was a long one, but he is here. Please lift him in prayer often. I won't go into detail, but God knows his needs, so if you will pray for God's hand in Kevin's life, it would mean so much to me. And pray for us, too.
It's fall! Don't you just love it??!! And when fall comes so do the pumpkins! We can decorate, carve, and cook our pumpkins! There are so many options!!!! I am going to give you a Pumpkin Dump Cake recipe that I tried the other day. It is simple to make and taste very good, pumpkin lovers!
1 - 12 oz. evaporated milk
3 whole eggs
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 - yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9X13 pan.
Mix the pumpkin, evaporated mild, the eggs with a mixer. Add the spices. The mixture will be liquidy, not real thick. Pour into greased pan. Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the entire pumpkin mixture then pour the melted butter over the cake mix. Now place it in the oven and let it bake for 50 minutes. Once it is baked, set it out to cool completely. Then put in refrigerator for 4 hours or over night before serving. I served with a dollop of whipped cream.
Let me tell you what I did. Instead of buying the 20 oz can of pumpkin, I got the larger one so I could have a little left over for other things like Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Latte! I have not tried the Pumpkins Latte yet, but it is coming soon. But we did have the pancakes this morning!!!
Like I said before, I have a Pumpkin Latte recipe I plan to try real soon and I won't forget to let you know how it turns out. The recipe says you can make a nice size portion and keep it in the refrigerator and heat it as you need it. So that just might be the ticket!! But I will let you know!
I hope you enjoy the fall weather and festivities. Make special times for your family - they are precious!
God bless you, my friends!
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