Just some pics.

I know you're thinking "Two posts in one day?" but I just have some pics to share from the last couple of weeks so enjoy!

Andy's Haircut before and after

Just a cute pic from our trip to the beach
And... a cute soccer bum. I love my little man.

Yummo!

We had a ward picnic on Wednesday and I tried a new recipe I found in Woman's Day mag. Here's the result.


It was delicious. It had the texture of a really moist coffee cake on the inside and a crispy crust outside.

Here's the recipe if you're interested.

Apple-Walnut Cake with Cider Sauce

By Woman's Day Kitchen from Woman's Day

INGREDIENTS

2 cups sugar

1 cup plus 2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1⁄4 cup apple cider

3 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp each cinnamon, nutmeg and baking soda

1⁄2 tsp salt

3 cups flour

2 large Granny Smith apples (3 1⁄2 cups), peeled, cored and sliced

1 1⁄2 cups chopped walnuts

Cider Sauce

2 cups apple cider

1⁄4 cup packed brown sugar

1 Tbsp cornstarch

1 Tbsp butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

PREPARATION

1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 10-in. tube pan with removable tube insert with nonstick spray.

2. Whisk sugar, oil, apple cider, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until blended.

3. Stir in flour until blended. Stir in apples and walnuts.

4. Scrape mixture into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 10 to 20 minutes.

5. Let cool in pan on wire rack 1 hour. Remove sides of pan. Cool completely before lifting cake off bottom of pan.

6. Cider Sauce: Whisk cider, brown sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan until blended. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, whisking occasionally. Boil 1 minute or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla; stir until butter melts. Let cool to warm or refrigerate until serving.

It's 12:14am. Do you know where you children is?

Haha! I know that's bad english but my dad left that on my answering machine way back when while I was in college. My roommates and I laughed at that one. I love my dad. As for the time? Yeah, I'm up. Serves me right for taking a nap today. There isn't too much that's exciting in my life right now. Life, though in constant upheaval, is good, steady, and fairly predictable. Marcus has the day off tomorrow which just makes it better. We're going to Disney World (yay!) at the end of the month and as a result I get a two and 1/2 week vacation. I know, you're jealous. I've got things on my mind but nothing major. I want to get my finances in order. I want to get my food storage going. And, as always, I want to get in shape. I really don't have anything to post about. Just checking in and making good on my Aug 28th promise to post more. Have a good night. Hopefully you're all in bed dreaming sugar plum dreams. I'm heading back to bed to see if I can dream a little too before my little bug wakes me up for a late night snack.