pumpkin surprise

I went to a friends baby shower recently and they had the yummiest treat there. I just had to have the recipe
It is called pumkin surprise. I made it last night for my family and they loved it too and it is so easy!

Thanks Erin for sharing your recipe with me :-)

Here is the recipe

PUMPKIN SURPRISE

2 c. canned pumpkin

1 can sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs, beaten
½ tsp. salt
1 c. sugar
2 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice
(If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, you can use: 1tsp. cinnamon, ½ tsp. ginger, ¼ tsp. nutmeg, ¼ tsp. ground cloves = 2tsp. of pumpkin pie spice)
1 ¼ butter, cold
1 white or yellow cake mix (I like yellow)
Conbine the pumpkin, salt, milk, sugar, eggs and spice. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle the dry cake mix over the top. Slice the butter very thin and cover the dry cake evenly with it. Bake at 350 for 45 min. Serve either warm or cold. Whip some cream the way you normally would and add a little bit of nutmeg, OR serve with vanilla ice cream.
(note: This calls for a lot of butter so I cut it down to 2 cubes and it worked just fine.) You could cut out some of the sugar too because it is pretty sweet. I think I will only put in a half a cup of sugar next time.

Pumpkin Carving Fun!

We carved pumpkins for FHE last night. I thought that I would be spared getting my hand yucky this year, but with Mikes broken finger I had to be the parent who helped get the yucky stuff out of the Pumpkins.  It was not too bad though.  We grew one pumpkin ourselves this year.  And since it was the smallest it is Dani's pumpkin.

Pine Wood Derby

So it was a big night!  Grandpa and uncle Russ came and at first we were nervous because all the other Pine Wood Derby cars were very cool looking and built for speed.   We did not know that there were special ways to build them to make them faster.  We just built something that looked cool. 

But Josephs did well!  He won second place in his wolf den.  3rd place over all and the award for the best paint job.   So we were all happy with the result and Joseph was as pleased as punch to win a trophy!

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Conference weekend

I loved Conference this last weekend!    The last two Conferences my kids have actually sat and watched almost all of it(except for Dani of course).  I guess it is a sign that they are growing up! 
I wish I had been more producive with some projects that I had a goal of getting done over the long UEA Conference weekend, but at least I got things partly done.  I have been painting Nativity puzzles and My brother Russ and I helped Joseph get his pine wood derby car made.  I think it looks pretty cool!  And yes Joseph did help make it. But we did borrow Russ' drawing talent and some of my painting skills,

Dani's latest thing is wanting to climb up on everything!  If we don't keep our kitchen chairs pushed in this is where we find her!

Jolly Rancher suckers

Check out the fun new treat my family tried.  I have it posted on my craft blog.  Here is a link
http://bugaboocorner.blogspot.com/2009/10/fun-treat.html

Ear infection

Our poor Danielle has not been herself the last couple of days and we took her into the

Doctor this evening and she has double ear infections poor baby!  I have not had a kid with an ear infection for 11 years.  I hope it clears up.  I took these pictures just a few days ago.  She was playing a game where she kept throwing that ball in the bathtub.