Little Spooks and Haunts up at This is the Place Heritage Park

Little Emma riding a pony.

Delphia enjoying a pony ride too!

Look at Chloe enjoying her ride on the pony also.

Chloe, Delphia, Emma and Ruby just hanging out and having fun!

Ashley, Eli and her beloved cast. Meg and baby Braxton. They were hanging out while Erin and I took the four other grand-daughters on a train ride. So much fun!

Here we are on the train. Little Emma in her princess costumn and smiley little Delphia. Delphia is going to be an elephant for Halloween, but we took off her costumn because it was too hot to wear.

Chloe and Ruby dressed for Halloween too. Chloe is going to be a witch for Halloween and Ruby is going to be Jessie from Toy Story.

Erin and Josie and another cute little girl going for a ride on the train.

Our train conductor.

I just love all these little girls. They are my sweet little angels and they make me just want to smile!

Here is a silly picture of them not cooperating too well!

We had a fun day together and I was glad we could all go up there together last Thursday. I love my daughters and my daughter in law, Meg is really like one of my daughters though. We all have a great time together. Little Braxton slept most of the time we were there and Eli and Josie were really good too. They had trick or treating for the kids and train rides and pony rides and just alot of good old fun up there for the kids. I think they all really had a good time. I know that I did. I know also that I was really tired by the time I came home. So if I was tired, I know that my grand-daughters were tired too! We had a fun day!

Pineapple-Gingerbread Upside-Down Cake!

I found this recipe and it is sooooo delicious! I absolutely love the way the spice cake contrasts with the sweetness of the pineapple. I thought I would share pictures and the recipe. I hope you will all try it. So good with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream! YUM!

PINEAPPLE-GINGERBREAD UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

FOR THE TOPPING:

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter

2/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1 can 20 ounces pineapple tidbits,

drained and patted dry with paper

towels.

FOR THE CAKE:

3/4 cup boiling water

1/2 cup dark molasses

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1 large egg yolk

MAKE THE TOPPING:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 inch round nonstick cake pan and dust with flour.

2. Heat the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until foaming. Stir in the brown sugar, turn the heat to low, and cook, whisking, for 2 minutes. Scrape the mixture into the prepared cake pan and tilt the pan back and forth to cover. Arrange the pineapple tidbits around the top of the sugar mixture. Set aside.

MAKE THE CAKE:

1. Pour the boiling water into a glass measureing cup and stir in the molasses andbaking soda. Set aside to cool. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.

2. Combine the butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl and cream with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolk and beat until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl once or twice as necessary. Beat in half the molasses mixture on medium speed and then half the flour mixture. Scrape down the bowl and repeat with the remaining molasses mixture and the remaining flour mixture.

3. Pour the batter over the pineapple, gently spreading it into an even layer. Bake until the cake is set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let stand for 5 minutes.

4. Holding the pan and a plate together firmly with oven mitts, invert the cake onto the plate. If necessary, replace any fruit stuck to the pan. Let the cake cool for 20 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature. Store uneaten cake in a cake keeper, or wrap loosely in plastic and store at room temperature for up to 2 days.

ENJOY! I LOVE IT. IT IS A KEEPER OF A RECIPE! PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK IF YOU TRY IT.

New digital scrapbook page!

My nephew Cory Thompson is engaged to this cute young lady. I haven't met her yet, but hear a lot of wonderful things about her from Cindy. They make a cute couple and I am so happy and excited for the both of them. I decided I needed to do a picture of this cute couple. I hope they are having a good time preparing for their wedding. It is an exciting time in a couples life. Lyndon and I were married in December and I loved getting married at that time of year. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. I am looking forward to it again this year and with this up coming wedding it will make it all the more special.

Stake Conference Weekend

We had a wonderful Stake Conference! We had the adult meeting saturday night and did a dinner for the Stake Presidency and wives and for Elder Keetch and his wife. It was delicious and then we attended the Saturday evening session of the conference. It was so good and I gained so much by being there. The Sunday morning youth fireside was really good. It was at 8:00 a.m. and then I had to practice with the choir for the conference at 9:00 a.m. It was fun to sing with the choir. Music truly helps bring the spirit to the meeting. Plus I got to sit in nice comfortable seats. Then the conference began at 10:00 a.m. All of the speakers did a wonderful job. I loved Elder Higgs talk and after he spoke Mikhail Bain and Heather Higgs spoke. They are two lovely young women in our stake. They talked on service and seminary. Then Elder Von Keetch spoke to us. He talked about many things, but mostly about service to others. One of the quotes her shared with us that he said is on a plaque in their home says this..."If you don't like your lot in life....Build a Service Station." I loved it and am going to make a plaque to go in our home with that saying. It really struck me! I am so grateful for my membership in the church. I am grateful for my knowledge of it and for my Savior, Jesus Christ. I know it is true, beyond a shadow of a doubt and have always known it. I am so blessed. I have a wonderful husband and strong and wonderful children and grandchildren. I love them all and I am so glad and blessed to call them my own.
Life is truly good through the ups and the downs. We learn from all these experiences and they are all for our good.

New Cards and a couple of pics of the grandkids!

Ashley and the kids were at the house yesterday. We took some cute pics of Eli!
What cute grandkids I have. We were all together for Lyndon's birthday the 4th of September.

Delphia is taking a dance class on Tuesday's and she loves it. Here she is in her dance clothes.
Card I made with the mover and shaper for the big shot. Love it!
Inside of my haunted house card.
Front of my haunted house card. I did this with my Cricut and I think it turned out hauntingly cute! Hee! Hee!
I was tending Josie one afternoon and took pictures of her beside my English teddy bear! He really did come from England when we took a trip there back in 2003.
Last but not least another picture of my darling little Eli! He is such a cute little button and just smiles so easily. He is such a happy baby and I sure enjoy him. I loved having Ashley over yesterday and it was wonderful to be able to help her a bit, since she has broken her leg. She is a real trooper and really tries to do things that she is able. Ruby and Emma have been such good helpers to her. They are sweet little girls and I really enjoyed having all of them over yesterday. We had a lot of fun. Ashley even taught me a new game. It is Hand and Foot for two players and it is really fun! Now I have to teach it to Lyndon and my mom and my sister Cindy. They would love it! Good day everyone!

The garage is coming along!

Well we have been working in the garage still. I guess I should say that Lyndon had spent the most time on the garage. We have got the stud work almost finished and the pallat racking is now all up. We are going to get all the items that are on the driveway and patio back into the garage on Monday evening. It will be nice to get it all put back together. It has been a bit of a mess. It will be nice when it is done.

I went to Pocatello last Wednesday and spent three days with my mom and my sister Cindy. We had a wonderful time. We did a lot of paper crafting. It was fun! We went to lunch with Lisa and got to spend a few hours with her on Friday. I enjoyed myself and was glad to be away for everything for a few days. By Saturday morning though, I was ready to come home and be with my sweet Lyndon. We spent all afternoon trying to get the shelving on the pallet racking and bolting it down. It was hot and dirty work, but it is done! Yah! Then we got cleaned up and went to our ward movie night. It was fun and hilarious! Shane and Erin came with us and I think Delphia loved it. Well, I also heard they my sweet Ashley broke her leg, which made me really sad. It is hard to take care of little children with a broken leg, but she is in good spirits and is doing her best . I will be helping her during the next few weeks when I can. Jed has been so good to take care of her and the kids and keeping the house up. What a good guy he is. He will be back to work on Tuesday and so Ashley will need help. She has had lots of offers and she will need their help. I will be helping her as much as I can. She is a real trooper. I love her and all of my wonderful children and their spouses. I am truly blessed.

Huge! I mean HUGE! Garage cleaning out session!

Today we started cleaning out our big three car garage around 8:30 a.m. We cleaned out the kitchen cabinets from two years ago. You know... the ones Spencer smoke bombed! We borrowed a long trailer from a neighbor and hauled over half of them out to Shane and Erin's. They wanted them. It is nice to have them out of the garage. Then we spent the rest of the day moving everything out of the garage. We even tore down the shelving. We have dumpsters that the city provides once a year coming to our street on the 15th of this month and so we also have hugh pile of junk that will go into that along with all the old shelving. We still have a bit more to clean out, but not much. We hope to finish with that on Wednesday evening.

Then hopefully with some help from family we are going to reinforce the brick walls of the garage to make it more earthquake proof and keep the roof from falling down should the brick crumble. It has been a huge, dirty job, but someone had to do it and so the work of the garage project moves forward. It will be nice when it is all done. I will take pictures tomorrow.

I am working at the temple tomorrow morning and then at 11:30 a.m. I will be heading to the Murray Cannery to help with our stake's corn canning assignment. It should be a full day. I am tired and so the pictures will come tomorrow evening. I have never seen our garage so clean, but that is because it is all outside of the garage right now. Now everyone just pray that we don't get any unexpected rain storms before we get this project finished. Lyndon says he will cover everything with tarps, but I will just pray for no rain for a week or so. Well good night all, until tomorrow!