It's Pumpkin Time . . .

It's been another hectic, busy and fast week.

Funny how that happens more and more frequently now . . .

Well, it's FALL y'all! Our weather is a testament of that today. Dreary, drizzle-y, yuck-y . . .

With fall most people long for the cooler weather, sweaters, boots, etc.

Me? Other than ways to stay warm, I'm thinking about pumpkin pie :)

I love pumpkin pie. Always have.

So I've gotta share an awesome, healthy and super easy recipe I found.

Ingredients:

1 small can of pure pumpkin

½ tsp pumpkin spice (I added a little more)

1 small box sugar-free instant vanilla pumpkin (I used cheesecake - YUM)

1 8 oz carton of fat free cool whip

1 graham cracker crust

Hand mix the pumpkin, pumpkin spice, pudding mix and 1/2 of the cool whip in a large bowl.

Spoon into pie crust and top with the remaining cool whip. Chill until ready to serve.

DELICIOUS!

Note* I used fat free cool whip, which did not have much oomph as topping. 

In the future I'll use Reddi-Whip topping. 

And speaking of pumpkin . . .

A sweet friend told me how to get my Pumpkin Latte fix the cheap way!

We drink Dunkin Donuts Hazelnut Coffee and Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla Creamer.

I added a packet of Splenda (Equate brand) and sprinkled Pumpkin Pie Spice to taste.

I also added the Reddi-whip, but it was totally not needed.

YUM! YUM!

(thanks Kristin ;)



We finally got to hold the twins last night!! Oh my gosh. They are sooo tiny!

I spent time holding Makinsey, while The Mister held onto Bentley.

They are definitely their own little individual selves!

I look forward to watching these two grow up :)

And I'm thinking I'm not the only one!

He's a natural isn't he? ;)

Tomorrow is a big day! We are serving thru Operation Serve. This will be our third year.

Each year we start the day with the purpose of serving others - 

yet we are the ones who feel so ridiculously blessed.

What a concept . . .

If you’d still like to volunteer, you can do so at the Kick-Off Rally

tomorrow morning @ 8:00AM at Kenwood High School.

You’ll be paired up with an project leader and awesome group of people

to serve with for the day.

I'm looking forward to spending Sunday afternoon with Priss and the granddog.

Bella's been invited over for a play date.

(Isn't she the cutest??)

Not sure how that will go. It'll be the first time they've play on Jaxon's territory . . . ;)

And with Monday not even here yet, I am so excited about next weekend!

I have a Surprise Date planned for The Mister.

He used to get nervous when I'd plan something, but I think he's figured out he can trust me ;)

He has no idea what it is this time either, but it's right up his alley.

He's gonna love it!

And we'll need a fun weekend.

He's having a little procedure next week to hopefully relieve some neck/shoulder/back pain.

So prayers that this will alleviate the pain are appreciated. Thank you in advance :)

And we're finally taking the steps to get rid of our annoying 'house' phone. Briiiiiing, briiiiing!

(not really, but I do remember those)

I'm sure you're way ahead of us on this. But 'someone' doesn't like change, so we've put it off.

But seriously - pretty much, the only calls we receive anymore are from

robots offering to lower our credit card debt (we have none) -

or someone surveying how we'll vote (uh . . . nunya).

So seeya . . .

And along with that, we're also switching internet providers.

And before that can be done, digging under our drive-way is required.

And let's just say - the Mister is picky about his yard.

So we'll see how that goes . . . 

I've also got relatives coming into town next week.

Looking forward to their visit and seeing my Mom's spirits lifted. :)

So it's off to a busy weekend and an even busier week!

Until later :)