Apple-Pumpkin-Oatmeal Muffins

I found this recipe off of AllRecipes.com and kinda tweaked it too what I wanted :)

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (Which I made from scratch-Recipe Below)
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten (I only used 1)
  
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (substituted for apple sauce/grated apples)
  
• 2 cups finely chopped peeled apples
• TOPPING:
  
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. Combine eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. For topping, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; sprinkle 1 teaspoon over each muffin. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

After they cooled a bit I topped one of them with my friend Jenny 's Apple Butter Recipe http://delightfuldelicacies.blogspot.com/2008/10/old-fashioned-apple-butter.html

(Erik's parents gave us a bushel of apples/pears/peaches and raspberry's)

Pumpkin Spice

1/2 tsp Cinnamon 1/4 tsp Ginger 1/8 tsp Cloves 1/8 tsp Nutmeg =1 Tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Fruit

A whole bunch of good stuff!

Well, here I am.

I decided to write a post. About what? I'm not sure. But I'll start with the normal everyday stuff.

• We moved into our new place! Its beautiful. Just perfect. It feels so homey and a place I actually want to be for a couple years.
• We got a free upright grand piano. That also is just wonderful. Erik plays so beautifully and its so nice to have a home where music is constantly playing.
  
• I'm just getting the last of our thank you cards (from the wedding *sigh* i know im terrible) out today, I'm glad to get that finished. Ya know, being with out a job keeps you so busy.
  
• And from that I will say....I'm unemployed! On my own terms that is though. I need to find a new one ASAP. So if any of you guys know of anything, just holler.
• I signed up to be one of the showing artists in a window on Center Street :)
  
• I declared my major (4 year one) to be Art Education and my *down the road-15 years from now degree- to be Art Therapy. I'm hoping to get my PHD in Fine Arts with a minor/ masters in psychology/art therapy. Wish me luck!
• I'm going Organic, or as much so as my budget can afford. I'm trying to eat more raw and avoid as much unnatural hormones and pesticides as possible. When I was researching Organic, I noticed that it is very expensive and your budget would go up close to 45 % compared to the average shoppers budget. So! What I found out, threw research, is that every health food stores prices are very different. What helps is shopping at local farmers markets for the fruits and vegis or Sunflower Market. If any of you have this market, it is very handy in the organic-affordable-fruit and vegi world. Also my momma told me that in Ogden they have a Farmers Co-op where you pay a certain amount each week and you get a certain amount of Fruits and Vegis. What a wonderful Idea! So I'm on my way to check that out.
  
• P.S 500 Days of Summer is a splendid, not a love story, love story.
  
• P.S. S Me and Erik are the happiest couple in the world. Incase any of you thought YOU were the happiest, I must beg to differ :) Actually I do hope everyone thinks there the happiest in the world too :)
  

Sunflowers

So, we're getting close to the big day :) May 21st is only like 12 days away, and I am ready for it to be tomorrow. And on May 14th we'll have been officially dating 1 year! Woo-hoo! And I think we're going to have a 'married' blog, I don't know what we're going to name it though..

I moved into our new place last week, and its just the happiest little apartment and I hope you all come over to see it sometime. It's our friend Maggie's place, her and her husband left to sell for the summer.

Erik bought me some pretty flowers today :) he's such a sweet guy. He left to go canyonering with his dad, and I'm leaving tomorrow to go up to ogden to help my mom with wedding stuff, so..we'll be apart for the weekend..which never happens. He's my best friend, so i miss him when he's gone. But soon we will be reunited and will continue on our adventures.

I hope everyone will be able to attend our wedding on Saturday, May 23rd from 2-4..And if you didn't get an invitation i'm really sorry, we have been so busy and we want you to come!!

Art Projects

Engagement Photo's!!