“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
— Proverbs 3:5–6
My Favorite Season
At last, at last! It’s time to make a few-
–ahem–
subtle changes around here.
Happy First Day of Fall everyone!!
The Leaf Festival of 2025
Oh, my goodness! With a million Boxelder trees, a couple of maples, a peach, a pear, an apple and one HUGE walnut tree…
we have got a BUS LOAD of leaves!! Even Hobbes doesn’t know what to do. Not that he cares particularly…but still.
We’re being buried alive!
Enter my sweet boy Rhen who always says things like, “Mom–this will take 10 minutes!” That turns out to be true when HE does it.
Not so much for the rest of us though. This would have taken me a month!
My yard went from this…
to this in about 20 minutes.
Rhen…you’re my hero. Thank you so much!!
Even Hobbes is impressed.
Molasses Crinkle Cookies
We’ve made these cookies before Halloween every year…
since I was an itty, bitty kid.
My mom used to make them bigger and even flatter so that we could decorate them like pumpkins–with candy corn and life savers.
I even did it a couple of times like that when my kids were little but to be honest..
I like them better without the…ummm…toppings.
And while I’m being brutally honest here, I’ll tell you another thing.
I like them…
almost…
burned.
Almost.
Some like them soft, but for me–
it’s all about the crunch.
Molasses Crinkles
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
Cream together, then add:
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves
1 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. baking soda
If you chill the dough for about an hour before baking, they will be easier to handle. Roll 1 inch dough balls in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Leave on pan a few minutes before moving to cooling rack.
Molasses Crinkles...
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup butter
- ¼ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. cloves
- 1 tsp. ginger
- 2 tsp. baking soda
Instructions
- Cream together the first four ingredients, then add all the rest of the dry ingredients.
- Roll 1 inch dough balls in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
- Leave on pan a few minutes before moving to cooling rack.
The Canyon Birthday
Welcome to my official Birthday party…in the canyon…that I love almost as much as these awesome people.
But not quite.
In truth, as much as I love the canyon…
I actually love these people…
a billion…
times…
more.
Ok, a trillion.
Easy.
Now that we’ve established how much I love my sweet family, I still have to say…
look at this beautiful scenery!!
Even with the sleepy girl, haha.
The canyon in the fall is the most beautiful place with the changing leaves…
the chilly river…
and the gorgeous mountains.
And all I have to do is sit here and love it all.
Which is amazingly easy.
Families are forever and I’m so grateful.
