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Bill's Birthday was on Friday and I forgot to give him a Happy Birthday Blog wish! Bill, Happy Birthday! You are an amazing grandpa and I love having you so close. It's nice to know that if I have a school question I can text you and you know it or you look it up in a fancy dictionary for me. I love going to your house during the week and on Sunday. I love how you give out squares of Dove dark chocolate and cans of Coke. I love all the memories, especially the ones from Paris last October and I love hearing about when you were little, and the farm, and how K-town used to be. Thanks for being so marvelous! ~Golda

Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon coarse salt 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice 1/3 cup buttermilk 1 1/4 cups pure pumpkin puree (from a 15-ounce can) 3/4 cup light brown sugar 2 large eggs For the sugar coating 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 12 standard muffin cups. Make batter: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and pumpkin puree. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, ...

Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year. Here's why... Fresh, garden veggies from friends. My mom made some soup from it, ahhh so yummy! I just love peaches! This batch was especially delightful:) The mountains And out of no one lightning storms with pouring, calming, gorgeous rain!

I just have so many memories that I want to record and have some pictures to go with. Here are some of them.... When I was in 4th grade, there was The Fourth Grade Program. (notice the caps and italics, this was a big deal people!) Everyone was a part and there was one part a girl could try out for. The Shoe Angel. Yep, she sang a song about shoes. It was a pioneer girl and an original song, so it was pretty cute. All the girls wanted to be her. I auditioned and I wanted it sooo badly. I remember sitting on the floor next to my old friend Amber and waiting for them to announce it. Mrs. Povey said my name! At first it didn't register and I looked at Amber to see if it was really true. It was and I was so excited. To this day I can sing it to you and I still know the Rocks song from 5th grade that helped me though Junior High science. My 4th grade science project about our guinea pig Max and whether sugar made him run faster My 5th grade science fair project Egyptian D...

Happy Birthday Nana! Today she is 96! We had a birthday celebration yesterday with all the Debrys. It was fun to see everyone, since we usually only get together every Christmas. We did miss a few people though:( We had the cutest craft table to write letters to Nana and super delicious food. When we asked Nana if she could believe she was 96 she said "It's 4 years from a hundred." ;) Nana Ruby is amazing! She is so musically talented and beautiful. When she was younger she and her sister Asenath were practically Utah celebrities. She is so healthy and positive and awesome. We love you, have a wonderful day!    Ashlyn, Ari, Esmae and Xanthe, some of our little artists.    Isaac, Aiden and Freestone  Rolayne, Emily and Josh  Felshaw  Dot and Mary  More cute cousins?  Jon, Trajan and Spencer  The Rubies  Laura and Julie  Jacob, Aiden, Freestone and Isaac  Kylee and Sa...