Remember

I took the picture above last October when my family and I were in NYC at the 9/11 memorial. It was a very neat and touching experience to visit the memorial. The names engraved above are those who did not make it out of the towers. When I saw the names above, it hit me strongly. They weren't  just names engraved. They were real people. Beautiful people who had beautiful, normal lives. They were parents, Uncles & Aunts, cousins, neighbors and friends to others, just like me and you.

 I'm so glad they get to be honored this way at this beautiful memorial site. 

God bless America, Land that I love.

I love Fall

Most places right now are getting snow. But where I live I feel like fall is just starting. Fall is such a beautiful time! The leafs change colors and the sky seems so blue. It rained yesterday, so to me everything seemed so clear. Me and my dad went and a walk this morning and I brought my camera to take some pictures. These pictures remind me of how beautiful our earth is. Enjoy!

Happy Saturday!
To see more of my fall photos go here.
Which is your favorite picture?

November

Life is wonderful.

And - It's a new month!
I pretty excited about that.
I'm ready to blog more and take more pictures! You ready?
I'm doing good so far since it's November 1st and I took some pictures & blogged.
Also this month, I'm making a goal to 1. take a picture every single day this month. No cheating involved. And 2. Miss no days of my everyday early morning (6:00am) church classes. Wish me luck!
Let's get to the good stuff. Here are the pictures I took... of me. :)

Smiley/happy
Serious face
What the heck?
So I have to explain about the last picture. I had the camera on self timer and all of a sudden I heard a bee really close to me. I though it might be on me so I didn't move. And for some reason I covered my ear..? And I happened to look right at the camera. Look at my expression! There's your laugh for you today.

The best pumpkin cookies you will EVER eat!

During the fall I just love to bake. There is just something I love about turning my oven on and getting the mixer out on a cold, cloudy day. My favorite cookie to make during the fall season is pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. But I have a special recipe that I just love.

These may look like any normal pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. But I promise you, they're not. Whether you like it or not these cookies disappear fast. You learn to hide a few for yourself!

The best Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies you will ever eat:

3 sticks butter

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 t vanilla

16 oz can pumpkin

4 cups flour

2 t baking soda

1/2 t baking power

1/2 t nutmeg

1 t salt

2 t cinnamon

2 cups oatmeal

2 cups chocolate chips

Mix butter & sugars. Add the rest of the wet ingredients. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl & add them to the wet. Add the oatmeal & chocolate chips.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

These are my favorite fall cookies. I hope they'll become your favorites too!


Linking up to:
Six sisters stuff
Chef in training
Things that make you say: "Mmmmm"!

Fall is here!

Hello there!

I'm excited as today is the official first day of fall. Are you ready? I know I am! It sure feels like fall to me today since it looks like it's about to rain. Today I though I'd share some "fall-ish" dresses I'm loving. I just wish they weren't quite so expensive. :) They are beautiful though!

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Are you loving any of these? I'll take them all please.

I'll be back tomorrow with a delicious recipe! (made with fall ingredients!)

Happy Friday!