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They were super fun to make and my three year old daughter could help. Plus you don't need a lot of ingredients. And they make your house smell like cinnamon rolls! Just what you need to make your house smell like the holiday's.
Cinnamon Pull Apart Muffins
2 tubes of refrigerated biscuit dough
1/2 cup of sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1 stick of butter (melted)
Easy Vanilla Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
a splash of milk
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl. Melt butter. Cut biscuits into fourths. Dip in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Place 6 to 7 pieces of dough in each section of a greased muffin pan (not cupcake liners). Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes then carefully remove and place in cupcake liners on a cooling rack. While muffins cool make glaze, drizzle glaze over the top while muffins are still warm. Now eat share and enjoy!
I sent three muffins wrapped up all cute to a friend of mine with a package of tea. She loved them, and was a prefect fall treat. So try them and give them to your friends. Let me know how they turn out or if you come up with a twist on this simple recipe.
Tonight was a night full of fun and rejoicing. We started of with a super fun game of "Balloon Battle". Daniel and I blew up 120 balloons and broke the teens up into four groups. The teams need to protect their balloons while trying to pop the other teams balloons. Needless to say the kids had a blast and balloon shapnal was every where. After games and a AWESOME time of worship lead by Pastor Ben, we headed down to the church sanctuary to witness one of our youth group guys get baptized! He made a commitment before the Lord and all of Canvas to live his life for Christ. It was amazing to be there at that moment in his life. The teens cheered and clap has he was baptized. What a wonderful choice for a young man to take in his life. So proud!
Tonight was week two on the Battle Within. Here is what Pastor Dan taught on:
Bottom Line: Every time you’re tempted, your confidence in God is at stake, not just your self-control.
When facing temptation, it seems like it’s always about the choice, the decision, the temptation. But it’s always about more than that. It’s not just your reputation or your innocence that’s at stake—it’s your confidence in God. The lure of temptation makes us question whether we can really trust God to come through for us, to be there for us, to provide for us. We begin to think He’s not in our corner, that He’s not looking out for us. But what if we began to see Him there? What if we realized that whatever is luring us away really has nothing to do with what we think it’s about, and there’s a deeper issue, a trust issue, at work? It might completely weaken the pull of that temptation, and it might help us get to the heart of what is really going on.
Scripture References: Matthew 4:1-4; Deuteronomy 8:3, 11-14,17
When you stop trusting, you stop obeying. And when you stop obeying, eventually you stop believing.
A few weeks ago Daniel won a free bowling party for six people from Brunswick Bowl! It included two hours free bowling, shoes, snacks and drinks for all six people! He so graciously blessed me with using this party to celebrate my birthday. We invited a few of our closest friends and had a wonderful night. My favorite thing about the night was our friends Mary and Jeff meeting our new friends Dan and Kristin. They all got along great and it was so awesome to have them meet each other and get to hang out with both of them at the same time.
Daniel dominated as usual in bowling, just killing everyone else. I surprisingly played one of the best games of my life. I was worried that having a big belly would throw off my skill, however i had more strikes and spares then ever. Eli must be good luck :). Everyone had fun and the best part was no one had to spend any money! Thanks Daniel for being so wonderful and loving me so much and giving me your free bowling night! I love you!
Also thanks to Jeff, Mary, Dan and Kristin for loving me and for being such wonderful friends. I can't imagine my life with out you guys in it. Love you!
This year we decided to not do the traditional trick or treating thing with Sienna. She struggles with nightmares and night terrors and we wanted to make sure we did something that didn't scare her. So we went to a church harvest festival in Fillmore. My brother in law and sister in law attend the church and were working a game booth there. So we met up with Daniel's parents and had a lgreat, scare free night. Sienna loved playing all the games and getting tons of candy. It was nice being able to just watch her have fun and not worry about what the next house will bring or what scary teenager might jump out of the bushes. We just played games and ate candy. Even though it was a little bit of a drive, it was so worth it, we all had fun and it made for one of the best Halloweens ever.
Shhhhh.... now that Sienna is in bed, Daniel and I get to eat some of her candy. Love being parents :)! Happy Halloween Everyone!
It has been a tradition for many years that i help my nieces get ready for Halloween. I love dressing up and doing hair and make-up so it's a great excuses to have the girls over and play! This year Kaitlin was Lucille Ball and Sarah was a Candy Corn Person. We had fun with colored hair spray and make up. Sienna loved having her big cousins over and being apart of all the dress up fun. Sienna was a beautiful pink Ballerina and i curled her hair as well. Sienna also loved getting to have a little bit of make up on, all three girls had a ball getting ready for a fun evening of trick or treating. Before evening fell i had three very pretty and dressed up girls all ready for some Halloween fun.
This is the first time i've ever carved pumpkins on Halloween. We have just been so busy this past week, there was never time. But with Halloween being on a Saturday it was something fun today in the afternoon before trick or treating. Daniel and i really enjoy the art of carving pumpkins and get really into making new and differnt designs each year, you will rarely see a regular old jack o lantern at our house. This year we each carved one pumpkin and then we did one together.
We had a great time eating monkey much and carving up some pumpkins. I hope you had a great Halloween afternoon!
Monkey Munch Recipe:
Ingredients
- 9 cups Chex cereal (any kind)
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted (6oz.)
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter, melted
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1-2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- Measure cereal in large bowl.
- Set aside.
- Microwave chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter for 1 minute on high.
- Stir.
- Cook for 30 seconds longer or until smooth.
- Add vanilla.
- Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until coated.
- Pour mixture into large Ziploc bag or paper bag and add powdered sugar.
- Shake until well coated.
- Spread on waxed paper to cool.
- Store in Ziploc bags or large sealed bowl.
- Recipe Note: It helps to add cereal mixture a little at a time if you only have small bags.
In the sport of boxing, the main event is the big fight, the moment where everything is on the line. But for most of us, we are oblivious to the truth that in every temptation we face, there’s a lot at stake as well. When face to face with temptation, the choice feels insignificant sometimes. There are times when it feels like no one will notice, or it’s not really a big deal. But in looking at the temptations Jesus faced, we realize just how much is at stake—not only in His life, with the temptations that were before Him—but in our lives as well, with the ones we face every day.
Bottom Line: In every single temptation you face, there is always more at risk than you think.
Tonight was awesome as usual and we had a huge group of kids. Its awesome to see teens bringing friends and our group growing. The Lord is mighty and He is doing great things!
Today i got to join our Youth Pastor and some other Canvas leaders in having lunch at Simi High School. Pastor Dan has started this awesome thing, every Wednesday he brings Taco's to a different high school in our area, and then just hangs out with the youth group kids and their friends. The teens love it and look forward to the week he shows up at their school. Well today i got to go, i can't always get a babysitter so i can't go every week. But i was so excited to go today. I had so much fun just spending time with them. I can't wait until i can do it again. Thanks Dan for putting it all together and just being awesome and loving teens!
Today is my birthday! I got to get all dressed up to go out to dinner with my wonderful husband. I have been looking forward to some alone time with Daniel and getting to go out and celebrate was a lovely excuse. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Rustico. A great Italian restaurant in Augura. We had great food and I so enjoyed getting to talk to Daniel alone, just that alone would have been a wonderful gift. It was so lovely to get out and be alone with Daniel, i know once Eli comes we won't get to do this for awhile, so i savored ever moment. It was just what i wanted.
Once home, my mom and little sister had some cupcakes with us and we opened presents. It was a fun way to end my Birthday evening.
