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6 foods I'm excited to eat when I get home:

1. Erin's homemade apple crisp - Erin loves me so much that she makes the most delectable apple crisp for me. I could eat it every night!
2. Chipotle - I don't know what it is about Chipotle but it will definitely be one of the first things I eat when I get home.
3. The Cinnabon treat from Baker's Sweets - One of the most amazing, ooey gooey pastries that I have ever had. I am a huge fan of pastries, and this is one that takes the cake :)
4. Pizza - Any kind of pizza. It's such a fun treat that Erin and I indulge in way too often.
5. Panera - Aside from the many tasty delicacies that they have here, it is a place that Erin and I have been to many times, so it has good memories with it.
6. Erin's Oreo Cupcakes - Another special dessert that Erin makes which I cannot even begin to describe for fear of salivating all over the keyboard. Needless to say, once you've had these, ordinary cupcakes just don't cut it.

Since I don't have a food-inspired song about food on my "home" playlist (shocking, eh?) I figured I would play a song that is just a generally upbeat and happy song to celebrate the thought of going home soon.

Cookies and Cream

We had a relaxing Father's Day overall. Church, lunch with friends, and relaxing at home. Actually, Steve didn't relax too much because he was busy hanging pictures in the family room, master bedroom, and bonus room upstairs. I think hanging pictures is one of our least favorite things to do, even though we definitely appreciate the end result. It would be a lot easier of course, if our series of 3 picture frames had hooks that were actually the same on the back- lesson learned, go for better quality frames. At least we won't have to hang them again for a few more years.

Christian decided to begin crawling yesterday for Father's Day- just a few leg/arm movements but he is becoming more and more bold, and really enjoys being able to get his little hands on toys and various other things that were out of his reach before. Guess it's time to begin looking into baby-proofing?

Christian and I also made these delicious cupcakes for Steve on Saturday. Steve loves white cake, Oreos, and frosting so these were perfect. I might add that they were a.maz.ing! Steve's favorite dessert that I make is apple crisp, but he said these may just change that! (No we did not eat them all, even though we may have wanted to. We shared some with neighbors.)

We were sad to not be with our Dads for Father's Day- I think that birthdays and holidays always make us that much more homesick for Colorado and our families. But it also makes us cling tighter to each other and our heavenly Father. What better daddy do we have than the one that loves us unconditionally and sacrificed his Son for us?

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Fall, Winter, Spring at Edwards = WIND (okay, actually it's pretty windy almost all of the time, either a cold wind or a hot one. Most of the trees here can testify to that as they do not grow upright but instead at an angle.)

It has been much cooler these past few days here and extremely windy! This weekend while feeling in the autumn mood I made these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins. Delicious! Those of you who know me know that I LOVE chocolate, so of course these are no exception. :) After baking I left a few out and put the others in the freezer for later.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins from recipezaar.com

30 minutes/10 minutes prep

Makes 30ish muffins (I got 34)

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups vegetable oil (yes, really 1 1/4 cups- this is not low cal.)

3 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips (I used mini)

1. In large mixing bowl beat eggs, sugar, pumpkin, vanilla, and oil until smooth.

2. Mix dry ingredients together and mix into pumpkin mixture. Fold in chocolate chips.

3. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 3/4 full.

4. Bake at 400 F for 16-20 minutes.

Enjoy!