Dessert Anyone???

So today at work we had a potluck. I decided I'd bring the Paula Dean famous Orange Pecan Coffee Cake. It was a hit, of course because Paula's amazing--especially when the recipe calls for butter, which most of hers do....Thought I'd share and give you all the recipe also.

Ingredients
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans-chop w/ knife or meat mallet or even a wooden spoon.
2 teaspoons orange zest
2 (12-ounce) cans refrigerated buttermilk biscuits (10 count)
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice--I use the juice of half the orange i already used the zest of

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl, combine the granulated sugar, pecans, and zest; set aside.
Separate the biscuits. Place about 3/4 teaspoon cream cheese in the center of each biscuit. Fold each biscuit in half over the cheese, pressing the edges to seal.
Dip the biscuits in melted butter, then dredge in the granulated sugar mixture. Place the biscuits, curved-side down, in a single layer in the hollows of a lightly greased 12-cup bundt pan, spacing them evenly (do not stack). Place any remaining biscuits around the tube, filling any gaps.
Drizzle any remaining butter over the biscuits, and sprinkle with any remaining sugar mixture. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Immediately invert the cake onto a serving platter. Combine the confectioners' sugar and orange juice, stirring well; drizzle the glaze over the warm cake when right side up on platter. Serve warm and perferably w/ coffee :) Enjoy!

Pictures Promised from the Farm....

As you can see, there are no pumpkins left...
Here are all the people crowding around Amy
getting pictures:) Because lets face it..They're Famous!!!

Yesterday, on the walk home from work, i found this....Among all the other different colors on the ground----

Check out the size of that leaf....

:)

Roloff Farm

Me and Jonathan went to Roloff Farms over this past weekend. If you dont know who they are...i'll explain.....They are from TLC's "Little People, Big World" ---Check out the show Monday's at 8:00pm. --Anyways. ...They live here in Oregon on their Farm. They are open to the public during pumpkin season so we took a trip up north Sunday to see our famous neighbors. They have 35 acres, 4 kids and a huge house. They also have what they call a " town" in the back of their house where they've built small buildings including a barber shop, church, post office, etc. --so fun for kids---Zach was there and i got a pic w/ him. :)
We didn't end up staying too long because the place was packed and they didn't have anymore pumpkins left. ---so i did what i refuse to do, and got a couple minature ones from Albies---(just no time to go to another patch this year:)...But anyways...it was quite fun just me and my husband on a wimm going to Hillsboro for the day, and ate some good food at Calafornia pizza kitchen on the way home. i'll post pics soon...

Different House.But a better one....

So me and Jonathan have been in our new house for almost 2 months. It's everything we wanted and more. It's got 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, open floor plan w/ big kitchen, living room and dining room. We're on a corner lot, big zize--almost 1/4 acre in all. There's some yard work to be done, but nothing that can't wait til the spring. Most everyone of our Friends and Family have been over, Thanks to our friend/Agent Joel... Him and his wife did such a good job throwing our house warming and we had so much fun having everyone over. We're all settled w/ a few projects in the works, but nothing too drastic is planned. We're very thankful God had us wait for as long as we did...for houses are expensive....and the timing was just perfect!!!