When the boys are away the girls will eat!

Today was General Conference, which I really enjoyed. My favorite part was when Elder Nelson got up and sustained Elder Wirthlin while he continued, amidst his shaking, his beautiful talk on love. I thought it was so fitting that this man was teaching love and being loved at the same time. I could feel Elder Wirthlin's testimony very strongly as he exuded Christ-like love. I thought it was simply touching to see that he was determined against all odds to get across his message that the Lord so clearly wanted him to speak on.
But the happiest moment of my day was this evening. A girl from our Ward invited a huge group of us and our kids to her house to pig out on delicious goodies and chat. In the mean-time our Husbands were all at the Priesthood Session. I really enjoyed talking with so many different Sister's from our Ward... and eating non-stop for over an hour. The kids played so nicely with all the kids, about 25 of them, and had such a fun time. I love to watch them interact with others, especially when they don't know I am watching them. But I was the happiest while eating the amazing pumpkin cake that Melanie made. I think I may dream about it tonight!

here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar and spice. Mix well, and pour into a 9x13 inch pan.
Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top, then drizzle with melted butter. Top with walnuts.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.