I love to bake. 

It’s sort of like therapy for me. 

I love the fact that I can mix a bunch of stuff together and create something warm and delicious. 

I love to hear the men in my house moan and groan with delight over a sweet treat that I’ve made for them with love.

I love the certainty that comes from mixing flour, eggs, and sugar. It will be cake. Thank God for cake. 

And thank God for buttermilk pumpkin bread. 

Every once in a while I get in these moods where I have so many thoughts swirling around in my head that I am actually unable to write. I have so many things I want to tell you and thoughts I want to share, but it’s as if I can’t complete any one blog post. I just keep creating lots and lots of notes. Half of which will never (and shouldn’t) be used as actual posts, and the other half require me to have the time to sit down long enough to translate them from Adrienne to English.

That time is something I can’t seem to get lately. It’s time I am desperate to have, but yet I’m also desperate for the time I’m spending doing other things too. So many other blessings in life take priority over this space. School and family come first, and those are two very big firsts. They often get in the way of the time I need to write and clear my head.

That’s when I really love to bake.

Yesterday was the perfect kind of Sunday.

We spent the morning at church together and then came home for a day around the house. I baked while my husband and my youngest decorated for Halloween. My oldest sat on the couch and played video games most of the day, but that’s what he wanted to be doing. We all just relaxed and enjoyed being home.

I’m desperate for that time too.

Time with my boys.

Time with my husband.

Time just making memories for the boys of home.

Nothing spectacular, just home.

I hope they attach the smell of this yummy bread to the memory they have stored up in their hearts from yesterday, and I hope you enjoy my Buttermilk Pumpkin Bread too!

I made it using the Georgia sugar pie pumpkins we got on our trip a couple of weeks ago.

I’ve never used real pumpkin in a recipe before, but this bread turned out amazing! I’m positive it made all the difference. 

To roast the pumpkins:

Cut the pumpkins in half and remove the stringy stuff and seeds (like a cantaloupe). Remove stem. Roast pumpkin halves face down in a shallow baking dish. Cover with foil and bake at 425 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours. The skin will sort of peel away from the good stuff like a sweet potato. Scoop out the filling. Let cool. 

Buttermilk Pumpkin Bread Recipe-because everything’s better with buttermilk! 

[yumprint-recipe id=’1′]***This week you can also find me at The SITS Girls! I’ll be hosting this month’s blog challenge-Blogtober! I really hope you’ll head over and join the fun with me! There’s a new challenge brewing in the SITS cauldron every day this week. See you there!***

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Adrienne

Adrienne is wife and homeschooling mom of two boys, one in high school and one in middle school. She's a Christ follower, runner, yoga lover, coffee guzzler and pursuer of sanity. Her family began the unexpected journey of homeschooling in 2009 and she's been hanging on for dear life ever since. Find her as @TheMommyMess on Twitter and connect with her on Facebook.

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