It's a Boy

Daniel Steven Emmitt
born 11:48 pm, October 30, 2007
6 lbs 14 ozs

Update
This is an email from a good friend of the family -

Hi Everyone!
After 9 hours of active labor and an emergency C-Section, Daniel Steven Emmitt entered the world last night, Tuesday, October 30th, at 11:48 PM,weighing in at 6lbs and 14 oz.
I spoke with Beth this morning – she is doing fine but very tired from avery long night. She is recovering in the hospital till Friday, and thebaby is in the ICU. No word yet on the baby’s condition.
They are planningto stay at the Ronald McDonald House at the University of Michigan. Andy will send out an email later today with more details – stay posted. Iwill help supplement his updates with news, if needed – if you would like tobe removed from this list, please let me know. Please continue to keep the Emmitts in your prayers!

Prayers Requested

Today some dear friends of mine, Beth and Andy Emmitt, are traveling down to Ann Arbor, MI to have their first child, affectionately know as Baby Emmitt until it is born and named. Due to some extenuating circumstances and an extremely astute technician, it was discovered that Baby Emmitt has a few issues with its heart that will need to be corrected surgically sometime in the next several days. But those prayers requests will come at that time. Today or tomorrow, whenever the baby is delivered, should be a time of celebration and joy for Beth and Andy as they welcome their son or daughter into this world. They have started a blog to keep everyone up to date. I have added it to my list, but I will also be including some updates and prayer requests here.

Please keep this family in your prayers.

Specific Requests –

- Safe travel down to Ann Arbor this afternoon.
- Thankfulness that Beth did not go into labor early and needed to be transported to Ann Arbor under an emergency setting.
-That healing and development has taken place over the past couple weeks and the baby is born in the best possible shape.
- For a fast, smooth, normal delivery with out any complications.
- That the baby is big (not so great for Mom, but bigger babies do better in surgery) and healthy.
- That Beth and Andy can feel the support from those who are praying for them.
- That Beth and Andy can agree on a name. :)
- That Beth and Andy can enjoy the wonder and excitement of meeting their child and having time to savory these memories without it being clouded by what will come over the next days.

Arial view of the Farmers Market

This is where I spent my Saturday mornings. I am the tan colored gazebo, 3rd on the right.

Pumpkin Bars

I recently had a social function to attend and these days I see social functions as an opportunity to experiment (with recipes, not what ever else is going through your mind).
The theme was autumn and I had left over pumpkin, so I wanted to find a recipe for pumpkin bars, cake, cheese cake or something of the sort. Over the course of a few days I searched for the perfect recipe, which proved to be a bit more difficult then I expected. During this search I had several, random thoughts.

- Evidently Brandy is the liquid libation of choice to go with pumpkin

- Why does every Pumpkin bar recipe have a cream cheese frosting? (I am not a big fan of cream cheese)

- Where is Loren Bennett when you need him (former State Senator and Statewide candidate who was known for giving out his homemade pumpkin butter)

- This recipe calls for ginger, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon – that is a lots of spices, maybe I can just double up on the nutmeg since I have a lifetime supple, then again maybe not.

- Is the Captain considered dark rum? It is darker then Bacardi. Good thing the government only shut down for a few hours or I would not be able to buy some of my ingredients.

- This is the 88th time I have seen this recipe – is there only one type of pumpkin bars?

Finally after much searching I found the recipe I was looking for.

It turned out pretty good – several people gave it thumbs up. My family thinks the frosting is a bit rich, so I might have to do a bit of tweaking, but I am happy with the trial run.

Finally

I finally finished figuring out the price list/order form. I have it all nicely laid out and pretty, but I don't know how to import a document (I will be contacting my tech advisor!) So here is the text of it. I am happy (and excited) to take special orders.


Erinn’s Edibles
Offing homemade delights for every occasion

Breads

Varieties -
Amish Friendship Bread
Apple Strudel
Banana
Pumpkin
Zucchini (Seasonal)
Zucchini Carrot Nut (Seasonal)
Prices -
Large Loaf $4.00 each
Small Loaf $2.00 each

Congo Bars
Resembles a chocolate cookie,
only richer and more decadent

.50 cents each $5.50 for 12 $10.00 for 24

Turtle Brownies
Fudge like Brownie smothered in
chocolate, caramel and walnuts

.75 cents each $5.50 for 8 $10.00 for 16

Cookies
Varieties -
Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Chocolate Chip
Deluxe Frosted
Oatmeal Raisin
Oatmeal Scotchies
Peanut Butter
Potato chip
Snickerdoodles

Prices -
$3.00 for 1 dozen (1 variety)
$6.00 for 2 dozen (1 variety)
$8.50 for 3 dozen (1 variety)
$10.00 for 4 dozen (1 variety)

For larger quantities and multiple types of
cookies please contact for pricing information.

Specialty Desserts
Cakes, pies, and other desserts are available for order.

To Order -
Contact Erinn at Erinn’s Edibles
Email - Erinnsedibles@gmail.com
http://erinnsedibles.blogspot.com/

Fitting End

The atmosphere at the market on Saturday was different from previous weeks. There was almost euphoria among the vendors because it was the last week. Comments were being made about free time and sleeping in and things to do on a Saturday. It is certainly a big commitment to be at the market for a season. That all being said I had a good day. I just about sold out of everything. It was a fitting end.

Last Day

Tomorrow will be the last day for the season at the Farmer’s Market in Byron Center – corner of 84th and Byron Center Ave in the parking lot of the post office from 8 am - 1 pm. The weather forecast is still looking good- sunny and around 60 degrees. I am hoping there will be a nice crowd of people who want to go one last time. I got a great start on things last night (I have a commitment tonight which will take about an hour and a half). I have to admit I love the new mixer! I liked it last week, but I will still trying to figure it and its volume capacity, it felt more like a trial run. This week I could just use it, and it was so wonderful. It is a dream, a very expensive dream, but a dream none the less. I will let you know how the weekend goes and then if anything transpires after that. I will be dealing with some family issues over the next several weeks, so there may not be a ton of news.