My dad came to visit us the first weekend of October. It was also General Conference weekend. I often make cinnamon rolls for October General Conference, but this year I tried Swedish cinnamon buns, which have cardamom in them as well and have less sugar. They were pretty involved, so I had the boys help me form them the night before and we kept them in the fridge.
Heidi helped with the egg and Swedish sugar the next morning before we baked them.
And everybody loved eating them! Leif wasn't the biggest fan because he prefers gobs of cream cheese frosting on his, but Austin (who rarely cares for all the baking I do) loved them and said I wasn't allowed to make regular cinnamon rolls anymore- only these because they have a much more European taste.
Later in the month, we went to Utah to visit for Abbey's birthday. I was also hoping to see some of my aunts. That didn't work out as planned, but I did see my dad's sister whom I haven't seen in years. I kept the younger kids entertained while we were at my dad's house by bringing home "treasures" from my morning walks with Torben. My dad also let them pick any of the flowers that they wanted from his yard to make little pine cone critters to play with.
We went up to Mueller Park one morning- a place I remember going when I was a kid. The kids weren't up for a real hike, but we walked around and played in nature for a couple hours.
We also met my mom and Abbey with a plan to go to the Train Museum in Ogden, then get ice cream at Farr's. Unfortunately, the Train Museum was closed for the day, but Farr's didn't disappoint.
We walked around the Ogden temple grounds just for fun since it's just across the street.
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