Delectable Bread

Matthea loves being in the kitchen baking.Any opportunity that she has to get us girls in there,she will.She has been wanting to bake some bread for some time now.We had made homemade pretzels about a month ago and she has been asking me to help her to make more bread recipes.So, yesterday, we got our bread recipes out and she decided upon this one "Mom's Honey Farm Bread".Matthea even enlisted her sister, Jade, to help her out with the kneading.She did a really good job and is so proud of her bread making skills,one thing that I still cannot do very well.I haven't had any success with my bread machine either(which I got because I couldn't do it with my own hands!)
Making bread,making good bread is one of those things that I have told myself and the girls that I want to be able to accomplish within my lifetime.Maybe I just don't have the touch or the "hands" to make bread.Hopefully, a few lessons in the kitchen with Matthea will turn my bread making disasters around.These loaves were just delicious!!

Sitting Up and More

We have had very nice and warm weather the last 3 days,in the 70's.Oliver has just started to sit up all by himself and had the chance to go outside and test his new skill on the grass! He was happy,very happy.....

The kids were all able to be outdoors and enjoy this beautiful weather. The girls had their dad's wooden horses out, pretending that they were real ones.Sebastian pulled Oliver around in the wagon for a little while.He had been climbing a ladder earlier and was jumping off of it,not to my liking at all.But,nevertheless,being daring and adventurous like boys are. Thankfully he was not jumping off with one of his make-shift swords! AGHHHH!!!

Well,today is another beautiful day.Now that school is done for the day we can enjoy the rest of the afternoon in the sun! I, on the other hand, need to finish up some "HOME" work.But, I'll still be able to step out here and there....:) What a blessed day it is.

Snow!!!!

We went out when it was coming down lightly......

within seconds it started to come down hard!!!

This is actually our second snow of the year.We had about 4-6 inches of snow the second week of October.But, this is our "official" first winter snow. Oliver wasn't sure what to think of this new stuff that's falling.

Praise God for the beauty in the different seasons!!!

Rememberances

Oliver loves being outside.I thought that I would post this picture of him enjoying his pastime during the warmer weather, which was watching the leaves fall.Now that the weather has started to change,he has to bundle up.He now only gets a few minutes to enjoy the air and watch the leaves blow past him.He looks as if he is remembering days of past when he could lay on the ground with his sister and laugh as the leaves fluttered down towards them.

Father and Son Time and Then.......

Well,since we have been having such great weather,Craig and Sebastian decided to sand the deck yesterday.This was a project that they were going to wait to do in the spring.They worked all day long.We had backs that were aching,hands that were sore,you name it(there was a couple of layers of paint that had to be removed).So,when they were done they and us "girls" admired the beautiful job.The staining of the deck was for tomorrow's work.....well,Craig went to work and a few hours later it started to rain.Now, for those of you who don't know what the weather is like out here,it's dry...NORMALLY.And when it does rain, it's the kind of rain that's just like a sprinkle here and a sprinkle there and it's done.It's never enough to keep your grass or plants alive.You have to water on a daily basis.Now,mind you,we did have some unexpected rain back in September when we had family visit.It rained the whole weekend they were here...again..not NORMAL. But,last nights rain topped it off.It was the rain of the year!! It rained for about 12 hours straight and the power went out in the middle of it all.We actually had a puddle or two in our driveway.Besides all of that,we also had two very sad men this morning.Craig and Sebastian's hard work was all wet now.So,we are hoping that the deck will dry up and we will have a day of dry warm weather to finish up this project.I thought that I would share a picture of them working side by side and of course a picture of "The Puddle".

Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. Proverbs 4:1