What we've been up to

I've been trying to take a lot more pictures of the kids lately. I'm trying to keep as many photos around to help me remember their younger years. The other day I was looking at all of this pictures and I realized something. 

My kids, while sweet and cute, they're also nuts. Sort of like a walnut chocolate chip cookie! =D

Take my sweet, innocent looking Bella, she may look fluffy and cute but give her a "gun" and watch out! Especially if you're a zombie.

This girl is going to be a sharp shooter someday. *grin*. She'll rule paintball tournam

ents and be able to shoot the wings off a fly. 

Mat is pretty wild in his own right. He's just 2 years old and he rocks a 4 wheeler like a pro. I've never seen a kid do what he does. Every chance he gets he's outside playing, driving his mustang or riding his 4 wheeler. I am so impressed with him and all the things he's good at. 

Today Mathias and Bella helped Levi and I in our garden. It was a wonderful afternoon spent planting our plants, seeds and seedings. We got our red and yellow bell pepper, tomato,

 cucumber and pinto bean plants planted. As well as our blue potatoes, the green onions and last but not least the pumpkins Tomorrow we're putting in the strawberries, carrots, peas, radishes and the neat morning glories I got that are named Scarlett. =D

I'll take some pictures when I go out to water the cherry tree. I'm pretty proud of our little hobby garden!!

Speaking of hobbies. I've been at my knitting, both on the needles and on the looms. *sigh* It's all not going as well as I'd like it too. I'm trying to make Bella a hat from Robin McCoy's Sundae Delight pattern. It's supposed to look sweet and cute, like this....(left). Yeah mine looks like it melted. Time to frog it and call it a day I guess. =P

Homemade Yumminess

Is yumminess even a word? Huh, welll it's all I could think of when it came to the bread we made yesterday.

Now, if you know me, you know that cooking and I aren't close and dear friends. As a matter of fact cooking and I have an unspoken and long running animosity towards one another. No matter how hard I try, what cookbook or special gadget I use my dishes come out looking like dog food and usually tasting no better. Of all the cooking arts baking is the most formidable. I like to blame the altitude, the position of the stars and even little gremlins. But in the end I know that baking is just something that is beyond my mortal understanding. That and I ususally lose the directions. Eh all's well that ends well.

In any case I finally had a baking triumph! I made homemade bread that didn't look like it came from Purina. Yay! It's not perfect but it's not burned and didn't taste bad, pretty good actually. I guess the stars were lined up right for once, too bad I didn't buy a lottery ticket.

I'm not sure that I can bake bread like that again, but it's sure going to be fun to try.