Saturday, March 14, 2009

Dreams Really Do Come True

Look at me making homemade bread for the first time since my efforts flopped in college 15 years ago! I've always dreamed this day would come and knew Mom was the woman for the job.
Thank you, Mom! You are a great teacher. Bread is a lot of work mixed with a lot of love. I have now achieved one of my New Year's resolutions. My next on the list...taking a nice family photo for the first time in 10 years! If I publicly declare it, it will happen. It happened with my dream of Hawaii and helicopters. You've got to name it to claim it.
The weekend was a blast at Mom and Dad's (or as my kids already call it...Uncle Ben's house). My little bro moved in last week from Vegas and it's the first time I've lived near him in 17 years. I'm a happy girl.

Russ and Chad went snowboarding while I was baking bread. He has yet to take a single picture in the 14 years we've been married unless I make him...so no super cute snowboarding pictures.

Just for comparison's sake...here is the photo I took on my way to get my haircut. As you can see in the bread pics...I got 4 inches chopped!
This is how Ava makes her own cheese sandwich. Do you want some bread with that mayo?
And this is how she makes sugar cookies. It's been a week full of baking fun! And yes, we are potty training.

5 comments:

jessica said...

Naked kids in the kitchen make me laugh! And your hair looks good. I thought it looked good before. You are blessed with good hair.

Lindsey said...

You look amazing! I love the trips to your mom's house... thanks for documenting them for us!

Rebecca said...

love the naked in the kitchen!!!You hair is darling.. I am a bit jelous you can cut it and still have it long!!! :)

Bridget said...

Wow. Your hair looks fantastic! I love making bread. Its one of the few things in the kitchen I can do consistently well.

Lindsay said...

You are super photogenic! So your son said some stuff in Deacon's(my husband's in there)that have got me thinking of you this week. He was VERY sweet! I'll have to call you and let you know...