Yummmmmy!

I've always enjoyed baking; however, since being married I find I don't do it very often  (probably because I can't eat anything I would like and remain the same weight, so there for I don't make it).  Baking bread and rolls has always intimidated me. I never thought I could do it so I never tried. Well last night I finally gave it a try and let's just say nobody was disappointed. They turned out pretty good for my first attempt and as Jared said "I will be making them again very soon".

honey whole wheat rolls

Here is the recipe for those of you interested.

1/4 cup warm water

2 and 1/4 teaspoons yeast 

3 tablespoons butter or oil, plus more for the bowl and roll tops

3 tablespoons honey, plus more for the tops

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup hot water

1 egg

1 cup all purpose flour

2 cups whole wheat flour, plus more if needed

1/4 cup oats, for the tops

In a small bowl, combine warm water and yeast. Let stand for five minutes. In a separate large bowl, combine butter, honey, salt, and hot water. Stir until butter melts. Let cool until luke warm, about ten minutes. Add yeast mixture, egg, and flour, about 1 cup at a time, until the dough is no longer sticky. Knead the dough briefly, about two minutes. Butter the bowl and replace the dough. Cover with a sheet of plastic wrap and let rise for one hour. (You can refrigerate the dough for 2-12 hours, instead of letting it rise for one hour.) Punch down the dough and divide it into 12 portions. Shape them into round rolls and place in a greased 9 by 13 inch baking dish. Let rise, covered for about 1 hour. Bake for about 18 minutes at 425 degrees. When rolls finish baking, brush the tops with extra butter, some honey and give them a sprinkling of oats

Mama's Boy

Since the day Boston was born he's always been my baby boy (and probably always will be). Now that he is getting a little older he has turned into a mama's boy. At first it melted my heart and I loved it; however, lately it has gotten a little out of hand and it is making my life quite difficult at times and I'm not sure how to break him of it. He's gotten to the point that if I am in the same room as him he will always choose me over anybody else in the room.  When we are home during the day he will freak out when I walk out of the room. When I am making dinner he has to be in my arms and if he isn't in my arms then he is at my feet throwing a tantrum. He's quite the stinker these days, but one look at this cute tittle face and most of the time I can't resist.

How convenient

We've had family pictures scheduled for tomorrow for a couple of months now; however, Londynn woke up with pink eye this morning. Just dandy! I guess we'll be canceling our pictures, the gym  and our cookout up the canyon this weekend.  Great timing!

Fun at Lagoon

One trip to Lagoon wasn't enough this year.  When I heard that channel 2 news was having a 2 for 1 at Lagoon this week we couldn't pass it up. Our good friends the kings and my mom and dad met us there for a long day in the heat.  We found a babysitter for Boston for the day so we just had Londynn. We had a lot of fun. Londynn actually surprised us and decided that the rides weren't to bad. We got her to go on a few by herself; however, once it passed bedtime she was done and refused to go on any more rides. I couldn't blame her. After dinner we hit the nightly music show and Londynn surprised us again and actually enjoyed it. 

It was so hot we decided to hit rattlesnake rapids. Londynn was okay until I was more worried about protecting myself from getting soaked than I was worried about her (I know I'm a mean mom). However, she didn't get any wetter than I did. Poor grandpa took the brunt of it.

We made the guys go in the other tube. We were worried that they would make it a point to soak us.

Granpa was only there for Londynn. Not much into rides anymore; however, Londynn did get him on a few rides. 

Londynn and Isabelle

Londynn's favorite ride were the whales!

Lunch time!

Sweet deals and canteloop

Growing up my mom was always frugal. She always shopped the bargains and wasn't ashamed to hit savers or the DI. I on the other hand always hated shopping the sales and at second hand stores because I hated going through the garbage trying to find something good. I will also admit that I wasn't to fond on wearing anything second hand. Growing up I always told myself that when I had a family of my own I would never shop second hand wether it be from savers or garage sale shopping.  Well the time has come where I am now eating my words. I am addicted to garage sale shopping. Thanks a lot mom!!  There is nothing like coming home from a morning of garage sale shopping with bags and bags of clothes and toys for your kids and having only spent $30. It doesn't get any better than that. My kids grow like weeds and I would much rather spend $.50 on an item of clothing than $10 only to have it look like second hand once it has been washed. And why not save a penny while my kids are to young to know the difference? If you've never been garage sale shopping before or think it's a little "white trash" to do, I say try it. You'll be hooked!

Changing the subject. Londynn has taken after her mom when it comes to the love of cantaloupe; however, when you ask her to say it it's not cantaloupe it's cantaloop. Love it!!

Breaking Dawn

Well I finally finished the book and I have to say that I actually enjoyed it. Unlike most people who have read the twilight series I really liked the first book but I struggled through parts of the second one and the third one. I actually had no desire to read breaking dawn but once it was released and the all the hype that was going around I thought I would give it a try and I won't lie, I wanted to know how it ended.  So I purchased my book Monday night and I finished it last night. Overall a pretty good read! What did you think of it (for those of you who have read it).

Alligator ride

So I've been on the hunt for a brown plaid shirt for Boston for our family pictures coming up. You all know that when you are looking for something specific you can NEVER find it.  Well after searching a few stores and online I decided that I needed to take a trip to the mall. Having two small children this is quite a chore when going by yourself (and the fact that I don't have a double stroller doesn't help the matter either) but nonetheless I packed them up yesterday and headed to the mall. After walking around awhile Londynn started asking me if she could ride the "alligator ride". I had no idea what she was talking about but assumed she meant the carousel. Boy was I wrong.  We walked past the elevator and she pointed to it and said "alligator ride".  I just had to laugh. I kept trying to teach her elevator but she kept saying alligator. Who am I kidding alligator is a lot cuter than elevator. 

**and if you are wandering if I found a shirt for Boston I did, I scored one at Mervyn's. Mission accomplished!

Mind games

Am I the only one that has weird thoughts about my kids. For instance Londynn will be asleep for her afternoon nap and she will be sleeping longer than usual. My mind starts going crazy wandering if someone got in her room to take her and I didn't hear or maybe she died in her sleep but I'm to scared to go in and check on her because I don't want to know if it's true and if she really is okay (which obviously has always been the case), then I don't want to wake her up. I know pretty weird huh? Or I'll be in the shower and Boston is free roam of the house and I'll start wandering if he found a small object and swallowed it and is choking and again I'm to scared to get out and check because I don't want to know if it's true. I think these thoughts go through my mind everyday. Maybe it's just a mom thing and everyone has these creepy thoughts or maybe not and I'm just a little weird like that...........