Mr. Johnson

I have to say I get to go see Jack Johnson in concert in October thanks to my ever so wonderful in-laws!  They bought Bret and I tickets, because they love us sooooo much! lol  I've wanted to see him in concert for years and now I actually get to!  I think he has a voice of an angel, and his lyrics are all so goodl....I love it when he sings about his wife...so beautiful!

Sometimes I think...ok I'm not crazy....it all makes sense now! lol

Running!

I can now say I am running a solid 3 miles!  I've never been a runner...ever!  Who would have thought that I would actually love it.  I've accomplished so much in the past 7 months that I never thought I would even attempt.  I've challenged myself in ways I've never done before and I've actually pulled through!  Exercising makes me a happy person,  and I do have to say I'm proud of myself for sticking to it.  I've lost almost all my preggy weight just a little bit left!  But really I exercise because it's one of the only things I can control in my life, and because it makes me happy....(the results are just an awesome side effect!).  The runners high is amazing, I get so much more done in my day!  I can go from being in a terrible mood before I run to...WoW life is amazing ...after my run! lol  So I say woot woot to running! :D

Yummy White Rolls

This recipe makes some delicious rolls!  My mom got the recipe from some lady at a wedding reception about 12 years ago.  I am requested to make these rolls every Sunday by my in-laws or where ever I'm eating dinner for that matter!   Bret's cousin would have me make them several times a week if I would. lol  I thought I should share this recipe with you all. :)  Please enjoy!  Oh and making honey butter to go with these...let me tell you....you will be in heaven for a few minutes!

Yummy White Rolls                       Pre Heat 350 

Ingredients:

½ cup	Sugar
1 ½ cup	Very warm milk (I put it in my microwave for about 2 minutes)
½ cup	Can milk
4 ½ tsp	Yeast
2	Eggs
¼ cup	Canola oil or vegetable oil or butter
2 tsp	Salt
4-6 cups	flour

Directions:

In a mixing bowl whisk sugar, milk, can milk, yeast, eggs, oil, salt and 2 cups of flour together until smooth.  Then using a dough hook mix 1 cup of flour in at a time until dough pulls from the sides, the dough will be a little wet and sticky.  Let the dough rest for about 10 mins. Then pull off about a size of a golf ball (maybe a little bit bigger) piece of the dough. And roll in the palm of your hand.  I always put Crisco on my hand so the dough doesn’t stick to my hands. Then place the roll on a greased baking sheet. Let rise until doubled in size which takes between 45 minutes to an hour.  The rolls cook between 15-25 min depending on your oven. You want them just barely gold on top...like just barely golden....so more like lightly golden. :)

This batch makes 20 big rolls or sometimes I make them a little bit smaller so it will make more like 30-35.

This recipe takes about 2 hours to make from start to finish.

Life Update

We are in a house finally!  I didn't think it would actually happen...but it has!  I still wake up thinking I'm in a hotel...not my house! lol  We do love it here.  There's so much more room for our stuff, I don't feel so cluttered now.  It's like awwwww phew that feels good! lol   I just want to paint, so then I can put up pictures, and hopefully a mirror (I told my dad I really wanted a big nice mirror...and if I know my papa he'll give some money towards my mirror!)  I totally need more money to decorate!  Little by little it'll happen. :) Lucky for us it's not a fixer upper house, other than the painting I want to do.  We already have the nice up grades like granite counter tops, tile flooring ect.  I have to thank our friends Joe and Stacy for giving us this opportunity. :D

Little miss Audrey is doing good.  She's almost walking normal again.  You should have seen her when she first started walking after the cast was taken off.  She looked like a caveman! lol  Now she's walking much better...I was very concerned there for a while! lol  Let me say it's so nice to have her walking again...I don't have to carry her everywhere now. :D  Audrey is a cute and feisty little girl.  Bret says she's just like me! lol  Her poor husband to be...I feel for him already ;)  She knows what she wants,  and how she wants it....yep she is just like me! lol  She is super sweet and very lovable, you just have to make her feel like a princess and she'll love you to death!  :)

Landon and Carson are doing good also.  I have the boys sleeping in the same room,( Audrey has her own fairy princess room.)  It's cute to see the boys together. Carson loves his big brother and Landon loves his baby brother.  When Landon comes home from school or if he's been gone hanging out with his uncle Brock...Carson can't wait for Landon to give him a hug and talk to him!  It's super cute!  Carson is the sweetest little boy...we all love him soooo much!  Landon is really turning into such a good  and kind little boy.  He lets me know he loves me all the time. I'm really lucky to have him in my life!