Wednesday, October 28, 2009

pumpkin carving!










On Monday night for FHE Andy and Baylee carved a Pumpkin. Baylee had so much fun. She enjoyed spending time with her Dad. I was really impressed with Andy's carving skills. He did a great job. It looks great on our front door way. Last night Andy unloaded all the diapers out of the box and when he was finished Baylee asked Andy if he would push her in it. She had a fun time. She was eating her crackers and drinking her water while in the box.




Sydney!











So I decided to put Sydney in the highchair. She does ok for a few minutes, but then she evenutally falls over to the side and starts eating the tray. She is so cute. So with the flu going around like crazy I decided to make a sign when I go to walmart that says Do not touch the baby. Everytime I go to the store someone comes up to Sydney and touches her face or hands. It makes me so mad because I dont' even know them. I am always worried she is going to get sick. Lately they have also been saying she is a boy, when I have her all dressed in pink with a pink blanket. It makes me irritated. Anyways my sign worked this time, when I went to Walmart. No one touched her. Yeah!




Monday, October 19, 2009

Orange rolls!


So they don't look very yummy from my picture, but they are delicious. I took most of the rolls to young womens on sunday and the leaders and the girls thought they were great. There were two left. Here is the recipe:
1 dinner roll recipe (below)
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
grated orange rind from two large oranges ( I recommend doublying this mixture to spread on dough)
orange glaze:
mix together 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 3 Tbsp oranged juice, and 1/2 tsp. grated orange zest.
Follow directions below for dinner rolls. Combine butter, sugar, orange juice, and orange zest in a bowl and mix well. When dough is ready to shape into rolls, divide it in thirds. Roll each portion into a rectangle. Spread mixture over dough. Starting with long side, roll up jelly roll style. seal edges well, then cut with dental floss into 1 inch slices.
Place on a greased baking sheet. Let rise until dough doubles. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. remove rolls from pans and drizzle with orange glaze. The orange zest is a necessity. Makes them so much better.
Dinner rolls
2 1/2 cups warm water
1/2 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
3 1/2 Tbsp yeast
Mix together and let sit for 15 minutes, then add 2 beaten eggs.
Then add:
6 1/2 cups flour (might need more)
1 Tbsp salt
Mix in mixer about 10 min with knead hook. Let rise to double in size. About one hour. Roll out into rolls. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.

pumpkin patch!

Sydney looked so cute all bundled up! Baylee wore this when she was 9 months and Sydney probably can't wear it much longer. She is so tall.

Cow train!










At the pumpkin patch they had a hay ride and a cow train ride. Baylee had so much fun riding the train. A tractor pulled about 10 cow cars around a huge field for about 10 minutes. She thought she was so big.




Pumpkins!







Baylee loved the pumpkins. She also got a baby pumpkin. She has asked to go back about 10 times already. She liked sitting on the pumpkins. It was fun to take her there.



Pumpkin Patch!







On Saturday we went to a pumpkin patch with some friends in Missouri. It was so much fun. Baylee had a blast. It was so cold. Sydney was all bundled up. Baylee kept taking off her hat and wanted to take off her coat, and shoes. The drive up there was really pretty. The leaves on the trees were changing. I wish I would have taken pictures.



Who's sitting in my chair?


We were getting ready to eat dinner on sunday and Andy put Sydney in Baylee's chair. She fit so perfectly. She really liked sitting there. She liked it a lot better then her bumbo chair. As you can tell she is really happy.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

7 Armadillos

So last night Andy killed his 7th armadillo. He tried first with a gun, but it didn't seem to finish it off. He went out last night at 10:30 to bury it, but it was still moving around. So he got his shovel and wacked it over the head several times. It was a pretty sight (I was standing from a distance watching him with the shovel over his head as he plunched it into its body). I hope they eventually go away, otherwise we will have a yard of dead armadillos. Just thought I would share.