Smells like heaven

While Mads & Mina were napping...

Rulon and I made Erin's "Seed Bread" as Rulon calls it!

I'm not kidding around people, Rulon is cutest, most dedicated cooking helper I could ever ask for.

He was in it from start to end.

Measuring, smelling, mixing, pouring,

And you better believe he was super excited when I told him he needed to rub margerine all over his hands like lotion to help with the filling of the pans and shaping of the dough.  Thrills-ville!

I believe his words went something like this," Mom! I bet in 1st grade none of the other boys know how to make bread like this!! Or any bread really.  I could probably teach the lunch room workers how to make this best bread ever too.  They would probably say thank you so much to me because it would be pretty amazing."

 Here it is, Round one!

When we were in Raymond I ran over to Erin's house to WATCH the magic happen in her kitchen with my own eyeballs.  It helped! This bread turned out delish!!!  For dinner the boys just wanted to eat their mini loaves, nothing else.  Mmmmmm, Erin we loooove your "seed bread"!

AND WE LOVE YOU!!

Oh me, oh my, a Mona pie (almost)

What naturally follows a Family Home Evening activity of picking a bazillion cherries?

Making cherry pies, of course.

It all began after the chillins were tucked in their cozy beds.

The googling "how to pit a cherry without a pitter tool"

The cherry pitting party for one.

The getting out of the baking ingredients, flour, salt, lard (what a yummy word)...

When Chester came home form work (and the gym or basketball or whatever) at midnight and I was in the middle of this...

 He was so excited that his tender heart bubbled over in praises of his hot little wife trying her best to make a Mona pie.  He loves that I love to learn this stuff.  I love that Mona answers my last minute 20 questions over the phone.

Well, there they are.  5 cherry pies. 

Baked ont the next day.

And gobbled a piece.  Hmm, I will improve.  But it was not bad at all!

If I keep practicing I will get to the point that I can share my pies.

If I keep practicing at 2am I will get to the point that the coma is permanent.

What fun!!!!!

A litttle project

Well, I wanted to buy one of these car seat covers because they are so cute and actually cleverly functional... but they are expensive. So I made one!! Picked out the fabric, ribbon, buttons and made it from a pattern in my brain - and it turned out!!! so I can't resist posting it because I am proud of it.

Not bad, huh!! That's the first ruffle I have ever sewn :)