Festival of Trees

Our Y.W. had done a few projects to donate to the Festival of Trees and so we decided to take them up there and enjoy the festivities. We had a GREAT time. Jen pulled us out of a bind and she and Shaylie came down and helped us drive the girls up. What a lifesaver. The cute pics of Shaylie came, compliments of one of my Y.W. making her smile like that. What a doll that little girl is!

Thanksgiving

I missed getting a picture of mom and McKoy. A few "glimpses" of Todd. He's like "where's Waldo!" Kyle and Tif pretty much hid from the camera..what do you do!

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun this year. We had everyone here, except of course, our kids living in Alabama who were GREATLY missed. We have many blessings to be grateful for and our family is top on the list!

EASY Homemade Bread Recipe

I got this recipe at least 20 years ago. Maybe more. It turns out perfect time after time. I got it from a woman in one of my older wards. Her name is Loy Billings. Thanks Loy for the tried and true recipe that's perfect for winter baking!

White or Whole Wheat Bread
(4 loaves)
1/2 c. warm water
Sprinkle sugar
2 TB. yeast

5 c. hot liquid
7 c. flour
1/2 c. honey
1/2 c. oil
1 TB. salt
add yeast/water, mix well
Add enough flour for soft dough (about 5-7 c.)
Knead, put in pan, let rise. Bake @ 400 for 30 min

Y.W. Fun Fall Project

These cute pumpkins were made from plastic dryer vent material. Who would have thunk!!

Blanding was GREAT!

We went to Blanding for a short little trip. It was fun to see Brian and Mallorys new home. We had never seen it yet, I think they have owned it for about 6 months or more! Shame on us. Anyway....it is a great house and has an incredible back yard. Fun for them. Brody was cute as he can be. The weather could not have been better. We went to some Indian Ruins, it was really nice. Oh, and Neal even managed to get a speeding ticket on the way down, you gotta love it!

Olivias contagious giggle, while enjoying Bryces comments about Jake.