Trip to New Mexico via Colorado

A week ago I flew from Salt Lake to Colorado. Chris, I and the kidlets then headed down to New Mexico and the Brewer Family Reunion. Kara, soon to add child #4 to the family was unable to go so I went with Chris to help wrangle his kids. They actually took little or no wrangling. We had a lovely time in New Mexico and then returned to Colorado. All of my kids (except my missionary) were there as were all of my siblings. Fun!!!!!!!

Jacob

Jacob's mission president and his wife have a blog in which the share some of the activities of the Elders and Sisters and some of their own thoughts and activities. In a recent blog they published this photo from a zone conference. Red must have been the color of the day. The comment in the Oregon Eugene Mission Blog"
"Elder Hereth did a 'rap' about missionaries in the OEM. It was pretty good. We were all amazed at how well he did because he is so soft spoken. Those quiet elders are always full of surprises."

Summer vacation - a time to catch up.

I have been in my little home for over a year now and am finally getting around to doing my bedroom. I am almost there...

Jenny made the curtains.

A fun day with Grant and Hunter

Jennifer and Tyler went to the theater today so Em and I took the boys on an outing to Jungle Jim's. We had fun and they had fun. To top it off, the kid's meal toys at Burger King were Ironman figures. What could be better?

Honey Wheat Bread

I don't know who originally shared this recipe with Veronica but I thank you and her for sharing it with me. It is the best wheat bread recipe that I have ever come across.
Honey Wheat Bread

3 cups warm water (110 F)
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 T active dry yeast
Combine honey, brown sugar, and warm water in a large glass or plastic bowl. Add yeast and let sit for 10 minutes or until frothy
Add
4 cups whole wheat flour
Stir until no dry clumps remain. Cover and let rest for at least 10 minutes (20-30 is best) or until bubbly.
Add
2 tsp salt
2 T vital wheat gluten
2 T dough enhancer
1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 cups flour (use either whole wheat flour, white flour, or any mixture of both).
Use Auto Knead function on mixer and knead until smooth (about 8 min). Cover and let rise until double in size. Punch down and form into 3-4 loaves. Let rise again until doubled.
Bake at 350 F about 30 minutes.

Cousins

This afternoon we celebrated Joshua's birthday - 4 - can you believe it? After the celebration we looked out the window and saw Hunter (Jenn and Tyler's son) go over and sit right next to Lyla (Walter and Vero's daughter). Sweet photo.

Science Fair.

Belen and I worked together on Monday to do a science fair project for her school. She did a simple project on Magnets. 1. She made a list of object to test with a magnet. 2. She made a guess as to which ones would be attracted to the magnet. 3. She tested each item with a magnet. Her conclusion was that magnets are attracted to metal but not all metal - not pennies and dimes. She won first place for Kindergarten. That isn't too hard when you are the only Kindergarten to enter a project but the judges were impressed with how well she was able to explain her project to them.