Days 26 and 27

Day 26 ~ Pizza Night.  


 Most often Friday night is Pizza night at our house.  It took a long time, but I finally stumbled upon the perfect pizza crust recipe.  

1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
3-4 cups all-purpose flour

Mix together water, sugar, yeast until dissolved.
Add the olive oil and salt.
Slowly stir in flour and knead well.
Let dough rest for minimum of 10 minutes.
Coat pizza stone in thin layer of cornmeal.
Roll or pat out dough onto stone.
Top with favorite toppings.
Bake for 15-20 minutes in 425 degree oven

Makes one thick crust pizza, double for 2 pizzas.

Day 27 ~ Nap time!

The most blissful time of the day of a busy mom.  I had originally planned this one in my head to be a shot of her through the door, but she had brought 6 blankies to bed with her and I couldn't even see her from that vantage point. 

Day 25 ~ Swirly Apples

Day 24 ~ Hot cocoa

Mmm chocolate.  And on a cold blustery day like today there is nothing quite like having a warm mugfull.  Aw who am I kidding, I drink it in the summer too.  And sometimes when the kids are napping I'll make myself a mug of the really good stuff with milk and chocolate shavings.  Now pleae excuse me while I go wrap myself in several layers of fleece and sit down with one of those books from yesterday.  :)  

Day 23 ~ Coffee Table Books

Sigh.....  I could sit and look through them all day long. 

Days ??-22

I Love the weekend... Sleeping late, relaxed schedule, family projects, Sunday dinner at my mom's. Wonderful stuff, stuff that I did not preserve for posterity, because really.. no one wants a picture of my hanging curtain rods in my pj's.

Day 21 ~ Cookies came! My house now has many boxes of these delicious goodies. Mmmmmm. May of the boxes got delived today, thank goodness, slightly less temptation.




Day 22 ~ Grandma's cross-stitch. Kevin's grandmother made a beautiful cross stitch for our wedding, and for each of the kids births. I love them. Several of the frames have taken quite a beating over the years, moving from place to place and getting knocked off the wall. I would rather replace the frames though from time to time, then have them hidden away. Every time I walk by I smile and know how much we are loved.

Day 18 ~ Drive by shooting

This afternoon as I was headed out the door the clouds were fantastic.  I was in a hurry though to get into town to take my daughter to dance class.  I grabbed the camera and thought "I'll get some on the way"  I failed however to grab the card back out of the computer.  Drat!  I didn't have my bag either, so no spares.

I'll share a few drive by with you from a trip I took last month.  I love Nevada's wide open spaces. 


Pilot Peak, check out the one little cloud hanging on the mountain.

Days 15-17

Day 15 ~ I Love my husband!  We spent the holiday Monday moving every single box in our garage and sorting it into categories.  We still need to build shelving, but at least now all of the tools are together, all the camping gear is together, and come spring when I'm  looking for the kids summer clothes, I'll know where to go looking.  Oh did I mention he is still in a cast from wrist surgery?  Yea, he rocks.  :)  He really hates me taking his picture though so I didn't push my luck that day.  I do have this recent one.  He was my model while I set up lights for a shoot I was doing.  I didn't quite have it right yet, but I liked his smile best in this one.  Isn't he handsome?!

Day 16 ~ Kitchen Tunes  I adore my under counter radio.  It truly keeps me from going insane.  I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and this keeps me bebopping along. It was a gift from my husband  :) 

Day 17 ~ Muffin Tin Lunches.  I was introduced to these a few years ago when I was searching for summertime activities for my kids.  I think there was a blog meme for awhile called Mufffin Tin Mondays or something.  It is not Monday but this is what we had for lunch today.  The kids LOVE it and it is a great way to use up odds and ends.

L to R starting in the top left
Ranch Goldfish, peanut butter, pepperoni, banana bread
ranch dressing, turkey, cheddar cheese, M&Ms
cinnamon grahams, lettuce, apples, sour cream

George ate almost everything, except the sour cream, I knew he wouldn't, but that was Lily's favorite part. 
Lily did a pretty good job on hers too.

Day 14 ~ Coco Wheats

Truth be told I don't love Coco Wheats.  I actually think they are kinda gross.  I do however love that my husband makes them for the kids.  What are Coco Wheats?  They are a hot breakfast cereal most common in the Midwest, and you guessed it my husband grew up in the Midwest.  They are NOT chocolate Malt o Meal.  We can't buy them in Nevada.  We import them yearly via Kevin's sister.  We kinda went overboard the year we visited for her wedding and my have a several year's supply.  Opps.  Gotta have a years supply of something I guess  :)

On Valentine's Kevin cooked breakfast for the kids and let me sleep in.  Glorious sleep!  He made their favorite, and the one thing I won't cook, Coco Wheats.

 

 And yes, my pot is dented, and no I didn't want to turn it around.  I love that pot, dent and all.

A bit of catching up...5-13

wheww I am awful, I let it slide one day and the whole thing goes kaput. 

I did take a picture most days though so bare with me

Day 5 ~ Date night, this is where things went haywire. 

Day 6~ my mom.  LOVE her.  On Saturday she was at a Mary Kay event to pamer herself.  I've shot a couple of these.  So much Fun!

Day 8 ~ Hiding.  This one was actually not taken my me.  George had picked up my camera and was playing with Lily.  I love to look at the card after he is done.  So much fun to see the world through someone else's eyes. 

Day 9 ~ Cast Iron and a Western Sky  I love to cook with cast iron.  I can't kill it.  Even if I burn something on it or let it soak too long, I haven't ruined it. I am also totally capable of cooking over a campfire with it, I even enjoy it sometimes, but most days I'm sure glad to have that window between me and the elements.

Day 12 ~ Cakes  I am no Martha Stewart, and I have no intentions of ever selling my cakes, but I really get a kick out of making their birthday cakes.  This was Courtney's for her birthday this weekend.  My sugar cookie crown pieces didn't come out perfectly even, but she loved it. 

Day 13 ~ Cookies for breakfast.  Lily found the left over cookies from the cake last night and helped herself to them for breakfast.  Who could get mad at this face??

Day 4 ~ Baby shoes

I could go broke buying baby shoes.  I don't.  But I could.  I like shoes in general, but baby shoes are my down fall.   This is one of my favorite pairs ever.  LOVE them.  Unfortunately they are one of the least worn pairs.  :(  Lily wore them for a few short months before we moved to Nevada.  Somehow in the move they ended up in a box of my shoes that were going into storage...  Of course by the time we are finally unpacking she has long out grown them. 

At least now they are preserved for posterity. 

Day 3 ~ Haircuts

When Kevin and I were fist married he was in the military and I was a college student.  His job required him to keep his hair above the ears at all times, this necessitated frequent haircuts. An army private and a college student don't have much $$ so the haircuts were something that had to be cut from the budget quick.  He couldn't go without so I had to learn to do them myself.  It was SO intimidating, but with the knowledge that if I really screwed it up we could just buzz it off and no one would be the wiser I went for it.  11 years and 3 sets of clippers later I'm still doing the job.  I'm not good at remembering that it needs done, but I do actually like doing it.  The time together to talk and Kevin is so handsome when it is all done.  He scooted off tonight to shower the itchy hair off before I could grab my camera. 

I'm always glad when it is warm enough outside to do it there, it makes clean up SO much easier. 

Day 2 ~ Play

I love to watch my children play.  In our new home we have some pretty steep stairs with a small balcony that over looks them.  The kids immediately wanted to start throwing things off it.  Kids.  I put the kibosh on it, but then they unpacked this parachute guy.  They had a blast for over an hour dropping him off and running back up the stairs to do it again. 

I just may never get around to getting the TV hooked up

Day 1 ~ Sunrise

I love sunrises, I really do.  I even think they are better than sunsets.  There is something so amazing about the light returning to the sky.  Unfortunately I am not a morning person.  I HATE getting up early.  Lucky for you guys last night I couldn't sleep.  I'm not sure why, but it probably had to do with the hundreds of boxes unpacked in my new house.  This morning's sunrise was wonderful!  This is the kind of thing that makes living out away from town worth it. 

28 Things I love.

No way was I going to commit myself to a 365 project this year. I knew that with everything going on this spring I would only be setting my self up for failure.

I did come across the idea of doing a project titled "28 things I love." One month of pictures.. and it is even the shortest month! This is an idea I can get on board with.

The goal is to take a new picture everyday. Wish me luck.... and join in if you want.