New Recipe

I finally had a chance to post a new recipe over on my recipe blog. I made up some cinnamon rolls last night with a recipe that I got from a friend. To find the sweet dough recipe go here. Try it out and you will not be disappointed.

Shaving Cream Fun.....
The kids thought this was lots of fun. We found the activity in one of the magazines that the kids get.

And yes I sat the little guy on the toilet. Wow he is getting so big and He thought it was pretty cool.

Water Fun.....

There has been a lot of water activities the last few days, since it has been so hot and humid. The kids have been having a blast and I've enjoyed watching the fun and getting a little wet myself. There is a free swimming pool that's only about 20 minutes from our house that I plan on taking the kids to sometime this week and a nice park right by it too.

Garden Progress.....

We had a pretty busy weekend, but I did manage to take a few pictures of the garden. It is doing very well. We had had a lot of rain and now the weather is pretty hot and humid, which makes the garden grow like crazy. This weather also helps the weeds to grow, but I have been doing pretty well at keeping a head of them. I am so picked a couple bowls of strawberries from my patch, which has been great. Gabriel loves fresh strawberries, but the other two kids don't.

Zucchini plants - I think I will be getting some pretty soon.

The tomato plants are doing great. I moved my plants this year to part of the garden that gets the longest sun light and it has helped because my plants are really big and better then they have ever been.

The string beans are doing very well. Thanks mom for the seeds. I also have been picking spinach for salads. The only plants that are still pretty small are my pepper plants. I'm not really sure why. The cucumbers & squash plants are growing well.

I also just picked some broccoli last night. We will be enjoying that for supper one of these nights.

So how is are garden growing?

Cute Song.....

I came across a video on You Tube that I thought was cute. To listen to it go here the song is called "Walking Daddy Blues".

Just Hanging Out......

We have had a busy week. We visited some friends this past Sunday at there church and then talked the afternoon away while our kids played. Then on Monday I had to play catch up from the weekend, since I was not home much. I had plenty of dishes, laundry & cleaning that needed to be done a long with taking a nap.

Tuesday was another day of activities. The kids and I took a walk to the library & park. I had a dentist appointment in the afternoon and then we went grocery shopping at Woodman's before we headed home. The rest of the week has been a blur. I some how picked up a scratchy throat and watery eyes, which has also made me tired. I am ready for it to be over.

The humid heat wave has hit the area, which has not been pleasant, but is great garden growing weather. My garden is do great. We have already had some broccoli & spinach. I will take pictures some time soon and share them with you all.

Women's Conference......
This last weekend I had a chance to get away for the day. The speakers were Patricia Appleby who has a ministry called "Women of the Well International Ministries" and Lisa Griffin who did the special music with her daughters. It was a very encouraging day and was nice to see friends that I have not seen in a while. Thanks to my hubby for taking care of the kids for the day. Below are pictures of some of the lovelies at the conference.

Simple Craft Projects......

I love to find simple craft projects for the kids to do. I have a few kids craft blogs that I enjoy reading, which have lots of little projects. Another project that we did on the same lines as the marshmallow letters was gluing macaroni on paper in the shape of letters. The kids also enjoyed eating the marshmallows and macaroni while crafting away.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Happy Crafting:)

Rhubarb Cranberry Jam......
I picked some rhubarb from my garden and decided to make some freezer jam. I love freezer jams because the taste of the fruit is so fresh tasting. I used a very easy recipes, which can be found here. It made 3 pints plus this extra jelly container you can see in the picture. I enjoyed it on my homemade bread this morning. My mother in law was here to visit a few weeks ago and I learned that I can make up a double batch of this homemade bread recipe in my bread machine on the dough cycle. Then just take it out afterward and divided it up between to bread pans, let it rise, and bake it in the oven. I then just freeze the extra loaf, so that I don't have to bake bread as often. I also love to eat homemade bread with my oatmeal in the morning and the boys also love oatmeal and bread for breakfast too. This makes a great start to the day!

Gabe's Kind of Fun....
Some of the things that Gabe likes to play with are....
tools, tractors, & diggers

Grandpa & Grandma Came to Visit.....
Last weekend we had a nice visit from my in-laws. We had a nice time visiting & Brandon's dad is a Mr. Fix it, so we got some nice projects done around the house, which was nice. They brought Gabriel a little John Deere tractor that had a plow and wagon with in. So the boys went to the sandbox to do a little plowing.

I even got a new grill, which works great and went out on a date with my hubby.

We all had a great time together & we had such nice weather.

Flowers from a Friend......
These are the exact flowers that I had for my wedding. I just love them and they brighten my day.

Where Have I Been.......
I have been busy the last few days with my in-laws visiting. We had a wonderful time and the kids enjoyed seeing them & sleeping in there huge camper. Now that I think about it I wish I would of taken a picture of it. Anyway I am playing catch up here with getting laundry done and put a way. The kids are also resting extra because they are worn out from lack of napping and just the over all excitement. We had a great time and I will share more over the next few days and pictures as well.